2005 Dodge Ram 3500 electrical system problems
16 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2005 Dodge Ram 3500, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 16 7% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 89,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 13 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 89,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 fires, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
Dt when putting the vehicle into park it will jump into reverse. On one occasion the vehicle rolled away, and over top on the consumer, across a street, and hit a parked vehicle. Consumer had cuts and bruises on his knees from avoiding the rolling vehicle. On other occasions, could not get the key out of the ignition when it shifted into park. Did this intermittently. This has happened a dozen times. This happened around january 15, 2005. Had not contacted the dealer.
Consumer states: all of a sudden vehicle died when making a turn in traffic , no lights came on, it just died. Dealer couldn't find anything wrong the first time but then they called back had us come in, and they flashed the computer, and then had us bring it back and flashed again.
Other problems reported for the 2005 Dodge Ram 3500
- Steering 62 complaints
- Air bags 33 complaints
- Transmission 26 complaints
- Suspension 17 complaints