NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Ram 3500 Recalls
The 2018 Ram 3500 has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 11, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Ram 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 807
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2018 Ram 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2018 Ram 3500
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 25V592000
- Reported
- September 11, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,761
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
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 2016–2017, 2019 3500, 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 24V896000
- Reported
- November 27, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 317,630
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017 3500, 3 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 2013–2017, 2019–2021 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 2013–2017 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 2013–2017 3500, 1 other model
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 18V398000
- Reported
- June 14, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,837
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 3 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 2014–2017 3500, 14 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 18V100000
- Reported
- February 8, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 180,462
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017 3500, 4 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2017 3500, 18 other models
Steering: linkages
- Campaign
- 18E096000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2017 3500, 1 other model
2018 Ram 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 807 owner complaints about the 2018 Ram 3500, the newest on October 16, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2018 Ram 3500, the component group named most often is the service brakes (62%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (18%) and the electrical system (17%).
1 of the 2018 Ram 3500's 11 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2018 Ram 3500 owners gave the mileage (192 complaints), the median was 44,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes501
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic145
- Electrical System137
- Vehicle Speed Control108
- Forward Collision Avoidance60
- Unknown Or Other37
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 32 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 21 | |
| 2022 | 64 | |
| 2023 | 264 | |
| 2024 | 197 | |
| 2025 | 102 | |
| 2026 | 104 |
Complaints about the 2018 Ram 3500 peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 264. 9% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Ram 3500 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ram 3500 year in the same window: 10th highest of the 20 ranked years.
The 807 complaints about the 2018 Ram 3500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 3500 by model year
Other 2018 Ram models
Newest record on this page: October 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted