NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Ram 5500 Recalls
The 2017 Ram 5500 has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 27, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Ram 5500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 21
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2017 Ram 5500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2017 Ram 5500
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 5500, 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 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
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 5500, 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 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 2013–2016 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 2013–2016 5500, 3 other models
2017 Ram 5500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 21 owner complaints about the 2017 Ram 5500, the newest on September 10, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2017 Ram 5500, the component group named most often is the power train (38%), followed by the service brakes (14%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (14%).
2 of the 2017 Ram 5500's 7 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2017 Ram 5500 owners gave the mileage (15 complaints), the median was 85,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train8
- Service Brakes3
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic3
- Tires3
- Engine2
- Fuel/Propulsion System2
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2017 Ram 5500 peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 5. 43% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
The 21 complaints about the 2017 Ram 5500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 5500 by model year
Other 2017 Ram models
Newest record on this page: September 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted