2025 Ram 1500 Crew Cab flunks IIHS test over rear belts
IIHS reports the 2025 Ram 1500 Crew Cab failed the updated moderate overlap frontal crash test due to rear-seat belt issues, amid mixed safety scores overall.
2026-01-04T00:39:30+03:00
2026-01-04T00:39:30+03:00
2026-01-04T00:39:30+03:00
The 2025 Ram 1500 Crew Cab did not pass the IIHS’s updated moderate overlap frontal crash test. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the key concern was how the rear-seat belts performed. That shortcoming puts the spotlight on rear-occupant restraint behavior, an area that can make or break a vehicle’s overall safety story.During testing, the shoulder belt slipped from the dummy’s chest toward the neck, raising the risk of injury, while the lap belt migrated from the pelvis to the abdomen. Those issues weighed down the final assessment of rear-seat protection. The findings extend to the 2026 Ram 1500 as well.Elsewhere, the pickup delivered steadier results. The Ram 1500 cleared the updated side-impact evaluation and the small overlap front test. Its forward collision prevention system earned a good mark in pedestrian detection but only a mid-level rating in vehicle-to-vehicle scenarios. There were also notes on child-seat fitment: the lower anchors are hard to locate, and the rear center position isn’t convenient for installing a seat. Taken together, the picture is mixed—confident in key crash scenarios, yet calling for refinement in rear-occupant protection and day-to-day family usability.
IIHS reports the 2025 Ram 1500 Crew Cab failed the updated moderate overlap frontal crash test due to rear-seat belt issues, amid mixed safety scores overall.
Michael Powers, Editor
The 2025 Ram 1500 Crew Cab did not pass the IIHS’s updated moderate overlap frontal crash test. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the key concern was how the rear-seat belts performed. That shortcoming puts the spotlight on rear-occupant restraint behavior, an area that can make or break a vehicle’s overall safety story.
During testing, the shoulder belt slipped from the dummy’s chest toward the neck, raising the risk of injury, while the lap belt migrated from the pelvis to the abdomen. Those issues weighed down the final assessment of rear-seat protection. The findings extend to the 2026 Ram 1500 as well.
Elsewhere, the pickup delivered steadier results. The Ram 1500 cleared the updated side-impact evaluation and the small overlap front test. Its forward collision prevention system earned a good mark in pedestrian detection but only a mid-level rating in vehicle-to-vehicle scenarios. There were also notes on child-seat fitment: the lower anchors are hard to locate, and the rear center position isn’t convenient for installing a seat. Taken together, the picture is mixed—confident in key crash scenarios, yet calling for refinement in rear-occupant protection and day-to-day family usability.
