Dodge RAM 3500 vs Toyota Tundra

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	Toyota Tundra
Complaints on file	4,040	9,446
Model years covered	1991–2012	1999–2026
Worst model year	2004	2007
Best model year	1993	2026
Crashes reported	245	501
Fires reported	171	70
Injuries reported	114	260
Deaths reported	9	14
Most complained-about part	Steering	Body & Structure
Share of complaints involving harm	13.3%	8.9%

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%

Toyota Tundra by year

1 1,334 543 648 524 652 491 677 535 460 53 218 184 216 105 115 59 156 112 153 104 55 31 633 620 511 222 34

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 26

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

What breaks

Body & Structure 1,779 18.8%

Brakes 1,068 11.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,053 11.1%

Suspension 854 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 802 8.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 576 6.1%

Other & Unspecified 568 6.0%

Airbags 495 5.2%