Defogger Heater Problems of Dodge Ram 1500

The recirculation door broke for the heater and air conditioning. This problem causes a low flow rate because the door blocks the fan opening, which leads to fogged windows and snow buildup on the windshield. Dodge is aware of the problem and has reengineering the door assembly, but is not fixing vehicles with the problem if the vehicle is out of warranty, instead they are charging customers for the parts and labor to fix the problem. This is an obvious defect, but Dodge is not repairing vehicles with the problem, instead they are charging customers for their mistake. My truck is a 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 with only 35,000+ miles on it, but outside of Dodge's 3 yr or 36,000 mile warranty. Please make them recall this issue. Google "2006 Dodge Ram 1500 recirculation door" and you will see how many people have had this same problem.

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: the contact stated there was an odor of anti-freeze present in the vehicle a few days after the date of purchase. Two days ago anti-freeze leaked through the heater vents in the floor of the vehicle and the windows fogged after the engine warmed for a few minutes. There were no other warning indicators, other than the odor, prior to the failure. The contact inspected the engine and discovered the heater core was ruptured. A hose was attached to bypass the heater core and the vehicle was not inspected by a dealer.

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Heater core fails on cooling line fitting coming out of it. This causes leakage and due to hvac design and newness of make it is only possible to get the part from the dealer and the part itself is cheaply manufactured and appears to be cheaply designed. When it does finally fail at the fitting one will run the defroster and the windows will milk over in cold weather causing severe visibility problems. Not to mention one is breathing in gaseous hot coolant that Dodge uses which itself breaks down into an acid in open air at high temperatures.

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: the contact stated while driving 30mph thick dust blew out from the air conditioner. Afterwards the air conditioner only worked a few minutes before quitting. The vehicle was driven to the dealership. Upon inspection the dealership found the heater core had ruptured. The dust that came from the air conditioner was the freon. Both the heater core and freon need to be replaced. The repairs have not been made.

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The contact owns a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500. The heater core has been replaced four times. When the contact activates the heater, the heater core fails. The design of the heater core does not allow flexibility or any other movement. The heater core is currently being replaced again. The total cost for each repair was $850. The dealer had to strip down the entire instrument panel in order to reach the heater core. The failure mileage was 20,000 and current mileage was 104,000.

Heater core replacement needs done and worried about the dash cracking when put back in, it was a problem with a prior 97' ram I owned and know it's a Chrysler problem and concerned about my dash on the 01' I now own.

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The windshield wiper heat supply was not adequate enough to melt snow and sleet before it accumulated. Which resulted in poor visibility. The problem occurred at low and high speeds. Heat ducting in the dash was due to poor design. Ice and snow accumulation restricted the drivers vision.

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