Hello All...I'm new here...
I just bought a 2022 Ram 1500 eTorq with 6500 miles...Rocky Ridge trim. Love the truck (got it for a good price)...however it has stock Halogens. It's the one thing on this otherwise awesome looking truck that looks REALLY out of place (to me). I just cannot BELIEVE they would even consider still putting halogens on trucks of this price. I mean 30K Chevy sedans come stock with LEDs nowadays lol. Anyway, I have checked with multiple Ram dealerships and they all say that there is no "plug and play" way to upgrade the halogens to OEM Mopar LEDs. They apparently have "different wiring" etc. I cannot believe Dodge would make it impossible for a consumer to pay good money and upgrade to OEM LEDs after the fact.
I then start looking into Aftermarket solutions. My RAM dealerships looked like they wanted to throw something at me when I asked if they would install aftermarket headlamps (not just bulbs...full assemblies). I was looking at Morimoto options but settled on the brand new AlphaRex MKII 2500-style Nova series. These are truly plug and play and don't even need a converted if coming from stock halogens. Sounds easy right? WRONG. After tons of digging and searching on multiple forums, I find that it is damn near impossible to find someone who has installed these or any other aftermarket Headlamp assembly for that matter..and not had error messages and codes (most notably parking light bulb out messages or turn signal issues). I called AlphaRex and the service manager said that the vast majority of those problems are with classic Rams or Rams 2018 and below. He said 2019+ have much much lower rates of codes and error messages. He said once in awhile they may run into some wonkiness with DRLs in the newer yeats but simply turning off DRLs in Uconnect 5 has solved any other issues he has seen. I still didn't want to take the chance because I don't have the time or desire to mess with AlphaOBD or resistors (both of which only sometimes work), so I cancelled my order and they were nice enough to call it back and not charge me return shipping.
My question is .... is there anyone out there who has used AlphaRex LEDs....coming from stock halogens..in a 2022 Ram...and if so, did you still get codes or error messages? To be fair, I do believe almost every single complaint I found online was indeed for 2018 or below...but would love to hear if these headlamps behave better in the newer (2022+) Rams. Thanks so much.
I just bought a 2022 Ram 1500 eTorq with 6500 miles...Rocky Ridge trim. Love the truck (got it for a good price)...however it has stock Halogens. It's the one thing on this otherwise awesome looking truck that looks REALLY out of place (to me). I just cannot BELIEVE they would even consider still putting halogens on trucks of this price. I mean 30K Chevy sedans come stock with LEDs nowadays lol. Anyway, I have checked with multiple Ram dealerships and they all say that there is no "plug and play" way to upgrade the halogens to OEM Mopar LEDs. They apparently have "different wiring" etc. I cannot believe Dodge would make it impossible for a consumer to pay good money and upgrade to OEM LEDs after the fact.
I then start looking into Aftermarket solutions. My RAM dealerships looked like they wanted to throw something at me when I asked if they would install aftermarket headlamps (not just bulbs...full assemblies). I was looking at Morimoto options but settled on the brand new AlphaRex MKII 2500-style Nova series. These are truly plug and play and don't even need a converted if coming from stock halogens. Sounds easy right? WRONG. After tons of digging and searching on multiple forums, I find that it is damn near impossible to find someone who has installed these or any other aftermarket Headlamp assembly for that matter..and not had error messages and codes (most notably parking light bulb out messages or turn signal issues). I called AlphaRex and the service manager said that the vast majority of those problems are with classic Rams or Rams 2018 and below. He said 2019+ have much much lower rates of codes and error messages. He said once in awhile they may run into some wonkiness with DRLs in the newer yeats but simply turning off DRLs in Uconnect 5 has solved any other issues he has seen. I still didn't want to take the chance because I don't have the time or desire to mess with AlphaOBD or resistors (both of which only sometimes work), so I cancelled my order and they were nice enough to call it back and not charge me return shipping.
My question is .... is there anyone out there who has used AlphaRex LEDs....coming from stock halogens..in a 2022 Ram...and if so, did you still get codes or error messages? To be fair, I do believe almost every single complaint I found online was indeed for 2018 or below...but would love to hear if these headlamps behave better in the newer (2022+) Rams. Thanks so much.
