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1999 Dodge Ram 2500 electrical system problems

17 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 1999 Dodge Ram 2500, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
17 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
86,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 2
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 86,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 86,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 27% 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 miles0
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 11 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 86,000 miles, and 27% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 fires, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

Dash falling apart in cluding air bag air bag s/w vents falling out the bezel falling the glove conpartment falling wires cut had to be repaired radio fell out of dash got a dash board cover and have to tape the conponits togeather need to replace heater core no shop will do it because of the dash I have cut my hands and arms do to digging pieces of dash out this is a safety issue NHTSA need to do something about this I can't afford to buy another trucki guess when the dash falls in the floor and cause it to wreck.

January 2000 Injury

Dt: the consumer states that the wiring harness is stretched to tightly and the wires do not have enough slack. The wiring connections failed. This has been a problem since last year. Owner has been fixing the problem himself. The owner has contacted dodge, and they said that they were not fixing the problem. There has been no recalls on the truck. There were multiple hot wires and they could cause a short. The owner has never taken his vehicle to the dealership for this problem.

Reported at 145,000 miles, June 2004

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