2002 Dodge RAM 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS CRACKED APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH STARTING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAVED IN AND THE INDICATORS WERE NO LONGER CONCEALED BY THE PANEL. BOTH THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED YET THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

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

STARTED TRUCK TURNED ON HEADLIGHT SWITCH ,WAS ON HIGH BEAM SO PULLED LEVER TO DIM AN LIGHTS WOULD NOT DIM THEN WIPERS COME ON AND WOULDNT SHUT OFF AND WIPER SPRAYER COME ON AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF BUT IF I HELD LEVER BACK ALL WENT OFF SO HAVE TO DRIVE HOLDING LEVER BACK.WHEN I GOT HOME AND SHUT TRUCK OFF ALL OF THE PROBLEMS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF EVEN WITH KEY OUT OF IGNITION SO HAD TO TIE LEVER BACK. *TR

DODGE RAM GAUGE CLUSTER GOES OUT ABOUT 5 YEARS AFTER THE RECALLED WIRING HARNESS WAS FIXED. WHEN THE GAUGE CLUSTER WENT OUT I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THAT HARNESS FIXED AGAIN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHORTED IT ALL OUT. ALSO THE RAPIER SHOP WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT BACK MY MILEAGE TO 63,XXX. IT NOW SHOWS 119,XXX. THAT'S ALMOST 55,XXX MILES MORE THEN I DOVE IN TO THAT SHOP WITH. YES I HAVE ALL THE OLD PARTS. THIS IS A VERY COMMON THING FOR THIS TRUCKS. DODGE DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS (PARKING LIGHTS) FAILED AND THEY WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN NEEDED. THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT ON THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUSE BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BUT THE PARTS WERE ORDERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 101,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,980.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT IN MAY 2010, THERE WAS A SMALL CRACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AS OF AUGUST 2010, THE CRACK BECAME BIGGER FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO OVER THE GAUGES. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS ALSO BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,000.

RECENTLY I HAD TO REPLACE THE MAJOR FUSE BOX IN MY 2002 DODGE RAM1500. THE OLD BOX SHORTED OUT AND AS A RESULT I LOST MY PARK LIGHTS, DRIVING LIGHTS, AS WELL AS MY LICENSE PLATE LIGHTS. I WAS FIRST MADE AWARE OF IT BY THE POLICE WHEN I WAS OUT DRIVING WITH NO TAIL LIGHTS. IT WAS A GOOD THING I WAS STOPPED OR I COULD HAVE BEEN REARENDED OR IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT BEFORE I NOTICED THEY WERE NOT WORKING. I ENDED UP REPLACING THE FUSE BOX AT A COST OF 600.00. I GUESS THIS WAS A CONCERN OF DODGE BECAUSE THEY HAD FUSE BOXES ONHAND AND AVAILABLE. *TR