NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Dodge Ram 5500 Recalls
The 2008 Dodge Ram 5500 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 5500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 19
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2008 Dodge Ram 5500, 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 5500
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 5500, 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 5500, 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 5500, 1 other model
2008 Dodge Ram 5500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 19 owner complaints about the 2008 Dodge Ram 5500, the newest on August 11, 2016. Of these, 2 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2008 Dodge Ram 5500, the component group named most often is the steering (84%), followed by the air bags (5%) and the electrical system (5%).
1 of the 2008 Dodge Ram 5500's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2008 Dodge Ram 5500 owners gave the mileage (10 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering16
- Air Bags1
- Electrical System1
- Engine1
- Suspension1
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Dodge Ram 5500 peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 6. 47% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
The 19 complaints about the 2008 Dodge Ram 5500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Ram 5500 by model year
Other 2008 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: August 11, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted