NHTSA Complaint #10382817 — 2007 DODGE RAM 2500

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT FUNCTION ESPECIALLY IN COLDER TEMPS UNDER 20 DEGREES. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY WHEN DRIVING IN WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ALSO TO FORCE DRIVER TO HAVE TO STOP TO CLEAR WINDSHIELD. THE WIPERS MAY WORK SOMETIMES BUT OTHER TIMES WILL NOT WORK ON VEHICLE START UP OR WILL CEASE TO WORK WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 MONTHS. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR 2008/2009 DODGE RAM 2500 FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE WHICH CAN BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO WATER INTRUSION THAT CAN RESULT IN PARTIAL OR COMPLETE FAILURE TO FUNCTION OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BUT MY VIN NUMBER FOR MY 2007 DODGE RAM 2500 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT RECALL. I WAS TOLD THE PART COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM $170 TO $2200 DOLLARS TO REPLACE NOT INCLUDING COST OF INSTALL AND PROPERLY DIAGNOSING WHICH MODULE IS DEFECTIVE. ONCE VEHICLE IS WARMED UP OR THE WEATHER IS WARMER OR VEHICLE IS PARKED ENCLOSED IN A TEMPERATURE CONTROL ENVIRONMENT THEN THE WIPER MODULE IS UNFROZEN AND WILL WORK AGAIN. UNTIL YOU DRIVE OUT INTO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR