FaultScore

Worst years for a Dodge RAM 4500

Owners have filed 53 complaints about the Dodge RAM 4500 with NHTSA across model years 2008 to 2012. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2012 Dodge RAM 4500

19 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.

Cleanest on record

2008 Dodge RAM 4500

11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Dodge RAM 4500 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
2012 C 19 0 0 32,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2011 C 18 1 0 70,872 Steering
2009 5 1 1 Electrical System
2008 A 11 0 0 59,000 Steering

What breaks on a Dodge RAM 4500

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

Steering 27 50.9%

Worst in 2011

Suspension 6 11.3%

Worst in 2011

Transmission & Drivetrain 5 9.4%

Worst in 2012

Brakes 4 7.5%

Worst in 2011

Electrical System 3 5.7%

Worst in 2009

Fuel & Propulsion 3 5.7%

Worst in 2012

Engine & Cooling 2 3.8%

Worst in 2012

Lights 1 1.9%

Worst in 2009

Wheels 1 1.9%

Worst in 2012

Other & Unspecified 1 1.9%

Worst in 2012

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Dodge RAM 4500, by the month it reached NHTSA.

May 2010 peak 4 May 2019

Compare the Dodge RAM 4500

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