NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Dodge Ram 2500 Recalls
The 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 26, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Dodge Ram 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 661
- Crashes reported
- 30
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2003 Dodge Ram 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2003 Dodge Ram 2500
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V312000
- Reported
- May 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 385,686
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Steering: linkages: tie rod assembly
- Campaign
- 13V528000
- Reported
- November 6, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 706,664
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2008 Ram 2500, 2 other models
Steering: linkages: tie rod assembly
- Campaign
- 11V350000
- Reported
- July 6, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 242,780
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2009 Ram 2500, 3 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 05V462000
- Reported
- October 6, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 250,433
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Ram 2500, 1 other model
Wheels: hubcap/cover
- Campaign
- 03V212000
- Reported
- June 5, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,086
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 03V033000
- Reported
- February 5, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,500
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 07E009000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007 Ram 2500, 1 other model
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 07E104000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2008 Ram 2500, 9 other models
Steering: gear box: shaft pitman
- Campaign
- 10E013000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2008 Ram 2500, 2 other models
2003 Dodge Ram 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 661 owner complaints about the 2003 Dodge Ram 2500, the newest on July 9, 2025. Of these, 30 describe a crash (5%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 29 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2003 Dodge Ram 2500, the component group named most often is the steering (24%), followed by the structure (22%) and the air bags (21%).
3 of the 2003 Dodge Ram 2500's 9 recalls also concern the steering.
Where 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 owners gave the mileage (461 complaints), the median was 77,200 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering159
- Structure146
- Air Bags138
- Suspension122
- Power Train55
- Visibility36
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 18 | |
| 2004 | 43 | |
| 2005 | 35 | |
| 2006 | 22 | |
| 2007 | 33 | |
| 2008 | 21 | |
| 2009 | 38 | |
| 2010 | 52 | |
| 2011 | 48 | |
| 2012 | 44 | |
| 2013 | 25 | |
| 2014 | 60 | |
| 2015 | 93 | |
| 2016 | 65 | |
| 2017 | 40 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 93. 18% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Ram 2500 year in the same window: 4th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 661 complaints about the 2003 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 2003 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: July 9, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted