Dodge · vehicle model
Dodge D SERIES(LIGHT)
23 NHTSA complaints and 0 safety recalls across model years 1984–1995.
- Complaints
- 23
- Recalls
- 0
- Model years
- 9
The verdict
The Dodge D SERIES(LIGHT) pairs below-average complaint volume with zero recalls.
- Top 49%
- fewest complaints, US models
- 0
- recall campaigns
Dodge D SERIES(LIGHT) vs. all tracked models
Total NHTSA ODI complaints across models with substantive safety data
23 Lower than most lower than 51% of 3,088 models
tracked vehicle models, bucketed by value
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Source NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation · August 2026
The DodgeD SERIES(LIGHT) appears in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database with 23 consumer safety complaints and 0 recall campaigns across 9 model years (1984–1995). That averages roughly 3 complaints per model year. Report counts can differ between model years for many reasons; this dataset does not establish the cause of a difference.
Complaint volume on a nameplate alone is not a reliability verdict: a long-running bestseller can accumulate more filings than a low-volume niche model because more vehicles are on the road. The table below shows report counts and published NHTSA crash-test ratings side by side for each model year.
NHTSA has 20 investigation files tied to this model, with 1 currently open. Investigation records, complaint reports, and recall campaigns each provide different context. Use the official NHTSA VIN lookup and the underlying notices to research a specific vehicle; PlainCars does not infer a vehicle-risk or pricing conclusion from these records.
Complaints by Year
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NHTSA Investigations 1 Open
Vehicle entrapment
Back up camera failure
Vehicle entrapment
Active Head Rest Inadvertent Deployment
Chrysler's execution of 13V-528 & 529
Alternator failure
Rear suspension knuckle fracture
2000-2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP HOOD LATCH
ENGINE STALLING & ELECTRIC POWER LOSS
SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG FAILURE
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Data sources
Data vintage: August 2026. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. Dodge D SERIES(LIGHT) totals are aggregated from the linked NHTSA model-year rows; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.