Ram 1500, 2500, 3500, 5500, 4500. Published by Transport Canada as 2017659 on 21 December 2017. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with a steering column gear shifter, the brake transmission shift interlock (BTSI) may become inoperative. This could allow the steering column gear shifter lever to be shifted out of the PARK (P) position without depressing the service brake pedal or having the key in the ignition, which …
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Ram 1500 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ram 1500 is named on 90 American notices, 22 British, 10 European and 26 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2020/064: Ram 1500 Pickup (DS) AND Truck (DX) (The instrment cluster may become non-operational)
- DVSA recall R/2020/109: Ram 1500 Pickup (DT) (The transfer case contains a dual drive gear which may have been in...)
- DVSA recall R/2020/117: Ram 1500 Pickup (DS) and 1500 Pickup (DT) (Wipers may lead to reduced road visibility)
The European register
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
- 2017659
- Recall date
- 21 December 2017
- Make
- Ram
- Models
- 1500, 2500, 3500, 5500, 4500
- Model years
- 2009 to 2017
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 290,200
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with a steering column gear shifter, the brake transmission shift interlock (BTSI) may become inoperative. This could allow the steering column gear shifter lever to be shifted out of the PARK (P) position without depressing the service brake pedal or having the key in the ignition, which could result in unintended vehicle movement, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will inspect and replace the BTSI as necessary. The Body Control Module (BCM) will also be updated.
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 2017659.
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.
- 2017441 · 13 September 2017 · 4500, 3500, 2500 · Engine
- 2017337 · 7 July 2017 · 1500 · Fuel System
- 2017226 · 26 April 2017 · Promaster · Label
- 2018115 · 7 March 2018 · Promaster City · Steering
- 2018122 · 9 March 2018 · 1500, Ram · Fuel System
- 2018221 · 1 May 2018 · 5500, 4500 · Brakes
- 2018230 · 3 May 2018 · 2500, 3500 · Accessories
- 2018324 · 15 June 2018 · 3500, 2500, 1500 · Other
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2017639 · 18 December 2017 · DB9, DBS, Rapide · Powertrain
- 2017664 · 28 December 2017 · T680, T880, 567 · Powertrain
- 2017569 · 20 November 2017 · Cascadia · Powertrain
- 2017554 · 15 November 2017 · G Class · Powertrain
- 2017558 · 15 November 2017 · Prius · Powertrain
- 2017552 · 9 November 2017 · Civic · Powertrain
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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 1500, 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 638 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2017.
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