NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Ram 3500 Recalls
The 2017 Ram 3500 has 13 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 16, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Ram 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 13
- Owner complaints
- 315
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2017 Ram 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
13 recalls on the 2017 Ram 3500
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, 2018–2019 3500, 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 3500, 3 other models
Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs
- Campaign
- 21V398000
- Reported
- May 27, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 447,985
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2016, 2018–2021 3500, 2 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 3500, 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 2013–2016, 2018 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 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 2013–2016 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 1 other model
Steering: linkages
- Campaign
- 18E096000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2016, 2018 3500, 1 other model
2017 Ram 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 315 owner complaints about the 2017 Ram 3500, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Ram 3500, the component group named most often is the service brakes (45%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (16%) and the electrical system (10%).
1 of the 2017 Ram 3500's 13 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2017 Ram 3500 owners gave the mileage (115 complaints), the median was 32,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes143
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic49
- Electrical System33
- Vehicle Speed Control29
- Engine28
- Power Train27
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 23 | |
| 2019 | 31 | |
| 2020 | 18 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 67 | |
| 2024 | 60 | |
| 2025 | 51 | |
| 2026 | 34 |
Complaints about the 2017 Ram 3500 peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 67. 26% 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 3500 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ram 3500 year in the same window: 9th highest of the 20 ranked years.
The 315 complaints about the 2017 Ram 3500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 3500 by model year
Other 2017 Ram models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted