RAM 5500 problems, recalls & safety data
Complaints, recalls, technical service bulletins and federal investigations for every RAM 5500 model year, from official NHTSA data.
84
NHTSA complaints
45
recall campaigns
1,019
service bulletins (TSBs)
3
defect investigations
Model years
Best & worst years →| Year | Complaints | Recalls | TSBs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 RAM 5500 | 26 | 4 | 436 |
| 2021 RAM 5500 | 4 | 5 | — |
| 2020 RAM 5500 | 8 | 9 | — |
| 2019 RAM 5500 | 12 | 9 | — |
| 2018 RAM 5500 | 37 | 8 | 307 |
| 2017 RAM 5500 | 21 | 7 | 276 |
| 2016 RAM 5500 | 17 | 7 | — |
| 2015 RAM 5500 | 13 | 8 | — |
| 2014 RAM 5500 | 11 | 10 | — |
| 2013 RAM 5500 | 4 | 9 | — |
Common problems
Federal investigations
- Post Recall Remedy Brake Transmission Shift Interlock (BTSI) FailureRQ25003 · opened Jul 3, 2025 · open
- 2022 RAM Transmission Snap Ring FailurePE24009 · opened Mar 27, 2024 · open
- High pressure fuel pump failureEA23001 · opened Mar 17, 2023 · open
- High pressure fuel pump failurePE21021 · opened Oct 14, 2021 · closed Apr 14, 2023