Safety Score
76
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1997 Dodge Ram 3500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE. THERE WERE … |
| 2018-01-29 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | THERE IS NO RELAY TO HEADLIGHT SWITCH CAUSING PIGTAIL TO MELT MULTIPLE TIMES. COULD CAUSE FIRE WHILE DRIVING.... PIGTAI… |
| 2016-12-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED APPROX IN 2007 BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTICE ON RECALLS. THERE WAS SOMETHING ONE TIME … |
| 2016-11-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | A PASSENGER SAT AN ITEM ON THE DASH, THE DASH SHATTERED AND PIECE FLEW IN MY EYE WHILE DRIVING, I ALMOST WRECKED THE TR… |
| 2015-09-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN, WATER ENTERED AND NEARLY FILLED THE HEADLAMP ENCLOSURE CAUSING THE HALOGEN LAMP TO BURST. |
| 2014-09-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING AND HEADLIGHTS UNEXPECTEDLY WENT OUT. TURNED SWITCH OFF AND BACK ON AND LIGHTS WOULD COME BACK ON EACH TIME… |
| 2013-01-12 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK COLLAPSED TWICE WITHIN A NINE YEAR TI… |
| 2011-10-29 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | TL* THE DRIVER OWNS A 1997 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WITH THE RUNNING LIGHT… |
| 2011-08-18 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 1997 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHIC… |
| 2011-06-14 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | OWNER/DRIVER WAS MAKING A RIGHTHAND TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AND WAS GOING ABOUT THREE MILES PER HOUR. AS HE WAS TURNIN… |
| 2011-06-03 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | I HAVE OWNED A 1995 DODGE 2500 AND A 1997 DODGE 3500. I HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH A STEERING PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS. I… |
| 2011-03-07 | CHILD SEAT | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE RAM 3500 THAT SECURES A COSCO TOURIVA OVERHEAD SHIELD CHILD RESTRAINT, MODEL NUMBER U… |
| 2010-12-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND CHANGING LANES WHEN THE … |
| 2010-04-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEER/BRAKE FLUID MASTER CYLINDER LEAKED INTO CAB OF TRUCK SATURATING THE CARPETS BEFORE IT COULD BE DISCOVERED. … |
| 2010-02-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | No | 0 | AT ENGINE OIL CHANGE, SERVICEMAN NOTICED FUEL TANK HANGING BY AFT FUEL HANGER STRAP ONLY. FIRST FAILURE OF THE FUEL TA… |
| 2009-09-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | I OWN A 1997 DODGE RAM 3500 AND THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT ON IT AFTER HALF AN HOUR OR LESS OF HEADLIGHT USE AND SOMETIMES I… |
| 2008-06-15 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | DASH CRACKING. *TR |
| 2008-06-07 | TRAILER HITCHES | No | 0 | 1997 DODGE RAM 3500 TRUCK HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRAILER HITCH. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRAILER HITCH IS DEFECTIVE … |
| 2007-12-21 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT WIRES GET HOT. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON MY MODEL TRUCK ( 1997 DODGE RAM 3500 )… |
| 2007-07-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. TH… |
| 2007-05-28 | STEERING | No | 1 | INCIDENT OCCURRED AT HOME/VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. GOT IN DRIVER SEAT TO MOVE VEHICLE AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FOR NO … |
| 2007-01-04 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | STRONG SMELL IN CAB SEEMINGLY ONLY AT NIGHT. GOT PULLED OVER FOR NO TAIL OR RUNNING LIGHTS BEHIND THE CAB. THEY WERE WO… |
| 2006-12-10 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | DASH STARTED TO BRAKE ON MY 1997 DODGE 3500 TRUCK LEAVING SHARP EDGES, I HAVE LOST APPROX 50% OF THE TOP OF DASH EXPOS… |
| 2006-08-31 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH FOR 30 MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAY, HEAT AND A BURNING SMELL WAS NOTICED COMING… |
| 2006-02-10 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | ALL LIGHTS BUT HEAD LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK SEAMS HEAD LIGHT SWITCH OVER HEATED AND MELTED. 2-06 REPLACED SWITCH SELF. 10… |
