NHTSA Complaint #10641633 — 2003 DODGE RAM 2500
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM issue reported to NHTSA
Complaint Details
| ODI Number | 10641633 |
| Vehicle | 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 |
| Component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM |
| Date of Incident | |
| Date Filed | |
| Mileage | 142,311 miles |
| Crash | No |
| Fire | No |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Vehicle Towed | No |
| State | PA |
Consumer Description
WHILE SEARCHING FOR A FIX FOR MY DASH WHICH JUST CRACKED I FOUND SEVERAL REPORTS OF AFTER THE DASH CRACKED WHERE ELECTRICAL ISSUES ARISE. AS IN HEADLIGHTS NOT WORKING AT ALL OR WHEN SWITCHING TO HI BEAM. I ALSO SAW A VIDEO ON THIS ISSUE FROM A NEWS BROADCAST AND WHEN CHRYSLER WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT THIS THERE WAS NEVER ANY RESPONSE WHILE THE PUBLIC WAS REQUESTING A RECALL. FROM WHAT I CAN FIND OUT JUST IN THE HOUR I WAS LOOKING THIS UP THIS WOULD APPLY TO JUST ABOUT EVERY DODGE RAM MADE BETWEEN 1996 AND 2006. MY TRUCK IS GARAGE KEPT AND I KEEP IT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION SO FOR THIS TO HAPPEN DUE TO SITTING IN THE SUN IT'S ENTIRE LIFE I MIGHT UNDERSTAND BUT THERE IS NO WAY THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO MINE. MY FATHER WAS A MECHANIC FOR CHRYSLER FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND THIS IS JUST PLAIN CHEAP MADE PRODUCTS. WHICH FROM WHAT I CAN FIND OUT COULD AND MOST LIKELY WILL LEAD TO SOME SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. SINCE I CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING MORE OUT WITH REGARDS TO WHAT THE NHTSA IS DOING ONLY MONITORING THE ISSUE?? THE BROADCAST I SAW WAS FROM 2012, I WOULD THINK SOMETHING WOULD HAVE BECOME OF THIS BY NOW FOR SURE AFTER SEEING THAT VIDEO. YET AT THAT TIME THE NEWS CHANNEL STATED YOUR DOING NOTHING. *TR
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