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1995 Dodge Ram 1500 electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 31 complaints for the 1995 Dodge Ram 1500, 11% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
31 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
140,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 12
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 140,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 140,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 9% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 11 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 140,000 miles, and 9% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 12 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

My 1995 dodge ram 1500 burnt up-totaled-2 years ago. Dealer did not, would not, do the recall in 3 years of access. Not finding any reference from chrysler or you, I suggest having talked to a mechanic 2 days ago, there are still many trucks burning up, with or without the recall, therefore there needs a new campaign, but also check into the toxicity of the situation. It is melting and burning pvc's and other plastics, very toxic and cancer causing.

Reported at 88,000 miles, May 2003 FireInjury

On 3/09/05 we bought a 1995 dodge ram 1500 pickup from lee dodge in farmingdale, ny. On 7/01/05 the vehicle began to have smoke come out of the steering column and then proceeded to ignite into flames. The entire truck was engulfed in minutes and this truck was totalled. After this incident we found out that there was a recall back in the year 2000 for ignition wires that were overheating!

Reported at 140,000 miles, July 2005 Fire

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