2000 Dodge Dodge Truck problems
NHTSA has received 26 complaints about the 2000 Dodge Dodge Truck, and 23% of them involve suspension. Next are steering (15%) and body & structure (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 26 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Suspension 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 9 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 15 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 65,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 4 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 84% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Dodge Dodge Truck with enough data (21 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.
Numerous frint end problems, mainly ball joints. Dealer would just lubicate the joints and send me on my way. Its been almost 5 years and problem is still there. Front end is not tight and ball joints were never properly fixed. Also, seat belt failed to operate during an accident in 2002 which flung my daughters car seat into the back of the front passanger and landing her in the hospital.
On my 2000 dodge dakato pick-up truck, the ball joint popped out while driving. I tried to contact dodge on october 31, 2003, to inform them that their must be some kind of problem with the part. They replied and said,"after thoroughly reviewing your request and the files on this matter, we respectfully concur with the decision rendered by our senior staff and that there is no defect on their ball joints.
1) front end ball joints needed repair-brought in for check because of news story 2) door/alarm switches malfunctioned and had to be disabled to prevent alarm from going off. All switches replaced and was succesful though advised it could have been the control chip and unable to determine which, so it was a financial gamble to repair.
Engine light turns on and engine begins to shake. Lekaing transmission fluid, oil. Power steering pump broken. Car stalls at times because of this and hard to manuver.