I was driving home at night with $105 worth of groceries and all of a sudden my headlights just quit working and it was pretty dark couldn't see anything so I had to pull over and stop and wait for someone to come pick me and all my groceries up because I couldn't drive home without headlights
1994 Dodge RAM 2500: headlights failing or too dim
16 of the 167 complaints about the 1994 Dodge RAM 2500 describe headlights failing or too dim.
- owner complaints
- 16
- of this car's complaints
- 10%
- typical mileage
- 200,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Headlights failing or too dim by model year
What owners say
I was driving down an old country road around 8:30 pm on my way home from a doctor's appointment. My wife was in front of me and I was luckily following her home instead of vice versa. My headlights would go on and off with no consistent time on or off. It was very radical and unpredictable. I was able to use my emergency lights and able to see enough with them to stop the vehicle safely. You know how country roads are ....narrow and large ditches on either side. Thank you god!
After driving approximately 30 min, the headlamps intermittently lose power, sometimes staying off until the switch is manipulated to re-establish the electrical connection. Slight burning odor accompanies incident.
Headlight quit working as I'm driving down the road at night.... Smelled a faint plastic burning smell.
1994 dodge ram pick up truck dashboard cracked and collapsed into wiring. Headlights then failed to operate.
Head lights go out then back on. Head lights go out again,smell smoke in cab of truck can not see road, had to stop truck before going of road. Bought new headlamp switch to put in, found wires burn and connector melted. Can not drive truck now.
Driving during the day with lights on (low beam) and smoke and the smell of burning plastic began pouring out of the upper left portion of the dash. The failure was the light switch which was burnt and so was the plastic connector. The dodge dealer was aware of the problem and I was told by the parts person that if I just replaced the switch with out putting in an updated wiring harness that there was a 100 % probability that this incident would occur again. Was told that there was a replacement part (switch and wiring harness) for $88 which would also take two hours of shop time to install and that, although they were aware of the problem, there was no recall. I did keep the original switch.
The headlight wiring harness burned out. Consumer was driving and the headlights blinked and then they would not come on. Consumer could not drive at night.*ak the dealer installed a recall kit. *tc the dealer found the headlight switch and connecter had melted.
While driving headlights malfunctioned.
Braking system worked intermittently. Had brake master cylinder replaced 3 times. Also, electrical problems/headlights going off and on/power windows going up and down, and door locks locking and unlocking while driving. Dodge replaced entire electrical system under warranty. Vehicle has been to dealer 74 times under warranty, dealer can't find cause of problem on brakes.
Headlights too dim to safely drive at night due to the fact that the plastic light assembly is perminatly fogged. 6 years of heat and moisture have fogged the lense. I have been noticing this effect on many cars here in florida with these plastic headlight assemblies. Replacement of the two light assembles w/labor is $250. It would would seem to me that this is a defect in the plastic material. These plastic lenses should have been designed to out last the life of the vehical.
Headlights stopped working one night and would not come back on. Took vehicle to dealer for a recall. When they took off the dashboard they noticed wires to the headlight switch were melted.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1994 Dodge RAM 2500 headlights
Is headlights failing or too dim a common problem on the 1994 Dodge RAM 2500?
16 of 167 owner complaints about the 1994 Dodge RAM 2500 (10%) mention headlights failing or too dim. The model year with the most reports is 2006.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1994 Dodge RAM 2500?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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