NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Dodge Ram 4500 Recalls
The 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 24, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Dodge Ram 4500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 10
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2008 Dodge Ram 4500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2008 Dodge Ram 4500
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V352000
- Reported
- May 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,648,270
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Ram 4500, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V313000
- Reported
- May 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,077,169
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Ram 4500, 12 other models
Steering: linkages: tie rod assembly
- Campaign
- 13V527000
- Reported
- November 6, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 36,151
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Ram 4500, 1 other model
2008 Dodge Ram 4500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 10 owner complaints about the 2008 Dodge Ram 4500, the newest on August 5, 2015.
In complaints about the 2008 Dodge Ram 4500, the component group named most often is the steering (80%), followed by the suspension (20%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (10%).
1 of the 2008 Dodge Ram 4500's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering8
- Suspension2
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 5. 30% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
The 10 complaints about the 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Ram 4500 by model year
Other 2008 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: May 24, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted