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2011 Dodge Ram 1500 electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 214 complaints for the 2011 Dodge Ram 1500, 22% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
214 22% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
86,000 miles 167 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 2
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 86,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 8 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 9 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 22 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 35 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 29 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 34 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 14 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 11 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 86,000 miles
Based on 167 complaints that include mileage. 23% 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 miles8
20k to 40k miles9
40k to 60k miles22
60k to 80k miles35
80k to 100k miles29
100k to 120k miles34
120k to 140k miles14
140k to 160k miles11
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 167 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 86,000 miles, and 23% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Takata recall I [xxx] made a report in february 2014 about my dodge ram 1500 I report about my air bags did not work when my husband had wreck by falling asleep on the interstate going to work with cruise control on and he hit a big truck ,yes he hit the steer wheel, but the airbags did not work, did 15,000 dollars damage to the truck, this truck is not safe to drive,we where offer the buy back program and we told the dodge company yes take this truck cause it is not safe but they said we where upside on the…

Reported at 89,000 miles, February 2014 CrashInjury

The contact owns a 2011 Ram 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start up after multiple attempts without warning. Due to the failure, the contact had the vehicle towed to a dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the TIPM (Totally Integrated Power Module) was defective. The contact stated that a relay switch bypass was performed to correct the failure.

Reported at 76,108 miles, January 2022

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