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2001 Dodge Ram 2500 steering problems

73 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2001 Dodge Ram 2500, which is 13% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
73 13% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 43 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 50,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 9 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 50,000 miles
Based on 43 complaints that include mileage. 51% 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 miles9
20k to 40k miles9
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 43 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 51% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I just experienced a very severe auto accident in my 2001 dodge ram, the truck was totaled and the jaws of life had to be used to extract me from the vehicle. I had contacted my dealer prior to this (several months ago) complaining of steering problems (wandering), and the dealer informed me,they could not fix the problem because he was receiving pressure from dodge to stop replacing steering components on these trucks. He also informed me, he has a number of documented cases of this problem--16 or so.

Reported at 20,000 miles, March 2003 CrashInjury

My main reason for this complaint is it is known across the united states that dodge put a faulty front suspension on its pickups that lead to dangerous steering at highway speeds and death wobbles. My vehicle has the death wobble at highway speeds, understand this death wobble literally tries to pull the steering wheel from your hand and makes the vehicle very hard to manage.

Reported at 96,000 miles, April 2012

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