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Ram’s 10-Year/100,000-Mile Powertrain Warranty

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The Ram powertrain limited warranty runs 120 months and 100,000 miles, and it is the same term on the 2026 Ram 1500, on the 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickups, and on the ProMaster van. Ford and Chevrolet both stop at 5 years and 60,000 miles on their standard powertrain coverage, so Ram runs twice the years and 40,000 more miles. For a Western Pennsylvania buyer who keeps a truck working past the last payment, those extra years are the part that counts.

The powertrain term is not the only coverage that comes with a new Ram. There is also a 36-month, 36,000-mile basic limited warranty and roadside assistance good for 60 months and 60,000 miles. The fourth term, corrosion perforation, reads differently on the Heavy Duty pickups than it does on the 1500 and the ProMaster. Where each of those four ends on the truck in front of you is worth sorting out before you sign anything.

The practical difference shows up late. Past month 36 the basic term is done, and past month 60 the corrosion and roadside terms are done as well, which leaves the powertrain term as the only factory coverage still running through years 6 to 10. That is the stretch a 10-year term is really for.

  • The 10-Year Powertrain Term
  • Coverage Term by Term
  • How the Term Compares to Ford and Chevrolet
  • Which Rams Carry the Term
  • What 10 Years Changes About Keeping a Truck
  • Where the Coverage Work Gets Done
  • Coverage on a Used or Certified Ram
  • Checking Coverage on a Specific Truck
  • Frequently Asked Questions
Badge reading America's Best Full-Size Truck Powertrain Limited Warranty, 10 years / 100,000 miles

The 10-Year Powertrain Term

Badge reading America's Best Full-Size Truck Powertrain Limited Warranty, 10 years / 100,000 miles

Ram’s powertrain limited warranty comes as a pair of limits: 120 months and 100,000 miles. Ram calls it 10-year/100,000-mile coverage, the longest-running of the four factory terms.

Scope is the part worth getting straight. This is a lineup term, not a 1500 term. The 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickups and the ProMaster van carry the same 120 months and 100,000 miles as the 1500, so moving up from a 1500 to a 3500 costs you nothing in coverage length. Each of the four terms has its own limits, though, and they do not all end at the same point.

Coverage Term by Term

A new Ram carries four factory coverage terms, and only one of them reads differently between the light-duty vehicles and the Heavy Duty pickups. These are the terms on the 2026 model year.

Coverage Ram 1500 and ProMaster Ram 2500 HD and 3500 HD
Powertrain limited 120 months / 100,000 miles 120 months / 100,000 miles
Basic limited 36 months / 36,000 miles 36 months / 36,000 miles
Corrosion perforation 60 months / unlimited miles 60 months / 100,000 miles
Roadside assistance 60 months / 60,000 miles 60 months / 60,000 miles

Three of the four are identical across the lineup. The exception is corrosion perforation, the rust-through coverage: on the 1500 and the ProMaster it runs 60 months with no mileage limit at all, while on the 2500 HD and the 3500 HD it stops at 100,000 miles. If your 2500 or 3500 works for a living, that is the row to notice, because 100,000 miles can land well inside 60 months.
Two of those names are worth pinning down.

Corrosion perforation: rust-through, meaning rust that has gone all the way through the metal. That is narrower than surface rust or a bad patch of paint.

Basic limited: the shortest of the four, and the first to run out, at month 36.

How the Term Compares to Ford and Chevrolet

Ram’s powertrain term runs twice as many years as either Ford’s or Chevrolet’s standard powertrain coverage.

Standard powertrain coverage Years Miles
Ram 10 100,000
Ford 5 60,000
Chevrolet 5 60,000

Those are each maker’s standard powertrain terms, so the gap is 5 years and 40,000 miles. Put on a calendar, that gap sits in years 6 through 10, when a truck is no longer new and you are leaning on it anyway.

Which Rams Carry the Term

Four 2026 Ram vehicles carry the 120-month, 100,000-mile powertrain term, and the pair of limits does not change from one to the next.

Black 2026 Ram 1500 crew cab parked on open desert ground

Ram 1500: the light-duty pickup. See Ram 1500 inventory.

Red 2026 Ram 2500 Heavy Duty pickup driving along a tree-lined road

Ram 2500 HD: a Heavy Duty pickup. See Ram 2500 inventory.

Grey 2026 Ram 3500 Heavy Duty dually parked beside a livestock pen

Ram 3500 HD: the other Heavy Duty pickup. See Ram 3500 inventory.

Worker loading cardboard boxes into the rear of a Ram ProMaster cargo van

Ram ProMaster: the full-size van, in cargo, window and cutaway bodies. The van is listed by size, so see Ram ProMaster 1500 inventory or ProMaster 2500 inventory.

Drivetrain does not change it either. Inside the 1500 line, 2WD and 4x4 versions carry the identical pair of limits. An earlier model year, or a Ram outside those four, is a different question, and the answer depends on that individual vehicle.

What 10 Years Changes About Keeping a Truck

A 10-year powertrain term changes one thing above all: it is still running in the years when a truck is usually paid off and still working every day.

Coverage thins out at 2 points, month 36 and month 60.

Where a truck is in its life Factory coverage still running, by the calendar
Months 1 to 36 Basic limited, powertrain limited, corrosion perforation and roadside assistance
Months 37 to 60 Powertrain limited, corrosion perforation and roadside assistance
Months 61 to 120 Powertrain limited
Service technician working under the hood of a vehicle in a shop bay

Every one of those terms carries a mileage figure beside its months, and on a specific truck we can tell you where it stands on both.

