Ram 1500. Published by Transport Canada as 2019033 on 24 January 2019. System: Steering.
What the notice says Issue:
The power steering system may have a loose electrical connection. This could cause intermittent loss of power steering assist while driving/steering the truck. This may make the truck difficult to steer and could cause both oversteer and understeer conditions.
Safety Risk:
Sudden changes in steering …
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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
- 2019033
- Recall date
- 24 January 2019
- Make
- Ram
- Models
- 1500
- Model years
- 2019
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 18,682
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
The power steering system may have a loose electrical connection. This could cause intermittent loss of power steering assist while driving/steering the truck. This may make the truck difficult to steer and could cause both oversteer and understeer conditions.Safety Risk:
Sudden changes in steering force may increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
The company will notify owners by mail. Owners will be instructed to take their vehicle to inspect and repair the electrical connection as needed.
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 2019033.
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.
- 2019038 · 25 January 2019 · 3500, 2500 · Steering
- 2019138 · 15 March 2019 · 1500, Wrangler · Steering
- 2019206 · 26 April 2019 · 1500 · Powertrain
- 2019221 · 10 May 2019 · 1500, 3500, 2500 · Structure
- 2019326 · 28 June 2019 · 2500, 5500, 4500 · Fuel System
- 2019439 · 29 August 2019 · 3500, 2500 · Brakes
- 2019441 · 30 August 2019 · 2500, 3500, 1500 · Structure
- 2019535 · 25 October 2019 · 1500 · 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.
- 2019038 · 25 January 2019 · 3500, 2500 · Steering
- 2019017 · 14 January 2019 · Nautilus · Steering
- 2019006 · 8 January 2019 · 102el3, E4500, J4500 · Steering
- 2019100 · 28 February 2019 · American Revolution · Steering
- 2019106 · 1 March 2019 · Pacifica · Steering
- 2019138 · 15 March 2019 · 1500, Wrangler · Steering
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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 594 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2019.
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