NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ram 2500 Recalls
The 2016 Ram 2500 has 14 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 16, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Ram 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 14
- Owner complaints
- 259
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Ram 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
14 recalls on the 2016 Ram 2500
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 2017–2020 2500, 2 other models
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 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 2013–2015, 2017–2018 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 2014–2015, 2017–2018 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 2015, 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 2014–2015, 2017–2018 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 2013–2015, 2017–2018 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 2011–2015, 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 2013–2015, 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 2013–2015, 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 2013–2015 2500, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 15V592000
- Reported
- September 23, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 41
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 16E041000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2015 2500, 2 other models
Steering: linkages
- Campaign
- 18E096000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015, 2017–2018 2500, 1 other model
2016 Ram 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 259 owner complaints about the 2016 Ram 2500, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (6%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2016 Ram 2500, the component group named most often is the power train (25%), followed by the engine (20%) and the steering (17%).
1 of the 2016 Ram 2500's 14 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2016 Ram 2500 owners gave the mileage (148 complaints), the median was 24,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train64
- Engine53
- Steering43
- Electrical System38
- Service Brakes34
- Unknown Or Other33
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 24 | |
| 2017 | 33 | |
| 2018 | 44 | |
| 2019 | 39 | |
| 2020 | 22 | |
| 2021 | 19 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 19 | |
| 2024 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 13 | |
| 2026 | 16 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ram 2500 peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 44. 55% 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 2500 drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Ram 2500 year in the same window: 6th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 259 complaints about the 2016 Ram 2500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 2500 by model year
Other 2016 Ram models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted