2000 Dodge Ram - Radio, Dome Lights & Wipers Suddenly Not Working

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2000 Dodge Ram. 150,000 or so miles. Recently, my overhead dome light and aftermarket radio would not turn on. Also noticed my windshield wipers not working. I checked fuses but all appear okay. Not sure if these are all related or not but they did all happen at the same time. Thoughts on what might be the issue?
 
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Did you ever figure this out

Yikes, missed your response. Guess I haven’t been in here in a minute! Never figured this out. Windshield wipers only work on the 2 highest speeds. Radio, dome light and door locks don’t work. Tripometer resets to zero every time I turn the truck off and back on. These issues all happened simultaneously and out of the blue. anybody have any thoughts?

Separately (I think?), I noticed my hear isn’t working. I changed the blend door years ago with an aftermarket metal one. Ideas on what could be causing this?
 

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Im a little late but have you checked your IOD fuse in the dash fuse panel? I believe ive heard that controls some of those things. Just an idea
 
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Not specifically, but I did go through and check fuses. I’ll check it out. What is IOD?
 

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If you live near the coast where salt air blows in, the salt air can cause all kinds of electrical problems. The salt air deposits on the fuses and relay disrupts current flow and this can cause all kinds of electrical problems. My blower motor quit working and I took it to the dealer and they wanted to replace the motor for $400. I refused and put dialectric grease on the fuse and relay and the motor worked fine for many years.
 

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IOD is the master fuse. I don’t recall the location but I managed to pop the one in my ‘01 3500 when I installed power tow mirrors. It’s an easy fix.
 
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If you live near the coast where salt air blows in, the salt air can cause all kinds of electrical problems. The salt air deposits on the fuses and relay disrupts current flow and this can cause all kinds of electrical problems. My blower motor quit working and I took it to the dealer and they wanted to replace the motor for $400. I refused and put dialectric grease on the fuse and relay and the motor worked fine for many years.

Close enough to be humid but not close enough to be salty, fortunately.
 
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IOD is the master fuse. I don’t recall the location but I managed to pop the one in my ‘01 3500 when I installed power tow mirrors. It’s an easy fix.

IOD fuse is good. Any other ideas?
 

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For the overhead light, does it come on when any door opens? Does it come on when turning dimmer switch all the way on? Assume you replaced the bulb. First thing to do is drop the socket out of the ceiling and check actual wires at socket connection for power when doors open and switch is on. Could be a bad fixture. If I'm still no power, pull one of the door switches and see if power is coming into them just to eliminate that as a problem. But since nothing turns on the light my guess it is either the socket or wire back to central point where the different power outputs come together.

For windshield wiper, it could be switch in steering column or the wiper motor. Need to test for power again and could try continuity test with switch in different positions. But since checking contacts for power involves taking the steering column apart maybe just replace the switch and see if that fixes it.

For radio, that could be many things from radio itself to wiring to connectors. I would try running power directly to radio and see if it powers up. That would at least eliminate radio.
 
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For the overhead light, does it come on when any door opens? Does it come on when turning dimmer switch all the way on? Assume you replaced the bulb. First thing to do is drop the socket out of the ceiling and check actual wires at socket connection for power when doors open and switch is on. Could be a bad fixture. If I'm still no power, pull one of the door switches and see if power is coming into them just to eliminate that as a problem. But since nothing turns on the light my guess it is either the socket or wire back to central point where the different power outputs come together.

For windshield wiper, it could be switch in steering column or the wiper motor. Need to test for power again and could try continuity test with switch in different positions. But since checking contacts for power involves taking the steering column apart maybe just replace the switch and see if that fixes it.

For radio, that could be many things from radio itself to wiring to connectors. I would try running power directly to radio and see if it powers up. That would at least eliminate radio.

Thanks. The strange thing is that all these things happened simultaneously, leading me to believe they are related. In addition to the dome light, radio and wipers, the tripometer resets to zero every time, and the power door locks stopped working. All issues happened at the same time.
 
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