2002 Dodge Ram Pickup problems
Owners have filed 29 complaints with NHTSA about the 2002 Dodge Ram Pickup. Body & structure is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. After that come air bags (14%) and drivetrain & axles (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 29 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 50,000 miles 19 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 | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 19 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 50,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 88% of model years in our database.
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.
While driving at approximately 35 MPH, vehicle went off the road and hit a tree stump. Front air bags did not deploy, and there was no indication before the crash that there was a problem with the air bags. Driver sustained minor bruises to the facial area.
Involved in an collusion, air bags failed to deploy, impact area driver front to center of hood, speed over 40 MPH. Passenger sustained back and neck injury along with chest brusing from seatbelt. Spoke to dodge dealer and comment was that sometimes the airbags will not go off if the impact does not energize miltipal sensors. Airbags in the other vehicle deployed.
After having vehicle repaired by dodge dealer ship interior dashboard wiring has caused dashboard fire. Dealer does not have a solution on why dashboard fires are occurring.
2002 dodge ram 1500 dashboard cracks just appeared in a truck that is in showroom condition seems like it would be a safety issue if the air bag goes off in an accident it could cause more injury then it would prevent.
My dodge ram 1500 pickup has a very unsafe condition in the from of a cracking and broken dashboard. I would hate to think of coming in contact with it in a collision.