NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Dodge Ram 5500 Recalls
The 2009 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 2009 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
- 7
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2009 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 2009 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 2008 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 2008 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 2008 Ram 5500, 1 other model
2009 Dodge Ram 5500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 7 owner complaints about the 2009 Dodge Ram 5500, the newest on August 21, 2015. Of these, 1 describe a crash (14%) and 1 a fire.
In complaints about the 2009 Dodge Ram 5500, the component group named most often is the steering (71%), followed by the air bags (14%) and the engine (14%).
1 of the 2009 Dodge Ram 5500's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering5
- Air Bags1
- Engine1
- Suspension1
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2009 Dodge Ram 5500 peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 4. 14% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
The 7 complaints about the 2009 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 2009 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: May 24, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted