FaultScore

Worst years for a Dodge RAM 5500

Owners have filed 114 complaints about the Dodge RAM 5500 with NHTSA across model years 2008 to 2012. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2012 Dodge RAM 5500

51 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2008 Dodge RAM 5500

21 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Dodge RAM 5500 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 D 51 0 6 32,844 Steering
2011 D 34 2 4 47,621 Steering
2009 8 2 1 50,000 Steering
2008 B 21 0 2 59,000 Steering

What breaks on a Dodge RAM 5500

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

Steering 54 47.4%

Worst in 2012

Engine & Cooling 12 10.5%

Worst in 2011

Electrical System 12 10.5%

Worst in 2012

Transmission & Drivetrain 10 8.8%

Worst in 2012

Fuel & Propulsion 9 7.9%

Worst in 2011

Suspension 5 4.4%

Worst in 2012

Airbags 4 3.5%

Worst in 2012

Other & Unspecified 4 3.5%

Worst in 2011

Body & Structure 2 1.8%

Worst in 2012

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1 0.9%

Worst in 2011

Wheels 1 0.9%

Worst in 2011

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Dodge RAM 5500, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2009 peak 9 Apr 2023

Compare the Dodge RAM 5500

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