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2016 Ram 1500 Lighting problems

Owners have filed 18 complaints about the 2016 Ram 1500's lights with NHTSA - 1% of all its complaints, most recently on November 1, 2019. They describe 1 crash, 0 fires and 0 injuries. Headlights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals and interior lighting failures.

Complaints
18
Recalls
0
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Lighting complaints

Electrical systemLights

Radio shuts off without warning, locks up and will only turn back on when shutting off vehicle and restarting it. Headlight flicker on and off while driving. Headlight flicker has done this for 3 months now

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11277630
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ram 1500. While driving 75 mph, the vehicle shut off without warning. The contact was able to start the vehicle after multiple attempts. On another occasion, while driving 30 mph, the headlights ceased without warning. The contact had to use the high beam headlights when operating the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle to fremont motor casper (6101 e 2nd st, casper, wy 82609, (307) 462-5508) where it was diagnosed that the vehicle control module was defective. The dealer referred the contact to nhtsa to file a complaint and have an investigation started. The manufacturer was not notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 48,500.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11267156
Lights

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ram 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle's headlights would burn out and needed to be replaced often. The contact stated that the headlights had to be replaced approximately once every 2-3 months. The contact took the vehicle to a repair shop to have the headlights replaced each time. The manufacturer and dealer were not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 52,697.

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 11265902
Lights

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ram 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle's headlights would burn out and needed to be replaced often. The contact stated that the headlights needed to be replaced approximately once every 2-3 months. The contact took the vehicle to a repair shop where the headlights were replaced each time. The manufacturer and dealer were not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 85,948.

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 11265901
Electrical systemLights

After I bought my 2016 ram 1500 in february 2019 I noticed my horn and the evic on the instrument cluster stopped working causing me not to be able to read my tpms or oil life or any other evic functions. Also with the horn not working I feel it's a huge safety issue there is a recall for this same issue on previous year models. I have noticed that the lights on the evic and cruise control switches don't illuminate either. By googling the issue it seems there are numerous other ram 1500 owners with the same issue. I feel these are all major safety issues and should be investigated.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · Unknown or otherNHTSA 11206381
LightsCrash

When driving in any condition, street or freeway lights flicker or remain off for 30-60 second intervals. This happens at night and we have had mutiple close calls and once hit a guard rail. We have contacted our dealership 2-3 times in paso robles ca and we also notified morgan hill ram when they had the vehicle for an extended time period due to the engine blowing up under warranty. My husband commutes 150 miles one way and this is completely unsafe. No one seems to care. I have videos available via email.

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 11172265
Transmission & drivetrainElectrical systemLights

When is raining park or driving passenger brake tail light indicate out, mirror won't close, driver side window won't work, dash board lights will be flashing on/off and buck up camera has a black/ color line screen, front differential has a crack on it.

Filed Incident Power train · Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11154161
Electrical systemLightsEngine & cooling

While driving the truck at night the lights flicker almost like as if you were flashing your lights at someone in front of you, this truck has been to dealership a total of 16 times for this reason. First they told me it was the way dodge built my truck and that it was normal, then next time we took it in they told me that it was my toll tag, I questioned ok which is it dodge made my truck this way or my toll tag, we got no response. Now they just put my shop in the bay and leave it and do nothing to it for a...

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couple of days then call me and tell me it's ready, yea been caught on camera buddies, see how warranty likes those videos ,y'all charging warranty for the work but your caught on camera doing absolutely nothing to my truck . Good luck

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · EngineNHTSA 11058421
Lights

When I was driving on a 400 mile trip my head lights were surging or fickering.Dosen't do it when sitting in park.Started doing this at 200 miles on 2016 ram 1500.Took it to dealer they had it happen to them a few times.They have no idea whats causing it.They contacted chrysler,they told dealer to tell me to drive it wont hurt anything.I'm affraid that one of these times my lights are going to go out when I dont want them to.I think its a bunch of crap.So I pay 40g's for new truck with a problem that im told cant be fixed.This problem is ongoing and I have 10000 miles now.What do I do?

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 10993099
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 dodge ram 1500. While driving various speeds, the headlights inadvertently turned off without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed, but no failures were found. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 200. Updated 02/07/2017*ct consumer stated had flickering light issues. Updated 7/11/18*jb

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10928272
Lights

My vehicle has no daytime running lights for visual safety. The sales code has been eliminated by the fca. I want my vehicle to have the light safety like all the other dodge, chrysler, jeep vehicles. Why are the ram 1500's left out of this safety feature?

