1996 Dodge Dodge Truck problems
NHTSA has received 49 complaints about the 1996 Dodge Dodge Truck, and 24% of them involve brakes. Next are engine (10%) and transmission (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 49 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 1 injury reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1996 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Dodge Dodge Truck with enough data (29 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Recall component (cooler line quick connect fittings) failed prior to recall notice resulting in the vehicle catching on fire.
1996 dodge ram extended cab pick up involved in severe frontal crash. Airbags did not deploy. Dodge's investigation said that this was correct since the damage was in the "crush" "crumple" areas and energy did not disipate enough to activate airbags? Insurance company totaled vehicle due to severe damage. We have pictures of damage. Is dodge correct or just trying to sweep this under the rug since our son did not get injuried in this accident. We have owned two other dodge vehicles the past several years.
Head rest, designed as integral part of seat, is too low to protect tall people from injury in case of rear end collision. *dsh
I was driving my 1996 dodge caravan to work one day when I began to hear a sound like an avalanche of rocks falling underneath the car. The van ultimately stopped running. I noticed coolant on the street. I towed the van to a dodge service center. They diagnosed that my water pump bearing had broken. The timing belt drives the water pump on this vehicle. Once the bearing broke, it loosened and ultimately broke the timing belt which I had replaced a year before.