1999 Dodge Dodge Truck

Typical pattern

10.1% of complaints about the 1999 Dodge Dodge Truck came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 1999 vehicle — around the middle of the 201 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 5.5 yr in service. The most-reported system is suspension (25 complaints), typically at 6.3 yr or about 73,092 miles.

Complaints: 69
Median age at failure: 5.5 yr
Median mileage: 86,000 n=34
Crash / fire / tow: 8.7% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Suspension mileage not reported 1 mo in service

WHEN DRIVING AT 60MPH THE TRUCKS STARTS TO VIBRATE, AND WHEN A BUMP IS HIT IT GETS WORSE. DEALER SAYS THAT TIRES ARE OUT OF ROUND AND WILL BE REPLACED. *AK *ML

Suspension mileage not reported 4 mo in service

TIRES STARTED EXPERIENCING WEAR ON THE INSIDE EDGES AT 5800 MILES AND CONSUMER HAD THEM REPLACED, 4 MONTHS LATER, TIRES WERE WEARING ON THE OUTSIDE AND PULLING TO THE RIGHT, AFTER MANY ALIGNMENTS TIRES WERE UPGRADED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED, DEALER STATED PROBLEM WAS CROWN PULL, NEW TIRES ARE STILL WEARING AND VEHICLE IS STILL PULLING TO THE RIGHT, POSSIBLE SUSPENSION PROBLEM. *SLC

Suspension mileage not reported 5.1 yr in service

AT 68,000 MILES I PURCHASED NEW TIRES FOR MY DODGE DAKOTA SLT. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE LEFT & RIGHT LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS AS WELL AS THE RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE IN VERY BAD SHAPE. BEGINNING TO CRACK WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. NOT NORMAL FOR MINIMAL MILEAGE. HEARD THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT AND IT'S BEING INVESTIGATED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. *LA

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

1999 Dodge Dodge Truck

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

How to read this