2001 Dodge Ram 3500 problems
NHTSA has received 168 complaints about the 2001 Dodge Ram 3500, and 18% of them involve body & structure. Next are steering (12%) and brakes (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 168 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 21 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 78,000 miles 98 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 7 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 15 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 20 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 13 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 9 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 9 |
What the data shows
Of the 98 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 78,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 100,000 miles (25 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 21 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 20 model years of the Dodge Ram 3500 with enough data (108 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Consumer was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle and driver's side seat began to move up, causing steering wheel to break once air bag deflated. Also, seats were not reinforced once latch was broken. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide further details.
The power steering failed or locked up, which caused an accident. The vehicle rolled over several times. Consumer had taken the vehicle to the dealer several times prior to incident. There were injuries.
Vehicle was involved in a head on collision while driving at 25 MPH. Upon impact, none of the frontal air bags deployed. The seat belt restrained the driver so he only sustained minor bruises.
2001 w3500 dodge 4-wheel drive front driver axle lockup. Had input shaft failure occur during snow storm which caused the pinion and ring gear to lock together. When this happened the front end would not turn. Luckily happened at low speed without loss of control or collision. Truck has ~17500 miles on it and chrysler would not cover it under warrantee. I have digital photos of the failed parts if you can provide email address I can submit them.
Fuel pump fails and gives no warring, burns up the fuel injection pump from non lubrication. Dodge knows this and is not telling the american people and you can not buy this fuel pump anymore. The fix is costly and now you put the pump in the gas tank. This is not fair. Please help!!!!!!