Dodge RAM 2500 vs Ford Edge

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 RAM 2500	Ford Edge
Complaints on file	8,419	18,092
Model years covered	1991–2012	2004–2024
Worst model year	2003	2013
Best model year	1993	2021
Crashes reported	476	430
Fires reported	198	110
Injuries reported	235	296
Deaths reported	13	3
Most complained-about part	Steering	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	11%	4.6%

Dodge RAM 2500 by year

16 43 55 210 354 365 275 310 422 269 563 210 866 760 541 904 506 405 261 309 389 386

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

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

What breaks

Steering 1,991 23.6%

Suspension 902 10.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 686 8.1%

Body & Structure 647 7.7%

Brakes 644 7.6%

Airbags 598 7.1%

Electrical System 560 6.7%

Engine & Cooling 467 5.5%

Ford Edge by year

5 1,242 1,467 307 778 2,538 1,482 3,247 519 970 1,117 1,663 989 938 432 151 165 32 50

04 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,206 17.7%

Electrical System 2,617 14.5%

Brakes 2,362 13.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,149 11.9%

Other & Unspecified 1,525 8.4%

Airbags 1,310 7.2%

Body & Structure 966 5.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 700 3.9%