Dodge Ram 1500: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 29 recall campaigns for the Dodge Ram 1500, model years 1991 to 2014. NHTSA has 12,414 complaints on file for this model line. 19 of the 23 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 30 Sep 2026. Recall file through 30 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Dodge Ram 1500: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2014 Dodge Ram 1500 NHTSA page	0	1	0%
2012 Dodge Ram 1500	6	697	129%	3,101,529
2011 Dodge Ram 1500	4	689	128%	2,040,547
2010 Dodge Ram 1500	4	486	90%	2,024,465
2009 Dodge Ram 1500	2	670	124%	322,974
2008 Dodge Ram 1500	5	554	103%	9,946,616
2007 Dodge Ram 1500	4	517	96%	9,486,267
2006 Dodge Ram 1500	9	792	147%	9,916,501
2005 Dodge Ram 1500	4	1,169	217%	9,233,400
2004 Dodge Ram 1500	5	1,098	203%	8,983,032
2003 Dodge Ram 1500	1	1,170	217%	385,686
2002 Dodge Ram 1500	3	815	151%	483,439
2001 Dodge Ram 1500	2	1,112	206%	216,314
2000 Dodge Ram 1500	2	513	95%	216,314
1999 Dodge Ram 1500	0	610	113%
1998 Dodge Ram 1500	0	520	96%
1997 Dodge Ram 1500	0	361	67%
1996 Dodge Ram 1500	0	298	55%
1995 Dodge Ram 1500	0	213	39%
1994 Dodge Ram 1500	0	116	21%
1993 Dodge Ram 1500 NHTSA page	0	6	1%
1992 Dodge Ram 1500 NHTSA page	1	0	0%	800
1991 Dodge Ram 1500 NHTSA page	0	7	1%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

16,097 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Dodge Ram 1500: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Power Train	152.1	2,449
Air Bags	138.3	2,227
Structure	126.6	2,038
Electrical System	88.6	1,426
Suspension	56.9	916
Steering	54.2	873
Unknown or Other	46.3	745
Engine	46	740
Engine and Engine Cooling	40.3	648
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	34.6	557

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Dodge Ram 1500, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2003, with 4 campaigns.

Complaints about the Dodge Ram 1500, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2015, with 1,942 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Durango73 campaigns
Grand Caravan67 campaigns
Caravan56 campaigns
Dakota49 campaigns
Ram 250022 campaigns
Intrepid15 campaigns
Charger83 campaigns
Journey26 campaigns
Ram63 campaigns
Neon16 campaigns
Avenger20 campaigns
Ram 350032 campaigns
Stratus27 campaigns
Dart41 campaigns
Caliber8 campaigns
Challenger44 campaigns
Magnum13 campaigns
Nitro11 campaigns
Shadow11 campaigns
Dynasty8 campaigns
Ram Quad Cab0 campaigns
Spirit6 campaigns
Dodge Truck8 campaigns
C Body1 campaign
Colt11 campaigns
Sport Utility2 campaigns
Journey AWD1 campaign
Nitro 4X40 campaigns
Stealth4 campaigns
Ram van3 campaigns
Sprinter 250015 campaigns
Ram Pickup1 campaign
Dodge9 campaigns
Daytona14 campaigns
Sprinter10 campaigns
Nitro 4X21 campaign
Pickup0 campaigns
B2509 campaigns
Sprinter 350014 campaigns
Caliber AWD0 campaigns
Ram 550012 campaigns
Durango 4X40 campaigns
Stratus Coupe0 campaigns
Charger EV3 campaigns
Viper12 campaigns
Monaco43 campaigns
Hornet7 campaigns
Hornet Phev1 campaign
Aries12 campaigns
Ram 450012 campaigns
B3508 campaigns
SRT-40 campaigns
Lancer7 campaigns
Omni23 campaigns
B1506 campaigns
Raider2 campaigns
Ramcharger8 campaigns
D1503 campaigns
Mini Ram van4 campaigns
60011 campaigns

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Official channels

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Cite this page

Recall Register. Dodge Ram 1500: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/dodge/ram-1500/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: CHRYSLER CORPORATION

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Dodge Ram 1500 model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2006 with 9, 2012 with 6, 2008 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Dodge Ram 1500 model year has the most complaints?: The 2003 model year, with 1,170 of the 12,414 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Dodge Ram 1500 name?: Power Train: 152.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 138.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Structure: 126.6 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Dodge Ram 1500?: 21 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.