21V398000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
Wheel separation can cause a vehicle crash.
2012 DODGE RAM 5500
9 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 51 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns9
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints51
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire6
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 9
17V824000
EQUIPMENT
If the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.
17V821000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
Being able to shift the transmission without pushing the brake pedal and/or without a key in the ignition can increase the risk of an unintended vehicle rollaway that may result in personal injury or a crash.
16V739000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
If the alternator fails, the vehicle may stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash. There is also the possibility that the alternator may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
15V459000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
This abrasion may result in an electrical short that could cause driver's frontal air bag to unexpectedly deploy. Inadvertent deployment of the air bag may increase the risk of injury and the possibility of a vehicle crash.
14V635000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
If the connectors overheat, the fuel heater may leak fuel, increasing the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 18STEERING
- 8POWER TRAIN
- 7ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 3ENGINE
- 2STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
- 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 2SUSPENSION
- 2AIR BAGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 DODGE RAM 5500s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.