NHTSA Complaint #10384642 — 2002 DODGE RAM 1500

I WAS DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT FROM SHOPPING AT WALMART AND WAS PULLED OVER BY THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR NOT HAVING ANY TAIL-LIGHTS ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM. COME TO FIND OUT , NONE OF MY PARKING LIGHTS WORKED, BUT THE SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHTS DID WORK. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND A VISIT TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER TO FIND OUT THAT THE PARKING LIGHT CIRCUIT HAD BLOWN AND I WOULD NEED A NEW FUSE BOX ($550.00) AND A FRONT CONTROL MODULE ($250.00) AND AN HOUR AND A HALF OF LABOR ($133.50) + TAX, TOTALS CLOSE TO $1000.00 TO REPAIR A DEFECT THAT CHRYSLER/DODGE KNOWS ABOUT AND HAS THE DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT TO SEARCH FOR SUCH A PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE PARTS PERSON AT THAT SAME DODGE DEALER I WENT TO, THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS. FROM MY INVESTIGATION ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY MODEL YEAR THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON CHRYSLER/DODGE'S PART BEFORE THIS RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT AND/OR LOSS OF LIFE ON THE ROAD DUE TO A FAULTY CIRCUIT ON A CIRCUIT BOARD. THEY ARE MAKING MONEY ON AN ITEM THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC SAFETY. *TR