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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Ram Promaster City Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 10 recall campaigns for the Ram Promaster City, across 7 model years from 2015 to 2021. The 2016 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2019 (1).

Model years
7

2015–2021, with a recall

Recall campaigns
10
Most recalls
2016

4 recalls

Owner complaints
100

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 100 complaints with NHTSA about the Ram Promaster City across 8 model years; the most, 27, concern the 2015.

Owners marked a crash on 2 of the Ram Promaster City complaints (2%) and a fire on 3.

Across all Ram Promaster City model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 37 complaints), then the electrical system (29).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Ram Promaster City in 2019: 14, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Ram Promaster City is electrical system: software, in 4 model-year listings.

The newest Ram Promaster City recall, 21V728000, was reported on September 21, 2021 and concerns the exterior lighting: turn signal.

Ram Promaster City years to avoid

Too few Ram Promaster City model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 of the 5 needed.

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 City, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2022022not ranked
2021355not ranked
2020211not ranked
2019154not ranked
20182169not ranked
20173197not ranked
201642516not ranked
201542713not ranked

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

What gets recalled most on the Ram Promaster City

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE4
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS4
  • EQUIPMENT3
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL3
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE2
  • STEERING:RACK AND PINION1
  • SEAT BELTS1
  • AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW1

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

Every Ram Promaster City recall campaign (10)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Ram Promaster City, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
21V728000September 21, 2021exterior lighting: turn signal2019–2021crash23,853
21V699000September 9, 2021seat belts2021crash and injury10,372
21V147000March 9, 2021service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module2020–2021crash4
18V149000March 6, 2018steering: rack and pinion2018crash225
18V129000February 22, 2018equipment: other: labels2018crash3,460
17V824000December 21, 2017equipment2015–2017fire and injury61,791
17V601000September 26, 2017equipment: other: labels2015–2017crash11,288
16V953000December 28, 2016air bags: side/window2017crash and injury1
16V253000April 28, 2016electrical system: software2015–2016crash6,422
16E039000electrical system: software2015–2016crash—

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

Newest record on this page: December 8, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted