2001 Dodge Pickup

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Exterior Lighting06E026000
Filed Mar 23, 200661,944 vehiclesPro-A Motors, Inc.

Defect. CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Risk. WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

Remedy. PRO-A MOTORS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PRO-A MOTORS AT 323-838-2988.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure
Filed Mar 12, 200925,000 milesFL

HAVE 2001 DODGE RAM, 81,000 MILES. DASH IS FALLING APART, HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AN ISSUED COMPLAINT. REF #18411025. WAS TOLD BY THEM THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR LABOR TO CORRECT KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR PART. PART 375.00, LABOR 175.00. ASKED THEM TO PAY FOR PART AND I WOULD INSTALL . REPLY WAS NO. *TR

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Apr 14, 2008111,000 milesIN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE PICKUP. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

Structure
Filed Dec 9, 2007NC

DASH BOARD FALLING TO PIECES AND DOWN INTO CONTROLS UNDER DASH ALSO BIG GLARE FROM CRACKS IN WINDSHIELD DANGEROUS I BELIEVE DODGE KNOWS THIS JUST TYPE IN RAM PICKUP DASH BOARDS INTO INTERNET THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS DODGE HAS A NEW DASH AND NEW PART NUMBER BECAUSE THEY KNOW BIG PROBLEM THEY WANT US ALL TO PAY 1000.00 TO PUT IN NEW DASH THIS WILL END UP IN ACCIDENTS I BELIEVE DODGE SHOULD RECALL THESE DASH BOARDS JUST ASK ANY ONE WITH DODGE RAM TRUCKS . THANKS DAVID *TR

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
2001 — this page3100Routine
20003100Routine
19996100Routine
199815100Routine
19972110Routine
199626130Routine
199523100Routine
19948110Routine
19924000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Mar 23, 2006. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.