NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Ram 3500 Recalls
The 2015 Ram 3500 has 16 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 12, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Ram 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 16
- Owner complaints
- 137
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
On a 2015 Ram 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
16 recalls on the 2015 Ram 3500
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 3500, 2 other models
Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs
- Campaign
- 21V398000
- Reported
- May 27, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 447,985
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2021 3500, 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 3500, 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 2013–2014, 2016–2018 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 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 2013–2014, 2016–2017 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 2 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 16E041000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016 3500, 2 other models
Steering: linkages
- Campaign
- 18E096000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2018 3500, 1 other model
2015 Ram 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 137 owner complaints about the 2015 Ram 3500, the newest on October 6, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2015 Ram 3500, the component group named most often is the power train (23%), followed by the engine (20%) and the service brakes (18%).
1 of the 2015 Ram 3500's 16 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2015 Ram 3500 owners gave the mileage (102 complaints), the median was 28,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train32
- Engine28
- Service Brakes24
- Steering22
- Electrical System19
- Suspension17
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 18 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 18 | |
| 2020 | 18 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2015 Ram 3500 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 21. 54% 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 3500 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ram 3500 year in the same window: 11th highest of the 20 ranked years.
The 137 complaints about the 2015 Ram 3500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 3500 by model year
Other 2015 Ram models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted