2004 Dodge Ram 2500 electrical system problems
49 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2004 Dodge Ram 2500, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 49 6% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 84,000 miles 39 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 39 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 84,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 3 fires.
What owners wrote
In the past 6 months my steering and suspension components failed causing me to wreck and also somehow my engine bay deteriorated in turn having started a fire
Air condition wire plugin at steering column gets to hot and melted part of plug connection I had to have new wire run just for AC fan
Other problems reported for the 2004 Dodge Ram 2500
- Steering 143 complaints
- Suspension 114 complaints
- Air bags 90 complaints
- Transmission 78 complaints
- Engine 39 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 37 complaints
- Body & structure 37 complaints
- Fuel system 33 complaints