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2005 DODGE RAM 2500 — Complaint #813326

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NHTSA Complaint about VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING filed September 10, 2010

NHTSA complaint #813326 (ODI reference 10354902) concerns a 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 and was filed on September 10, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 10, 2010. The vehicle had 44,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to South Dakota based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as visibility:windshield wiper/washer:switch/wiring, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE RAM 2500 cohort independently describe similar visibility:windshield wiper/washer:switch/wiring failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2005 DODGE RAM 2500
Component
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
State
South Dakota
Mileage
44,000 mi

Complaint Description

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.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 813326
ODI Number 10354902
Date Filed September 10, 2010
Failure Date September 10, 2010

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.