1995 Dodge Ram problems
The 1995 Dodge Ram has 852 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns brakes. After that come transmission (10%) and electrical system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 852 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 82 and 39
- Injuries and deaths
- 51 and 3
- Typical mileage
- 102,000 miles 20 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 | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 20 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 102,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 82 complaints mention a crash; 39 complaints mention a fire; 51 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 18 model years of the Dodge Ram with enough data (519 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 12 safety recall campaigns.
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 's brother was driving truck when approaching a road block with no warning, he lost control of truck, ran into back of a dump truck. Consumer's truck exploded and driver burned to death. There is an open investigation (ea-96-018). Consumer says state is partially responsible due to fact that the road block set up did not meet requirements as it was. Consumer was very upset at this time, and was not able to give further information.
When brakes were applied in a panic stop pedal became hard and released, resulting in extended stopping which caused a collision. Dealer has repaired vehicle several times prior to this incident.
Upon applying ABS brakes @ 45 MPH, they locked upon not releasing. Road surface wet at the time. Please describe details.
The contact owns a 1995 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that while driving at 35 MPH, she noticed fire coming from underneath the hood of the vehicle. The contact stated that she was able to move the vehicle to the shoulder of the road and used a fire extinguisher that she had inside the vehicle to extinguish the fire. The contact stated there were no warning lights illuminating. The contact stated that no police report or fire report was filed.
This truck body started breaking out behind the cab soon after I bought it. The engine has never ran right from day one. It was in the dodge shop numerous times because of poor fuel milage, and then dodge finally agreed to send the truck to cummins. Cummins found that truck had bad milage also and wrote letter to dodge stating the problems they found. Dodge more or less said tough, don't bother us! The engine had boken push rod at low milage and now an injector melted top out of piston ruining the engine.