Owner-reported complaints naming the exterior lighting system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Dodge Ram 2500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
I WAS DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT WITH $105 WORTH OF GROCERIES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY HEADLIGHTS JUST QUIT WORKING AND IT WAS PRETTY DARK COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING SO I HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP AND WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO COME PICK ME AND ALL MY GROCERIES UP BECAUSE I COULDN'T DRIVE HOME WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS
I WAS DRIVING DOWN AN OLD COUNTRY ROAD AROUND 8:30 PM ON MY WAY HOME FROM A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. MY WIFE WAS IN FRONT OF ME AND I WAS LUCKILY FOLLOWING HER HOME INSTEAD OF VICE VERSA. MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD GO ON AND OFF WITH NO CONSISTENT TIME ON OR OFF. IT WAS VERY RADICAL AND UNPREDICTABLE. I WAS ABLE TO USE MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND ABLE TO SEE ENOUGH WITH THEM TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY. YOU KNOW HOW COUNTRY ROADS ARE ....NARROW AND LARGE DITCHES ON EITHER SIDE. THANK YOU GOD!
AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MIN, THE HEADLAMPS INTERMITTENTLY LOSE POWER, SOMETIMES STAYING OFF UNTIL THE SWITCH IS MANIPULATED TO RE-ESTABLISH THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION. SLIGHT BURNING ODOR ACCOMPANIES INCIDENT. *TR
HEADLIGHT QUIT WORKING AS I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT.... SMELLED A FAINT PLASTIC BURNING SMELL. *TR
1994 DODGE RAM PICK UP TRUCK DASHBOARD CRACKED AND COLLAPSED INTO WIRING. HEADLIGHTS THEN FAILED TO OPERATE. *AK
HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT THEN BACK ON. HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT AGAIN,SMELL SMOKE IN CAB OF TRUCK CAN NOT SEE ROAD, HAD TO STOP TRUCK BEFORE GOING OF ROAD. BOUGHT NEW HEADLAMP SWITCH TO PUT IN, FOUND WIRES BURN AND CONNECTOR MELTED. CAN NOT DRIVE TRUCK NOW. *NM
THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS BURNED OUT. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE HEADLIGHTS BLINKED AND THEN THEY WOULD NOT COME ON. CONSUMER COULD NOT DRIVE AT NIGHT.*AK THE DEALER INSTALLED A RECALL KIT. *TC THE DEALER FOUND THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND CONNECTER HAD MELTED. *JB
WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
CONSUMER STATES AFTER RECALL WAS DONE PROBLEM REOCCURED. DEALER REFUSED TO REDO PROBLEM. MR
HEADLIGHTS TOO DIM TO SAFELY DRIVE AT NIGHT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PLASTIC LIGHT ASSEMBLY IS PERMINATLY FOGGED. 6 YEARS OF HEAT AND MOISTURE HAVE FOGGED THE LENSE. I HAVE BEEN NOTICING THIS EFFECT ON MANY CARS HERE IN FLORIDA WITH THESE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES. REPLACEMENT OF THE TWO LIGHT ASSEMBLES W/LABOR IS $250. IT WOULD WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE PLASTIC MATERIAL. THESE PLASTIC LENSES SHOULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO OUT LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICAL.
HEADLIGHTS GO ON & OFF WITH TILT WHEEL (DEALER FIXED BY REPLACING SWITCH AND TAPING BURNED WIRES :( ). FAN AND POWER WINDOWS FUNCTION WITH KEY REMOVED FROM VEHICLE WITHTILT WHEEL IN UP POSTION REMOVAL OF COLUMN COVER SHOWS BURNED RUBBER EXPOSED WIRES. PROBLEM HAS RENDERED THE UPPER FUSE BOX WITH NO POWER AND NO HEATER OR POWER WINDOWS. ALL THESE PROBLEMS OCCURR FROM THE WHEEL PINCHING THE WIRES INSIDE. AT TIME S A BURNING ODOR CAN BE SMELLED.
WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY DURING INCLEMENT CONDITIONS CONSISTING OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL/TOTAL DARKNESS AND FOGGY, VEHICLE'S LIGHTS WERE ON LOW BEAM. THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT, VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL, APPLIED BRAKES B UT THEY DIDN'T WOTK, VEHIVLE HIT A ROCK WALL. DURING INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED THAT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE WORN OUT. BOTH DRIVER/PASSENGER SUSTAINE DINJURIES. *AK
MAIN LIGHTING SWITCH FAILS, MELTING BRAKE HOUSING, HEADLIGHT SWITCH GETS VERY HOT. SWITCH IS NOT AVAILABLE BY ITSELF. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK
THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH KEEPS BURNING. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. TT
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