1993 Dodge Ram 1500

Routine

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components › drum. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Frame and Members1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
102
Power Train1
010
Exterior Lighting › Headlights › Switch1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power TrainFire
Filed Apr 2, 2019113,000 milesPA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 45-50 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND INCREASED TO 70 MPH. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WAS UNCONTROLLABLE AND THE ENGINE REVVED. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR AND SMOKE EMERGED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000. .*BF THE CONSUMER WISHES TO WITHDRAW THE COMPLAINT. *TR

Service Brakes, HydraulicCrash2 injured
Filed Jul 20, 200787,006 milesTX

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 DODGE D150. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE FAILURE CAUSED HIM TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY. THE DRIVER SUFFERED A CONCUSSION, BODY CONTUSIONS, AND STRAINED MUSCLES. HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. BOTH VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED. THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WAS TOWED, BUT NOT REPAIRED. NO MILEAGE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRUCK SKIDDED SEVERAL FEET AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THE MOTOR SOUNDED AS IF IT WERE RACING. THE CONSUMER FURTHER STATED THERE WAS SUDDEN ACCELERATION BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED A RELEASE FORM, A COPY OF RECALL NOTICE, INSURANCE INFORMATION, AND PHOTOS OF THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 09/05/07 *TR

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Jul 28, 1999MD

FRAME HAS CRACK UNDERNEATH WHERE THE FRONT SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM IS. DEALER RHAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 23, 1996VA

WHEN IT RAINS THE ABS LIGHT COMES AND DRIVER GETS A REAL ROUGH STOPPING, LIIKE THE BRAKE ARE GRABBING, EXPERIENCED PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE IN 1993. *AK

Exterior Lighting › Headlights › Switch
Filed Sep 30, 1996TX

SWITCH RING HEADLIGHT FAILURE, WHEN CHANGING SWITCH FROM DIM TO BRIGHT THERE IS COMPLETE HEADLIGHT FAILURE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed Feb 23, 1996PA

W/REAR ABS BRAKES; ONCE APPLIED W/SOME PRESSURE, REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP ON WET AND TWICE ON DRY ROAD SURFACE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20141000Routine
20126977100Above average
2011688470Above average
2010486430Above average
2009670220Above average
2008554860Do not drive
2007517780Do not drive
20067921281Do not drive
20051,1687165Do not drive
20041,0978291Do not drive
20031,1705126Do not drive
20028156141Fatalities reported
20011,1123351Fatalities reported
2000513380Above average
19996101191Fatalities reported
19985201168Fatalities reported
19973611141Fatalities reported
19962981174Fatalities reported
19952131140Above average
1994116170Routine
1993 — this page6010Routine
19920100Routine
19917000Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.