Dodge Ram 5500

Owners filed 88 complaints across 5 model years of the Dodge Ram 5500. The 2012 drew the most (40); the 2009 the fewest (7).

Model years5

Complaints88

Recalls20

Fires9

Deaths0

Every Dodge Ram 5500 model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2012	40	9	4	—	Steering	Routine
2011	22	4	2	1	Steering	Routine
2010	0	1	—	—	—	Do not drive
2009	7	3	1	1	Steering	Do not drive
2008	19	3	2	—	Steering	Do not drive

Which Dodge Ram 5500 years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2012 is the weakest year on record, with 40 complaints concentrated in the steering. It carries 9 recalls.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.