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2012 Ram 1500 Visibility problems

Owners have filed 5 complaints about the 2012 Ram 1500's visibility & wipers with NHTSA - 1% of all its complaints, most recently on April 12, 2022. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.

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Visibility complaints

Visibility & wipers

The contact owns a 2012 Ram 1500. The contact stated that upon opening the rear driver's side sliding door, the rear driver's side window shattered. The vehicle was taken to a glass repair facility where the 3-piece rear driver's side window glass was replaced. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired; however, the failure reoccurred while his wife was opening rear the driver's side door. The contact stated that some of the broken pieces was on her face. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Incident VisibilityNHTSA 11460537
Visibility & wipers

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ram 1500. The contact stated that the adhesive from both exterior mirrors were degrading, which would eventually result in both rear view mirrors being detached. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure the failure mileage was approximately 6,000. Updated 03/07/17*lj

Filed Incident VisibilityNHTSA 10947796
Visibility & wipers

Certain angles of the sun in morning or afternoon cause a reflection on the windshield from the dashboard which makes it impossible to see the road. Primarily with a dark background when traveling through a neighborhood with trees or buildings. The glare off the top of the dashboard to the windshield just makes it impossible to see the road.

Filed Incident Visibility / wiperNHTSA 10750419
Electrical systemVisibility & wipers

Driving down the road and the wipers stopped working, no visibly at all!!!! Turns out its the power control module, aka the fuse box. Not the wiper motor, switch etc... No way to predict when it will go. Super dangerous!!!

Filed Incident Electrical system · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 10747438
Visibility & wipers

The heating and air conditions system would not operate. Windows fogged up and defroster would not operate at all. Lost complete visibility almost immediately. Had to pull over and manually remove fog from inside windows. Had to do this numerous times until arrived at home. In shop now for repairs unknown at this time what caused failure. Suspect control head failure. *Tr

Filed Incident Visibility / wiperNHTSA 10567135

Ram 1500 visibility complaints by year

1500 visibility problems, every year

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