2002 Dodge Ram 1500 brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 37 complaints for the 2002 Dodge Ram 1500, 4% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 37 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 25,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 3 and 2
Injuries and deaths: 2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Based on 25 complaints that include mileage. 72% 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	7
20k to 40k miles	10
40k to 60k miles	1
60k to 80k miles	1
80k to 100k miles	3
100k to 120k miles	3
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 25 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 25,000 miles, and 72% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 2 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Since december of 2001 verizon has had (6) dodge full size vans involving 1998-2001 b vans. All (6) fires appear to have started under the hood. All (6) vans are equipped with the kelsey hayes ebc 325 anti-lock brake systems. Three of the fires occurred in the ABS controller area of the engine compartment without the entire truck going up in flames because the drivers were able to have the fires extinguished before the fires got a real good start.

Reported at 12,635 miles, September 2003 Fire

While driving vehicle jerked forward when consumer tried to down shift the transmission gears. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. In addition, consumer is having trouble with tires and its sidewall and requesting manufacturer to design tires for off road conditions. Front brake rotors are warped and the pads have 80 percent left at 34,000 miles.

Reported at 32,000 miles, February 2004

Brakes problems in other years

Brakes problems across all Dodge models