FaultScore

Worst years for a Dodge RAM Quad CAB

Owners have filed 561 complaints about the Dodge RAM Quad CAB with NHTSA across model years 2001 to 2003. More of them are about the body & structure than anything else.

Avoid

2002 Dodge RAM Quad CAB

265 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly body & structure.

Cleanest on record

2001 Dodge RAM Quad CAB

138 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Dodge RAM Quad CAB 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 C 158 9 2 50,000 Body & Structure
2002 D 265 13 4 58,000 Body & Structure
2001 C 138 7 0 56,730 Body & Structure

What breaks on a Dodge RAM Quad CAB

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

Body & Structure 170 30.3%

Worst in 2002

Brakes 54 9.6%

Worst in 2003

Suspension 44 7.8%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2002

Steering 42 7.5%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2001

Airbags 25 4.5%

Worst in 2003

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 17 3.0%

Worst in 2002

Fuel & Propulsion 14 2.5%

Worst in 2002

Lights 12 2.1%

Worst in 2002

Tires 12 2.1%

Worst in 2002

Equipment & Accessories 8 1.4%

Worst in 2002

Exactly what failed on a Dodge RAM Quad CAB

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Rotor 23 21.9%
Front 13 12.4%
Frontal 12 11.4%
Body 11 10.5%
Automatic Transmission 11 10.5%
Engine 9 8.6%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 8 7.6%
Differential Unit 6 5.7%
Lower Ball Joint 6 5.7%
Rack AND Pinion 6 5.7%

Complaints filed over time

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

Dec 2000 peak 28 Dec 2019

Dodge RAM Quad CAB 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 Quad CAB

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