What Owners Report NHTSA ODI · 2,175,102 complaints · MY1998–2026

2022 RAM 5500

Typical pattern

12.5% of complaints about the 2022 RAM 5500 came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2022 vehicle — around the middle of the 181 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 1.8 yr in service. The most-reported system is power train (24 complaints), typically at 1.8 yr or about 8,000 miles.

Complaints
32
Median age at failure
1.8 yr
Median mileage
8,000 n=10
Crash / fire / tow
34.4% of reports
Safety recalls
4 2 do not drive

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System
0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y
Power train
24 reports · 8,000 mi
1.8 yr
37.5%

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

23V060000 2023-02-09 Do not drive
Electrical system:wiring:relays/solenoids

Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2021-2023 Ram 2500, 3500, 3500 Cab Chassis, and 4500, 5500 Cab Chassis vehicles equipped with a Cummins 6.7L Turbo Diesel engine. An electrical short may occur in the heater grid relay with the ignition on or off.

An electrical short in the relay can result in an engine compartment fire with the ignition on or off, increasing the risk of injury.

21V798000 2021-10-14 Do not drive
Electrical system:wiring:relays/solenoids

Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Ram 3500, 2500 pickup trucks, and Ram 3500, 4500, and 5500 cab chassis vehicles equipped with Cummins 6.7L Turbo Diesel engines. An electrical short in the relay may cause a vehicle fire with the ignition on or off.

A vehicle fire increases the risk of injury.

25V765000 2025-11-06
Air bags:frontal

Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Ram 1500, Ram 2500, Ram 3500, Ram 4500, and Ram 5500 vehicles. The steering column control module may cause the driver's side air bag not to deploy as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

A driver's side air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of injury in a crash.

22V642000 2022-08-26
Engine and engine cooling:engine:engine control module (ecu/ecm)

Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2022 Ram 3500, 3500 Cab Chassis, Ram 2500, and 4500 and 5500 Cab Chassis vehicles equipped with Cummins 6.7L turbo diesel engines. The engine control module (ECM) may have been built with a misaligned capacitor that can short-circuit, resulting in an internal loss of communication.

An internal loss of communication can result in a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.

In owners’ own words

Power train mileage not reported 1.3 yr in service
My transmission went out completely without warning while driving on the expressway was able to glide it to right shoulder thank goodness my truck only has 161 miles that’s one hundred and sixty one miles and was recently bought as I’m doing research I’m starting to find out I’m not the only one these trucks are dangerous specially, when you’re on the expressway these transmissions go out without warning I could’ve got hit by other vehicles in the middle of the expressway. I got lucky. Thank God there wasn’t a lot of traffic due to a snowstorm coming.
Power train mileage not reported 1.3 yr in service
My truck has 850 miles on it and the transmission failed. It has been at the ram dealer for a month with no fix in sight. Ram customer service has been no help.
Power train mileage not reported 1.2 yr in service
Driving down freeway lost all momentum had to coast to the shoulder almost causing several accidents and getting hit by a semi in the process. The truck had no gears whatsoever and gave me on warning something was as it risk for failing. Was told the entire transmission had failed. This was the second transmission ram had put in. The problem is becoming wide spread across the internet as multiple owners are now reporting with no known fix currently. Please note that the file below is the first repair which did nothing but almost cause another accident when it happened again

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