NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Ram 3500 Recalls
The 2021 Ram 3500 has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 6, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Ram 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 62
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
On a 2021 Ram 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2021 Ram 3500
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 25V765000
- Reported
- November 6, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 532
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2022 3500, 4 other models
Electrical system: wiring: relays/solenoids
- Campaign
- 23V060000
- Reported
- February 9, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 302,067
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2022–2023 3500, 3 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 2019–2020, 2022 3500, 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 2020, 2022 3500, 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 2019–2020, 2022 3500, 2 other models
Air bags: side/window: curtain
- Campaign
- 21V925000
- Reported
- November 24, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 376
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2022 3500, 2 other models
Electrical system: wiring: relays/solenoids
- Campaign
- 21V798000
- Reported
- October 14, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 131,177
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2022 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 2013–2020 3500, 2 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 21V163000
- Reported
- March 11, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,214
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2021 Ram 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 62 owner complaints about the 2021 Ram 3500, the newest on July 1, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2021 Ram 3500, the component group named most often is the electrical system (27%), followed by the power train (18%) and the engine (16%).
3 of the 2021 Ram 3500's 9 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2021 Ram 3500 owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System17
- Power Train11
- Engine10
- Unknown Or Other9
- Wheels7
- Service Brakes5
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 15 | |
| 2024 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 15 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2021 Ram 3500 peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 15. 65% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Ram 3500 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Ram 3500 year in the same window: 18th highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2021 one of the three best-measured Ram 3500 years.
The 62 complaints about the 2021 Ram 3500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 3500 by model year
Other 2021 Ram models
Newest record on this page: July 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted