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 1995 Dodge Ram submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 24 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
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO COME ON. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER TOOL VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT HEADLIGHT SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED T DUE TO SOLENOID DEFECT. *AK
CONSUMER STATED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED 4 TIMES IN THE PAST 2.5 YEARS DUE TO SWITCH BURNING OUT. THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY THEN FAIL. ONE OCCURRENCE ALMOST CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. TS *JB
THE HEAD LIGHT SWITCH WIRING HARNESS MELTED. THE OWNER HAD SMELT SOMETHING BURNING BEFORE BUT WAS NOT SURE WHAT OR WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM UNTIL THE OTHER NIGHT. SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM THE HEAD LIGHT SWITCH NEAR THE CONSOLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *MR
HEADLIGHT SWITCH HAS BURNED OUT FOR SECOND TIME, HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT, AND SWITCH GETS HOT TO TOUCH. *AK *YH
HEADLIGHT SWITCH MALFUNCTION, SMELL OF ELECTRICAL FIRE, LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS. *AK
AFTER ELEC. INGNITION HARNESS REPLACED UNDER RECALL VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL RELATED FALIURES. HEADLIGHT SWITCH MELTED IN DASH 2X'S CAUSING SMOKE AND OR FIRE CONDITION. A/C FAILURE, NO POWER TO COMPRESSOR. BUCKING, MISSING, HESITATION AT IDLE AND ALL SPEEDS. BUCK, MISS, HESISTATION CAN NOT BE DIAGNOISED BY NUMEROUS DEALERS OR PRIVATE MECHANICS. HAVE SPENT OVER 1700.00 REPLACING PARTS (PCM, EGR SELONOID, EGR GASKET, TPS SENSOR, IAT MOTOR, O2 SENSOR, FUEL PUMP, FUEL REGULATOR) TO REMEDY PROBLEM. SO FAR NO HELP. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING IN LATE EVENING AND WHEN TURNING ON HEADLIGHTS, TAILIGHTS AND PARKING LIGHTS DIDN'T COME ON. THOSE LIGHTS CAME ON AFTER WIGGLING HEADLIGHT SWITCH. BUT, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM DASHBOARD. CONNECTOR TO HARNESS HAD MELTED. RECALL 97V084000/ TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES ON DODGE, RAM LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS FITS THE SAME DESCRIPTION AS CONSUMER'S PROBLEM.*AK *SLC
WHILE DRIVING FOUND OUT THAT VEICLE DID NOT HAD TAIL LIGHTS HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DELAER FOR TAIL LIGHT REPAIR, AND THEY FOUND THAT HEADLIGHT SWITCH WIRES WERE BURNED, AND COULD HAD CAUSED A FIRE. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING DURING A SNOW STORM HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK.CONSUMER PLAYED WITH SWTICH AND LIGHTS CAME ON . CONSUMER PULLED DASHBOARD OFF AND NOTICED SWITCH MELTED. *AK CONSUMER REPLACED TOGGLE SWITCH. *SLC
INTERMITTENT POPPING THROUGH SPEAKERS WHEN RADIO IS OFF, WHEN HEADLIGHT SWITCH IS PULLED ON/OFF, BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, TURN SIGNALS ACTIVATED. REPLACED 4 WAY AND SIGNAL FLASHERS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. CONCERENED OF POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FIRE.
HEADLAMP SWITCH OVERHEATS AND COULD LOSE LIGHTS. HAS TO WAIT 15 MINUTES BEFORE LIGHTS COME BACK ON. TOOK TO DEALER. HE HAS PUT ON 3 HEADLAMP SWITCHES. CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO, SPEEDOMETER GOES OUT WHEN VERY HOT.*AK
WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHT SWITCH OVERHEATED AND BURNED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS AT NIGHT. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PARTS WERE NOT COVERED, AND REPAIRS WOULD BE DONE AT CONSUMER'S COST. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER CHANGED FUSES FOR TAIL AND DASH LIGHTS. DROVE TWENTY FIVE MILES AND NOTICED A SMELL. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THROUGH A GRASS FIRE. SO THE SMELL WAS NORMAL. THE DRIVING TWENTY MORE MILES DOWN THE ROAD, CONSUMER NOTICTED THAT SMOKE COMING FROM THE THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND FLAMES STARTED COMING OUT FAST. ENTIRE DASHBOARD AND WIRES MELTED. THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH STARTED THE FIRE. *AK
THE RACALL REPAIR 99V-024 OF THE HEADLAMP SWITCH WAS NOT DONE TO CONSUMER SATISFACTION.
THE PLUG OFF OF THE WIRING HARNESS SHORTED OUT, CAUSING LIGHT SWITCH TO FAIL. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK *ML
CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 99V024000 REGARDING HEASLIGHT FAILURE. DEALER STATED VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK
HEADLIGHT SWITCH BURNED OUT. OWNER REPLACED THE SWITCH AT HIS EXPENSE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED , THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLIDED IN THE RECALL. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, CAB FILLED WITH NOXIOUS FUMES AND SOME SMOKE. TOOK TO DODGE DEALER IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. THEY DISCOVERED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH HAD MELTED. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTE DON THIS VEHICLE. *AK
HEADLIGHTS FAIL WHEN SWITCHING FROM HIGH BEAMS TO LOW.
PARKING BRAKE ROD FAILED.
BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED AT SAME TIME.
DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP IN POSI-TRACTION CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE ON WET PAVEMENT.
HEA DLAMP SWITCH-WIRING MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
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