# NHTSA recall 21V798000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

**NHTSA advises: park outside, away from buildings, until the repair is done.**

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 21V798000
- Manufacturer's number: Y76
- Manufacturer: Chrysler \(FCA US, LLC\)
- Reported: 2021\-10\-14
- Owners notified: 2021\-11\-10
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:RELAYS/SOLENOIDS
- Units potentially affected: 131177
- Part numbers: 68444169AA

## What is wrong

Chrysler \(FCA US, LLC\) is recalling certain 2021\-2022 Ram 3500, 2500 pickup trucks, and Ram 3500, 4500, and 5500 cab chassis vehicles equipped with Cummins 6.7L Turbo Diesel engines.  An electrical short in the relay may cause a vehicle fire with the ignition on or off.


## What can happen

A vehicle fire increases the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Owners are advised to park these vehicles outside of buildings or structures, and not near other vehicles, until the vehicle has been remedied.  Dealers will inspect and, if needed, replace the Solid State Intake Heater Grid Relay \("Relay"\); if FCA US Recall ID Y08 \(NHTSA Recall ID 21V\-163\) is open, then insulating material will be applied to the Relay after inspection.  Owner notification letters were mailed November 10, 2021.  Owners may contact FCA US, LLC customer service at 1\-800\-853\-1403.  FCA US, LLC's number for this recall is Y76.  This recall has been superseded by 23V060.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2023 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2023\-04\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 131177
- Reported remedied: 103745 \(79%\)
- Reported unreachable: 906
- Reported removed: 297

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2023 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2021 RAM 2500](/makes/ram/2500/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 RAM 2500](/makes/ram/2500/2022/recalls.md)
- [2021 RAM 3500](/makes/ram/3500/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 RAM 3500](/makes/ram/3500/2022/recalls.md)
- [2021 RAM 4500](/makes/ram/4500/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 RAM 4500](/makes/ram/4500/2022/recalls.md)
- [2021 RAM 5500](/makes/ram/5500/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 RAM 5500](/makes/ram/5500/2022/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [9100226](/bulletins/10244348.md), 2023-10-30, Service bulletin
- [S238A000034](/bulletins/10242752.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin
- [0810523](/bulletins/10239929.md), 2023-07-31, Service bulletin
- [S2223000039](/bulletins/10228016.md), 2022-12-19, Service bulletin
- [9004470](/bulletins/10225951.md), 2022-11-07, Service bulletin
- [9004470](/bulletins/10221380.md), 2022-09-26, Service bulletin
- [S1708000118](/bulletins/10220697.md), 2022-09-26, Service bulletin
- [S2208000068](/bulletins/10220694.md), 2022-09-26, Service bulletin
- [9004470](/bulletins/10214527.md), 2022-06-27, Service bulletin
- [08\-172\-21](/bulletins/10204381.md), 2021-12-13, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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