Stellantis Recalls More Than 1.27 Million Ram 1500 Pickups Over Rear Seat Belt Anchors

Stellantis is recalling more than 1.27 million Ram 1500 pickup trucks in the United States because the seat belt buckle anchors in the second row of seats may not have been properly installed at the factory, according to a recall notice filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recall, filed under NHTSA campaign number 26V495000, was received by the agency on July 30, 2026, and covers Ram 1500 trucks from the 2019 through 2026 model years.

NHTSA's summary of the recall states that the rear seat belt buckle anchorages "may have been improperly installed," a condition the agency says violates Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 210, which governs seat belt anchorage strength. The concern is that an anchor not properly attached to the body structure could fail to keep a rear-seat occupant properly restrained during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

The scale of the recall is notable: NHTSA's records list 1,271,294 vehicles as potentially affected, making it one of the larger single-model recalls of the year and underscoring how a single assembly-line installation issue can ripple across roughly seven model years of production of one of the best-selling trucks in the country.

Chrysler, the FCA US LLC entity that manages the Ram brand's regulatory filings, is using its own internal recall number, 67D, for the campaign. Per the NHTSA filing, dealers will inspect the second-row seat belt buckle anchors and secure them to the body structure as needed, at no cost to owners. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed starting August 18, 2026, and the affected vehicle identification numbers became searchable in NHTSA's public VIN lookup tool on August 6, 2026.

In the interim, owners of 2019-2026 Ram 1500 trucks who want to check their vehicle's status can search their VIN through NHTSA's recall lookup at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or contact Chrysler customer service directly at 1-800-853-1403 to ask whether their specific truck is included in the campaign.

The recall adds to a busy stretch of safety actions across the industry this summer, with NHTSA processing multiple large-scale campaigns from full-line automakers in July and early August covering everything from wiring harnesses to seat switches to labeling errors. For Ram owners, the fix itself is described as straightforward — a dealer inspection and, where necessary, reattachment of the anchor hardware — but the scale of the campaign means it will take Stellantis and its dealer network weeks to work through notification and repair for more than a million trucks.