Recall · 24V896000
Chrysler recalled 4 models over service brakes, hydraulic
317,630
Vehicles covered
4
Models
8
Model years
November 27, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
- The defect
- Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Ram 2500 Pickup, Ram 3500 Pickup, 3500 Cab Chassis, 4500 and 5500 Cab Chassis vehicles. The hydraulic control unit (HCU) may fail, which can cause the anti-lock brake (ABS), electronic stability control (ESC), and traction control systems to fail.
- What it can cause
- A loss of anti-lock brakes, electronic stability control, or traction control can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the brake HCU, or replace the HCU motor, free of charge. Interim notification letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed January 9, 2025. Some owner notification letters were mailed January 9, 2025. The remaining owner notification letters will be mailed at a future date, anticipated October 2026. Owners may contact FCA customer service at 1-800-853-1403. FCA's number for this recall is C4B.
- 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 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 317,630 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 96% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2017 to 2018, so the oldest vehicles on it were 7 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ram vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 11 times before this, most recently in September 2024 as 24V653000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 7 of the 8 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 4,413 complaints with NHTSA, 3,118 of them before this campaign was filed. 731 of those name the service brakes, hydraulic, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in October 2016, 8 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 25V592000 (air bags), 25V010000 (air bags), 21V398000 (wheels).
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 27, 2024 as campaign 24V896000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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