Dodge Ram 3500: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 32 recall campaigns for the Dodge Ram 3500, model years 1991 to 2012. NHTSA has 2,955 complaints on file for this model line. 19 of the 22 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 15 May 2019. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

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

Dodge Ram 3500: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2012 Dodge Ram 3500	8	324	241%	3,714,048
2011 Dodge Ram 3500	5	209	156%	2,387,523
2010 Dodge Ram 3500	9	136	101%	8,789,883
2009 Dodge Ram 3500	5	98	73%	9,272,734
2008 Dodge Ram 3500	9	165	123%	10,087,988
2007 Dodge Ram 3500	11	202	150%	9,843,264
2006 Dodge Ram 3500	8	253	188%	9,768,909
2005 Dodge Ram 3500	4	182	135%	1,450,773
2004 Dodge Ram 3500	4	208	155%	1,450,773
2003 Dodge Ram 3500	6	283	211%	1,606,149
2002 Dodge Ram 3500	0	43	32%
2001 Dodge Ram 3500	1	128	95%	216,100
2000 Dodge Ram 3500	1	58	43%	216,100
1999 Dodge Ram 3500	0	103	77%
1998 Dodge Ram 3500	0	105	78%
1997 Dodge Ram 3500	1	125	93%	79,366
1996 Dodge Ram 3500	1	123	92%	79,366
1995 Dodge Ram 3500	1	108	80%	79,366
1994 Dodge Ram 3500	1	69	51%	79,366
1993 Dodge Ram 3500 NHTSA page	0	20	15%
1992 Dodge Ram 3500 NHTSA page	0	10	7%
1991 Dodge Ram 3500 NHTSA page	0	3	2%

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

3,846 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 3500: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Steering	266.5	1,025
Power Train	91.5	352
Suspension	90.2	347
Air Bags	79	304
Electrical System	68.4	263
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	53.3	205
Structure	46	177
Exterior Lighting	41.1	158
Engine and Engine Cooling	37.7	145
Engine	25	96

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Dodge Ram 3500, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2006, with 4 campaigns.

Complaints about the Dodge Ram 3500, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2014, with 590 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Ram 150029 campaigns
Durango73 campaigns
Grand Caravan67 campaigns
Caravan56 campaigns
Dakota49 campaigns
Intrepid15 campaigns
Ram 250022 campaigns
Charger83 campaigns
Ram63 campaigns
Neon16 campaigns
Journey26 campaigns
Stratus27 campaigns
Avenger20 campaigns
Caliber8 campaigns
Dart41 campaigns
Challenger44 campaigns
Magnum13 campaigns
Nitro11 campaigns
Shadow11 campaigns
Dynasty8 campaigns
Spirit6 campaigns
Ram Quad Cab0 campaigns
Dodge Truck8 campaigns
C Body1 campaign
Colt11 campaigns
Sport Utility2 campaigns
Journey AWD1 campaign
Nitro 4X40 campaigns
Stealth4 campaigns
Ram van3 campaigns
Ram Pickup1 campaign
Dodge9 campaigns
Daytona14 campaigns
Sprinter 250015 campaigns
Nitro 4X21 campaign
Sprinter10 campaigns
Pickup0 campaigns
B2509 campaigns
Caliber AWD0 campaigns
Durango 4X40 campaigns
Ram 550012 campaigns
Sprinter 350014 campaigns
Stratus Coupe0 campaigns
Monaco43 campaigns
Viper12 campaigns
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
Diplomat10 campaigns
B20018 campaigns
D10016 campaigns

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Official channels

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Cite this page

Recall Register. Dodge Ram 3500: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/dodge/ram-3500/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file: DAIMLERCHRYSLER 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 3500 model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2007 with 11, 2010 with 9, 2008 with 9. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Dodge Ram 3500 model year has the most complaints?: The 2012 model year, with 324 of the 2,955 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Dodge Ram 3500 name?: Steering: 266.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 91.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Suspension: 90.2 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Dodge Ram 3500?: 23 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.