NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Ram 5500 Recalls
The 2021 Ram 5500 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 6, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Ram 5500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 4
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2021 Ram 5500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2021 Ram 5500
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 5500, 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 5500, 3 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 5500, 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 5500, 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 5500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 4 owner complaints about the 2021 Ram 5500, the newest on August 19, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (25%) and 2 a fire.
In complaints about the 2021 Ram 5500, the component group named most often is the electrical system (50%), followed by the firerelated (25%) and the service brakes (25%).
3 of the 2021 Ram 5500's 5 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System2
- Firerelated1
- Service Brakes1
- Suspension1
- Wheels1
Complaints received, by year
| 2023 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2021 Ram 5500 peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 2. 50% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
The 4 complaints about the 2021 Ram 5500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ram 5500 by model year
Other 2021 Ram models
Newest record on this page: August 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted