21V398000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
Wheel separation can cause a vehicle crash.
2015 RAM 4500
8 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns8
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints11
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire6
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.
Recall campaigns 6 of 8
18V332000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
If the vehicle maintains its speed or accelerates despite attempts to deactivate the cruise control, there would be an increased risk of a crash.
17V824000
EQUIPMENT
If the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.
17V821000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
Being able to shift the transmission without pushing the brake pedal and/or without a key in the ignition can increase the risk of an unintended vehicle rollaway that may result in personal injury or a crash.
17V562000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
The leaking water pump can increase the risk of an engine compartment fire.
15V468000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM
A reduction of suspension stability control could affect control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 2SERVICE BRAKES
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 2WHEELS
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 1SUSPENSION
- 1STEERING
- 1ENGINE
- 1POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 RAM 4500s 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.