FaultScore

Worst years for a Dodge B Series

Owners have filed 62 complaints about the Dodge B Series with NHTSA across model years 1976 to 1998. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

1998 Dodge B Series

19 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

1995 Dodge B Series

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Dodge B Series year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
1998 D 19 0 16 117,619 Electrical System
1997 2 0 1 Electrical System
1996 D 13 1 1 Brakes
1995 C 10 0 1 Brakes
1994 D 10 2 3 Transmission & Drivetrain
1992 1 0 1 Engine & Cooling
1990 1 0 0 Tires
1989 2 1 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
1988 1 0 0 Electrical System
1986 1 0 0 Doors, Latches & Locks
1978 1 0 0 Suspension
1976 1 0 0 Body & Structure

What breaks on a Dodge B Series

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 21 33.9%

Worst in 1998

Brakes 10 16.1%

Worst in 1996

Transmission & Drivetrain 6 9.7%

Worst in 1994

Steering 5 8.1%

Worst in 1996

Body & Structure 4 6.5%

Worst in 1995

Engine & Cooling 3 4.8%

Worst in 1995

Wheels 3 4.8%

Worst in 1994

Airbags 2 3.2%

Worst in 1995

Suspension 2 3.2%

Worst in 1978

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2 3.2%

Worst in 1994

Fuel & Propulsion 1 1.6%

Worst in 1994

Tires 1 1.6%

Worst in 1990

Seat Belts 1 1.6%

Worst in 1994

Doors, Latches & Locks 1 1.6%

Worst in 1986

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Dodge B Series, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 1995 peak 15 May 2011

Compare the Dodge B Series

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.