GMC Sierra 2500 vs Dodge RAM

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	GMC Sierra 2500	Dodge RAM
Complaints on file	2,284	5,489
Model years covered	1994–2026	1976–2010
Worst model year	2001	1995
Best model year	1998	2009
Crashes reported	111	605
Fires reported	64	196
Injuries reported	59	335
Deaths reported	4	18
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	10.4%	21%

GMC Sierra 2500 by year

2 14 19 42 63 171 164 193 175 159 78 98 78 37 11 81 40 57 39 100 77 51 46 40 107 65 53 40 135 35 14

94 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 26

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

What breaks

Brakes 522 22.9%

Electrical System 289 12.7%

Engine & Cooling 208 9.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 199 8.7%

Airbags 167 7.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 145 6.3%

Other & Unspecified 138 6.0%

Steering 132 5.8%

Dodge RAM by year

2 2 4 2 1 2 14 20 21 27 35 23 63 75 66 623 852 905 513 644 496 212 417 152 65 71 47 36 20 33 13 33

76 77 79 81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

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

What breaks

Brakes 995 18.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 730 13.3%

Steering 413 7.5%

Engine & Cooling 411 7.5%

Electrical System 399 7.3%

Suspension 380 6.9%

Airbags 354 6.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 268 4.9%