| 2006-01-06 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP T… |
| 2006-01-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH HAS BURNED OUT TWICE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. THE DEALER HAS TOLD TH… |
| 2006-01-01 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | THE TOP OF MY DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING AND STICK OUT, IT SNAPPED OF EASY AS IT WAS VERY BRITTLE. I HAVE APPROX 40% OF… |
| 2005-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | DT: BRAKE LINES RUSTED. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CALLER HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES. HE WAS COMING TO … |
| 2005-05-18 | TRAILER HITCHES | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE RAM 3500. HE STATES THAT HE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRAILER HITCH. IT IS A FACTOR… |
| 2005-03-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 1997 DODGE RAM 3500 WAS STARTED AND IDLING WHILE MY DAUGHTER RAN TO THE BARN TO GET SOMETHING. UPON HER RETURN (@3 … |
| 2005-03-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PULLING A TRAILER AT 40 MPH, IN THE PROCESS,THE REAR EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS CAME OUT, ALLOWING A LOT OF HEA… |
| 2004-11-24 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR | No | 0 | BOTH EXTERIOR MIRRORS GET OUT OF ADJUSTMENT WHILE DRIVING OR CLOSING DOORS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AS A LONE DRIVER NOT … |
| 2004-07-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON. BRAKES ARE NOT LIKE THEY USE TO BE. *NM |
| 2004-05-24 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE - THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE BRAKE AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT INDICATORS ON THE DA… |
| 2004-02-14 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | BURNING SMELL, BLINKING OF HEADLIGHTS AND THEN HEADLIGHT FAILURE WHILE ON INTERSTATE. TOOK TO MECHANIC WHO FOUND A REC… |
| 2004-01-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY | No | 0 | POSITIONING OF THE VEHICLE BATTERY AND BATTERY TRAY PERMITS LEAKING BATTERY ACID TO DRIP DOWN ONTO THE CRUISE CONTROL S… |
| 2003-09-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON TWO OCCAS… |
| 2003-08-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT HAD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP ON TWO SEPAR… |
| 2003-05-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHTS PLASTIC LENS BECAME DISCOLORED, AND CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. CONSUMER WAS C… |
| 2003-01-11 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION TUBES WERE RUBBING TOGETHER CAUSING A FIRE. THE CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER. DEALER… |
| 2003-01-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PAINT IS PEELING OFF TRUCK STARTED ON HOOD NOW ON TOP OF TRUCK. *AK |
| 2002-11-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE FRONT AND REAR FUEL TANK SUPPORT STRAPS FAILED. *JB |
| 2002-11-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FUEL TANK SUPPORT STRAP BROKE CAUSING TANK TO DROP TO THE PAVEMENT. UPON REMOVAL OF THE TANK, THE FRONT STRAP WAS ALMOS… |
| 2002-11-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | FIFTH GEAR WENT OUT ON VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES AFTER REPAIR. *TS |
| 2002-10-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. (6-9 INCHES FROM THE CLIP, THE TWO TUBES HAD RUBBED TOGETHER UNTIL THERE WAS A HOLE IN… |
| 2002-09-15 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE SUFFERED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN SHIFTED FROM "PARK INTO DRIVE." VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THREE OTHER VEHICLES.… |
| 2002-09-09 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | VEHICLE'S HEADLAMP SWITCH MELTED WHILE DRIVING, RESULTED IN THE HEADLIGHTS BECOMING INOPERATIVE. *MR TURN SIGNALS, RU… |
| 2002-05-28 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | I BOUGHT NEW A 1998 ROADTREX, CLASS B MOTORHOME ON A 1997 DODGE 3500 MAXI-VAN. SINCE NEW IT WOULD SWAY, SOMETIMES ALMO… |
| 2002-05-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH UP A HILL THE THROTTLE CABLE AND LINKAGE BROKE WHICH RESULTED IN THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR… |