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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Ram Promaster Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 42 recall campaigns for the Ram Promaster, across 11 model years from 2014 to 2025. The 2016 has the most (15); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (4).

No Ram Promaster model year reaches 2 times the median: the highest, 2021, is at 2.0×.

Model years
11

2014–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
42
Most recalls
2016

15 recalls

Owner complaints
655

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 655 complaints with NHTSA about the Ram Promaster across 13 model years; the most, 111, concern the 2021.

Owners marked a crash on 18 of the Ram Promaster complaints (3%) and a fire on 15.

Across all Ram Promaster model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 151 complaints), then the engine (109).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Ram Promaster in 2026: 186, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Ram Promaster is seats, in 12 model-year listings.

The newest Ram Promaster recall, 25V876000, was reported on December 17, 2025 and concerns the equipment adaptive/mobility: wheelchair restraints/securement: latch/anchor:.

Ram Promaster years to avoid

The best-measured Ram Promaster years are 2016 (0.3×), 2020 (0.5×) and 2018 (0.5×).

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Ram Promaster, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202602—not ranked
202546—not ranked
2024511—not ranked
2023595—not ranked
202286848
1.2×
2021811160
2.0×
202054212
0.5×
201996021
0.6×
2018103818
0.5×
201705735
1.0×
2016153311
0.3×
2015136133
1.0×
2014137137
1.1×

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Ram Promaster years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Ram Promaster

  • SEATS12
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT10
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA9
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY8
  • EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY:WHEELCHAIR RESTRAINTS/SECUREMENT:LATCH/ANCHOR:7
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE6
  • EQUIPMENT5
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR4
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS3
  • EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER3

Ram Promaster model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Ram Promaster recall campaign (42)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Ram Promaster, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
25V876000December 17, 2025equipment adaptive/mobility: wheelchair restraints/securement: latch/anchor:2019–2025injury86
25V720000October 23, 2025engine and engine cooling: cooling system: radiator assembly2018–2025fire300,691
25V665000October 6, 2025electrical system: propulsion system: traction motor: controller: software2024–2025crash790
25V552000August 26, 2025back over prevention: sensing system: camera2019–2021crash219,577
25V330000May 21, 2025back over prevention: sensing system: camera2022, 2024–2025crash235,640
24V436000June 13, 2024back over prevention: sensing system: camera2022–2023crash1,033,433
24V416000June 6, 2024structure: body: door2021–2024crash and injury266
24V290000April 25, 2024electronic stability control (esc)2021crash2
24V197000March 14, 2024electrical system: wiring2021–2022crash12,375
24V129000February 22, 2024seat belts: front: buckle assembly2022–2023crash and injury27,744
23V301000April 27, 2023power train: automatic transmission: internal: park pawl2019–2021crash and injury165,503
22V947000December 22, 2022back over prevention: sensing system: camera2022crash38
21V699000September 9, 2021seat belts2021crash and injury10,372
20V582000October 15, 2020power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift2014–2016, 2018–2019crash20
20V374000June 25, 2020air bags2020crash and injury114
20V250000May 5, 2020seat belts: front: retractor2019crash and injury5
20V222000April 20, 2020seat belts: front: retractor2019crash and injury205
20V036000January 23, 2020power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift2014–2016, 2018–2019crash222,207
19V818000November 15, 2019equipment: appliance: air conditioner2015–2016, 2018fire99,128
19V428000June 11, 2019equipment2018crash325
19V333000April 29, 2019seats2014–2016, 2018–2019crash and injury544
19V313000April 18, 2019seats2014–2016, 2018crash and injury2,080
19V229000March 22, 2019seats2016crash and injury776
19V332000March 1, 2019seats2016, 2018crash and injury90
18V524000August 9, 2018electrical system: wiring: front underhood2018crash12,779
17V824000December 21, 2017equipment2014–2016fire and injury61,791
17V786000December 8, 2017equipment2016fire and injury550
17V712000November 14, 2017air bags: side/window2018crash and injury3,514
17V273000April 25, 2017equipment: other: labels2014–2016crash and injury113,896
16V529000July 12, 2016power train: automatic transmission2015crash329,540
16V461000June 24, 2016power train: automatic transmission2016crash26,298
16V253000April 28, 2016electrical system: software2014–2016crash6,422
16V202000April 11, 2016power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)2015–2016crash23,930
16V076000February 10, 2016electronic stability control (esc)2016crash57
15V799000November 25, 2015electrical system: ignition: switch2015crash and injury16,106
15V223000April 15, 2015air bags: side/window2015crash and injury2,408
14V633000October 8, 2014tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems2014crash23,053
14V533000September 4, 2014seats: front assembly: head restraint2014injury18,953
14V294000June 4, 2014exterior lighting2014crash and injury17,727
14V032000February 4, 2014vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal2014crash7,935
14V034000February 4, 2014service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings2014crash5,664
16E039000electrical system: software2014–2016crash—

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Ram Promaster. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted