1996 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 Review
Price Estimate: $437 - $745
Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 model years
Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 types
- Extended Cab
- Regular Cab
Edmunds' Expert Review
by the Edmunds Experts
What’s new
The Ram Pickup gets some mild mechanical changes, including electronically governed automatic transmissions and a torque increase for the optional 5.9L turbodiesel V8 to 440 pound-feet. CD controls are added to cassette audio systems and cast alloy wheels are standard with SLT and Sport trims. New color offerings are Light Kiwi Pearl and Spruce Pearl.
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2 listings
- 116,693 miles
- No accidents, 4 owners, personal use only
- Cars 4 U (787 mi away)
- Four wheel drive
- Dual-opening retract...
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Located in Missoula, MT
Step right up and feast your eyes on this legendary Blue 1996 Dodge Ram 2500! This beast of a truck is powered by a 5.2L (318) MPI V8 engine that roar...
AutoCheck Vehicle History Summary
Accident Free Vehicle: Yes
Personal Use Only: Yes
History Provider: AutoCheck
Title Details: Clean Title
Salvage Vehicle: No
Frame Damage: No
Theft History: No
Lemon Status: No
Free History Report: No
Features and Specs:
Listing Information:
VIN: 1B7JF26Y8TJ129601
Stock: 129601
Certified Pre-Owned: No
Listed since: 04-15-2025- 117,985 miles
- No accidents, 3 owners, personal use only
- Northern Ford (716 mi away)
- 4-wheel drive
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Located in Cut Bank, MT
The 1996 Dodge BR2500! A great vehicle and a great value! It features a standard transmission, 4-wheel drive, and a powerful 8 cylinder engine. Our kn...
AutoCheck Vehicle History Summary
Accident Free Vehicle: Yes
Personal Use Only: Yes
History Provider: AutoCheck
Title Details: Clean Title
Salvage Vehicle: No
Frame Damage: No
Theft History: No
Lemon Status: No
Free History Report: No
Features and Specs:
Listing Information:
VIN: 1B7KF23Z4TJ132027
Stock: winkocons
Certified Pre-Owned: No
Listed since: 05-11-2024
Cost to Drive
Monthly estimates based on costs in North Dakota
$312/mo for Ram Pickup 2500 Laramie SLT
Ram Pickup 2500 Laramie SLT
vs
$232/mo
Avg. Large Truck
Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 Owner Reviews
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4.38 out of 5 starsallllchemist, 08/18/2011
1995 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 Laramie SLT 2dr Extended Cab LB (5.9L 8cyl naturally aspired 5M)
Bought the truck used from an auction.
previous owner had hauled trailers all over new england in snow/ice (salt corrosion) for 280k miles with jake brake and after-market overdrive.
bad tps and fuel pump had led him to dump it.
got some flakey overdrive issues when cold (showed up when a transmission shop removed the overdrive unit and cut the ground wire)...
125k miles later she's … still "busting a hump," moves right along at 2200 rpms, 15 mpg.
Not going to win any races, but every time I sit down to calculate the cost of replacing her, she makes dollars and sense.
I'll keep her another year and see how she acts.
I'd like to take the cummins out and drop it in another vehicle.
I LOVE MY TRUCK
4.63 out of 5 starsHorsegal, 04/13/2003
1996 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 Laramie SLT 2dr Extended Cab 4WD LB (5.9L 8cyl naturally aspired 5M)
I love my truck. I just wish that when
I wanted to buy a new one that they
would offer the suicide doors again.
Those 4 full doors are so geeky. For
peets sake its a truck. I get pretty
fair gas milage but it is a gas
engine. I still get about 14 which is
good. The mileage never changes when I
haul the horse trailer either. I like
that. The truck hardly gives … when you
hook it up.
excellent truck
5 out of 5 starshiebert, 03/03/2003
1995 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 Laramie SLT 2dr Extended Cab 4WD LB (5.9L 8cyl naturally aspired 5M)
the deisel dodge is a great puller.
Would buy it again
4.75 out of 5 starsnadinemarie, 01/30/2009
1996 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 ST 2dr Extended Cab LB (5.9L 8cyl naturally aspired 5M)
We used it as a work horse the first ten years, hauling furniture, sawdust, rocks and etc., but putting very few miles on it as used car for out of town trips. Then with only 20,000 miles and a dozen years old decided to put a camper on it's back. Performs beautifully with a 8.5 camper fully loaded. Makes hills with little effort, as much as diesels do, if we do not lose RPM behind a … truck. Never had it in the repair garage until this year, other than normal maintenance. This year have to have A/C fan fixed. Averaging 12-14 mpg with camper.
We have a limited number of reviews for the 1996 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500, so we've included reviews for other years of the Ram Pickup 2500 since its last redesign.
1996 Ram Pickup 2500 Highlights
Extended Cab
ST
Engine Type | Gas |
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Combined MPG | 12 MPG |
Cost to Drive | $312/month |
rear wheel drive | |
Max Towing Capacity | 8,800 lbs. |
Safety
IIHS Rating
The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety uses extensive crash tests to determine car safety.
- Small Overlap Front Driver-Side TestNot Tested
- Small Overlap Front Passenger-Side TestNot Tested
- Moderate Overlap Front Test – Original0
- Moderate Overlap Front Test – UpdatedNot Tested
- Side Impact Test – OriginalNot Tested
- Side Impact Test – UpdatedNot Tested
- Roof Strength TestNot Tested
- Rear Crash Protection / Head RestraintNot Tested
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