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2013 Ram 1500 lighting problems

33 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2013 Ram 1500, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
33 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
40,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2013 Ram 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 40,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 40,000 miles
Based on 23 complaints that include mileage. 65% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles6
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 23 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 40,000 miles, and 65% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the lighting complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

My headlights on 2013 dodge ram 1500 laramie are getting a lot of moisture/condensation in both of them. I had them replaced by dealership but my new pair are doing the same. I have seen on other similar trucks like mine with same issue. This is causing my lights to look dimmer instead of brightening up the road. I have the projector style headlights.

Reported at 500 miles, April 2013

Dashboard lights flickering . Making difficult to drive . It is happening when truck is in motion and when it is stop even happening when engine is shut off insterements light flickering

Reported at 99,125 miles, January 2018

Other problems reported for the 2013 Ram 1500

Lighting problems in other years

Lighting problems across all Ram models