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2004 Dodge Ram 2500 wipers, windshield & visibility problems

32 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2004 Dodge Ram 2500, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
32 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
100,000 miles 28 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 100,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 7 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 100,000 miles
Based on 28 complaints that include mileage. 21% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles7
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 28 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 21% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

Windshield wipers work once and then they stop working. I see this has been an issue on a lot of dodges during these years. My truck doesn't have the recall. But this is a serious problem, I crashed into someone due to it. Please figure this out I know of several people that this has happened to as well.

Reported at 160,000 miles, December 2017 Crash

Fracture of the pitman arn at the steering box/ had to replace entire steering box/ fracture was found while undergoing wheel aligment/ was only a matter of time before it would have failed. Replace water pump/ 120000 replace rear universal joint for bad bearings/ 121,000 entire engine fan with pulley sheared off while on a trip/ 118000 replaced entire wiper mechanism due to complete failure/122000 poorly engineered vehicle/ wouldn't buy another dodge lots of safety issues.

Reported at 94,972 miles, August 2011

Other problems reported for the 2004 Dodge Ram 2500

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