2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Exterior Lighting Problems

After driving in heavy rain. During the following day started having electrical issues the parking lights would stay on even when the switch was turned off the driver's side headlight would also come on. and the parking lights would either turn off or flash when the high beams were turned on this happened with front and back parking lights the only way to fully get them to stay off was to pull the relay or disconnect the battery. The problem is with the power distribution center and front control module the poor design allows them to corrode damaging the copper tracing and causing shorts in the system this is a common problem as there are several online forums dedicated to these problems with a lot of people having the same issues so I'm not sure why there hasn't been a recall for this since it is a major safety problem...

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...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NOTICED THAT THE BACK UP LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE AND THE TRAILER BRAKES FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUSES WERE BLOWN. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND CAVING IN ON ITSELF AS A RESULT THE LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. SEVERAL OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE HAPENING. *TR

WHEN I TURN SIGNAL TO LEFT MAKES RIGHT SIGNAL COMES ON, WHEN YOU TURN RIGHT SIGNAL ON MAKES LEFT SIGNAL COMES ON. THE LAMP OUT LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND GOING OFF WHEN YOU TURN THE LEFT SIGNAL ON THEN OFF AGAIN. I CHECKED NONE OF THE LAMPS ARE OUT. HAS BEEN TOOK TO DEALER TWICE AND HAD THE WIRING HARNESS IN THE STEERING COLUMN FIXED, IT QUIT FOR A WHILE AND THEN STARTS THE SAME THING AGAIN.THE DEALER CLAIMS USING THE TILT ON THE STEERING WHEEL IS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS IN THE TURN SIGNAL ARM BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE SIGNALS AND THE WIPERS. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER DODGE OWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON IT BECAUSE IT COULD TURN INTO A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, ALL OF THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED EXCEPT FOR THE FRONT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER HAD COMPLETELY CORRODED AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

THE OPPOSITE TURN INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE REAR OF THE TRUCK WILL COME ON WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL STALK IS OPERATED, IE. LEFT SIGNAL WHEN TURNING RIGHT. NEAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE DRIVERS BEHIND THE VEHICLE ARE ANTICIPATING A TURN INDICATED BY THE LIGHTS. *TR

MY TURN SIGNAL STALK DOESN'T SIGNAL PROPERLY WHEN ACTUATED. I PUSH UP FOR A RIGHT SIGNAL, SOMETIMES I GET A RIGHT SIGNAL SOMETIMES I GET THE TOTAL OPPOSITE (LEFT SIGNAL). THIS IS DANGEROUS. ALSO ON THE SAME LEVER MY WIPERS DON'T ALWAYS TURN ON PROPERLY OR THE HIGH BEAMS DON'T ACTIVATE OR DON'T TURN OFF. HOWEVER, I STRONGLY FEEL THIS IS A CHRYSLER ISSUE BECAUSE HAVING TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON A TDR DISCUSSION BOARD IT HAS BEEN REALIZED THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH STRESS ON THE WIRING HARNESS THAT TERMINATES AT THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TILTED DOWN THIS HARNESS SEPARATES FROM THE SWITCH DUE TO NO SLACK CAUSING IT TO BECOME ERRATIC, THEN IF YOU TILT THE WHEEL UP IT MAKES A FULL CONNECTION AND WORKS PROPERLY. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE THIS CAUSES AN ACCIDENT!!! *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING HIS VEHICLE, HIS HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN ON. THE CONTACT HAS TO WAIT FOR HIS INTAKE HEATER TO TURN ON IN ORDER FOR HIS HEADLIGHTS TO WORK. THE CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED THIS INCIDENT SINCE HE BOUGHT HIS VEHICLE AND HIS DEALERSHIP STATES THAT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO IS EXPERIENCING HIS HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF AND HIS FOG LIGHTS TURNING ON. THE CONTACT STATES THAT HE HAS BEEN ON TURBODIESELREGISTER.COM AND SEES THAT OTHER CONSUMERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES.