Dodge Ram wagon Body Problems
939 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 2 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2002. Best year: 2003.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
I just bought this car with a smog certificate of less than 90 days ago from today and it caught on fire while I was driving it not even going over 55 miles an hour. I seen a potential recall that would cause a fire like that for the mak...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, SMOKE AND FLAMES SUDDENLY APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THE SMOKE QUICKLY ENGULFED THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE TO EX...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHOOK ABNORMALLY AND A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEEL HUBS BECAME DETACHED WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED. IN ADDITION,...
PULLING BOAT AND REAR END BROKE LEAVING ME WITH NO STEERING. THE TRAILOR JACKKNIFED AND THE BOAT ENDED UP NEXT TO THE TRUCK. *TR
TIRE POPPED AND I SPUN OUT OF CONTROL WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN. I SPUN INTO SOME TREES. *TR
I WAS REAR ENDED AT A RED LIGHT AND MY DASH BOARD SUSTAINED MULTIPLE FRACTURES. PART OF THE DASH BOARD FRACTURED AND BECAME AIRBORNE IN THE VEHICLE. IT WAS THE SIZE OF AN IPHONE. THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER PART OF THE DASHBOARD WHERE A HOLE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE TIRE AND THE WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE DRIVER TO...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON A GRAVEL ROAD THE REAR SUSPENSION BOUNCED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH IN AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLL OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE TWO OTHER ...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FULL THROTTLE AND TRAVELED 100 YARDS, AND CRASHED INTO AN ELECTRICAL POLE K...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE FROM A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY TRAVELING 2 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJU...
2002 DODGE RAM 1500 WHEEL HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY SEPARATION / WHEEL SEPARATION, WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 35 -40 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND PULL TO THE RIGHT AND THEN THE WHEEL RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HUB BEARING ASSE...
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING, ROADS WERE WET, TEMPERATURE WAS 23 DEGREES. WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE ROADWAY ABOUT 40 MPH. WAS ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH WHEN TRUCK STARTED TO FISH TAIL SLIGHTLY. REAR OF THE TRUCK SLID SLIGHTLY T...