Dodge Ram Pickup

Owners filed 150 complaints across 11 model years of the Dodge Ram Pickup. The 1999 drew the most (33).

Model years11
Complaints150
Recalls1
Fires6
Deaths1

Which Dodge Ram Pickup years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Dodge Ram Pickup model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Dodge Ram Pickup model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
200314
012StructureRoutine
200222
115StructureRoutine
200120
0—1StructureRoutine
20008
0—1StructureRoutine
199933
0—2StructureRoutine
199818
011Air Bags › FrontalRoutine
199717
01—StructureRoutine
19966
0—1Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle BarFatalities reported
19957
021Electrical System › Ignition › SwitchRoutine
19942
0——Suspension › FrontRoutine
19923
0——TiresRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.