2001 Dodge RAM Quad CAB

Typical pattern

2.2% of complaints about the 2001 Dodge RAM Quad CAB came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2001 vehicle — around the middle of the 216 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 4.8 yr in service. The most-reported system is structure (56 complaints), typically at 6.3 yr or about 69,000 miles.

Complaints: 136
Median age at failure: 4.8 yr
Median mileage: 58,000 n=110
Crash / fire / tow: 12.5% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Structure 5,000 mi 9 mo in service

DASH CRACKED WITHIN A YEAR OF OWNING THE TRUCK. I ASKED WHEN IT WAS A SMALL CRACK TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT LANDERS IN LITTLE ROCK, AR TRIED TO SAY I HAD CUT IT. NOW THAT THE FACTORY WARRANTY IS OUT THE DASH HAS BECOME A MESS CRACKED FROM END TO END, SIDE TO SIDE. IN LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION TO MY PROBLEM I HAVE BEEN TO SALVAGE YARDS AND AN INDEPENDANT WHO REBUILDS AND WORKS ON DODGE TRUCKS EXCLUSIVELY AND ALL HAVE SAID THEY HAVE HAD AN EXTREME RUN ON 2001 DODGE DASHES AS OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

Structure mileage not reported 5.1 yr in service

THE DASH- HAS CRACKS THAT RUN THE LENGTH OF THE DASH TOTAL OF SIX THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 29,000 MILES AND IS GARAGED ALL THE TIME. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED IN ANYWAY BEFORE LAST WEEK MY TRUCK WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. *NM

Structure 10,236 mi 2.7 yr in service

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB, WHICH IS A NICE TRUCK. I STARTED NOTICING A CRACK IN THE DASH ABOUT A YEAR AFTER I GOT IT. SINCE THEN IT HAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES, WITH PIECES FALLING OUT. I REMOVED THE DASH FROM THE TRUCK AND ENDED UP WITH ABOUT 20 PIECES. DODGE OR THE DEALERSHIP WON'T DO ANYTHING. I WILL HAVE TO PAY 200.00 DOLLARS FOR A NEW DASH IN ORDER TO REPLACE A DEFECTED ONE. *NM

Other RAM Quad CAB 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.

2001 Dodge RAM Quad CAB

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other RAM Quad CAB model years

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