NHTSA Complaint #11547363 — 2012 DODGE RAM 1500

EXTERIOR LIGHTING issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11547363
Vehicle	2012 DODGE RAM 1500
Component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Date of Incident	April 1, 2023
Date Filed	September 29, 2023
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	GA

Consumer Description

My headlights (specifically on the driver side) keeps going out randomly. I have replaced the high and low beam bults 3 times and the wiring harness twice. I can be driving down the road and they it will go out and 10 minutes later it will just come back on all on it's on. I looked on all of the Dodge discussion forums and this seems to be a very common issue with this make/model of the Dodge Ram 1500 I recieve no error messages on my dash console telling me that this has occurred. However, every other bulb that has ever went out gave an error on the dash.

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