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RAM 5500

2015 RAM 5500

8 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns8
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints20
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire1

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 8

21V3980002021-05-27

WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS

Wheel separation can cause a vehicle crash.

18V3320002018-05-17

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

If the vehicle maintains its speed or accelerates despite attempts to deactivate the cruise control, there would be an increased risk of a crash.

17V8240002017-12-21

EQUIPMENT

If the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.

17V8210002017-12-20

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT

Being able to shift the transmission without pushing the brake pedal and/or without a key in the ignition can increase the risk of an unintended vehicle rollaway that may result in personal injury or a crash.

17V5620002017-09-12

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL

The leaking water pump can increase the risk of an engine compartment fire.

15V4680002015-07-27

SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM

A reduction of suspension stability control could affect control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

What owners report most

  • 5ENGINE
  • 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 2WHEELS
  • 2POWER TRAIN
  • 1POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
  • 1SERVICE BRAKES
  • 1STEERING
  • 1SUSPENSION

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2015 RAM 5500s 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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