NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Ram 2500 Recalls
The 2015 Ram 2500 has 15 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 12, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Ram 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 15
- Owner complaints
- 215
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2015 Ram 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
15 recalls on the 2015 Ram 2500
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 21V632000
- Reported
- August 12, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 212,373
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016 2500, 2 other models
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 2013–2014, 2016–2018 2500, 2 other models
Steering: linkages: drag: link: connection
- Campaign
- 19V021000
- Reported
- January 25, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 795,575
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016–2018 2500, 1 other model
Structure: body: tailgate
- Campaign
- 18V486000
- Reported
- July 27, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,149,223
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2017 2500, 2 other models
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V332000
- Reported
- May 17, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,815,661
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016–2018 2500, 14 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2018 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 2011–2014, 2016–2017 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 2013–2014, 2016–2017 2500, 3 other models
Wheels
- Campaign
- 17V499000
- Reported
- August 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,765
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2017 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 2013–2014, 2016 2500, 2 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 16V559000
- Reported
- July 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 59
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
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 2013–2014 2500, 12 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 2013–2014 2500, 2 other models
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 2013–2014, 2016–2018 2500, 1 other model
2015 Ram 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 215 owner complaints about the 2015 Ram 2500, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 13 describe a crash (6%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Ram 2500, the component group named most often is the power train (20%), followed by the steering (20%) and the engine (16%).
1 of the 2015 Ram 2500's 15 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2015 Ram 2500 owners gave the mileage (141 complaints), the median was 35,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train44
- Steering43
- Engine34
- Electrical System28
- Service Brakes20
- Unknown Or Other19
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 26 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 31 | |
| 2017 | 19 | |
| 2018 | 29 | |
| 2019 | 24 | |
| 2020 | 26 | |
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2015 Ram 2500 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 31. 49% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Ram 2500 drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Ram 2500 year in the same window: 13th highest of the 22 ranked years.
The 215 complaints about the 2015 Ram 2500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 2500 by model year
Other 2015 Ram models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted