What is this box called?

[khigh]

Hi all.

It's a long, thin relay/fuse box between the battery and firewall on my '15 Lone Star Ecodiesel.

It's pretty obvious what it is and what it does. I need the official name so I can order a cover for it.

Thanks for looking!

 

[GTyankee]

it almost looks like a

Intelligent Power Distribution Center -​

only used for Relays & oversized fuses

 

[khigh]

Had occasion to stop by a dealership this morning so I inquired about it.

Still don't know what it's called, but the plastic cover alone is $79, so I still don't have it.

I imagine it's $2 at a u-pull.

 

[hunterdan]

Had occasion to stop by a dealership this morning so I inquired about it.

Still don't know what it's called, but the plastic cover alone is $79, so I still don't have it.

I imagine it's $2 at a u-pull.

Did they give you a part number for the cover? Do you see a part number stamped on the box at all? If they gave you a part number. Search it to see what pops up. Same with the part number on the box.

 

[khigh]

I didn't.

Took about three of them to figure it out, so it wasn't a direct correlation to any numbers stamped on the box.

One guy called out about a 12 digit part number, but I didn't catch it. The guy in front of me said "I never would have found that!"

I'll hold out for a junk part. Kind of a testament to the trucks that neither of the two side-by-side huge junkyards in northeast Atlanta have a single Gen 4 RAM, huh?

 

[hunterdan]

To me, it looks like an oem auxiliary power distribution block. Something that would tie into the OEM upfitter switches. But I'm having trouble finding the exact block

 

[crash68]

it looks like an oem auxiliary power distribution block. Something that would tie into the OEM upfitter switches.

Close.. That box has the fuses and relays for the cabin PTC heaters and glow plugs, it's only found on the Gen4 EcoDiesel

There doesn't appear to have any useable part numbers on the lid

 

[crash68]

I imagine it's $2 at a u-pull.

Check: www.car-part.com

 

[Sherman Bird]

Had occasion to stop by a dealership this morning so I inquired about it.

Still don't know what it's called, but the plastic cover alone is $79, so I still don't have it.

I imagine it's $2 at a u-pull.

If you watched the movie from 1966 with Dustin Hoffman called "The Graduate", you might recollect that, at his home coming/ graduation party, an older fellow admonished him to go into plastics as a lucrative career.

 

[khigh]

Thanks for the replies.

Going to make it tougher to find in a junkyard if it's Ecodiesel specific.

From my understanding, 1st Gen Ecodiesels either bit it by 50K or they're still on the road.

 

[crash68]

From my understanding, 1st Gen Ecodiesels either bit it by 50K or they're still on the road.

There is no "1st Gen" EcoDiesel, that was the prototype motor that was in R&D for use in Cadillacs overseas. The 2nd Gen motors are in the DS bodies, the 3rd Gen motor is in the DT bodies.
The first model year of the EcoDiesel took the brunt of the failed motors. There's a running of high mileage EcoDiesel that starts at 100K and tops over 400K miles with them still accumulating mileage.

 

[Rado]

khigh​

found these on E Bay From part # posted 68202821AA https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=682002821AA&_osacat=0

 

[GBs_WARLOCK]

Look at these two. The more expensive one (Mopar 68230538AA) is for 2014/2015 and the cheaper one (Mopar 68298467AA) is for 2016 - 2019. They look very similar though so I'm wondering if you could make the cheaper one fit?

 

[khigh]

Wow. That's definitely it. Thanks.

Being unique to two years of the most uncommon engine kind of dashes my hopes of getting a junkyard part.

I'll check pricing and availability. Might try the cheaper one if I get it with fairly hassle free returns.

Thanks again!

 

[Dean2]

Now that you have the part number just search the wrecker database. Won't take long to figure out if you can find it cheaper. Might also check Rock Auto. Might get lucky.

 

[Dean2]

Look at these two. The more expensive one (Mopar 68230538AA) is for 2014/2015 and the cheaper one (Mopar 68298467AA) is for 2016 - 2019. They look very similar though so I'm wondering if you could make the cheaper one fit?

Great job tracking it down for the OP. Got to love the folks on here who work hard to help out.

 

[dcathome]

DODGE RAM TIPM TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE FUSE BOX
Plenty for sale on eBay or auto sites. They could probably help with the exact part number.

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[DaveSharp]

Just for grins get a flash light and look under the rats nest of cables, boxes and wiring. Chances are it still might be under the hood especially under the battery box.

 

[lat1504]

The actual name is TIPM, totally integrated power module, sometimes the label is on the under side

 

[Dean2]

The actual name is TIPM, totally integrated power module, sometimes the label is on the under side

That is NOT the TIPM. It is an additional box containing relays etc.