FCA US LLC is recalling an estimated 1,271,294 U.S.-market Ram 1500 pickups covering the full 2019–2026 model year span over a second-row seat belt buckle anchor that may not be properly secured to the vehicle body structure.
Affected trucks may have been built with the second-row center seat belt buckle anchor, the second-row driver-side seat belt buckle anchor, or both improperly attached. In certain collision scenarios, that condition could compromise the performance of the second-row seat belt system and increase the risk of injury to rear-seat occupants.
FCA US will notify owners to contact their dealer and schedule an inspection appointment. Technicians will examine both the second-row center and second-row driver-side seat belt buckle anchors and properly attach any that are not correctly secured to the body structure. The service is free of charge.
The U.S. scope is the largest portion of a broader campaign. An estimated 156,138 additional vehicles are subject to recall in Canada, 15,088 in Mexico, and roughly 74,084 in certain markets outside North America, for a combined global figure of more than 1.5 million trucks.
The 2019 model year sits at the front of this recall’s range for a reason: it was the launch year of the current-generation Ram 1500, a truck that accumulated 29 NHTSA recall campaigns as Stellantis worked through first-year engineering. This seat belt anchor campaign adds to a recall history that already includes a campaign covering more than 1.2 million 1500s from the 2019 and 2021–2024 model years for electronic stability control software issues, and a separate action on 2019–2024 trucks for a driver-side air bag connection that could prevent proper deployment. The 2023 and 2024 model years were among the most reliable individual years in the run, each generating only four NHTSA recall campaigns before this filing.
Owners with questions can call FCA US customer care at 1-800-853-1403 or visit recalls.mopar.com. An NHTSA campaign number had not been publicly posted at the time of this report.
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