NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Ram 2500 Recalls
The 2013 Ram 2500 has 16 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 9, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Ram 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 16
- Owner complaints
- 178
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
On a 2013 Ram 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
16 recalls on the 2013 Ram 2500
Latches/locks/linkages: tailgate: latch
- Campaign
- 19V347000
- Reported
- May 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,103,209
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2018 2500, 2 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2018 2500, 18 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 17V821000
- Reported
- December 20, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,482,874
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012, 2014–2017 2500, 4 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: diesel
- Campaign
- 17V562000
- Reported
- September 12, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 443,874
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2017 2500, 3 other models
Wheels
- Campaign
- 17V499000
- Reported
- August 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,765
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2017 2500, 1 other model
Air bags
- Campaign
- 17V302000
- Reported
- May 9, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,021,279
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2016 2500, 2 other models
Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator
- Campaign
- 16V739000
- Reported
- October 13, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 74,811
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Equipment: electrical: radio/tape deck/cd etc.
- Campaign
- 15V461000
- Reported
- July 23, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,416,903
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 2500, 12 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V459000
- Reported
- July 22, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,059,444
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012, 2014 2500, 4 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 15V460000
- Reported
- July 22, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 667,441
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 2500, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: diesel
- Campaign
- 14V635000
- Reported
- October 8, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 315,325
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012, 2014 2500, 3 other models
Exterior lighting: turn signal
- Campaign
- 13V237000
- Reported
- June 4, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 17,411
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 13V240000
- Reported
- June 4, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,069
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 13V122000
- Reported
- April 3, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,143
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 16E041000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012, 2014–2016 2500, 2 other models
Steering: linkages
- Campaign
- 18E096000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2018 2500, 1 other model
2013 Ram 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 178 owner complaints about the 2013 Ram 2500, the newest on June 4, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (4%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Ram 2500, the component group named most often is the engine (24%), followed by the electrical system (23%) and the steering (17%).
1 of the 2013 Ram 2500's 16 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2013 Ram 2500 owners gave the mileage (144 complaints), the median was 39,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine43
- Electrical System41
- Steering31
- Suspension23
- Unknown Or Other23
- Fuel/Propulsion System22
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 19 | |
| 2015 | 41 | |
| 2016 | 20 | |
| 2017 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 29 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2013 Ram 2500 peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 41. 46% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Ram 2500 drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Ram 2500 year in the same window: 19th highest of the 22 ranked years.
The 178 complaints about the 2013 Ram 2500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 2500 by model year
Other 2013 Ram models
Newest record on this page: June 4, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted