AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
A driver's side air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of injury in a crash.
9 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 91 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
A driver's side air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of injury in a crash.
An electrical short in the relay can result in an engine compartment fire with the ignition on or off, increasing the risk of injury.
An unintended tailgate opening while driving may result in a loss of unsecured cargo, possibly creating a road hazard and increasing the risk of a crash.
Leaking transmission fluid may contact an ignition source within the engine compartment, increasing the risk of a fire.
An ESC malfunction indicator light that fails to illuminate during an electronic stability control problem can increase the risk of a crash.
An air bag that deploys improperly can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
Two 2021 RAM 3500s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.