Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2001 Dodge Ram 1500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | While driving and operating the heater, unbeknowst to me leaves/pine needles had come in through the fresh air cowl ven… |
| 2023-12-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Passenger side airbag exploded while sitting in my yard. |
| 2023-03-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The headlights no matter what bulbs I buy are extremely dim making it unsafe to drive at night. Now truck will not star… |
| 2022-11-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | unknown, Is all I know that I was checking the code on my truck and left truck on all night went out to start truck and… |
| 2022-09-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Where the sway bar is bolted to the chassis has completely deteriorated causing sway bar to completely detach from both… |
| 2022-01-10 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Shavent had funds to take to a shop but was told that the wrong fuel lines are on the truck |
| 2021-07-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | There have been three times now in the last two years, six-eight months of which I never drove the vehicle due to being… |
| 2021-04-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | SEVERAL TIMES WHILE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY OR BUSY ROAD AND THE ENGINE GETS TO NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE,… |
| 2021-01-10 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the contact was making a turn and hear… |
| 2020-11-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WAS NO … |
| 2020-09-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I TURNED THE KEY TO START THE ENGINE AND AS IT STARTED CRANKING SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE DEFROSTER AND THEN FIR… |
| 2018-12-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I'M WORRIED THAT THE AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE IS DEFECTIVE AS THE STRANGEST NOISE IS COMING FROM BEHIND THE DASH LIKE … |
| 2018-11-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SUDDENLY BECAME STUCK… |
| 2018-10-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASH BOARD WAS DISINTEGRATING. PIECES OF THE DA… |
| 2018-09-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE HOOD LATCH BEHIND THE GRILL BROKE OR FAILED. MY HOOD FLEW UP AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SHATTERED MY WIND… |
| 2018-07-24 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | CSPC: THE DASHBOARD ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP TRUCK HAS BECOME EXTREMELY BRITTLE. IT CRACKS WITHOUT WARNING AN… |
| 2018-07-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA INFLATOR. MY AIR BAG LIGHT STAY ON ALL THE TIME WHEN THE TRUCK IS RUNNING. AS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS CO… |
| 2018-07-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS VERY LOOSE AND MOVED A LOT WHE… |
| 2018-06-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE FABRICATED ATTACHMENT POINTS THAT HOLD THE CONTROL ARMS, TRACK BAR, DAMPER AND SPRINGS TO THE FRONT AXLE RUST TO TH… |
| 2018-04-14 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 1 | SATURDAY 14 APRIL 2018 BACKED UP DRIVEWAY TRUCKLENGTH AND GOT OUT TO DELIVER BOOKCASE FOR FRIEND. UNHOOKED ROPE HOLDING… |
| 2018-01-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 2 | DASH COMPONENTS CRACKED UNDER NORMAL USE CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS, IF NOT DEADLY, SITUATION WHERE IN THE EVENT OF AIR-… |
| 2017-12-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I BELIEVE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE INTO THOUSAND TWO AND IN APPROXIMATELY 2006, THEY DASHBOARD STARTED SEVERELY CRACKI… |
| 2017-11-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PLASTIC DASH I'D FALLING APART STUFF FALLING OFF SHARP OBJECTS NOT SO SURE DASH ISN'T GOING TO FALL DOWN AROUND MY FEET… |
| 2017-10-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS RUSTED THROUGH AND TANK FELL FROM THE TRUCK CAUSING FILL HOSE TO DISCONNECT FROM ITS CONNECTOR AN… |
| 2017-07-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO RESPOND.… |
| 2017-07-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN 2001. SINCE THEN, THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. ONCE BY DODGE AND 2 TIMES … |
| 2017-06-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING A HUGE CRACKING NOISE CREATED A VERY LARGE HOLE IN THE FRONT DASH JUST UNDER THE WINDSHIELD. PIECES OF TH… |
| 2017-05-11 | EQUIPMENT | Yes | 2 | THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC DASHBOARD ON THE 2001 DODGE RAM BROKE INTO FRAGMENTS AND STUCK THE DRIVERS RIGHT EYE CAUSING TEMP… |
| 2017-03-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKE LINE LEADING TO THE DRIVER REAR TIRE IS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE ENTIRE LINE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE WH… |
| 2017-01-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DASHBOARD ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKING ON LIKE AN EGG. IT IS CRACKING ON TOP AND THE FRONT WHERE THE STEREO I… |
| 2017-01-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DASHBOARD FALLING APART; SHARP/JAGGED PIECES OF DASH CUTTING INTO ELECTRICAL WIRING CAUSING SHORTS, FAILURE OF ELECTRIC… |
| 2016-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATEL… |
| 2016-07-04 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE REAR PINION NUT AND DRIVESHAFT DETACHED FROM THE … |
| 2016-04-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW. I HAVE MAINTAINED IT REGULARLY. ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO I NOTICED A LARGE CRACK IN THE DASH. SINCE T… |
| 2016-04-10 | WHEELS | No | 0 | THE SPARE TIRE CABLE SNAPPED QUITE POSSIBLY CAUSING MY SPARE TIRE TO FALL OUT ON THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING. I DO NOT KN… |
| 2016-04-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, A LOUD BANGING NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF… |
| 2016-03-18 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE OPENED AND SMASHED INTO THE W… |
| 2016-03-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | REAR BRAKE LINE HEAVILY CORRODED AND RUPTURED IN BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND THE FRAME (VERY LITTLE CORROSION TO THE SURR… |
| 2016-03-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | EVERY SECOND GENERATION DODGE RAM TRUCK HAS THIS ISSUE. THE DASHBOARD FALLS APART AND SHATTERS INTO SHARP KNIFE-LIKE PI… |
| 2016-02-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE A DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. MY ENTIRE DASH IS COMING APART. A PIECE FLEW OFF AND HIT ME IN THE FACE WHILE DRIVING I … |
| 2015-10-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I WENT OUT TO MY TRUCK THE OTHER DAY AND NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS STARTING TO CRACK ABOVE THE AIRBAG. I HAVE OWNE… |
| 2015-10-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 1 | WHEN I GO TO OPEN THE DOOR THE LIGHTS DON'T WORK , AND THE DASHBOARD ON MY TRUCK BREAKS INTO PIECES I NEED A NEW ONE!! |
| 2015-09-17 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TREE TRUNK … |
| 2015-09-10 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE DASHBOARD ON THIS VEHICLE HAS BROKEN INTO MANY JAGGED PIECES. THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY MYSELF OR BY THE VEHICLE'S AG… |
| 2015-09-06 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DASH BOARDS CAVING IN POSSIBLE CAUSING AIR BAGS, LIGHTS AND OTHER ELECTRICAL PARTS TO FAIL. |
| 2015-09-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DASH IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART FOR NO REASON. GETTING WORSE AS TIME GOES ON. |
| 2015-07-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD A PAST FAI… |
| 2015-07-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | 2001 DODGE RAM. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION, BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENT AND FRONT FRAME … |
| 2015-05-22 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DASH IS FALLING APART AND CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING |
| 2015-05-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY TRUCK HAS 185000 MILES ON IT AND STARTED SOUNDING LIKE THE BACK BRAKES WERE GRINDING. ON THE WAY TO THE MECHANIC THE… |