2003 Dodge Dodge Truck problems
NHTSA has received 26 complaints about the 2003 Dodge Dodge Truck, and 19% of them involve suspension. Next are drivetrain & axles (15%) and steering (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 26 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Suspension 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 17,000 miles 20 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 | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 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 20 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 17,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% 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 2003 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Dodge Dodge Truck with enough data (25 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.
I had an accident on 09/30/04. Driver wheel came off. I hit a mailbox, telephone pole, went airborne and landed on a parked truck. $10,000 in damages to my 2003 dodge durango. Vehicle was repaired.
(1)around 5 am with a dodge dakota 2003 truck, I delivered newspaper on the top of a hill in black stone road to four addresses on a fairly level area. Each needed complete braking to almost complete stops because the need to insert the papers in the tubes. Approximately 100 yards from the last tube a steep descent started, thus I to put the truck in lower gear I tried to engage the brake.
Steering gear and track bar failed at 46,000 highway miles causing extremely dangerous steering . Dodge is aware they have a problem with these components and is unwilling to address under warranty.
In the last 12 months I have had 3 flat tires on goodyear tires on 2 vehicles with metal and rubber combined valve stems. The stems come apart. This is a very dangerous situation.