Plenty of the work in the Shenango Valley still gets done out of a truck. Contractors, service outfits and small fleets buy trucks and vans to make money with them, and a vehicle that pays for itself tends to stay in the rotation for years. Then there is the salt. Winters here are cold and snowy and the roads get treated, so on a truck kept a decade the body often becomes the question before the powertrain does. That is why the corrosion perforation term is worth reading as closely as the powertrain term.

So a decade of powertrain coverage matters most to the buyer who keeps a truck a long time, and the 100,000 miles matter most to the one whose work piles them on fast. Coverage length matters least if you trade every 3 years, since a truck that young has not left the 36-month basic term yet. The ProMaster is the clearest case for the long view, because a van bought to work usually keeps working.

Where the Coverage Work Gets Done

A 10-year powertrain term is worth more when the shop that handles it is close to home. Ours is the only Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram store in the Shenango Valley, so a warranty visit here does not mean leaving the valley.

Ram service runs through our Service Department here in Hermitage, and our Express Lane takes the shorter jobs. We do PA State Inspection on site too, so an inspection and a service visit do not have to be 2 separate trips.

Kelly Confidence, our ownership program at Mike Kelly Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, runs alongside factory coverage. Six benefits come with it:

  • Discounted PA State Inspections
  • Lifetime Kelly NitroFill Nitrogen Program
  • Lifetime Car Washes with a Service Visit
  • Lifetime Multi-Point Inspections
  • Lifetime Pit-Stop Program
  • Complimentary Shuttle Service (every 30 minutes)

See separate agreement for complete details. The full program is on our Kelly Confidence page.

Coverage on a Used or Certified Ram

Certification adds coverage of its own, and the terms differ between our two certified pre-owned (CPO) tiers.

CPO Base CPO GO
Eligible model years 2020 to 2025 2015 to 2025
Odometer limit Under 75,000 miles Under 120,000 miles
Powertrain limited warranty 7 years / 100,000 miles from the original sale date Major powertrain coverage
Maximum Care 3 months / 3,000 miles 3 months / 3,000 miles
Deductible Per visit Per visit
Inspection 125-point 125-point
Vehicle history CARFAX report CARFAX report
Roadside allowance Up to $100 per occurrence Up to $100 per occurrence
Rental allowance $35 per day, $175 maximum $35 per day, $175 maximum

CPO Base covers major powertrain parts, meaning engine, transmission and driveline. That 7 years from the original sale date is a long runway on a truck already a few years into its life. CPO GO reaches back further, to 2015 model years and up to 120,000 miles. It carries major powertrain coverage rather than a stated term of its own, which makes it the tier that brings older trucks into the program.

Certification and the factory term are separate pieces of coverage, and how much of each a used truck still has depends on the truck. Terms and eligibility are laid out on our CPO Program page, and you can see what is certified today in our certified pre-owned inventory.

Checking Coverage on a Specific Truck

The quickest way to know what coverage a particular Ram has is to hand us its vehicle identification number, the VIN.

Coverage questions get specific fast, because the answer turns on both the truck’s age and its miles. Give us the VIN or the stock number and we will check where that truck stands before you decide anything. No appointment, no application. Any current deals on trucks and vans sit on our new vehicle specials page. Warranty questions reach us through Contact Us.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Ram powertrain limited warranty runs 120 months and 100,000 miles, which Ram shortens to 10-year/100,000-mile coverage. It is the longest of the four factory terms.

Yes. The 2026 Ram 2500 HD and 3500 HD carry the same 120 months and 100,000 miles as the 1500, so stepping up to a Heavy Duty pickup does not shorten the powertrain term.

Yes. The 2026 ProMaster carries the same 120-month, 100,000-mile powertrain term across its cargo, window and cutaway bodies.

No. The 120-month, 100,000-mile term reads the same on 2WD and 4x4 versions of the 2026 Ram 1500.

Ram’s term runs twice as many years. Ford and Chevrolet both set their standard powertrain coverage at 5 years and 60,000 miles, while Ram writes 10 years and 100,000 miles. Those are each maker’s standard powertrain terms.

36 months and 36,000 miles, the same on the 1500, the 2500 HD, the 3500 HD and the ProMaster. It is the shortest of the four.

The powertrain term. Basic limited stops at 36 months, corrosion perforation and roadside assistance both stop at 60 months, and once a Ram is past its fifth year on the calendar the 120-month powertrain term is the factory coverage still going.

No, and this is the one term that genuinely differs between them. Corrosion perforation runs 60 months with no mileage limit on the 1500 and the ProMaster, and 60 months to 100,000 miles on the 2500 HD and the 3500 HD. On a Heavy Duty truck used for work, 100,000 miles can arrive well inside 5 years.

60 months and 60,000 miles, identical on all four of the 2026 Ram vehicles.

Yes. CPO Base, for 2020 to 2025 vehicles under 75,000 miles, adds a 7-year/100,000-mile powertrain limited warranty from the original sale date plus 3-month/3,000-mile Maximum Care. CPO GO, for 2015 to 2025 vehicles under 120,000 miles, adds major powertrain coverage and the same 3-month/3,000-mile Maximum Care. Both carry a deductible per visit, and the full terms sit on our CPO Program page.

Here. Ours is the only Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram franchise in the Shenango Valley, and Ram work runs through our Service Department in Hermitage.

The answer depends on the individual truck, so send us the VIN or the stock number and we will look it up for you. You can reach us through Contact Us.

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