Dodge RAM 3500 vs Hyundai Tucson

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 3500	Hyundai Tucson
Complaints on file	4,040	8,589
Model years covered	1991–2012	2005–2026
Worst model year	2004	2017
Best model year	1993	2014
Crashes reported	245	399
Fires reported	171	221
Injuries reported	114	228
Deaths reported	9	2
Most complained-about part	Steering	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	13.3%	9.9%

Dodge RAM 3500 by year

5 11 26 102 132 182 153 134 146 77 168 59 330 276 240 349 286 221 130 214 297 502

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 1,051 26.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 375 9.3%

Suspension 359 8.9%

Airbags 317 7.8%

Electrical System 302 7.5%

Brakes 283 7.0%

Engine & Cooling 263 6.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 229 5.7%

Hyundai Tucson by year

273 202 85 66 24 78 174 316 319 238 309 2,168 1,456 537 521 234 109 579 220 146 450 85

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 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 2,448 28.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,208 14.1%

Other & Unspecified 807 9.4%

Brakes 721 8.4%

Electrical System 719 8.4%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 459 5.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 405 4.7%

Body & Structure 385 4.5%