1997 Dodge Ram 3500 fuel system problems
15 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 1997 Dodge Ram 3500, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 15 10% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 fire, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
While pulling a trailer with vehicle on it consumer started to smell something funny, consumer rolled down the window and black smoke rolled in, then consumer pulled over and vehicle burned up.
At engine oil change, serviceman noticed fuel tank hanging by aft fuel hanger strap only. First failure of the fuel tank hanger strap assembly. Had the tank completely failed on the road, the 35 gallons of diesel fuel could have caused a burned up vehicle and or injury/ loss of life.
Other problems reported for the 1997 Dodge Ram 3500
- Lighting 28 complaints
- Brakes 22 complaints
- Transmission 20 complaints