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 10917382
Electrical systemLights

Our company leased this vehicle from mid county chrysler dodge jeep ram on 12/16/2015 as a part of an eight vehicle fleet. On 8/18/2016, the vehicle operator reported that the engine would not crank and needed jumper cables to start. The vehicle was brought to mid county chrysler for repairs. The mechanics diagnosed a failed battery and replaced it. The vehicle was released to us on 8/26/2016. While this is the only incident on record for this vehicle, it is important to note that our fleet consists solely of ram 1500s, with seven of them being 2016 models and one 2015 model. Battery and electrical system failures have been pervasive throughout our entire fleet.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10914064
Electrical systemLights

Our company leased this vehicle from mid county chrysler dodge jeep ram on 12/16/2015 as part of an eight vehicle fleet. On 8/18/2016, the vehicle operator reported that the engine would not start and the vehicle was brought to the mid county dealership for repairs. Mechanics tested the vehicle and found that the battery was dead and replaced it. The vehicle was released to us on 8/26/2016. While this is the only incident on record for this vehicle, it is important to note that our fleet consists entirely of ram 1500, with seven being the 2016 model and one 2015 model. Battery and electric failure has been pervasive throughout our entire fleet.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10913995
Transmission & drivetrainElectrical systemLights

Our company leased this vehicle from mid county chrysler dodge jeep ram on 12/16/15 as part of an eight vehicle fleet. On 8/22/2016, the vehicle operator found that the battery was malfunctioning. Additionally, the transmission was slipping from 1st to 2nd. The vehicle was towed to the mid county dealership for repairs. Mechanics found that the battery had failed and replaced it. The mechanics also found defects in the transmission system, but were unable to repair it. The mechanics then proceeded to replace the...

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entire transmission system. The vehicle was released to us on 9/7/2016. While this is a single incident for this vehicle, it is important to note that our fleet consists entirely of ram 1500, with seven being 2016 models and one 2015 model. Battery failure and transmission failure has been pervasive throughout our entire fleet.

Filed Incident Power train · Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10913970
Electrical systemLights

Our company leased this vehicle from bayside chrysler jeep dodge on 4/21/2016 as part of an eight vehicle fleet. On 6/30/2016, the vehicle operator reported that the engine would not start. The vehicle was towed to the bayside dealership. The mechanics determined that the battery failed and replaced it. The vehicle was released to us on 7/1/2016. On 8/2/2016, the vehicle once again failed to start and warning lights were engaged on the indicator panel. The vehicle was again towed to the bayside dealership....

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Mechanics found that the battery had failed and replaced it. The vehicle was released to us on 8/5/2016. On 10/1/2016, the vehicle failed to start for a third time. The vehicle was towed to the bayside dealership. Mechanics found that the battery failed to hold a charge. The battery was once again replaced. The vehicle was released to us on 10/3/2016.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10913964
Electrical systemLights

Our company leased this vehicle from bayside chrysler jeep dodge on 4/22/2016 as part of an eight vehicle fleet. On 6/24/2016, the vehicle operator was not able to start the vehicle and it was towed to the bayside dealership. Mechanics noted that they were able to jump start the vehicle with jumper cables, but malfunction lights came on and the instrument panel started dimming. The mechanics replaced the battery and released the vehicle to us the same day. On 8/4/2016, the engine once again failed to start. The...

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vehicle was again towed to the bayside dealership, where mechanics again found internal failure and once again replaced the battery. The vehicle was released to us on 8/5/2016. On 9/13/2016, the vehicle once again failed to start and was towed to the bayside dealership. Mechanics found that the battery was dead and the instrument panel was malfunctioning. The battery was again replaced and a road test was performed. The vehicle was released to us on 9/20/2016.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10913958
Lights

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ram 1500. The contact stated that condensation appeared on the headlights and impaired vision, while driving at night. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the head lights were replaced but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100.

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 10908103
Lights

2016 Ram rebel has extremely dim headlights on low beam. Dangerous to drive on back roads.. Headlights are projection type and I believe they areof poor design.. Contacted ram customer service with no results, of course!

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 10864513

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