Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 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
125
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
15
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

125 filed
4
Crashes
12
Fires
9
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
    15
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    12
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    9
  • Power TRAIN:MANUAL Transmission
    7
  • Exterior Lighting
    7
  • Steering
    6
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    5
  • Unknown OR Other
    4

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

2 actions
DP03006·SEATS2003-09-23 → 2004-04-08

SEAT BACK FAILURE

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

SEAT BACK FAILURE

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