Wiring problems of the 1999 Dodge Ram 1500

Entire dash is cracking and falling apart. Chunks are getting into electrical wiring harness and may cause safety malfunction. Front window defroster not able to work correctly causing visual impairment. I am a ph. D. Polymer chemist and this is obvious safety - manufacturing defect.

1999 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup has electrical problems with headlights. When switching from high beams to low beams. The high beams go off but the low beams do not come back on. I have had two Dodge dealers plus another garage look into fixing this problem. Both Dodge dealers say they could not verify my complaint. The last Dodge dealer performed another electrical wiring trace diag and claims all circuit operating as designed. Yet they continue guessing at what might cause the problem and charge me for replacing parts they cannot verify where ever bad or even causing the failure of the low beams to come back on. The normal event is that when an oncoming vehicle is coming at me and I need to turn off the high beams. The high beams are turned off without any low beams coming on. This creates an immediate threat to life and property of both autos operating on the same section of roadway. This problem currently has been going on for about two months. After this second Dodge dealer charged me for replacing another switch (another guess by their mech). It took me less than 30 seconds to show a witness driving with me what the problem is as the low beams failed to come on after only three attempts of switching high beams to low beams. Yet Dodge dealers still says everything is working as designed. There is clearly a defect here in design. To date it has not resulted in a crash but there is no telling when the low beams will fail to come on when driving and they are needed. The first time I had this problems was at mileage 77,439 back on 11/08/05. The problem seems to clear up after the first Dodge dealer had replaced the multi-function switch. But now the problem is back again. So the second Dodge dealer did not feel this switch would of gone bad again after just 37,000 miles of use on this switch.

This problem with the power seat is very unsafe and it is a good thing that I'm am somewhat mechanically incline and thought to pull the fuse out just as I could see the smoke and the white harness under the seat was red just ready to ignite so just picture if it would have been someone that is not m. Incline and would not think of pulling the fuse I guarantee a fire would break out under the driver seat. . . I am very unhappy with this because this could have been my wife and 3year old son driving in the truck alone and I guarantee that she would not have thought to pull the fuse out or this could happen to someone else that has the same truck. . . Also I have not take the truck in to the Dodge dealer yet because I can't afford a big repair bill . . . This is a big safety hazard and I think there should be a recall.

The consumer entered the vehicle, put on his seat belt and proceeded to drive home. While driving the consumer noticed that the belts tightened up. Then, he smelled smoke. The consumer looked down, and saw smoke coming from the under seat. The consumer pulled to the side of the road, unlatched the seat belt, looked under the seat, and saw smoke and fire coming from the plug. The problem occurred in the driver seat. The electric plug was unplugged to the seat belt. The plugs were replaced with a single stable plug.

While driving 10 mph smelled something burning which was coming from vents. Then, saw smoke from vent, and flames came from between bed and cab.