Dodge Ram 2500 by model year

8,422 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Dodge Ram 2500 across 21 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Dodge Ram 2500

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1992	43
1993	55
1994	210
1995	354
1996	365
1997	275
1998	310
1999	422
2000	269
2001	563
2002	210
2003	866
2004	760
2005	541
2006	905
2007	506
2008	405
2009	261
2010	309
2011	391
2012	386

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2012	386	Steering (28%)	4
2011	391	Steering (54%)	4
2010	309	Steering (50%)	4
2009	261	Steering (60%)	5
2008	405	Steering (44%)	7
2007	506	Steering (40%)	8
2006	905	Steering (26%)	8
2005	541	Steering (29%)	6
2004	760	Steering (19%)	6
2003	866	Steering (20%)	6
2002	210	Body & structure (20%)
2001	563	Body & structure (32%)	1
2000	269	Body & structure (21%)	1
1999	422	Brakes (19%)
1998	310	Brakes (18%)
1997	275	Brakes (17%)
1996	365	Brakes (25%)		12 to 14
1995	354	Brakes (22%)		12 to 13
1994	210	Brakes (22%)		12 to 13
1993	55	Brakes (38%)
1992	43	Brakes (26%)