NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Ram 2500 Recalls
The 2020 Ram 2500 has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 16, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Ram 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 162
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Ram 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2020 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 2016–2019 2500, 2 other models
Structure: body: tailgate: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 22V904000
- Reported
- December 8, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,224,078
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 2500, 2 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 22V835000
- Reported
- November 10, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 250,079
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2021 2500, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 22V140000
- Reported
- March 10, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 370,437
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 126, electronic stability control
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 2500, 2 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages
- Campaign
- 22V035000
- Reported
- January 27, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 171,789
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 2500, 3 other models
Fuel system, diesel: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 21V880000
- Reported
- November 12, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 222,410
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 2500, 3 other models
Visibility: rearview mirrors/devices: exterior
- Campaign
- 20V622000
- Reported
- October 8, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,075
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 20V191000
- Reported
- September 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 319,610
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019 2500, 10 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 20V207000
- Reported
- April 9, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 37,580
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019 2500, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 20V043000
- Reported
- January 24, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 87,431
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019 2500, 1 other model
2020 Ram 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 162 owner complaints about the 2020 Ram 2500, the newest on August 21, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (3%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Ram 2500, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (25%), followed by the engine (20%) and the fuel system, diesel (19%).
1 of the 2020 Ram 2500's 10 recalls also concerns the fuel system, diesel.
Where 2020 Ram 2500 owners gave the mileage (54 complaints), the median was 10,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System40
- Engine33
- Fuel System, Diesel30
- Electrical System20
- Power Train20
- Unknown Or Other20
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | |
| 2022 | 47 | |
| 2023 | 37 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 14 | |
| 2026 | 10 |
Complaints about the 2020 Ram 2500 peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 47. 80% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Ram 2500 drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Ram 2500 year in the same window: 5th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 162 complaints about the 2020 Ram 2500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 2500 by model year
Other 2020 Ram models
Newest record on this page: August 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted