Worst years for a Dodge RAM 2500
Owners have filed 8,415 complaints about the Dodge RAM 2500 with NHTSA across model years 1991 to 2012. More of them are about the steering than anything else.
Every Dodge RAM 2500 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.
| Year | Grade | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Median miles | Most reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | C | 386 | 16 | 24 | 52,497 | Steering |
| 2011 | C | 389 | 5 | 8 | 43,059 | Steering |
| 2010 | C | 309 | 11 | 6 | 42,063 | Steering |
| 2009 | B | 261 | 8 | 5 | 49,000 | Steering |
| 2008 | C | 405 | 15 | 13 | 60,977 | Steering |
| 2007 | C | 506 | 27 | 11 | 59,750 | Steering |
| 2006 | D | 903 | 49 | 8 | 78,000 | Steering |
| 2005 | D | 541 | 56 | 8 | 82,000 | Steering |
| 2004 | D | 759 | 56 | 10 | 74,000 | Steering |
| 2003 | D | 866 | 44 | 3 | 78,500 | Steering |
| 2002 | B | 210 | 14 | 3 | 61,000 | Body & Structure |
| 2001 | C | 561 | 23 | 18 | 84,650 | Body & Structure |
| 2000 | B | 269 | 13 | 9 | 80,000 | Body & Structure |
| 1999 | C | 422 | 26 | 3 | 80,000 | Brakes |
| 1998 | C | 310 | 22 | 3 | 98,947 | Brakes |
| 1997 | C | 275 | 11 | 18 | 92,370 | Brakes |
| 1996 | C | 365 | 21 | 18 | 136,000 | Brakes |
| 1995 | C | 354 | 31 | 20 | 101,500 | Brakes |
| 1994 | B | 210 | 15 | 8 | 106,975 | Brakes |
| 1993 | B | 55 | 5 | 0 | 106,000 | Brakes |
| 1992 | — | 43 | 6 | 2 | 118,000 | Brakes |
| 1991 | — | 16 | 2 | 0 | — | Brakes |
What breaks on a Dodge RAM 2500
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Exactly what failed on a Dodge RAM 2500
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Dodge RAM 2500, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Dodge RAM 2500 problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Dodge RAM 2500
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.