Hood Open Light

[68PowerWagon]

My hood open light has started staying on all of a sudden. Put in a new latch/switch assembly & it still does it. I have read that corroded or bad wiring can cause this as well. Everything looks good at the front of the truck, but the wiring goes into a bigger loom back to the cab so it's next to impossible to track it after that. Anybody else have this issue with a fix? 2022 Ram 3500 w/Cummins out of warranty of course.

 

[turkeybird56]

My hood open light has started staying on all of a sudden. Put in a new latch/switch assembly & it still does it. I have read that corroded or bad wiring can cause this as well. Everything looks good at the front of the truck, but the wiring goes into a bigger loom back to the cab so it's next to impossible to track it after that. Anybody else have this issue with a fix? 2022 Ram 3500 w/Cummins out of warranty of course.

If you cannot find the short, cause it is buried somewhere, you could always put a "dead" switch in line, on/off switch something you have to manually turn on/off to stop power going to the light. Not the aha answer, but at least keep the hood light off till you can find the problem, just a thought.

 

[68PowerWagon]

How would I wire up a dead switch? I tried to use a jumper from one side of the terminal to the other but that didn't do anything.

 

[blue ghost]

Mine works by raising the hood, by lifting it turns it on, the spring came off and that's what left it on/off, check that first.

 

[jws123]

To be honest the hood lights in these trucks are useless not even bright enough. I would unhook it and forget about it keep a good rechargeable hood light in your door.

 

[Grams]

To be honest the hood lights in these trucks are useless not even bright enough. I would unhook it and forget about it keep a good rechargeable hood light in your door.

Yep. Disconnect it and/or install a decent set of L.E.D. on a manual switch or a mercury-switch.

 

[RamDiver]

I keep a rechargeable LED flashlight in that opening below the door closing handle. $5 at Dollarama with an 18650 Lithium battery.

I also carry an LED headlamp in a clothes pack when out visiting. Twas about $23 on Amazon with two 18650 Lithium batteries.

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[Badger 13]

You could replace it with a LED light that has a built in switch. The power is already there with the current under hood light. Something on this order,