NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Ram 5500 Recalls
The 2015 Ram 5500 has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 27, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Ram 5500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 13
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2015 Ram 5500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2015 Ram 5500
Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs
- Campaign
- 21V398000
- Reported
- May 27, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 447,985
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2021 5500, 2 other models
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V332000
- Reported
- May 17, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,815,661
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016–2018 5500, 14 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2018 5500, 18 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 17V821000
- Reported
- December 20, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,482,874
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2017 5500, 4 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: diesel
- Campaign
- 17V562000
- Reported
- September 12, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 443,874
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2017 5500, 3 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: upper arm
- Campaign
- 15V468000
- Reported
- July 27, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 199
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment: electrical: radio/tape deck/cd etc.
- Campaign
- 15V461000
- Reported
- July 23, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,416,903
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 5500, 12 other models
Tires
- Campaign
- 15V290000
- Reported
- May 18, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,771
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014 5500, 1 other model
2015 Ram 5500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 13 owner complaints about the 2015 Ram 5500, the newest on December 5, 2024. Of these, 1 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2015 Ram 5500, the component group named most often is the engine (38%), followed by the electrical system (31%) and the power train (23%).
1 of the 2015 Ram 5500's 8 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine5
- Electrical System4
- Power Train3
- Wheels2
- Fuel System, Diesel1
- Service Brakes1
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2015 Ram 5500 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 2. 38% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
The 13 complaints about the 2015 Ram 5500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 5500 by model year
Other 2015 Ram models
Newest record on this page: December 5, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted