2009 Dodge Ram 1500 electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 98 complaints for the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500, 11% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 98 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 82,000 miles 91 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Based on 91 complaints that include mileage. 30% 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	10
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	15
60k to 80k miles	17
80k to 100k miles	21
100k to 120k miles	9
120k to 140k miles	8
140k to 160k miles	4
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	2

What the data shows

Of the 91 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 82,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the electrical system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

First incident-9/27/09. While driving down the street, engine died out and would not restart. Was out of town and had to tow to local dealer. Service department did code check and could not find anything wrong. They did reprogram the PCM software per TSB 18-038-08.

Reported at 8,148 miles, September 2009

The key falls out of ignition while driving ,also the shifter can be moved without key in ignition it is the same problem as 10v200000 recall but my truck isn't included in recall search but it should, I know dodge retooled in the middle of the 2009 year and the parts on my truck match a 2010 year model for which the recall is intended.this is a dangerous situation that isn't being addressed by seemingly a clerical error.

Reported at 220,000 miles, February 2021

Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Dodge models