Owners filed 10 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Suspension › Front | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Structure › Body › Bumpers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Structure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Air › Disc › Rotor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Air | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Air Bags › Frontal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
THE HOLE DASH HAS CRACKED AND FALLING APART AND FACE PLATE IS CRACKED TOO. I AM SCARED THAT IF I HAVE A WRECK GOD FORBID THAT IT WILL BUST THE AIR BAG AND IT WANT SAVE MY LIFE OR IT WILL FLY APART AND CUT ME UP WITH ALL THOSE SHARP PIECES. *TR
I PURCHASED A DODGE RAM 1500 IN NOVEMBER OF 1999 FROM A CHARLESTON SC DEALERSHIP. IN 1993 THE DASH BEGAN TO START CRACKING AND WHEN WE SHOWED IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NOT THERE RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT IT WOULD COST $1000.00 TO REPLACE IT. AFTER COMPLAINING TO DODGE THE REPAIRS WHERE DONE AT NO COST TO ME. AFTER A FEW SHORT MONTHS LATER WE MOVED TO CRESTVIEW FL WHERE MORE CRACK STARTED FORMING UNTIL THE POINT THAT WE HAD 5 THAT FORMED FORM ABOVE THE CONSOLE DISPLAY AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. DUE TO MY CONCERNS THAT THE BAG WOULD CAUSE THE DASH TO BREAK APART AND CAUSE FLYING DABRIE IF DEPLOYED I REPLACED THE DASH THIS TIME AT THE COST OF OVER $2000.00. AFTER GET IT BACK THE FRONT SPEAKERS NO LONGER WORK. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER DODGE CUSTOMERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND EVEN SOME ARE HAVING HUGE CHUNKS CAVE IN TO THE DASH AND WIRING THAT IS CLIPPED AND OR MELTED FROM THE EXPOSED SUNLIGHT. *TR
FRONT WHEEL WAS MAKING LOUD GRINDING NOISE DUE TO LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILURE. *AK
THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM FRONT END ALIGNMENT BECAUSE TRACK BAR WAS INOPERATIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO CONTROL WHEN HITTING BUMPS. *SCC
WHEN MAKING U-TURNS FRONT TIRES HIT SHOCK BOLTS.AMAGE TO TIRES NEED REPLACING . *AK
FRONT ROTORS WARPED AT 39,000 MILES.
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE METAL ON THE RECEIVER HITCH IS COMING APART FROM THE FRAME, WHICH WILL CAUSE THE TRAILER TO COME UNATTACHED FROM THE VEHICLE, AT ANYTIME. DEALER CONTACTED. TS
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE HOOD LIFTED HITTING THE WINDSHIELD AND CRACKING IT.*AK CONSUMER STATES DRIVER WAS INJURED. *JB UPDATED 08/06/06 THE CONSUMER STATED WANTS TO CHECK ON THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION FOR A RECALL ISSUED FOR THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 07/02/07 *TR
JACOBS EXHAUST BRAKE KIT WAS INSTALLED ON VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE LOCATION OF THE BRAKE SWITCH IN DRIVER'S CAB IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OPERATE WITH SEAT HARNESS ATTACHED AND THE SWITCH CAN'T BE SEEN AT NIGHT. *SLC
VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO STEER, ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW RAIN OR WIND IS PRESENT, VEHICLE SOMETIMES WANDERS. *SLC
10 of 10 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.