Ignition or electrical?

RINAZAMP

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2002 DODGE RAM
V8
2WD
AUTOMATIC
145,000 MILES

I have a dodge ram 1500 quad cab that when the iginition is on and the car is running, the windows, door locks, and fan stop working. When I apply pressure to the iginition(push the key forward like you would to start it) everything starts working. Everything also starts working off and on when the car interior warms up. We have changed out the igintion and it worked for about a month but now we are having the same issue.

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CARADIODOC

MECHANIC
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Do you mean you replaced the ignition switch? If so, you must also look at the terminals in the electrical connector. Two of them will be overheated and the plastic body will be melted. Those two terminals can be cut out and replaced individually with generic crimp-type terminals but solder them too for a better connection. Squeeze the terminals if they don't feel nice and tight. Also cut off about 4 inches of each wire and splice in new pieces of the same diameter. The overheated part will be stiff and impossible to solder to. Splice the new pieces, solder the joints, then be sure to mash down any sharp points that are sticking up. Seal the joints with heat-shrink tubing. Sharp ends of the wire strands will pierce that tubing.

Caradiodoc