FaultScore

Worst years for a Dodge RAM Pickup

Owners have filed 183 complaints about the Dodge RAM Pickup with NHTSA across model years 1992 to 2003. More of them are about the body & structure than anything else.

Avoid

2003 Dodge RAM Pickup

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

Cleanest on record

1997 Dodge RAM Pickup

21 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Dodge RAM 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
2003 D 19 2 1 21,517 Transmission & Drivetrain
2002 D 29 5 1 50,000 Body & Structure
2001 C 21 1 0 42,000 Body & Structure
2000 8 1 0 67,000 Engine & Cooling
1999 C 34 2 0 70,000 Body & Structure
1998 C 27 2 1 122,500 Airbags
1997 B 21 0 1 36,346 Body & Structure
1996 6 1 0 Steering
1995 9 1 2 Electrical System
1994 3 0 0 Suspension
1992 6 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a Dodge RAM Pickup

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

Body & Structure 41 22.4%

Worst in 1999

Brakes 21 11.5%

Worst in 1998

Transmission & Drivetrain 19 10.4%

Worst in 2002

Airbags 16 8.7%

Worst in 1998

Engine & Cooling 11 6.0%

Worst in 1999

Electrical System 11 6.0%

Worst in 1995

Suspension 10 5.5%

Worst in 1999

Acceleration & Cruise Control 10 5.5%

Worst in 1997

Steering 7 3.8%

Worst in 1996

Other & Unspecified 7 3.8%

Worst in 1999

Lights 5 2.7%

Worst in 1998

Fuel & Propulsion 5 2.7%

Worst in 1998

Doors, Latches & Locks 5 2.7%

Worst in 1996

Tires 4 2.2%

Worst in 1992

Complaints filed over time

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

Nov 1996 peak 7 Jun 2012

Compare the Dodge RAM Pickup

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