Tow guide · Ram equipment
Ram sells more than a dozen camera options, and the names don't make it obvious which ones include a camera and which only add wiring or a mirror. This guide decodes each option code, so you can read a window sticker or build sheet and know what a truck on a Southeastern lot can actually show you.
You want
Order the Tow Mode Camera (XH7) with the truck, on top of HD Towing Technology Plus (AVS) or Limited Level 1 (A69). If you don't want those packages, Digital Rearview Mirror with Tow Mode (AVF) bundles the mirror and camera. XH7 can't be added later through Mopar.
You want
The 360° Surround View Camera (XAK). It's standard on the 1500 Tungsten and comes in packages such as the Advanced Safety Group, Tow Technology Group and Limited Level 1.
You want
On a 2500 or 3500, the Trailer 360° Surround View Camera (XN1) adds four cameras that mount on the trailer. The truck must also have XAK.
You want
Make sure the truck has trailer camera wiring (XFQ, or a package that includes it, such as XAK, AAN or A69) and the 8.4- or 12-inch screen. Then a dealer can fit the Mopar Trailer Side Camera Kit (82216068AB). Its view shows on the touchscreen, not continuously in the mirror.
You want
The cargo-view camera in the third brake light (LPD) shows the bed on the touchscreen. It's included in the Tow Technology Group on a Big Horn HD and in Limited Level 1.
“HD” means the Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups. Codes and package contents change between model years, so check the window sticker or build sheet of the truck you're considering.
Camera in the tailgate showing the view behind the truck on the Uconnect screen.
Camera in the third brake light at the top of the cab, showing the bed on the Uconnect screen.
Four cameras stitched into a bird's-eye view of the truck, plus a camera in the third brake light, all shown on the Uconnect screen.
Four cameras that mount on the trailer for a bird's-eye view around it, with wiring, a docking station and brackets. It plugs in at a connector near the tailgate.
Towing package with the 360° camera, cargo-view camera with guide lines, hitch light, trailer reverse guidance, trailer-tow mirrors with spot lamps, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-path detection and trailer camera wiring (contents vary by model).
Digital Rearview Mirror 3.0 (GNQ) plus Trailer Reverse Steering Control, which helps steer the truck while backing a trailer.
Big comfort and technology package that, among much else, includes the 360° camera, a Digital Rearview Mirror, trailer camera wiring and (on heavy-duty trucks) trailer reverse guidance. 2500 Mega Cabs also get the cargo-view camera.
Package for the 1500 RHO that includes the 360° camera and the Digital Rearview Mirror.
Digital Rearview Mirror (auto-dimming GNQ version when the Tow Technology Group is also ordered), head-up display and LED third brake light.
Rearview mirror that can switch to a camera view behind the truck.
The Digital Rearview Mirror, a Tow Mode Camera shipped loose in the truck, and a dedicated connector in the bumper, for a continuous trailer or cargo-camera view in the mirror.
A trailer camera whose picture runs continuously in the Digital Rearview Mirror, showing what's behind the trailer.
Wiring for up to two auxiliary cameras: a 12-pin connector in the bumper and one in the bed by the wheel well for fifth-wheel and gooseneck trailers.
Dealer-installed trailer camera with wiring to the truck and a mounting bracket.
No. Its five cameras are all on the truck. On a 2500 or 3500 it does include the wiring for a trailer camera, and it's required for the Trailer 360° Surround View Camera (XN1).
XFQ is wiring only, for up to two auxiliary cameras whose picture shows on the touchscreen temporarily. XH7 is a camera that shows the view behind the trailer continuously in the Digital Rearview Mirror; it's factory order only.
Not the factory Tow Mode Camera (XH7): it isn't sold through Mopar. A dealer can add the Mopar Trailer Side Camera Kit (82216068AB) if the truck has trailer camera wiring and the 8.4- or 12-inch Uconnect screen, but it displays on the touchscreen rather than in the mirror.
Yes, on the 1500, 2500/3500 and ProMaster. On the Chassis Cab it ships loose for the upfitter to mount, and on a gas 2500/3500 ordered without a bed it also ships loose.
If you want to see behind the trailer while driving, get the Tow Mode Camera (XH7) with AVS or A69, or the AVF package. The Tow Technology Group (AAN) adds the 360° camera, cargo camera, trailer reverse guidance and trailer-tow mirrors, plus the wiring for a trailer camera.
Source: Ram Camera Packages Explained (Stellantis Performance Institute product training), Stellantis North America, summarized in our own words. It reflects roughly the 2024–2026 Ram lineup. This is an independent research site, not affiliated with Ram or Stellantis.