Ram 2500 heavy-duty diesel trucks recalled for engine fires

Ram expanded a remember for an enhanced motor fire chance in its heavy-obligation diesel pickup vehicles, the NHTSA disclosed very last week. That brings the overall amount of vans recalled from the 2021-2023 design decades to 302,067 Ram 2500, 3500, 4500, and 5500 Taxi Chassis in the U.S., and nearly 341,000 Ram Hd vehicles throughout the world. 

In trucks geared up with a Cummins 6.7-liter turbodiesel inline-6 motor, an electrical limited in the motor block heater grid relay can trigger an motor compartment fireplace, with or without the engine running. The NHTSA declared it an urgent fireplace possibility, and urged proprietors to park the vehicles outdoors and away from creating, structures, and other cars until the concern has been fixed. 

The common and urgent recall is an growth of an before recall issued Oct. 14, 2021 for 2021-2022 Ram large-responsibility Cummins turbodiesel engines. That recall encompassed 131,177 trucks. The dilemma ongoing in vehicles developed soon after that preliminary recall. 

Mum or dad firm Stellantis determined six industry experiences and three warranty claims for the engine fires, nevertheless it explained it was conscious of no injuries or crashes connected to the concern. Ram explained there were no warnings in the truck if the engine compartment was about to catch hearth. The treatment is a new internally fused relay for the heater. 

Ram sellers will swap the relay, free of charge of demand, and owners can expect notification of the solution timeline by mail by March 31, 2023. For more details, make contact with FCA US, LLC client company at 1-800-853-1403 or check out Ram’s remember site.