Dodge Ram 3500 by model year

4,043 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Dodge Ram 3500 across 20 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Dodge Ram 3500

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1993	26
1994	102
1995	132
1996	182
1997	153
1998	134
1999	146
2000	77
2001	168
2002	59
2003	330
2004	276
2005	240
2006	350
2007	286
2008	221
2009	130
2010	214
2011	297
2012	504

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls
2012	504	Steering (44%)	8
2011	297	Steering (56%)	5
2010	214	Steering (44%)	9
2009	130	Steering (54%)	5
2008	221	Steering (43%)	9
2007	286	Steering (31%)	11
2006	350	Steering (22%)	8
2005	240	Steering (26%)	4
2004	276	Transmission (16%)	4
2003	330	Air bags (24%)	6
2002	59	Fuel system (15%)
2001	168	Body & structure (19%)	1
2000	77	Suspension (14%)	1
1999	146	Transmission (14%)
1998	134	Brakes (15%)
1997	153	Lighting (18%)	1
1996	182	Brakes (25%)	1
1995	132	Brakes (29%)	1
1994	102	Brakes (21%)	1
1993	26	Brakes (23%)