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2001 Dodge Ram electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 22 complaints for the 2001 Dodge Ram, 5% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
22 5% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 7
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash, 7 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

On a 30 MPH frontal center crash air bags did not deploy causing bodly injury,chrysler investigation #8126432 the fond open squib system at airbag and stated that the air bag failure was do to wires that ripped loose when steering column collapsed.

December 2000 CrashInjury

2001 dodge ram d150 developed a problem with the wiring harness located in the steering column.** answer required***. The wiring harness had broken loose in the steering column and caused the vehicle to shut down. The power train control module failed and caused the check engine light to illuminate.

Reported at 23,000 miles, May 2005

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