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2011 Ram 1500 Visibility problems

Owners have filed 7 complaints about the 2011 Ram 1500's visibility & wipers with NHTSA - 1% of all its complaints, most recently on November 14, 2018. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.

Complaints
7
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Visibility complaints

Electrical systemLightsVisibility & wipers

When you start the truck, the asb light comes on. The wipers, a/c, headlights, radio, and power locks will not work. If you let the truck run for about 5 mins, you hear a 'ding' and everything starts working again and the asb light goes out. Took it to a local mechanic and was told they were not able to diagnosis the problem. The truck was in park. I was able to drive the vehical but this is an issue if it's raining outside or at night.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 11151537
Electrical systemFuel systemVisibility & wipers

My truck for about a year now has been having issues with the fuel system not working properly. Over time it has got a lot worse I went through and replaced the fuel pump with the original pump and still hasn't helped. Through research I was able to narrow it down to a tipm issue. Not only is it affecting my fuel system but also the windshield wipers will at random go up a few inches when unlocking the truck or opening the door. The fuel system issue is when I go to start it will just crank constantly and not start...

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to now I might get it started after a few attempts but then it just stalls after a second of running. It has also at time while driving just randomly stalled in the middle of the road creating a hazard of a accident. I see this seems to be a common issue within these trucks but nothing has been recalled for the issue. I have had to recently pull the fuse every time I park for a period of time to prevent the fuel pump from constantly running and killing my battery which happened just the other day. Back in august I had to purchase a new battery due to the other one dying on me I believe due to the fuel pump tipm issue.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Fuel / propulsion system · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 11052629
LightsVisibility & wipers

We purchased this vehicle used last november. The factory windshield is nearly impossible to see through at night, and if we're driving in the rain at night, what little visibility there is. Is limited to less than 50 feet. The chrysler dealership in coos bay, oregon says that it's a factory-installed windshield and declines to take any further responsibility. The low-beam headlights are extremely dim. Safe driving at night requires our using the high beams (when safe for oncoming drivers -- not a good mix.) The chrysler dealer in coos bay, oregon investigated the headlights with a visual check, and said they're "okay."

Filed Incident Exterior lighting · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 10855615
Fuel systemVisibility & wipers

My tipm fuse box . My fuel pump stay on when I turn off the pick up and when im driving on the highway it will just shut down now it will not start when cold.(Dealership) sez it a bad fuel pump relay that is intergrated to the fuse box. My wipers will shut off while driving in the rain. (Dealership) sez it's the fuse box and has to be replaced for $1,000 my truck only has 12,500 miles on it and is 5yrs old. Dealership tells me it is a problem with these vehicles.

Filed Incident Fuel / propulsion system · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 10846316
Visibility & wipers

Driving down the interstate .. It started to rain big down pour I put the wipers on and went right to high speed and they just stopped .. I had to pull to the side of the interstate and it was a fuse that was blown got a new fuse and the next time that it started to rain it was on regular speed when the rain started going harder turned it up to high again and it blew the fuse again .. I had to take my truck in for a different recall so I explained to the what was going on with my wipers and they told me that it...

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was an issue with the motor of the wipers and that it would cost me 515.00 .. I said wait a min why would this cost me seems to me this is a safety and internal issue of my vehicle and maybe other vehicles need to be looked at .. This could have been a deadly situation for all involved .. But they don't seem to concerned about the situation and its either I pay the 515.00 To get it fixed or it doesn't get fixed .And also it did not come up on my messages that anything was wrong with my wiper motor which is part of the electronics system of my truck . *Tr

Filed Incident Visibility / wiperNHTSA 10631493
Visibility & wipers

Wiper blades freeze solid as soon as they get snow or water on them in cold weather. They instantly become useless and unsafe. There is a design flaw with these wipers as there is no way to stop them from doing this. They are so frozen they don't even touch the windshield. It makes it impossible to operate this vehicle safely in cold, wet weather. *Tr

Filed Incident Visibility / wiperNHTSA 10492399
Visibility & wipers

While driving vehicle with only the rear windows down, iether one or both the vehicle will shake, vibrate and the noise level inside the vehicle will rise to a level making conversation impossible. At higher speed the vibration and shaking become more problematic. Dodge dealer showed me page in owners manual saying if this is a problem, just put down more windows, even if you dont want the other windows down, put down more windows. Design defect ? *Tt

Filed Incident VisibilityNHTSA 10427676

Ram 1500 visibility complaints by year

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