NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Recalls
The 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Dodge Ram 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 155
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2002 Dodge Ram 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2002 Dodge Ram 2500
2002 Dodge Ram 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 155 owner complaints about the 2002 Dodge Ram 2500, the newest on April 13, 2021. Of these, 10 describe a crash (6%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Dodge Ram 2500, the component group named most often is the structure (26%), followed by the steering (13%) and the power train (12%).
None of the 2002 Dodge Ram 2500's 2 recalls concerns the structure.
Where 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 owners gave the mileage (114 complaints), the median was 68,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure40
- Steering20
- Power Train19
- Suspension14
- Fuel System, Diesel13
- Unknown Or Other13
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 18 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 20. 30% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Dodge Ram 2500 year in the same window: 13th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Dodge Ram 2500 years.
The 155 complaints about the 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Ram 2500 by model year
Other 2002 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: April 13, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted