Ram 5500, 4500, 3500. Published by Transport Canada as 2021360 on 10 June 2021. System: Engine.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain chassis-cab trucks equipped with a 6.7 L diesel engine, the engine oil monitoring system may not detect when the engine oil drops below the minimum level. If this happens, the engine bearings could be damaged. This can lead to a connecting rod failure, which could puncture the engine block and …
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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
- 2021360
- Recall date
- 10 June 2021
- Make
- Ram
- Models
- 5500, 4500, 3500
- Model years
- 2019 to 2020
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,091
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain chassis-cab trucks equipped with a 6.7 L diesel engine, the engine oil monitoring system may not detect when the engine oil drops below the minimum level. If this happens, the engine bearings could be damaged. This can lead to a connecting rod failure, which could puncture the engine block and create an oil leak.Safety Risk:
An engine oil leak can create the risk of a fire.Corrective Action:
FCA Canada will contact owners by mail and instruct you to take your truck to a dealer to update the engine calibration software.
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 2021360.
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.
- 2021336 · 28 May 2021 · 5500, 3500, 4500 · Wheels
- 2021511 · 12 August 2021 · 3500, 2500, 1500 · Airbag
- 2021200 · 30 March 2021 · Promaster · Label
- 2021138 · 11 March 2021 · 3500, 2500, 5500 · Electrical
- 2021629 · 14 October 2021 · 3500, 2500, 5500 · Electrical
- 2021720 · 23 November 2021 · 1500 · Visual System
- 2021722 · 24 November 2021 · 3500, 2500, 1500 · Airbag
- 2022025 · 27 January 2022 · 3500, 4500, 5500 · Visual System
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2021414 · 2 July 2021 · Tuono 660 · Engine
- 2021215 · 9 April 2021 · Smax · Engine
- 2021204 · 6 April 2021 · Soul · Engine
- 2021202 · 5 April 2021 · Q60, Q50 · Engine
- 2021607 · 29 September 2021 · SL100, SP70 · Engine
- 2021612 · 1 October 2021 · Tucson, Sonata · Engine
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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 3500, 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 658 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2021.
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