2016 Ram 3500 · symptom sheet
Wheel bearing, tires or wheels
- 25owner reports
- 20,000median miles
- 2involved a crash
Newest report Aug 18, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
25 of the 134 complaints on this car describe wheels, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2016 3500.
Tick what matches of 25 reports
Wheels on other 3500 years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2026.
What this problem usually is
This sheet gathers complaints about the parts that meet the road: tires that wear out early or blow out, wheels that crack or bend, lug nuts that come loose, and wheel bearings that start to hum. The median mileage owners give is about 21,000, among the lowest on the site, so many of these are fairly new cars.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the tires (24 reports) and the wheel (8 reports).
Recalls and investigations
3 recalls on the wheels cover the 2016 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
Incorrect information in the Service and Owner's Manuals may cause the flanged lug nuts to be over-tightened, which could result in a broken wheel stud and possible wheel separation.
The outer surface of the wheel may fracture, resulting in rapid air loss.
The transfer case may have been manufactured with a misshapen main output shaft, creating voids that may cause a shaft fracture.
All 16 recalls on the 2016 Ram 3500, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 12,400 and 42,000 miles, from the 16 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 1 service bulletin or notice for the 2016 Ram 3500 that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Tire pressure monitoring module Prior to replacing tire pressure monitoring module, for DTC's C151D, C1581, please contact Michael Wang at cell (248) 701-5351. If no response or contact is made within 15 minutes, proceed with repairs as necessary.
What owners wrote
“The Government Owned Vehicle (GOV) was traveling North on 31E in Nashville, when truck shuttered then truck passenger side wheel fell off. Tire/wheel pinned to truck and caught fire. Drive pulled truck off to side of roadway and called 911.”
Filed Dec 7, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 2 of 25 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works