25V592000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR
An inflator rupture may result in sharp metal fragments striking occupants, resulting in injury.
2018 RAM 1500
15 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (2 open), 893 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns15
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations22 open
Owner complaints893
Complaints citing a crash34
Complaints citing a fire12
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 15
25V010000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR
An inflator rupture may result in sharp metal fragments striking occupants, resulting in injury.
23V411000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.
22V406000
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
Fuel starvation may result in an unexpected loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
21V632000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN
A separated inflator end cap or inflator rupture can allow compressed gas to escape, resulting in the end cap or other components being propelled into the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury or crash.
20V475000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 151ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 108ENGINE
- 91UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 79FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 76STEERING
- 56POWER TRAIN
- 49FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
- 41SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 RAM 1500s 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.