NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Ram 2500 Recalls
The 2017 Ram 2500 has 12 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 16, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Ram 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 12
- Owner complaints
- 698
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Ram 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
12 recalls on the 2017 Ram 2500
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 25V010000
- Reported
- January 16, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,066
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016, 2018–2020 2500, 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 24V896000
- Reported
- November 27, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 317,630
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018 2500, 3 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: tailgate: latch
- Campaign
- 19V347000
- Reported
- May 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,103,209
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2016, 2018 2500, 2 other models
Steering: linkages: drag: link: connection
- Campaign
- 19V021000
- Reported
- January 25, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 795,575
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2016, 2018 2500, 1 other model
Structure: body: tailgate
- Campaign
- 18V486000
- Reported
- July 27, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,149,223
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2016 2500, 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 2500, 14 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 18V100000
- Reported
- February 8, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 180,462
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018 2500, 4 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2016, 2018 2500, 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 2011–2016 2500, 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 2013–2016 2500, 3 other models
Wheels
- Campaign
- 17V499000
- Reported
- August 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,765
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2016 2500, 1 other model
Steering: linkages
- Campaign
- 18E096000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2016, 2018 2500, 1 other model
2017 Ram 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 698 owner complaints about the 2017 Ram 2500, the newest on October 9, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (2%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Ram 2500, the component group named most often is the service brakes (59%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (14%).
1 of the 2017 Ram 2500's 12 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2017 Ram 2500 owners gave the mileage (201 complaints), the median was 46,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes412
- Electrical System121
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic97
- Vehicle Speed Control72
- Forward Collision Avoidance63
- Steering49
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 24 | |
| 2019 | 38 | |
| 2020 | 26 | |
| 2021 | 31 | |
| 2022 | 43 | |
| 2023 | 194 | |
| 2024 | 162 | |
| 2025 | 87 | |
| 2026 | 80 |
Complaints about the 2017 Ram 2500 peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 194. 14% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Ram 2500 drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Ram 2500 year in the same window: 15th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 698 complaints about the 2017 Ram 2500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 2500 by model year
Other 2017 Ram models
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted