2001 Dodge Dodge Truck: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 48 complaints
48
Total Complaints
62,000mi
Median Mileage
STRUCTURE
Top Issue
2
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

4,165 25th Percentile
62,000 Median Mileage
80,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

STRUCTURE
7
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
3
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
3
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
2
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
2
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
1

Severity Assessment

2
Crashes
1
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"VEHICLE IS DRIVING ERRACTICALLY. IT GOES TO THE RIGHT, TOO FAR IF BARELY TURNING WHEEL. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*AK"
"AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORTAOR FAILURE. 10/15 IN FOR "CLEAING" CLEAING AND 11/9 IN FOR CHANGE OF EVAPORTOR. STILL PRBLEM OF MOLD AND BAD SMELL ALONG WITH POWEDERY SUBSTANCE BLOWING FROM ALL VENTS STILL PERSITS. TOLD BY SEVERAL AC SPEICALILST IN THE AREA THAT DODGE HAS PROBELMS AND THAT MOLD IS THRUGHOUT..."
"THE DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE RUBS ON THE LOWER CONTROL ON A FULL LEFT TURN SCORING THE TIRE AND CREATING THE POSIBILITY OF A TIRE FAILURE WITH THE POSIBILITY OF DEATH OR INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST ATTEMPT BY CHRYSLER WAS TO REPLACE ..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28