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Dodge RAM 5500 at salvage auctions

Dodge RAM 5500: model passport

Everything our database knows about the Dodge RAM 5500: salvage auction lots, owner complaints to NHTSA, recalls, crash-test stars and real sale prices.

At salvage auctions

Cars2
Run and drive100%
Model year
12011
12012
Primary damage
  1. Mechanical 1 50%
  2. Normal Wear 1 50%
Yard state
  1. TX2 100%

Median is the middle: half the cars are below it, half above. Retail value (Copart's Est. Retail Value) and repair cost are the auction's estimates, not sale prices. Odometer median counts only readings marked actual.

Owner complaints to NHTSA

115 complaints about the Dodge RAM 5500 (all model years) sent by owners to the US road safety regulator.

Complaints115
With a crash4
With a fire13
Injured4
Deaths0
What fails: complaints by system
  1. Steering
    median 46,810 mi at failure
    54 47%
  2. Electrical system
    median 44,500 mi at failure
    12 10%
  3. Engine and cooling
    median 73,031 mi at failure
    12 10%
  4. Transmission and drivetrain
    median 6,500 mi at failure
    10 9%
  5. Fuel and propulsion
    median 133,891 mi at failure
    9 8%
  6. Suspension
    median 26,850 mi at failure
    5 4%
  7. Airbags
    median 39,500 mi at failure
    4 3%
  8. Body and structure
    median 27,000 mi at failure
    2 2%
  9. Wheels and tires
    median 17,350 mi at failure
    2 2%
  10. Visibility, wipers, sunroof
    median 26,000 mi at failure
    1 <1%
Complaints by model year
2008
2010
512012

Recalls

12 recall campaigns for the Dodge RAM 5500.

Recall campaigns by model year
2008
2010
92012

Sources: our Copart lot database; NHTSA owner complaints, recalls and NCAP; open sale records of US cities and the US Treasury. Complaints are reports from owners, not confirmed defects; more popular models get more of them. Median: half are below, half above.