1994 Dodge Ram 2500 problems
Owners have filed 210 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Dodge Ram 2500. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 22% of complaints. After that come transmission (9%) and electrical system (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 210 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 107,000 miles 36 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 7 |
What the data shows
Among the 36 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 107,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 11 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 19th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Dodge Ram 2500 with enough data (92 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Was driving on a highway during inclement conditions consisting of light to moderate rainfall/total darkness and foggy, vehicle's lights were on low beam. The headlights suddenly went out, vehicle went out of control, applied brakes b ut they didn't wotk, vehivle hit a rock wall. During inspection, it was noted that brake pads and rotors were worn out. Both driver/passenger sustaine dinjuries.
Frontal air bags deployed while the consumer was driving at 5 MPH. Passenger and driver were injured,and driver continued to drive the vehicle home.
The hood on my 1994 dodge ram pickup came open as I was driving down a highway, now I have a hood that will not shut and a truck that is not drivable. I have owned this truck for 2 1/2 years and have never heard of the recall that was done on the hood latch.
I was driving home at night with $105 worth of groceries and all of a sudden my headlights just quit working and it was pretty dark couldn't see anything so I had to pull over and stop and wait for someone to come pick me and all my groceries up because I couldn't drive home without headlights