Erratic Dashboard Activity

[Wild one]

Just to add to BigSky's reconmendations,i ran a ground to the frame to,then another ground from the frame to the box at the rear of the truck.I grounded the frame and box on my truck,because right from when my truck was new it had issues with the electric tailgate lock not working properly,dealer replaced the actuator under warrenty,and it still had issues,after i ran the extra frame and box ground,i never had another issue with the tailgate actuator,and that was 10 years ago.

 

[turkeybird56]

Gotcha. I’ll get back out there during my son’s nap time and take a closer look at these specific areas. Thank you!

Further u get water into those connections gonna have all sorts of electrical gremlins. Not like the old jeeps where we would open drain and hose out debris. Took many a bath from a military jeep and HMMWV cleaning out those areas. We just hosed em out.

 

[hershey]

Everybody is talking about wiring etc...just a thought, I had bonker dashlights as well, coming and going, no sense to it...turns out after a lot of searching, my transfer case was screwed...dealer replaced under warranty and no more problems...

 

[rayrmjet]

Mine started out with the ABS then Parktronix then tow/haul, then brake and the list kept getting longer. The more I chased the problems it seemed like the more codes I got so I finely took it to the dealer and he said my computers were out of date and re-flashed, upgraded or what ever and $430 later I had no lights on the dash for two days. Now when the brake, abs, tow haul come on at start I have to shut the switch off and restart it for the lights to go away. Needless to say I am on my last RAM (this is number 5), I use to drive a different brand that you could put 300K miles on them with out much problem but I wasn't able to get 100K out of the RAMs. The problem is I really like the looks of the RAM better than any of the others they just have not been reliable.