NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ram 1500 Recalls
The 2016 Ram 1500 has 17 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 16, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Ram 1500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 17
- Owner complaints
- 1,554
- Crashes reported
- 92
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
36 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Ram 1500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
17 recalls on the 2016 Ram 1500
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 25V010000
- Reported
- January 16, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,066
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2019 1500, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 23V411000
- Reported
- June 8, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 80,629
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2019 1500, 1 other model
Fuel system, diesel: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 22V406000
- Reported
- June 9, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 138,645
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2019 1500, 1 other model
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 2015, 2017–2020 1500, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: diesel
- Campaign
- 20V475000
- Reported
- August 13, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 58,016
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2018 1500, 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system: emission control: gas recirculation valve (egr valve)
- Campaign
- 19V757000
- Reported
- October 24, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 107,980
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2019 1500
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 2013–2015, 2017–2018 1500, 2 other models
Structure: body: tailgate
- Campaign
- 18V486000
- Reported
- July 27, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,149,223
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 1500, 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 2014–2015, 2017–2019 1500, 14 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 2009, 2011–2015, 2017 1500, 4 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 17V302000
- Reported
- May 9, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,021,279
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015 1500, 2 other models
Power train: driveline: differential unit
- Campaign
- 17V198000
- Reported
- March 23, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017 1500
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 16V301000
- Reported
- May 16, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 64
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Ram 1500
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 16V167000
- Reported
- March 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 440
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015 1500
Tires: temporary/emergency spare tire
- Campaign
- 15V663000
- Reported
- October 16, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 253
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Ram 1500
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 15V661000
- Reported
- October 15, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,859
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015 1500
Equipment
- Campaign
- 16E041000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2015 1500, 2 other models
2016 Ram 1500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,554 owner complaints about the 2016 Ram 1500, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 92 describe a crash (6%) and 36 a fire; owners reported 73 injuries and 5 deaths.
In complaints about the 2016 Ram 1500, the component group named most often is the steering (20%), followed by the engine (19%) and the service brakes (16%).
1 of the 2016 Ram 1500's 17 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2016 Ram 1500 owners gave the mileage (755 complaints), the median was 51,192 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering314
- Engine291
- Service Brakes246
- Power Train202
- Electrical System193
- Fuel/Propulsion System191
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 51 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 82 | |
| 2018 | 88 | |
| 2019 | 231 | |
| 2020 | 136 | |
| 2021 | 99 | |
| 2022 | 101 | |
| 2023 | 183 | |
| 2024 | 208 | |
| 2025 | 228 | |
| 2026 | 147 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ram 1500 peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 231. 29% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Ram 1500 drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Ram 1500 year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 1,554 complaints about the 2016 Ram 1500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 1500 by model year
Other 2016 Ram models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted