Ram 5500: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 42 recall campaigns for the Ram 5500, model years 2008 to 2026. NHTSA has 22 complaints on file for this model line. 15 of the 16 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Ram 5500 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 597,029 |
| 2025 Ram 5500 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 646,709 |
| 2024 Ram 5500 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 223,415 |
| 2023 Ram 5500 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 525,482 |
| 2022 Ram 5500 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 438,683 |
| 2021 Ram 5500 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 900,975 |
| 2020 Ram 5500 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 933,498 |
| 2019 Ram 5500 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 933,991 |
| 2018 Ram 5500 | 8 | 1 | 73% | 5,825,988 |
| 2017 Ram 5500 | 7 | 2 | 145% | 7,750,277 |
| 2016 Ram 5500 | 7 | 5 | 364% | 7,253,115 |
| 2015 Ram 5500 | 8 | 5 | 364% | 8,671,058 |
| 2014 Ram 5500 | 10 | 5 | 364% | 10,045,823 |
| 2013 Ram 5500 | 9 | 4 | 291% | 5,303,754 |
| 2009 Ram 5500 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 402,988 |
| 2008 Ram 5500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 74,811 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
35 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 171.4 | 6 |
| Suspension | 142.9 | 5 |
| Engine | 114.3 | 4 |
| Steering | 114.3 | 4 |
| Wheels | 85.7 | 3 |
| Electrical System | 85.7 | 3 |
| Unknown or Other | 85.7 | 3 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 57.1 | 2 |
| Tires | 57.1 | 2 |
| Fuel System, Diesel | 28.6 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- 150095 campaigns
- 250065 campaigns
- 350062 campaigns
- Promaster45 campaigns
- Promaster City9 campaigns
- 450041 campaigns
- C/V Tradesman2 campaigns
- Redundant 45006 campaigns
- Redundant 55006 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Ram 5500: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ram/5500/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Chrysler (FCA US LLC)
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Ram 5500 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2014 with 10, 2020 with 9, 2019 with 9. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Ram 5500 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2014 model year, with 5 of the 22 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Ram 5500 name?
- Power Train: 6 component mentions. Suspension: 5 component mentions. Engine: 4 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Ram 5500?
- 7 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.