Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 Dodge RAM 3500

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
124
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
12
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

124 filed
5
Crashes
10
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    15
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    9
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    8
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING Unit AND Lines
    7
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    7
  • Unknown OR Other
    5
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
    5
  • Tires
    5

Recalls

1 campaign
99V024000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH1999-02-05

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MODEL 3500 LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS ONLY. OPERATION OF THE HEADLAMPS OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME CAN RESULT IN HEADLAMP SWITCH FAILURE, CAUSING THE HEADLAMPS OR PARK LAMPS TO GO OUT.

RiskIF THE LIGHTS FAIL, A VISIBILITY PROBLEM COULD OCCUR, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE HEADLAMP SWITCH INCLUDING A RELAY IN THE PARK LAMP WIRING CIRCUIT.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
DP03006·SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER2003-09-23 → 2004-04-08

SEAT BACK FAILURE

DP03006·SEATS2003-09-23 → 2004-04-08

SEAT BACK FAILURE

PE00048·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES2000-12-11 → 2001-03-07

LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL

Led to recall01V037000

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