Well-known Stellantis executive Tim Kuniskis is returning to the automaker effective immediately, CNBC has learned.

Kuniskis copped to the fact that “...it’s all light duty dragging us down,” admitting that the company has been experiencing severe production delays in getting the next Ram LD to market. The newly minted CEO also expressed frustration of a personal nature, confiding “I don’t even have my RHO yet.”

Tim Kuniskis, former head of Dodge and Ram, is returning to Stellantis to lead the Ram Trucks brand, effective immediately, according to sources. His return follows the unexpected resignation of Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares last week amid struggles in the North American market.

Tim Kuniskis, one-time host of MT 's Last Call drag racing event celebrating the Hemi V-8, and CEO of Dodge and Ram in the U.S., initially announced his retirement from executive

Troubled automaker Stellantis has decided that its Ram brand needs its own executive, so it is bringing back an executive who retired this year when CEO Carlos Tavares was still running the company.

The popular executive retired in the spring. Now he's back leading the truck brand during a period of upheaval for the automaker.

Tim Kuniskis returns to lead Ram after a short retirement, declaring he’s ready to turn around sales and overcome production challenges.

Kuniskis, a household name and major driving force for the Auburn Hills-based automaker, returns to lead the RAM brand after originally retiring.

Well-known Stellantis executive Tim Kuniskis will be returning to the automaker, effective immediately, CNBC has learned.

Kuniskis also reportedly said that the company is backlogged by thousands of truck orders that it needs to catch up on. "We should have been fully ramped up on that truck at the b

But he is confident Ram can reverse the course. Ram is down by a whopping 24% in the United States through September. Things are so bad that the US Stellantis National Dealer Council sent an open letter to former CEO Carlos Tavares in September,