Never do this to your Dodge Ram 1500. Headlight electrical problems found when I test this circuit.
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- čas přidán 17. 09. 2020
- Diagnosing this 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 for no head lights was a little tricky. Follow how I did it here.
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Excellent troubleshooting and diagnosing. Straight to the point, start with what you know, test what you EXPECT to see to verify and then learn from there. This is not a skill a lot of mechanics have unfortunately. Thanks for the vid!
Just stumbled upon your videos, my sons 1500 has the same light issue, I’m going to check that this morning because previous owner had installed aftermarket halo headlights. Thank you
I have a 2014 and having the same problem with the same light The new light was very dim; I thought it was a ground and never would have thought about those wires being messed up I'll check it out tomorrow. and get back to ya. it might be a factory mess up
Main reason I watched. Having similar problem. Gave me a idea what to look for now. Thx!
Excellent video sir thank you for making this
Believe it or not it's factory, i had the same issue with my truck went to the junk yard 6 trucks had the same wiring wrong. Exactly what you pointed out
Thank you so much for the helpful video. My issue is with my 08 ram. My front turn signal won't work at all. All the others work fine. The front marker lights work fine on that light.
Got the driver side low beam going out, then coming back on, then going out again. Not sure if I've got the same issue, but I'm definitely going to check those wires to see if they're crossed. Thanks for sharing!
When replacing with LED aftermarket they now make plug-and-play ones that don't need step-downs or step-ups to make them work. 2022 Upgraded AUXITO 9012 HIR2 LED Headlight Bulbs, 100W 20000 Lumens, Wireless LED Headlight Conversion Kit, 6000K White Halogen Replacement Bulb, Pack of 2. These are for the low beams and the High beams are the 9005 bulbs. They have built in fans and I took out my old bulbs and plugged these in and they worked with no issues.
Nice job trouble shooting and explaining
a mechanic would change the pine out a parts changer will replace the harness
I just bought an 07 Ram 1500. That has no headlights or high beams or brake lights My buddy, that's a mechanic said its probably the fuse panel and there like five hundred bucks at a junk yard
Great video
Thanks for the visit
I have a 2018 navigator reserve that I have been having electrical problems my turn signal goes out and then eventually both turn signal followed by the running light in the right side. If I replace the modules it works for a bit but then it does it again. Do you know how I could diagnose it or could this be my headlight causing this short. I replaced the harness and it keeps doing it. It was in an accident and the headlamps are from a junk yard. Thanks
Mickey Mouse. That is term you were thinking about.
I gotta mickey mouse this thing or I had to Mickey Mouse it to get power back to it.
Thats a term Ive heard around here in Boston.
Great video. I will be checking this on my truck tomorrow.
Replaced low beam yesterday and today it is out.
I just fix the problem on my 2017 ram 1500 the one I had headlight problem just change your wiring harness get a new wiring harness faded into the headlight dirty old wiring harness out that’s it your problems fixed
Just helping out …
Power/Ground doesn’t feed directly into that bulb, there is a switch in-line, on the power side that closes the bulb-circuit…. This how a house-switch works, but I may be wrong concerning this issue
Should’ve put in a OEM harness it cost less than $19 I did it on my truck I don’t know why people mess around with cotton wiry is in trying to put wires back together when OEM parts are so cheap sometimes but best of luck to you
the harness within the housing has been known to corrode and thus be changed. the new harness could have been an eBay knock off from OEM and is possibly why the common was not in the middle. or the housing was hanging at one time when owner changed the bulb and the pins pulled out
My 2014 ram 2500 hd has the exact same issue
Now a year later we see the recalls on all the rams for the power boxes.
Pretty sure this is the same as the difference between 9004 and 9007 pinouts. Someone probably just used the wrong wiring harness.
what do you know about WK@ grand cherokee's?
Shade Tree mechanic messed that wiring harness up. Lol 😂
lol, thanks for watching Kathy
Online Mechanic Tips are you hiring? lol 😂
Strange cause I'm having the same no high beam light on the same side? I'm going to check the wiring again since I seen this video.
Good video but based on your findings it would never had worked. I would bet someone swapped wires not knowing what they were doing when all along the problem was a loose connection. Unable to get it to work especially with the wires swapped they brought it to you to untangle the mess.
