2010 Dodge RAM 1500

Typical pattern

4.3% of complaints about the 2010 Dodge RAM 1500 came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2010 vehicle — around the middle of the 203 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 5.3 yr in service. The most-reported system is power train (231 complaints), typically at 3.9 yr or about 60,000 miles.

Complaints: 631
Median age at failure: 5.3 yr
Median mileage: 65,000 n=464
Crash / fire / tow: 8.2% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y

Power train

231 reports · 60,000 mi

3.9 yr

8.7%

Electrical system

71 reports · 86,789 mi

6.4 yr

4.2%

Engine

61 reports · 86,000 mi

8.4 yr

6.6%

Steering

40 reports · 65,000 mi

5.8 yr

Suspension

28 reports · 64,600 mi

5.2 yr

7.1%

Other

28 reports · 95,000 mi

7.0 yr

10.7%

Fuel / propulsion

27 reports · 67,400 mi

6.9 yr

3.7%

Structure

26 reports · 70,000 mi

6.0 yr

11.5%

In owners’ own words

Structure 70,000 mi 10 mo in service

DASHBOARD CRACKED IN THREE PLACES ALL WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. (JULY 2010) THERE HAVE BEEN NO WRECKS OR STRESS PLACED UPON THE VEHICLE BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. DODGE SHOULD BE FORCED TO REPLACE THIS DASHBOARD BECAUSE IT IS DEFECTIVE PLUS POSES AN EXTRA HAZARDOUS SITUATION IF THERE WAS A COLLISION, PIECES OF THE DASHBOARD PLASTIC MAY BECOME DEADLY PROJECTILES, INJURING OR EVEN KILLING THE OCCUPANTS OF THIS TRUCK. *TR

Structure 2,500 mi 1.7 yr in service

2010 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP IN WHITE 8 MONTHS OLD,RUST SPOTS OR BLEMISHES BLEEDING THRU PAINT AFTER BEING THOROUGHLY CLEANED AND PROTESTED WITH 2 COATS OF LIQUID GLASS AUTO POLISH. *TR

Structure 20,000 mi 1.7 yr in service

THERE IS RUST SPOTS ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK COMING THROUGH THE PAINT. I TOOK INTO DEALER TO ASK ABOUT IT, THEY TOOK PICTURES AND I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK SINCE. IS THIS A PROBLEM WITH DODGE PAINT? MY TRUCK IS WHITE, THEREFOR IT IS QUITE NOTICEABLE. *TR

Electrical system 52,000 mi 3.8 yr in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

Other RAM 1500 model years

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.