Dodge RAM 2500 vs Nissan Altima

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	Nissan Altima
Complaints on file	8,415	20,238
Model years covered	1991–2012	1993–2025
Worst model year	2003	2014
Best model year	1993	2004
Crashes reported	476	1,256
Fires reported	198	317
Injuries reported	235	783
Deaths reported	13	17
Most complained-about part	Steering	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	11%	11.7%

Dodge RAM 2500 by year

16 43 55 210 354 365 275 310 422 269 561 210 866 759 541 903 506 405 261 309 389 386

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 23.7%

Suspension 902 10.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 686 8.2%

Body & Structure 647 7.7%

Brakes 644 7.7%

Airbags 595 7.1%

Electrical System 560 6.7%

Engine & Cooling 467 5.5%

Nissan Altima by year

150 120 216 117 141 141 110 199 202 1,321 1,099 334 1,364 1,043 598 1,376 2,150 541 320 579 2,981 1,396 1,203 790 521 322 356 262 120 55 39 62 10

93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,482 17.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,205 10.9%

Airbags 1,967 9.7%

Electrical System 1,775 8.8%

Body & Structure 1,769 8.7%

Other & Unspecified 1,496 7.4%

Steering 1,346 6.7%

Lights 1,235 6.1%