NHTSA Complaint #10418058 — 2003 DODGE RAM 1500

2003 DODGE RAM 1500 1. STARTED TO HAVE SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUES, POWER WINDOWS AND HEATER BLOWER MOTOR WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO OCCASIONAL SMELL OF MELTING PLASTIC. 2. AFTER SOME TIME BLOWER MOTOR TOTALLY QUIT. WENT ONLINE TO TROUBLE SHOOT PROBLEM AND LEARNED OF RECALL ON 2002 DODGE RAM FOR IDENTICAL PROBLEM. THAT WAS CAUSED BY MELTING IGNITION SWITCH. SO I TOOK APART STEERING COLUMN AND FOUND PLUG FOR MY IGNITION SWITCH MELTING AND WIRE BURNT AND CORRODING. AFTER FINDING PROBLEM AND PUTTING THE PLUG BACK TOGETHER BLOWER MOTOR STARTED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AGAIN AND WHEN IT IS ON WIRE GETS EXTREMELY HOT. CONSEQUENCES WOULD BY LOSS OF VISIBILITY IF WINDOWS FOG UP AND OR POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. 3. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM YET. CHRYSLER WANTED ME TO BRING MY VEHICLE IN AND PAY TO GET THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AT THEIR DEALER. THEN THEY WOULD WORK WITH ME TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED, NOT GUARANTEEING THEY WOULD COVER ANY OR ALL OF THE COST. SO I WILL PROBABLE FIX THE PROBLEM MYSELF WITH USED PARTS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY CHRYSLER TO FIX A PROBLEM THE ARE VERY AWARE ABOUT. SINCE THEY ISSUED A RECALL ON THE 2002 RAM THAT USES THE SAME IGNITION SWITCH AS MINE. *TR