NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ram 3500 Recalls
The 2016 Ram 3500 has 16 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 16, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 134
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
On a 2016 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 2016 Ram 3500
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 3500, 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 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 2013–2015, 2017–2021 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 2013–2015, 2017–2018 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 2013–2015, 2017–2018 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 2015, 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 2014–2015, 2017–2018 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 2013–2015, 2017–2018 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 2013–2015, 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 2013–2015, 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 2013–2015, 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 2014–2015 3500, 2 other models
Power train: transfer case (4-wheel drive)
- Campaign
- 16V495000
- Reported
- July 1, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 889
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 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 2013–2015 3500, 2 other models
Steering: linkages
- Campaign
- 18E096000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015, 2017–2018 3500, 1 other model
2016 Ram 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 134 owner complaints about the 2016 Ram 3500, the newest on August 18, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (9%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Ram 3500, the component group named most often is the steering (22%), followed by the engine (16%) and the wheels (16%).
2 of the 2016 Ram 3500's 16 recalls also concern the steering.
Where 2016 Ram 3500 owners gave the mileage (81 complaints), the median was 22,690 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering29
- Engine21
- Wheels21
- Power Train19
- Unknown Or Other16
- Service Brakes11
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 23 | |
| 2018 | 16 | |
| 2019 | 31 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ram 3500 peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 31. 64% 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 3500 drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Ram 3500 year in the same window: 8th highest of the 20 ranked years.
The 134 complaints about the 2016 Ram 3500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 3500 by model year
Other 2016 Ram models
Newest record on this page: August 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted