2017 RAM 1500

13 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (2 open), 1,176 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns13
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations32 open
Owner complaints1,176
Complaints citing a crash110
Complaints citing a fire20

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 6 of 13

25V0100002025-01-16

AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR

An inflator rupture may result in sharp metal fragments striking occupants, resulting in injury.

23V4110002023-06-08

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.

22V4060002022-06-09

FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

Fuel starvation may result in an unexpected loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.

21V6320002021-08-12

AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN

A separated inflator end cap or inflator rupture can allow compressed gas to escape, resulting in the end cap or other components being propelled into the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury or crash.

20V4750002020-08-13

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL

An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.

19V7570002019-10-24

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)

Combustion in the intake manifold can increase the risk of a fire.

What owners report most

  • 216STEERING
  • 155ENGINE
  • 102ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 93POWER TRAIN
  • 87FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 87SERVICE BRAKES
  • 66UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 53AIR BAGS

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Two 2017 RAM 1500s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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