Did you ever consider that the pins either got pulled out by accident or intentionally, then accidentally had their position swapped when reinstalled?
No
Yup, I would say someone has tampered with it.
yes suh doc..Thanks for watching
Hello friend
All your videos are great
I own a 2015 ram 1500
Never problem with the headlights until I decide to upgrade to LED
Don’t work at all
W
Trying to put everything back with original my drive side not power
Someone told me it is the fuses 13 and 90 on the Body Control Mode but I going crazy can’t find it
I’m very sure you have a answer
Please what do you think?
Thank you very much
When replacing with LED aftermarket they now make plug-and-play ones that don't need step-downs or step-ups to make them work. 2022 Upgraded AUXITO 9012 HIR2 LED Headlight Bulbs, 100W 20000 Lumens, Wireless LED Headlight Conversion Kit, 6000K White Halogen Replacement Bulb, Pack of 2. These are for the low beams and the High beams are the 9005 bulbs. They have built in fans and I took out my old bulbs and plugged these in and they worked with no issues.
Hey buddy just reaching out to you because I have a 2019 Ram classic 1500 5.7 l and I've had nothing but electrical problems after electrical problem and it seems like you know what you're looking for like right now I'm dealing with some stuff that I don't know where to pinpoint anything at if you get reach back to me that'd be awesome thanks
what are those junk yard marks for?
Replacing the harness is way overkill. Especially in an 8 year old truck. I would just swap the pins back where the belong.
Lol..this the dealership..We cant do that..Independent shops can get away with such..If cust see we did that they would try to sue claiming we caused other problems but I see your point bud
Trackin it down! Dang Ground not Ground? - + ?
Thanks for sharing buddy. You could simply remove the pins and swap those wires. No need to cut n re-solder/ heatshrink.
We install a new wiring harness..I just did that to experiment. Thanks for watching
@@OnlineMechanicTips Well, but this "experiment" costed the customer a new wiring harness isn't?!
@@mansouralblooshi3004 I disagree. That piece of harness needed a full replacement, the pin literally fell out of it plus the wires were crossed. Additionally, he stated this was a 'comeback' vehicle which means another tech already tried to fix it once and failed. At the dealership, replacing the harness was the right call.
Great video!
dodge could fuckup a rock fight
Bet they don't teach that harness error in ASE school lol. I'll put that in my troubleshooting toolbox. Thanks JT.
lol, thanks for watching bud.
So the wiring harness that came with the headlight assembly was built incorrectly? The short wiring harness in side the headlamp assembly was manufactured by Chrysler was wrong? was built wrong?
Hey bud..I think somebody exchange the harness trying to fix a problem but they did not tell me and that drive me crazy..Hard to believe this truck been like this since birth.
Got it thank you!
My 2012 has 4v on ground.. and my headlights are starting to act funny.. but also other things are going on. I’m thinking my FCM going bad
It's your tipum
How some one going to know how to repin that plug and not know how to do it right lol
lol. IKR, I couldnt even fix my mouth to ask the customer who worked on it last simply because it was a recheck on us..smh
Can’t re-pin a harness at the dealer, huh? All the more reason I don’t take stuff to the dealer. Never have, never will.
Comment dont make much sense, however, you are entitled to your opinion. Fact is, it had left 2 other shops and finally ended up at the dealer where it now finally got figured out and fixed. So again, your comment appears to not be good advise.
Light has the wrong harness.
I have p0524 code took it to dodge it was diagnosed and no wire problems they did say oil pressure switch was faulty autozone got 1 from dodge when i got it back from them it had a different code p0523 change to mopar pressure switch did the on off 3 times it now says done no code is present but my scanner says its a permanent code all i did was get the engine rebuilt and had them put the hellcat oil pump the pressure is good runs and sounds fresh out the factory but no mds cause of engine light what can be done to fix this issue
Good diagnostics but 'veterans know to pull pins out would of been doing it properly not cutting it. Electrical 101.
Probably a cheap replacement headlight assembly.
Pull the pins and re insert correctly….. 2 minute job and I’d do it for the price of a bag of chips out of the vending machine. Should not have been a comeback