RAM pickup and cab chassis vehicles instrument panel software error recall
Chrysler is recalling 2025–2026 RAM 1500, 2500, 3500, 4500, and 5500 vehicles due to a software error that may cause the instrument panel display to fail, hiding critical safety information like gear selection and warning lights.
What this means for you
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: This is a structural vehicle defect affecting critical safety functions (braking, stability control, occupant protection) with risk of crash. The source explicitly describes the consequence as increasing crash risk, and no injuries or deaths are reported, placing this at score 3 (High) per the rubric criterion for risk-of-harm products without reported injury.
Plain-English summary
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2025–2026 RAM 1500 Pickup, RAM 2500 Pickup, RAM 3500 Pickup, RAM 3500 Cab Chassis, RAM 4500 Cab Chassis, and RAM 5500 Cab Chassis vehicles. A software error in the instrument panel may cause the display to fail, preventing the vehicle from meeting Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for transmission shift position, brake systems, lamps and reflective devices, electronic stability control, tire pressure monitoring, and occupant crash protection.
When the instrument panel display fails, critical safety information such as gear selection and warning lights will not be visible to the driver, increasing the risk of a crash.
Dealers will update the instrument panel software free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 5, 2026. Owners may contact FCA customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Vehicle Identification Numbers involved in the recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning April 16, 2026.
The recalled product
- Product
- 2025 RAM 1500
- Brand
- RAM
- Manufacturer
- Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- Hazard
- instrument-panel-failure
- software-error
- crash-risk
- Affected units
- 65,348
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Model numbers (5)
- 1500
- 2500
- 5500
- 3500
- 4500
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.