1999 Dodge Ram 1500 suspension problems

35 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 1999 Dodge Ram 1500, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 35 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 100,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 2 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When suspension problems show up

Based on 19 complaints that include mileage. 32% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	0
20k to 40k miles	3
40k to 60k miles	3
60k to 80k miles	1
80k to 100k miles	2
100k to 120k miles	6
120k to 140k miles	2
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 19 suspension complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 32% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes.

What owners wrote

Dt*: the contact stated while traveling 45 MPH, there was a loud thud heard and the steering became inoperable. The vehicle went off the road, hitting a tree on the passenger side between the door and bed of the truck. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and then seen by an independent repair shop. The repair shop determined the upper ball joint on the passenger side and the wheel bearing fractured, causing the steering to lock up. The manufacturer was alerted.

Reported at 100,000 miles, April 2006 Crash

1999 dodge ram 1500 pickup, while driving around 35-45 MPH usually on a downhill grade the entire vehicle will begin to shake,the only word to describe it is violently and will not subside until you can get the speed below 20MPH but you can not just apply the breaks or the shaking become uncontrollable,I have replace most of the suspension(control arms,ball joints ect.)nothing works.this has happened multiple times! I've talked to others and there is a name for it, dodge death wobble.

Reported at 154,000 miles, February 2013

Suspension problems in other years

Suspension problems across all Dodge models