2010 Dodge RAM 1500
This year drew an ordinary 566 complaints for a Dodge RAM 1500 — the model's median is 578. What they were about is the unusual part: 19.6% of them mention train, against 6.7% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 566 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 578 |
| Involving a crash | 38 |
| Involving a fire | 9 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- train — 19.6% of this year's complaints, against 6.7% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: train, power train, become, become available.
- ignition — 8.8% of this year's complaints, against 2.2% across the model's other years (3.9×). Owners wrote it as: ignition, key, ignition switch, fob.
- differential — 9.4% of this year's complaints, against 3.4% across the model's other years (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: differential, rear differential.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN: REAR AXLE PINION NUT MAY LOOSEN AT DIFFERENTIAL). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED OVER 2 MONTHS AGO AND THE PARTS HAD NOT BECOME AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. THE [VIN] WAS M…
HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) BUT HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT HE WOULD BE CONTACTED WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT SINCE THE FAILURE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Dodge RAM 1500 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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