Ram 2500, 3500. Published by Transport Canada as 2018230 on 3 May 2018. System: Accessories.
What the notice says FCA Canada has determined that some Mopar gooseneck trailer hitch ball kits may not fully seat and lock into the truck hardware as intended. This can be caused by dirt and/or debris accumulation on top of the gooseneck ball mount, in the mounting hole and/or tolerance stack-up. If this occurs, the gooseneck ball may …
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Ram 2500 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ram 2500 is named on 56 American notices, 12 British, 9 European and 38 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2022/212: Ram 2500 Pickup and 3500 10K LB CAB Chassis (The electronic stability control warning lamp may not display prope...)
- DVSA recall R/2022/217: Ram 3500, 2500, RAM Truck DX and 1 more (Side air bag inflatable curtain inflator might rupture)
- DVSA recall R/2022/218: Ram 3500, 2500 and 1500 (Incompatable rear-view camera and radio systems might prevent image...)
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 A12/1055/17: Dodge Ram Truck, Ram Pickup 1500, 2500 And 3500, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/00163/21: Jeep, Dodge Jeep: Gladiator, Wrangler; Dodge: Ram 1500 Pickup Truck, Ram 2500 Pickup Truck, 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
- 2018230
- Recall date
- 3 May 2018
- Make
- Ram
- Models
- 2500, 3500
- Model years
- 2013 to 2018
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Accessories
- Raised as
- Service Campaign MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 4,350
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
FCA Canada has determined that some Mopar gooseneck trailer hitch ball kits may not fully seat and lock into the truck hardware as intended. This can be caused by dirt and/or debris accumulation on top of the gooseneck ball mount, in the mounting hole and/or tolerance stack-up. If this occurs, the gooseneck ball may appear to be locked in place when it is not. If the gooseneck ball is not locked in place, under certain driving conditions it may detach from the truck.
Affected parts are the Mopar 2 5/16‘’ Gooseneck Ball Kit part number 82213631 and Mopar 3” Gooseneck Ball Kit part number 82213632.
Correction: FCA Canada will conduct a voluntary field action on all affected parts. The remedy for this condition is
currently under development.Note: This field action is not being conducted under the requirements of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
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 2018230.
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.
- 2018221 · 1 May 2018 · 5500, 4500 · Brakes
- 2018324 · 15 June 2018 · 3500, 2500, 1500 · Other
- 2018122 · 9 March 2018 · 1500, Ram · Fuel System
- 2018115 · 7 March 2018 · Promaster City · Steering
- 2018422 · 9 August 2018 · Grand Caravan, Wrangler, Town & Country · Powertrain
- 2018439 · 21 August 2018 · Town And Country, Grand Caravan, Promaster · Seats And Restraints
- 2018447 · 23 August 2018 · 1500 · Powertrain
- 2017441 · 13 September 2017 · 4500, 3500, 2500 · Engine
The same system: Accessories
734 notices in this register name Accessories. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2018240 · 8 May 2018 · Eagle HT Fifth Wheel Trailer · Accessories
- 2018243 · 8 May 2018 · Jay Series · Accessories
- 2018244 · 8 May 2018 · Starcraft, Comet · Accessories
- 2018246 · 9 May 2018 · Minotour School Bus · Accessories
- 2018247 · 9 May 2018 · Minotour Non-School Bus · Accessories
- 2018250 · 10 May 2018 · Revel, Travato, Era · Accessories
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Ram 2500, 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 704 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2018.
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