1990 Dodge Ram

Routine

Owners filed 23 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Automatic Transmission3
100
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar2
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline2
020
Vehicle Speed Control › Cables1
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Tires1
000
Suspension › Front1
000
Structure › Frame and Members1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Oct 26, 200517,000 milesVA

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 95V1030000 CONCERNING THE FRONT SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT SECURE THE OCCUPANT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE SHOULDER BELT STRAP WOULD NOT LOCK AND THE BUCKLE WOULD NOT STAY LATCHED. THIS HAPPENED EVERY TIME HE USED THE SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK (11/21/05) *SC

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Apr 23, 2002WY

WHILE JUMPING ANOTHER VEHICLE ENGINE SENSOR FAILED COMPLETELY. TOOK TO DEALER PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED AS OF YET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND VEHCILE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Mar 13, 2002CA

TREAD ON LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

Tires
Filed Jun 6, 2001MD

TIRE FAILURE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 31X10.50R1 TIRESIZE: 31X10.50R1)

Seats › Front Assembly › ReclinerCrash1 injured
Filed Feb 15, 2001TX

VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AT 60 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SEATBACK COLLAPSED, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under DashFire
Filed Jun 26, 2000CA

VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE AND IN FRONT OF HOUSE. CONSUMER WAS AWAKENED BY NEIGHBORS AND TOLD THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED. FIREMAN TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE AREA THE WIRING.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Jun 6, 2000CD

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN VEHICLE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *MJS

Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodFire
Filed Sep 27, 1999AR

UNDERHOOD WIRING CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *AK

Child Seat
Filed Jun 18, 1999OK

CAR SEAT FILL OUT OF CAPTAIN CHAIR.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Dec 7, 1998NJ

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE DOESN'T SHIFT CORRECTLY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Equipment › Appliance › Air ConditionerFire
Filed Sep 3, 1998FL

THE DEFECTIVE A/C WIRING GETS EXTREMELY HOT WHICH CAUSES SMOKE AND FIRE. REPLACED THE SWITCH TWICE. PROBLEM OCCURRING AGAIN. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed May 20, 1998AK

COMPLETE REAR BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED AND STILL FAILS.

Suspension › Front
Filed Apr 28, 1997OH

VEHICLE ANDERS, FEELS VERY LOOSE AND DRIFTS FROM LANE TO LANE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Feb 20, 1997VA

THE FRAME BROKE OFF FROM THE UNDERBODY OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Dec 17, 1996WI

THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE OCCUPANT TO BE PINNED BETWEEN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED FROM PARK TO REVERSE TO GET OCCUPANT FROM BETWEEN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN FOR SERVICE. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Aug 14, 1996OH

ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

Seats
Filed May 28, 1996VA

BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEATS FALL BACK WHEN PULLING FORWARD. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control › Cables
Filed Jan 30, 1996WA

ACCELERATOR CABLE SEPARATES. *DSH

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Aug 8, 1995CT

AS STEERING COUPLER WEARS OU, MORE PLAY SHOWS UP IN STEERING WHEEL, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE IN A TURN. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jul 10, 1995WI

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SKD

20 of 23 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20110400Routine
201027520Routine
20099610Routine
200825410Routine
200717410Routine
200625410Routine
200540510Routine
200458702Fatalities reported
2003175730Routine
2002322671Fatalities reported
20014361492Fatalities reported
20001471160Routine
19993661361Fatalities reported
19984831763Fatalities reported
199739811184Fatalities reported
199662514232Fatalities reported
199561116332Fatalities reported
199446922272Fatalities reported
199354110Routine
199258220Routine
199151320Routine
1990 — this page23050Routine

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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.