2005 Dodge Ram 2500 Exterior lighting Problems

The room fcm power distribution module corrodes and causes electrical problems. Headlights can go out while driving, taillights, break lights etc. There is many complaints on the web about this issue and dodge has not fixed the problem. I was driving at night and my headlights went completely out. Luckily I was able to avoid any accident and come to a controlled stop. If I had been on a curve I would have lost sight of the road. This is a well known issue among dodge trucks. This is a safety recall as it can cause an accident and death.

NHTSA ID

11421213

Incident

Jun 15, 2021

ALL LIGHTS (HEADLIGHTS, TAILLIGHTS, ETC.) COME ON WHILE VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND TURN OFF WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WASHERS RUN ALL THE TIME AND CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF. DRAINS BATTERY WHILE NOT RUNNING, THEN WILL NOT START. FACTORY TRAINED MECHANIC SAYS IT IS A "BAD TIPM" (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE), AND THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT ORDER A NEW TIPM AS DODGE DOES NOT MAKE THESE ANYMORE (VEHICLE IS 12 YEARS OLD). MY VEHICLE IS PRACTICALLY USELESS AND NOW VALUELESS, AS I CAN NOT GET NEEDED PARTS TO REPAIR. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT AFTERMARKET PARTS (INCLUDING FAN CLUTCH FOR THIS VEHICLE) DOES NOT WORK WELL AND END UP NEEDING REPLACEMENT ALMOST AS SOON AS REPAIRS ARE DONE. THIS REALLY SUCKS THAT AN AMERICAN AUTO MANUFACTURER CAN FAIL TO MAKE PARTS AVAILABLE FOR 12 YEAR OLD VEHICLES. I GUESS THEY NEED TO SELL A NEW ONE THAT BAD! NOT ANOTHER DODGE, FOR SURE

NHTSA ID

11098784

Incident

Apr 2, 2018

Mileage

240,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUSE BOX MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. ...UPDATED 09/14/16 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUSE BOX NECESSARYTO COMPLETE THE REPAIR WAS NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION. *JS

NHTSA ID

10883955

Incident

Jun 27, 2016

Mileage

80,000 mi

TURN SIGNAL SIGNALLING WRONG DIRECTION WITHOUT WARNING OR NO SIGNALLING AT ALL. SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON DAYS WITH HEAVY DEW OR FOG... CAN AFFECT HAZARD LIGHTS AS WELL.

NHTSA ID

10859815

Incident

Apr 15, 2016

Mileage

185,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND SIGNALING A RIGHT TURN, THE TURN SIGNAL FAILED TO ENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE SIGNALING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT HAD BLOWN OUT. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER STALK WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

NHTSA ID

10716745

Incident

Jul 1, 2011

Mileage

73,000 mi

MY DIRECTIONAL HAS FAILURES, I WILL TURN ON TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THE RIGHT SIGNAL WILL FLASH. SOMETIMES THE DIRECTIONAL WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. SOMETIMES IT WILL SIGNAL RIGHT AND THEN LEFT ALL ON ITS OWN. THEN IT WILL WORK FINE. I FOUND SIMULAR PROBLEMS IN FORUMS FOR 2006 BUT NOTHING FOR 2005. I CONTACTED THE DODGE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT A RECALL. I FOUND AN ACTION NUMBER ON YOUR WEBSITE, PE08059, WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT DIFFERENT YEAR AND DIFFERENT TYPE OF RAM. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10449606

Incident

Feb 24, 2012

Mileage

42,000 mi

TURN SIGNAL WILL BLINK THE WRONG DIRECTION, WILL SOMETIMES NOT WORK AT ALL, WILL SOMETIMES TURN THE WIPERS ON WHEN THE SIGNAL IS PUSHED UP OR DOWN, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL STAY ON BRIGHT, MOVE THE TURNING SIGNAL AND WIPERS MIGHT DISCHARGE WASHER FLUID. APPEARS TO BE SHORT IN SIGNAL SWITCH. WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS PLACED INTO A CERTAIN DIRECTIONS, OTHER CARS DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY YOU ARE TURNING AND ABOUT CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. WIPERS SOMETIMES WILL NOT WORK IN RAINING CONDITIONS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BUT DODGE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX WITHOUT RECALL WHICH I THINK IS A CONCERN SINCE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PROBLEMS BEEN REPORTED TO THEM AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. THIS IS NOT A ONE TIME PROBLEM, THE 2005-2007 DODGE YEAR MODEL SWITCHES HAVE A LOT OF HITS ON THE INTERNET REPORTING THE PROBLEMS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10430170

Incident

Jul 20, 2011

Mileage

36,500 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN USING HIS TURN SIGNALS THEY WOULD OPERATE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. WHEN USING THE RIGHT SIGNAL THE LEFT WOULD ENGAGE AND THE LEFT WOULD ENGAGE WHEN THE RIGHT SIGNAL WAS TURNED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR WAS IT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

NHTSA ID

10416911

Incident

Feb 3, 2011

Mileage

80,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS ARE MALFUNCTIONING, WHEN HE TURNS THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL ON THE LEFT ONE BLINKS AND VICE VERSA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DID NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

