Recall · 22V835000
Chrysler recalled 2 models over power train
250,079
Vehicles covered
2
Models
7
Model years
November 10, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- The defect
- FCA US, LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain 2020-2023 Ram 2500 and 2020-2022 Ram 3500 vehicles. A build-up of pressure and heat inside the transmission may result in a transmission fluid leak from the dipstick tube.
- What it can cause
- Leaking transmission fluid may contact an ignition source within the engine compartment, increasing the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the transmission dipstick and transmission vent assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 29, 2022. Owners may contact FCA US, LLC customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is ZA3.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup.
How this campaign compares
At 250,079 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 96% of the 16,386 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 482. It covers model years 2020 to 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ram vehicles have been recalled over the power train 22 times before this, most recently in October 2020 as 20V582000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 7 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 871 complaints with NHTSA, 188 of them before this campaign was filed. 239 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in May 2020, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 27 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V288000 (power train), 25V765000 (air bags), 25V010000 (air bags), 24V436000 (back over prevention).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) with NHTSA on November 10, 2022 as campaign 22V835000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes. Data last checked 2022-11-10.
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