FaultScore

Worst years for a Dodge Pickup

Owners have filed 133 complaints about the Dodge Pickup with NHTSA across model years 1976 to 2002. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1996 Dodge Pickup

43 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

1994 Dodge Pickup

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Dodge Pickup 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
2002 1 0 0 Body & Structure
2001 3 0 0 Body & Structure
2000 3 0 0 Body & Structure
1999 6 0 0 94,000 Body & Structure
1998 C 21 1 0 106,500 Airbags
1997 2 0 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
1996 D 43 1 4 Brakes
1995 C 37 1 0 Brakes
1994 B 10 0 1 Suspension
1992 5 0 0 Suspension
1976 2 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a Dodge Pickup

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

Brakes 28 21.1%

Worst in 1995

Body & Structure 14 10.5%

Worst in 1999

Suspension 14 10.5%

Worst in 1994

Fuel & Propulsion 13 9.8%

Worst in 1996

Engine & Cooling 11 8.3%

Worst in 1995

Tires 10 7.5%

Worst in 1995

Transmission & Drivetrain 9 6.8%

Worst in 1996

Steering 8 6.0%

Worst in 1996

Electrical System 7 5.3%

Worst in 1994

Airbags 4 3.0%

Worst in 1998

Acceleration & Cruise Control 4 3.0%

Worst in 1996

Seat Belts 3 2.3%

Worst in 1995

Seats 2 1.5%

Worst in 1996

Doors, Latches & Locks 2 1.5%

Worst in 1994

Complaints filed over time

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

Jan 1997 peak 11 Sep 2016

Compare the Dodge Pickup

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