NHTSA ID

10396794

Incident

Mar 18, 2011

Mileage

100,000 mi

TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY--WHEN YOU TURN ON THE LEFT SIGNAL IT WILL SWITCH FROM THE LEFT AND RIGHT INTERMEDIATELY--AT FIRST ONLY HAPPENED NOW AND THEN--NOW IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME AND THE TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT CLICK ANY MORE EITHER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10374829

Incident

Jan 4, 2011

MARKER/RUNNING LIGHTS QUIT WORKING. I WAS UNAWARE THAT THEY QUIT WORKING, ALL OTHER LIGHTS WERE WORKING. DANGER TO OTHER DRIVERS. TRYING TO RESOLVE PROBLEM. OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10363053

Incident

Oct 16, 2010

Mileage

46,000 mi

I WAS IN THE LEFT TURN LANE WITH MY LEFT BLINKER ACTIVATED AND MY BUDDY THAT WAS BEHIND ME CALLED ME ON THE CELL PHONE AND SAID THAT MY RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WAS ON. THE INSIDE ONE WAS INDICATING A RIGHT TURN CONDITION, BUT THE TURN SIGNAL HANDLE WAS POSITIONED FOR A LEFT TURN. THE NEXT DAY I HOOKED UP TO A TRAILER THE NEXT DAY AND TURNED MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON AND WALKED BACK TO CHECK MY TRAILER LIGHTS AND MY RIGHT TURN SIGNALS WERE BLINKING. I LOOKED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT IS LISTED FOR THE 2006 DODGE 3500. *TR

NHTSA ID

10358495

Incident

Sep 25, 2010

Mileage

130,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL BUT THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL CAME ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HIS RESIDENCE AND PARKED. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED HE WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE TURN SIGNALS WILL EITHER NOT COME ON OR THE OPPOSITE TURN SIGNAL WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. HE ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WAS SET ON INTERMITTENT IT WOULD SWIPE MULTIPLE TIMES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 44,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10354902

Incident

Sep 10, 2010

Mileage

44,000 mi

2005 DODGE 2500 POWER WINDOWS ON THE PASS. SIDE FRONT PASS. GO DOWN DON'T COME UP, DRIVER SIDE REAR PASS. WINDOW SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR SWITCHES, OPEN THE SAME DOOR AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON, THIRD BRAKE LIGHT WORKS SOMETIMES, WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACT AS IF YOU HAVE THEM ON THE CONSTANT CYCLE WHEN IT IS IN THE INTERMITTENT CYCLE, BLEND DOOR DOES NOT CHANGE FROM FLOOR TO VENT OR DEFROST. *TR

NHTSA ID

10298856

Incident

Nov 20, 2009

Mileage

59,133 mi

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 DODGE RAM TRUCK, I HAVE RECENTLY NOTICED A MALFUNCTION WITH THE INDICATOR LIGHTS. WHEN I INDICATE A RIGHT TURN FROM THE INDICATOR SWITCH, THE LEFT INDICATOR LIGHT STARTS TO FLASH. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN I INDICATE A LEFT TURN FROM THE INDICATOR SWITCH, THE RIGHT INDICATOR LIGHT STARTS TO FLASH. CURRENTLY THE MALFUNCTION OCCURS APPROXIMATELY ONCE PER 10 USES OF THE INDICATOR SWITCH. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR THE OWNER TO SPOT THIS TYPE INDICATOR MALFUNCTION. POTENTIAL TO BE STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IS EXTREME SINCE SURROUNDING VEHICLES BELIEVE YOU ARE TURNING ONE DIRECTION WHEN IN FACT YOU TURN THE OPPOSITE WAY. INITIALLY I DISASSEMBLED THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH IN QUESTION AND SLIGHTLY BENT THE SPRING CONTRACT SLIDES TO ENSURE PROPER CONTACT WAS BEING MADE. THIS WORKED FOR APPROX. 6 MONTHS HOWEVER THE PROBLEM IS NOW RE-OCCURRING. I'VE RECENTLY PURCHASED A NEW MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH $140 WHICH I INTEND TO INSTALL, HOWEVER I WOULD LIKE CONFIRMATION IT IS DESIGNED IN AN INHERENTLY SAFE WAY SO THAT THIS ISSUE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO OCCUR AGAIN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10276847

Incident

Jan 10, 2009

Mileage

90,000 mi

I HAVE A 2005 DODGE RAM TRUCK 2500. THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH FAILS AND WHEN TURNING LEFT SIGNAL IT WILL SWITCH TO RIGHT BLINKER WHICH IS VERY UNSAFE. AND CONFUSES OTHER DRIVERS AS WELL. IT IS A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION, WHEN TOWING A TRAILER ETC. AND JUST NORMAL DRIVING. I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS FROM MANY OTHER OWNERS ON LINE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY INCIDENTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THANKS,BOB PS I ONLY HAVE 22,000 MILES ON THIS RIG. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS ALL THE TIME NOW. *TR

NHTSA ID

10261795

Incident

Nov 13, 2008

Mileage

20,100 mi

RECENTLY IN MY 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 WHEN I TURN MY RIGHT BLINKER ON MY LEFT ONE GOES ON INSTEAD OR VICE VERSA. SOMETIMES THEY BOTH GO ON LIKE FLASHERS. I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT DO TO THIS FAILURE. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10252933

Incident

Dec 20, 2008

Mileage

70,000 mi