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RAM Promaster
737 NHTSA complaints and 108 safety recalls across model years 2014–2026.
- Complaints
- 737
- Recalls
- 108
- Model years
- 13
The verdict
The RAM Promaster pairs above-average complaint volume with 108 recalls (heavily recalled).
- 13th pctile
- complaint volume, US models
- 108
- recall campaigns
RAM Promaster vs. all tracked models
Total NHTSA ODI complaints across models with substantive safety data
737 Higher than most more complaints than 88% of 3,088 models
tracked vehicle models, bucketed by value
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Source NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation · August 2026
The RAMPromaster appears in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database with 737 consumer safety complaints and 108 recall campaigns across 13 model years (2014–2026). That averages roughly 57 complaints per model year. Report counts can differ between model years for many reasons; this dataset does not establish the cause of a difference.
Complaint volume on a nameplate alone is not a reliability verdict: a long-running bestseller can accumulate more filings than a low-volume niche model because more vehicles are on the road. The table below shows report counts and published NHTSA crash-test ratings side by side for each model year. The filing-year histogram shows the timing of submitted reports, not a causal trend.
NHTSA has 7 investigation files tied to this model, with 4 currently open. Investigation records, complaint reports, and recall campaigns each provide different context. Use the official NHTSA VIN lookup and the underlying notices to research a specific vehicle; PlainCars does not infer a vehicle-risk or pricing conclusion from these records.
Complaints by Year
Complaint Filing Trend
NHTSA complaint volume by year filed (not model year).
Filings moved from 243 in 2017-2021 to 404 in 2022-2026, a rise of 66.3%. That is the 77th percentile of change across the 763 nameplates with enough filings in both windows to compare, where 0 is the steepest fall and 100 the steepest rise.
Filing volume, not a reliability verdict: counts also move with how many vehicles are on the road, how old they are, and whether a recall drew attention. Computed from this portal's NHTSA filing-year records over the same two windows the trend rankings use.
Year filed (bar labels show the complaint count).
Compare RAMPromaster to Similar Vehicles
NHTSA Investigations 4 Open
Loss of Power Steering Assist
Post Recall Remedy Brake Transmission Shift Interlock (BTSI) Failure
2022 RAM Transmission Snap Ring Failure
High pressure fuel pump failure
High pressure fuel pump failure
Steering loss due to linkage separation
Steering loss due to linkage separation
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Data sources
Data vintage: August 2026. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. RAM Promaster totals are aggregated from the linked NHTSA model-year rows; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.