Dodge Intrepid vs RAM 1500

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Dodge Intrepid	RAM 1500
Complaints on file	8,078	16,530
Model years covered	1987–2004	2009–2026
Worst model year	1995	2019
Best model year	2002	2009
Crashes reported	441	905
Fires reported	243	286
Injuries reported	290	464
Deaths reported	12	16
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	12.2%	10.1%

Dodge Intrepid by year

2 2 2 554 1,024 919 709 473 493 1,236 1,227 729 413 140 155

87 88 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,042 37.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 804 10.0%

Steering 707 8.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 595 7.4%

Brakes 393 4.9%

Electrical System 390 4.8%

Suspension 329 4.1%

Airbags 291 3.6%

RAM 1500 by year

47 1,598 2,401 1,963 2,094 1,181 898 2,138 900 1,130 1,020 331 126 603 100

09 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 2,645 16.0%

Steering 2,604 15.8%

Electrical System 2,295 13.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,497 9.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,421 8.6%

Brakes 1,245 7.5%

Other & Unspecified 1,222 7.4%

Airbags 561 3.4%