1995 Dodge Dodge problems

Owners have filed 10 complaints about the 1995 Dodge Dodge with NHTSA between 1995 and 1998. The largest single group is the steering. Across this model's run it ranks 6 of 7 worst.

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

FaultScore 50/100

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

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 — 20: Against the median year of the Dodge Dodge. 50 means typical for this model; 100 means roughly double.
Severity — 100: 20% 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 Dodge

Click any bar to open that year's report.

1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 3 1 2 4 7 10 14 13 13 76 31 15

64 71 78 79 82 83 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 02

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 Dodge

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

Lights 2 20.0%

Steering 2 20.0%

Wheels 1 10.0%

Tires 1 10.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 10.0%

Suspension 1 10.0%

Electrical System 1 10.0%

Engine & Cooling 1 10.0%

0 crashes, 1 fires

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.

Jun 1995 peak 5 Oct 1998

Complaints that involved harm

Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.

Filed 14 Oct 1998 Orlando, FL 1 injured

STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

LOWER STEERTING COLUMN COUPLER FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION.

NHTSA complaint #539347 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Filed 8 Jun 1995 Tewksbury, MA Fire

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

VEHICLE FIRE. *SKD

NHTSA complaint #480499 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

The most recent complaints

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

Filed 14 Oct 1998 Orlando, FL 1 injured

STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

LOWER STEERTING COLUMN COUPLER FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION.

NHTSA complaint #539347 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Filed 26 Sep 1997 Lucerne VA, CA

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

BATTERY FAILED.