NHTSA Complaint #10236494 — 2003 DODGE RAM 2500

ON 2003 AND UP DODGE RAM 2500 TRUCKS THE FUSE BOX(POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER) IS PRONE TO EITHER CORRODE OR OTHERWISE FAIL. ON MY VEHICLE SOME OF THE LIGHTS FAILED AND THE POWER TO THE TRAILER BRAKE ALSO. WHEN THE PDC FAILED IT ALSO DAMAGED THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE WHICH CONTROL MANY OF THE TRUCKS SIGNIFICANT FUNCTIONS. ALMOST ALL VEHICLE ELECTRICS GO THROUGH THE PDC SO ON ANY GIVEN FAILURE CRITICAL VEHICLE SAFETY ITEMS MAY BE COMPROMISED. I CHECKED FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS ONLINE AND FOUND QUITE A FEW. CURRENTLY WITH THIS PART THERE ARE 189 OF THEM BACKORDERED THROUGH DODGE WHICH SUPPORTS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THEM I WAS LUCKY I NOTICED THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE BRAKES BEFORE AN ACCIDENT, BUT THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE CASE. *TR