1998 Dodge Ram 2500 body & structure problems
Owners reported body & structure problems in 23 complaints for the 1998 Dodge Ram 2500, 7% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 23 7% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 130,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When body & structure problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 17 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 130,000 miles, and 6% were reported before 60,000 miles.
None of the body & structure complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
I have had the steering damper replaced several times. It is unknown to me why this happens and the dealer has no answer either. All the components on this vehicle are "heavy-duty". Braking is becoming more of a problem as the brakes wear down. The truck only has 21,000 miles on it. The power door locks I have no idea about they just stopped working one day, but, they do work w/ the remote entry. I also noticed the horn actuator is hard to activate due to the hard "leather" for the airbag cover.
Upon removal of dashboard to replace heater and evaporator cores while removing the dashboard it crumbled into dust the dash had no visible cracks until view from below seeing about 200+ cracks from dashboard becoming brittle from being improperly made, this occurs with all dodge ram dashboards from years 94-98.5 and yet no recall has been made, had this dash shattered while driving or in a crash I could have had lots of sharp plastic cuts from the shattered dashboard but it seems that the NHTSA doesn't respond to…
Other problems reported for the 1998 Dodge Ram 2500
- Brakes 57 complaints
- Steering 27 complaints
- Tires 22 complaints
- Transmission 21 complaints
- Fuel system 20 complaints
- Suspension 20 complaints
- Air bags 18 complaints
- Cruise control 18 complaints