2014 Ram 1500: windshield wiper failure

Filed May 10, 2023 · Visibility · TN

Wiper works intermittently, sometimes it functions, sometimes it doesn't turn off. This causes a dangerous condition in rain storms. After some research it appears to be a condition across the entire Ram platform and needs to be addressed because it is a serious safety issue. Wiper motor and switch have been replaced with new parts but the issue continues.

Filed Jan 10, 2020 · Visibility · 120,000 miles · NC

Windshield wipers quit working without warning. The fuse did not blow and the windshield wiper motor test good. The intermittent wipers were working without any interruption or lag up until the time they just stopped during a hard rain.

Filed Jun 14, 2019 · Electrical · 52,900 miles · NC

It started out as flashing instrument cluster and wipers running and engine wouldn't start. Took it to the dealer and nothing was found wrong. Made two more trips for the same thing until they said ants had gotten into it and chewed on the wiring installation. The harness was replaced but no evidence of it being replaced (original factory torque markings still visible). Less than a year later the electrical is still not working properly. The cruise control button is intermittent at best. This morning the engine would not start again and this time it had to be towed in. Still waiting on results.

Filed Apr 28, 2017 · Visibility · 15,000 miles · SC

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ram 1500. When the windshield wipers were activated, they failed to operate intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 15,000.

Filed Dec 5, 2013 · Transmission · 1,130 miles · OH · crash

The new ram trucks use a dial like shifter that chrysler is calling the "rotary shifter" in which the driver uses to select the transmission position from park or drive. The system is causing safety issues in confusing drivers thinking that they are looking for the windshield wipers, van speed control, or even thinking that the vehicle is in park when actually in drive. With our incident the driver thought the vehicle was shifted into park however it was in drive. The driver started to get out of the vehicle when it started moving forward causing a collision to another vehicle within our garage lodging the drivers head in the top portion of the door and leg in the lower causing injury not to mention damage to each vehicle involved. The damage combined to for both vehicles is well over $2,000 for a minor collision and also two separate collision claims on our auto policy. Chrysler is calling it a diver error after reporting it to them under claim #24280455. We feel and after talking with others in the public in just this short amount of time that it is a safety issue as others in our area are having the same issue however no one was injured or in a collision from others that we have talked with thus far.