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2026 Ram 1500

Model year 2026: every recall NHTSA’s file names for it, the complaints owners made to NHTSA, and its crash ratings.

NHTSA’s recall lookup, on nhtsa.gov

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The short answer

From NHTSA’s files, copied Nov 4, 2026.

A recall covers the vehicles it names, by build date where NHTSA gives one. Your VIN says which are open on yours.

Is your vehicle in one of these recalls?

No public file says which recalls are still open on one vehicle. NHTSA’s lookup does, from its VIN.

17 letters and numbers, at the bottom of the windshield on the driver’s side. VINs never use I, O or Q.

Source:

The VIN goes to NHTSA, never to Hearth Record.

What recalls name it?

9 recalls for the 2026 Ram 1500 in NHTSA’s file, newest first. Each covers the vehicles it names; your VIN says if yours is one.

None carries NHTSA’s advice not to drive it or to park outside.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 29, 2026. Air bags: side/window

NHTSA counts 5 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built from Feb 28, 2026 to May 18, 2026.

  • NHTSA campaign 26V-622

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Sep 29, 2026. Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems

NHTSA counts 16,385 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built from Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 17, 2026.

  • NHTSA campaign 26V-623

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Sep 1, 2026. Back over prevention: software

NHTSA counts 239,130 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built to Feb 23, 2026.

  • NHTSA campaign 26V-560

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Aug 13, 2026. Back over prevention: sensing system: camera

NHTSA counts 844,028 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built from Apr 9, 2025 to Jul 21, 2026.

  • NHTSA campaign 26V-531

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Jul 30, 2026. Seat belts: rear/other: anchorage

NHTSA counts 1,271,294 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built to Apr 27, 2026.

  • NHTSA campaign 26V-495

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Jul 1, 2026. Exterior lighting: headlights

NHTSA counts 12,592 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built from Oct 29, 2025 to Feb 16, 2026.

  • NHTSA campaign 26V-421

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Apr 9, 2026. Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel

NHTSA counts 65,348 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built to Aug 22, 2025.

  • NHTSA campaign 26V-225

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Feb 2, 2026. Exterior lighting: turn signal; exterior lighting: brake lights; electrical system: integrated trailer brake control

NHTSA counts 456,287 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built to Nov 8, 2025.

  • NHTSA campaign 26V-059

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Dec 1, 2025. Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel

NHTSA counts 72,509 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 25V-826

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

What have owners told NHTSA?

104 complaints to NHTSA, received from Sep 16, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026.

  • 3 complaints told of a crash, and 1 complaint of a fire.
  • Together they report 2 people injured and no deaths.
  • Complaints are owners’ own reports, not findings: NHTSA reads them to decide what to look into. Only their counts are kept here; no complaint’s words or owner are read.
Source:

NHTSA, Owner complaints flat files. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

How did it do in crash tests?

NHTSA hasn’t rated the 2026 Ram 1500 in its 5-Star Safety Ratings. That says nothing about how it would do.

Source:

NHTSA, 5-Star Safety Ratings. Released Aug 7, 2026. Updated monthly.

What the record doesn’t say

  • Which recalls are still open on one vehicle: only NHTSA’s lookup, with its VIN, says that.
  • How serious each complaint was, or whether it was confirmed: complaints aren’t findings.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).

    Released Nov 4, 2026 and checked Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Owner complaints flat files.

    Released Nov 4, 2026 and checked Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5-Star Safety Ratings.

    Released Aug 7, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

Source:

Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Nov 4, 2026.

How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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Who published it, when, and how often it changes sit beside each fact, with a link to the agency’s own file.

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