Ram 1500, model years 2014 to 2015. Filed by Chrysler (FCA US LLC) and reported to NHTSA on 21 August 2015. 188,047 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Ram 1500 Quad Cab trucks manufactured August 26, 2013, to August 8, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with side air bag inflatable curtains (SABIC) that may not fully overlap the C-pillars in the event of a vehicle crash. As such, these vehicles …
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Ram's own number for this recall: R47. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V534 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15V534 cover?
- Ram 1500, model years 2014-2015.
- What is wrong with them?
- Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Ram 1500 Quad Cab trucks manufactured August 26, 2013, to August 8, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with side air bag inflatable curtains (SABIC) that may not fully overlap the C-pillars in the event of a vehicle crash.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a vehicle crash, if a SABIC does not inflate as intended, there is an increased risk of injury to the rear seat occupant.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Chrysler will notify owners, dealers will inspect the right and left side air bag inflatable curtains (SABIC) for proper orientation and a foil patch will be installed on both sides of the headliner. One or both of the air bag inflatable curtains (SABIC) will be replaced if necessary.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Ram calls this recall R47, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “In the event of a vehicle crash, if a SABIC does not inflate as intended, there is an increased risk of injury to the rear seat occupant.”
affected
in the notice
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| Campaign | 15V534 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| System at fault | Air Bags:Side/Window |
| Reported to NHTSA | 21 August 2015 |
| Model years | 2014-2015 |
| Vehicles named | RAM 1500 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a vehicle crash, if a SABIC does not inflate as intended, there is an increased risk of injury to the rear seat occupant.
The remedy
Chrysler will notify owners, dealers will inspect the right and left side air bag inflatable curtains (SABIC) for proper orientation and a foil patch will be installed on both sides of the headliner. One or both of the air bag inflatable curtains (SABIC) will be replaced if necessary. The recall began on October 7, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is R47.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 15V534, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v534/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 15V534 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
3f5a862d - Consequence
f09a24bd - Remedy
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