2008 Dodge RAM 5500 Electrical system Problems
- Complaints
- 1about this part
- Share
- 5%of 19 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 59,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 1 complaints about the electrical system of the 2008 Dodge RAM 5500, 5% of the 19 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 59,000 miles. 1 a fire, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“My lights started to fail then all of a sudden my trucks electrical all went out while going down the highway and would not start back up with no power I had to struggle to get the truck stopped the fuse box caught fire nothing else was damaged. The dealership ways it is the bed manufactures fault. This bed manufacture cm in madil ok services all trucks not just Dodge and has not had this issue on any but Dodge the fuse box over loads and shorts out. I have to spend 1300 dollars in repairs not to mention a week of no pay as my truck makes me money.”
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About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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