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RAM 1500 Pickup (Ds) AND Truck (Dx) Recall R/2020/064: The Instrment Cluster May Become Non-operational, Who Is Affected And What To Do

DVSA reference R/2020/064, campaign code V83. Data updated daily from DVSA.

Low
How serious
20 Mar 2020
Launched
1
vehicles in the UK
V83
Manufacturer’s campaign code

RAM recalled 1500 Pickup (ds) AND Truck (dx) vehicles built between 22 November 2018 and 7 December 2018. The instrument cluster may become non-operational. The dealer will reprogram the instrument cluster. You won't usually pay for it.1

What’s Wrong

The instrument cluster may become non-operational.

DVSA's Original Wording

Concern: THE INSTRMENT CLUSTER MAY BECOME NON-OPERATIONAL. Defect: The instrument cluster may become non-operational Remedy: Reprogram the instrument cluster

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The Risk

The recall notice describes the concern as: the instrment cluster may become non-operational.

The Fix

The dealer will reprogram the instrument cluster. The fix is a software update, which usually takes under an hour at the dealer.

Are You Affected?

1500 Pickup (ds) AND Truck (dx) built between 22 November 2018 and 7 December 2018 may be included. RAM estimates 1 vehicles in the UK. Enter your registration to check, then confirm by VIN with RAM, because not every car in the date range may be included.

What To Do Now

  1. Check your car by registration above, then by VIN with RAM.
  2. Book with any franchised RAM dealer, quoting the campaign code V83 or the DVSA reference R/2020/064. See how to get a RAM recall fixed.
  3. Follow the letter's instructions until the repair is done. See can you drive a car with a recall?.

No other recalls for this model in DVSA’s data.

This is one of 28 RAM recalls in DVSA’s data. The one launched after it was R/2020/109 on 16 Apr 2020, for the transfer case contains a dual drive gear which may have been installed in an incorrect…. You can also see every RAM recall and all recalls launched in 2020.

Source: DVSA recall R/2020/064, launched 20 March 2020. Data updated 15 October 2026. How we grade urgency.

Sources

  1. The Code does not itself say repairs are free. GOV.UK guidance says "You will not usually have to pay for any repairs or parts under a safety recall." gov.uk Checked 15 Oct 2026.