1995 Dodge B250 problems

Owners have filed 12 complaints about the 1995 Dodge B250 with NHTSA between 1995 and 2000. The largest single group is the transmission & drivetrain. Across this model's run it ranks 3 of 3 worst.

Read the complaints What breaks Worst years for the Dodge B250 All 1995 cars

FaultScore 14/100

Higher is worse. Measured against the other years of the Dodge B250.

How this is worked out

The numbers

Complaints

Crashes reported

Fires reported

Injuries reported

What kind of bad

The letter says how bad. This says what kind — whether this year drew an unusual number of complaints, unusually dangerous ones, or failures that arrived unusually early.

The dashed ring is 50 — the national norm. Further out is worse.

Complaint volume — 23: Against the median year of the Dodge B250. 50 means typical for this model; 100 means roughly double.
Severity — 0: 0% of these complaints involved a crash, fire, injury or death, against a national rate of 9.7%.
Early failure — not reported: Too few complaints recorded a mileage to measure this.

How 1995 compares with every other Dodge B250

Click any bar to open that year's report.

1 1 6 2 4 8 8 13 20 46 12 5 6 2

81 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

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

What breaks on a 1995 Dodge B250

Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.

Brakes 3 25.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 3 25.0%

Other & Unspecified 1 8.3%

Tires 1 8.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 1 8.3%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 8.3%

Body & Structure 1 8.3%

Engine & Cooling 1 8.3%

When owners complained

A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.

Mar 1995 peak 5 Sep 2000

The most recent complaints

In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.

Filed 19 Sep 2000 Irving, TX

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

THIS IS A CORRECTION TO VOQ ODI NUMBER 730388., DOTU9HL \UC8477/ J03R, 22972-1

NHTSA complaint #730893 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Filed 6 Jul 2000 Tampa, FL

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKAGE ACCOMPANIED BY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *MJS

NHTSA complaint #552652 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Filed 6 Jul 2000 Tampa, FL

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKAGE ACCOMPANIED BY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *MJS

NHTSA complaint #552652 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Filed 16 Dec 1997 Duluth, GA

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER