1996 Dodge Ram 1500 electrical system problems

26 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 — 9% of all complaints for this model year.

Electrical System complaints

share of all complaints

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median reported incident mileage

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crash / fire reports

What owners report

“I received notification from nhtsa of a recall for my dodge ram truck. I have tried since june 11, 2015 to make an appointment with crowne dodge of ventura, california and have received no response. I spent 30 minutes standing in line at the dealership services entrance and no live person came to…”
filed Aug 4, 2015
“I went out on friday the 6th of feb.2015. I got a coffee at wawa everything was fine I left to go to my buddy's house to hangout and I started driving down the road n I noticed smoke coming out the vents when I was driving so I pulled over cuz I thought it was the heater core cuz when they go bad…”
filed Feb 7, 2015

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

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