Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 12/04/2012 | 226000 | 1 | |
| Numerous headlight switches replaced due to them burning up to include several inches of the existing wiring harness to switch. i cannot believe that this type of safety issue is not being addressed. you dam sure have knowledge of the problem since the aftermarket auto parts o reilys etc. carry the switch or switch with wiring harness as an option. after reading here all switches go out about the same... the headlights start going on and off then look for smoke coming from around dash where switch mounted. you can feel the heat from under when switch is burning up. need a simple relay to stop this show how much dodge loves its customers! *tr | |||
| 12/04/2012 | 226000 | ||
| Numerous headlight switches replaced due to them burning up to include several inches of the existing wiring harness to switch. i cannot believe that this type of safety issue is not being addressed. you dam sure have knowledge of the problem since the aftermarket auto parts o reilys etc. carry the switch or switch with wiring harness as an option. after reading here all switches go out about the same... the headlights start going on and off then look for smoke coming from around dash where switch mounted. you can feel the heat from under when switch is burning up. need a simple relay to stop this show how much dodge loves its customers! | |||
| 03/24/2007 | 72000 | 5 | 06/17/1999 |
| I drive quite a bit during the night time with my vehicle. there seems to be a very serious issuse with the wiring over heating at the headlight switch. i have replaced 5 ... going to be 6 headlight switches. there is a dangerous amount of head being put out at the switch itself. so much that it actually melts the pigtail at the light switch connection. the light switch itself is destroyed. its bad especcially when driving down the road and your headlamps, marker lights and dash light all go out. if i do not have a replacment part in my truck at the time, i have to find a spot in between switch position just to get my lights operational to limp my truck home. my choice of positions when the switch fails is headlamps with out markers and no dash lights or fog lamps markers and dash lights. being dodge has such terrible headlamps i use fog lights to drive when this happenes. believe it or not he fog lights are better than the driving lights. i recently saw a recall for dodge durangos with a under dash electrical problem. i would think that this wiring/headlamp switch problem should be a recall! thank you. | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - FOG LIGHTS | |||
| 03/24/2007 | 72000 | 5 | 06/17/1999 |
| I drive quite a bit during the night time with my vehicle. there seems to be a very serious issuse with the wiring over heating at the headlight switch. i have replaced 5 ... going to be 6 headlight switches. there is a dangerous amount of head being put out at the switch itself. so much that it actually melts the pigtail at the light switch connection. the light switch itself is destroyed. its bad especcially when driving down the road and your headlamps, marker lights and dash light all go out. if i do not have a replacment part in my truck at the time, i have to find a spot in between switch position just to get my lights operational to limp my truck home. my choice of positions when the switch fails is headlamps with out markers and no dash lights or fog lamps markers and dash lights. being dodge has such terrible headlamps i use fog lights to drive when this happenes. believe it or not he fog lights are better than the driving lights. i recently saw a recall for dodge durangos with a under dash electrical problem. i would think that this wiring/headlamp switch problem should be a recall! thank you. | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | |||
| 03/24/2007 | 72000 | 5 | 06/17/1999 |
| I drive quite a bit during the night time with my vehicle. there seems to be a very serious issuse with the wiring over heating at the headlight switch. i have replaced 5 ... going to be 6 headlight switches. there is a dangerous amount of head being put out at the switch itself. so much that it actually melts the pigtail at the light switch connection. the light switch itself is destroyed. its bad especcially when driving down the road and your headlamps, marker lights and dash light all go out. if i do not have a replacment part in my truck at the time, i have to find a spot in between switch position just to get my lights operational to limp my truck home. my choice of positions when the switch fails is headlamps with out markers and no dash lights or fog lamps markers and dash lights. being dodge has such terrible headlamps i use fog lights to drive when this happenes. believe it or not he fog lights are better than the driving lights. i recently saw a recall for dodge durangos with a under dash electrical problem. i would think that this wiring/headlamp switch problem should be a recall! thank you. | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS - HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH | |||
| 08/07/1999 | 0 | ||
