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Dodge B150

Every Dodge B150 model year on file, 1981 to 2001. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years261 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years131981 to 2001

Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins26Summed across model years

By model year

The 1999 model year drew the most complaints, 8, 31% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Steering leads the Dodge B150 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Steering

Structure

Brakes

Powertrain

Tires

Speed control

Fuel system

Visibility and wipers

Airbags

Equipment

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Dodge B150 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Dodge B150 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2001	Van	2	0.0	50	0	0	13
1999	Van	8	0.0	200	0	0	11
1995	Van	4	25.0	57	0	0	1
1994	Van	3	0.0	38	0	0	1
1991	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	0	0	0
1990	Van	1	0.0	25	0	0	0
1988	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0	0
1987	Pickup	2	0.0	100	0	0	0
1985	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	1	1	0
1984	Van	1	0.0	50	1	1	0
1983	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0	0
1982	Van	2	0.0	None	1	0	0
1981	Van	1	0.0	100	0	0	0

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Dodge B150

88V-073 May 4, 1988
Battery may interfere with the hood inner panel at the front three cell vent cap of the battery
Electrical system · 2,200 vehicles
87V-194 Dec 26, 1987
Automatic transmission may contain a park sprag rod assembly that may stick in the tooth butt unengaged position
Powertrain · 3,500 vehicles
85V-098 Jul 30, 1985
Certification labels contain incorrect vehicle weight ratings and/or tire and rim size selection data
Equipment · 1,000 vehicles
84V-047 Apr 10, 1984
Piston within master cylinder may develop a seal leakage
Brakes · 1,800 vehicles
84V-040 Mar 29, 1984
Altered vehicles either do not have rear couch seat belts installed, violating federal motor vehicle safety standard 208, occupant crash…
Seat belts · 181 vehicles
82V-095 Oct 5, 1982
Ignition switches installed in the involved vehicles may have been distorted during a crimping operation which resulted in the internal plastic…
Electrical system · 1,725 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.