Ram 5500, 4500, Ram. Published by Transport Canada as 2013396 on 7 November 2013. System: Steering.
What the notice says Certain Ram 4500 and 5500 four wheel drive vehicles may experience a fracture of the ball stud on the left outer tie rod assembly, potentially resulting in a loss of vehicle control and a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: As an interim repair, dealers will align the left tie rod end. Dealers …
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Ram 5500 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ram 5500 is named on 28 American notices, 3 European and 8 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The European register
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1288/15: Dodge Ram Ram 3500 Cab Chassis, 4500/5500 Cab Chassis, 2500 Pickup Truck, 3500 Pickup Truck., notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/01511/23: Dodge Ram 2500/3500/4500/5500, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/00604/24: Dodge Ram Pickup: 1500, 2500, 3500. Ram Cab/Chassis: 3500, 4500, 5500, notified by Germany
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2013396
- Recall date
- 7 November 2013
- Make
- Ram, Dodge
- Models
- 5500, 4500, Ram
- Model years
- 2008 to 2012
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 6,674
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain Ram 4500 and 5500 four wheel drive vehicles may experience a fracture of the ball stud on the left outer tie rod assembly, potentially resulting in a loss of vehicle control and a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: As an interim repair, dealers will align the left tie rod end. Dealers will install a redesigned left outer tie rod assembly once parts are available. Note: This recall supersedes recall 2010-465 (K28). Vehicles that were repaired under the previous campaign will also need to be repaired under this campaign.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2013396.
Ram elsewhere in this register
Ram is named on 97 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2013434 · 6 December 2013 · 300, Charger, 1500 · Powertrain
- 2013344 · 2 October 2013 · 3500, 1500, 2500 · Electrical
- 2013230 · 4 July 2013 · 1500 · Other
- 2013232 · 4 July 2013 · 4500, 5500 · Suspension
- 2013235 · 4 July 2013 · Town & Country, Grand Caravan, Cargo Van · Airbag
- 2013200 · 7 June 2013 · 2500, 3500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2013201 · 7 June 2013 · 1500, 2500, 3500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2013104 · 5 April 2013 · 3500, 2500 · Engine
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2013410 · 19 November 2013 · Q50 · Steering
- 2013423 · 27 November 2013 · Bullet · Steering
- 2013439 · 13 December 2013 · King Aire Diesel Pusher Motorhome, Essex Diesel Pusher Motorhome · Steering
- 2013319 · 20 September 2013 · Trx500fm - Foreman 500 · Steering
- 2013226 · 3 July 2013 · American Eagle · Steering
- 2013227 · 3 July 2013 · Yaris · Steering
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Ram 4500, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Ram: 187 in the register, and 466 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2013.
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