| While driving consumer smelled a burning odor. after that the lights went out. consumer had to pull car over to the side of the had to drive with emergency flashers to get home. consumer had to replace the headlamp switch. *ak | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS - SWITCH | |||
| 12/22/2007 | 136000 | 50 | 05/26/2007 |
| Normal driving. truck has 138k miles. headlights fail. initially they go off, come on, then go off permanently. can smell smoke from dash wiring harness. manufacturer has a recall #819 that covers the 3500 series trucks with identical wiring and headlight switch part numbers, but will not cover the 2500 series trucks. this is a safety hazard and i have found multiple instances on the internet of other people having the same exact problem. left unchecked, i'm certain this will result in a dash fire, property damage, and possibly death. *tr | |||
| 03/24/2007 | 72000 | 5 | 06/17/1999 |
| I drive quite a bit during the night time with my vehicle. there seems to be a very serious issuse with the wiring over heating at the headlight switch. i have replaced 5 ... going to be 6 headlight switches. there is a dangerous amount of head being put out at the switch itself. so much that it actually melts the pigtail at the light switch connection. the light switch itself is destroyed. its bad especcially when driving down the road and your headlamps, marker lights and dash light all go out. if i do not have a replacment part in my truck at the time, i have to find a spot in between switch position just to get my lights operational to limp my truck home. my choice of positions when the switch fails is headlamps with out markers and no dash lights or fog lamps markers and dash lights. being dodge has such terrible headlamps i use fog lights to drive when this happenes. believe it or not he fog lights are better than the driving lights. i recently saw a recall for dodge durangos with a under dash electrical problem. i would think that this wiring/headlamp switch problem should be a recall! thank you. | |||
| 06/06/2005 | 188000 | 1 | 04/15/1996 |
| Subject:recall on dodge ram 2500 comments: in 1999 you had a recall on all dodge ram 3500 pickups, 1994-1997 for the headlight switch, lights may go out, recall # 819. my 1996 dodge ram 2500 has the exact same switch and my headlights did go out and i almost had an accident. why was this pickup by-passed on this recall. it is very dangerous for the lights to go out at 65 mph on a dark night. from nhtsa web site. | |||
| 4 | |||
| Headlight switch keeps overheating due to faulty wiring. consumer replaced switch 4 times. dodge is aware of defect, and has designed new part which includes an extra relay.*ak | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TAIL LIGHTS | |||
| 03/24/2007 | 72000 | 5 | 06/17/1999 |
| I drive quite a bit during the night time with my vehicle. there seems to be a very serious issuse with the wiring over heating at the headlight switch. i have replaced 5 ... going to be 6 headlight switches. there is a dangerous amount of head being put out at the switch itself. so much that it actually melts the pigtail at the light switch connection. the light switch itself is destroyed. its bad especcially when driving down the road and your headlamps, marker lights and dash light all go out. if i do not have a replacment part in my truck at the time, i have to find a spot in between switch position just to get my lights operational to limp my truck home. my choice of positions when the switch fails is headlamps with out markers and no dash lights or fog lamps markers and dash lights. being dodge has such terrible headlamps i use fog lights to drive when this happenes. believe it or not he fog lights are better than the driving lights. i recently saw a recall for dodge durangos with a under dash electrical problem. i would think that this wiring/headlamp switch problem should be a recall! thank you. | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TAIL LIGHTS - SWITCH | |||
| 03/24/2007 | 72000 | 5 | 06/17/1999 |
| I drive quite a bit during the night time with my vehicle. there seems to be a very serious issuse with the wiring over heating at the headlight switch. i have replaced 5 ... going to be 6 headlight switches. there is a dangerous amount of head being put out at the switch itself. so much that it actually melts the pigtail at the light switch connection. the light switch itself is destroyed. its bad especcially when driving down the road and your headlamps, marker lights and dash light all go out. if i do not have a replacment part in my truck at the time, i have to find a spot in between switch position just to get my lights operational to limp my truck home. my choice of positions when the switch fails is headlamps with out markers and no dash lights or fog lamps markers and dash lights. being dodge has such terrible headlamps i use fog lights to drive when this happenes. believe it or not he fog lights are better than the driving lights. i recently saw a recall for dodge durangos with a under dash electrical problem. i would think that this wiring/headlamp switch problem should be a recall! thank you. | |||