1994 Dodge Ram 1500 problems
Owners have filed 148 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Dodge Ram 1500. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 16% of complaints. After that come suspension (13%) and steering (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 148 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 14 and 9
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 108,000 miles 36 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 10 |
What the data shows
Among the 36 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 108,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 14 complaints mention a crash; 9 complaints mention a fire; 15 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 1994 ranks 19th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Dodge Ram 1500 with enough data (48 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.
Consumer believes the failure of the lower steering column resulted in the vehicles loss of control which caused it to leave the roadway, overturn and catch on fire.
Lights would not come on jiggled knob they came on we drove about 4 miles turned on left turn signal lights flickered and top of dash and vent on driver side was smoking smelt like rubber burning touched top of dash it burned my hand pulled over shut engine and lights off boyfriend/husband took dash off to stop fire it was the light switch burned completely inside.
My rams dash was cracked when I bought it in 2003 and the original owner glued it back together and it proceeded to crack. In 2006 I ripped the dash out and and completely glued it together and it is continuing to crack.
I was driving along at about 50-55 MPH when suddenly the rear of the truck is violently propelled upwards, lifting the rear wheels up off the pavement. I look up in the rear view mirror trying to make sense of what just happened and I see my spare tire standing straight up in the middle of the road and other vehicles braking and weaving to avoid the dump my truck just took in the middle of the road.