Ram 5500 Recalls
The 5500 has been recalled 17 times. The 2014 model year has been involved in the most campaigns.
Recalls are free repairs, initiated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or Ram itself, for a widespread safety problem. They might be a pain, but a recalled problem is better than an ignored one.
Latest 5500 Recall News
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2021 Ram Super Duty truck owners are being told to park outside and away from buildings.
That's never a good sign. The Cummins 6.7-liter turbodiesel engine has an electrical short inside the intake air heater relay. Stellantis says the short can happen even when the truck is turned off and it's responsible for three fires.…
keep reading article "Ram Super Duty Owners Urged to Park Outside Over Fire Risk"More than 228,000 Ram trucks might suddenly roll away, even when the key isn’t in the ignition.
The problem is caused by pins in the brake transmission shift interlock (BTSI) that stick open in higher temperatures. Fiat-Chrysler is expanding a previous recall of 1.8 million vehicles to include trucks with column shifters that were built between 01/01/2017 and 01/10/2018.
keep reading article "Ram Expands Rollaway Recall to Include More Trucks"
Roughly 2,400 Ram 4500 and 5500 trucks are being recalled to fix their brakes before they start leaking.
The problem is with the ferrules (metal fasteners) used on the primary and secondary brake hoses located between the brake master cylinders and the hydraulic control units.
Fiat-Chrysler (FCA) tracked the issue to January 15th, 2018 when someone forgot to install the anti-corrosion plating. The recall is scheduled to begin June 20th, 2018.
keep reading article "Corroded Metal Fasteners May Allow Brakes to Leak in the 4500 and 5500"Chrysler will recall 1.2 million trucks for tie rod problems in three seperate actions.
The defective tie rods can cause a a complete loss of steering and could possibly be linked to the infamous death wobble.…
keep reading article "Tie Rod Recall Hopes to Fix Problem Before They Send Trucks Out of Control"