Dodge Ram Complaints (2004)

1,953 consumer complaints on file.

#10121979May 24, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STEERING
THIS HAPPEN TO ME THREE TIMES THE FIRST TIME DECEMBER 2003 TWO MONTHS AFTER I GOT THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED JUNE 2004, AND THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED SEPTEMBER 2004. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH ABOUT 30 TO 35 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK STALLED. I HAD NO INDICATION THAT IT STALLED EXCEPT FOR LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING DOWN A GRAVEL ROAD ABOUT 35 TO 40MPH. I WAS COMING UP ON A CURVE IN THE ROAD, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. AGAIN I LOST POWER STEERING, AND CAME CLOSE TO GOING INTO THE DITCH WITH MY 1 YEAR OLD BOY. THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TWICE FOR THIS, AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE COMPUTER IN THE ENGINE PROBRABLY JUST RESET ITSELF, AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO DODGE, AND SENT IT IN WITH THEIR SURVEY AFTER THE LAST INCIDENT, AND HAVEN'T HEARD BACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122047May 24, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
MY DODGE RAM WITH THE 5.7 (HEMI) ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. EXAMPLES INCLUDE STOP LIGHTS, AND DRIVING CONDITIONS RANGING FROM 20-65MPH. DODGE SERVICED THE VEHICLE BUT THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS. THE MOST RECENT EVENT WAS 5/18/05. I AM AWAITING WORD ON THE CURRENT CONDITION OF MY TRUCK FROM THE DEALERSHIP...REM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121853May 23, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW, PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 1000 MILES. TRUCK STALLS, USUALLY HAPPENS AT SLOWER SPEEDS SUCH AS WHEN YOU REMOVE YOUR FOOT FROM THE GAS PETAL TO TURN. IDLE DROPS VERY QUICKLY AND THE ENGINE STALLS. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE COME CLOSE TO HITTING SOMEONE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS HARD TO STOP OR TURN WHEN YOU LOOSE POWER, YOU ALSO LOOSE THE POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKES. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY DID AN UPDATE ON MY COMPUTER. UPDATE HAS NOT STOPPED THIS FROM HAPPENING. DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME A NEW UPDATE WILL BE OUT SOON, BUT THAT WAS 5 WEEKS AGO, AND IT STILL HAS NOT HAPPENED. IN THE MEANTIME THE VEHICLE STILL STALLS OUT WHEN YOU ARE MOVING!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121915May 23, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PARKED THE TRUCK, WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING AND PUT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN PARK. I LEFT THE TRUCK TO MAIL SOME LETTERS. I WAS GONE LESS THAN A MINUTE AND WHEN I RETURNED TO THE TRUCK, IT WAS ACROSS THE STREET AND UP AGAINST A LARGE TREE. I KNOW I HAD PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MOVING WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK. I HAVE TWO BAD KNEES AND I GET OUT OF THE TRUCK SLOWLY.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121934May 23, 2005
EQUIPMENT
MY 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 W/5.7 HEMI HAS STALLED ON ME TWICE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. FOR SOME REASON, I HAD A HARD TIME GETTING IT TO START PRIOR TO IT STALLING ON BOTH OCCASSIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121969May 23, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
TODAY STALLED AGAIN WHILE TURNING INTO INTERSECTION. FAILURE OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT. 6TH TIME IN LAST 2 MONTHS. DEALER FLASHED COMPUTER 2X AND REPLACED MAP SENSOR PER DAMLER CHRYSLER ENGINEERS. STILL NOT FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121817May 22, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OUR TRUCK HAS STALLED APROX. 15-20 TIMES WHILE WE ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR WHILE MAKING TURNS. IT HASN'T RESULTED IN ANY ACCIDENTS YET, BUT THERE HAS BEEN MANY TIMES WHEN WE ARE MAKING A TURN AND IT STALLS ALL OF A SUDDEN WHILE TRAFFIC IS COMING TWOARDS US. I FEEL THAT WE HAVE ONLY SO MUCH TIME BEFORE THIS CAUSES A BAD ACCIDENT. OUR TRUCK IS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 5.7 LITER HEMI. I HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE A RECALL ON THIS MATTER, BECAUSE I'VE READ MANY OTHER PEOPLES COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME THING. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AND MY 3 YEAR OLD SON IN THE TRUCK, NOT TO MENTION THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE OTHER CARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121352May 18, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
DT: VEHICLE STALLED ON HIGHWAY DUE TO BAD FUEL PUMP. 2004 DODGE PICKED UP AND STALLED ON HIGHWAY MORE THAN ONCE. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPLACE THE ORIGINAL FUEL PUMP BECAUSE DAIMLER/CHRYSLER SAID THE ORIGINAL FUEL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IT IN THE FUEL TANK AND REWIRE IT. FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121130May 17, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
2004 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB HEMI. AT 10,000 MILES LOTS OF STEERING WHEEL SHUDDER WHILE BRAKING. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS, PADS AND CALIPERS UNDER WARRANTY. AT ABOUT 17,000 I START GETTING THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER REPACED AGAIN. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN EPIDEMIC AND I SEE PEOPLE ARE GETTING CHARGED TO FIX THIS OBVIOUS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121190May 17, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CUSTOMER COMPLAINT- ERRATIC IDLING AND NO POWER WHEN THROTTLE FULLY PRESSED. ETC (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL) LIGHT FLASHING. VEHICLE NOT OPERABLE. ADVISE CUSTOMER TO 'CYCLE' IGNITION TO RESET COMPUTER. REPLACE COMPUTER WITH UPGRADE (UNDER WARRANTY). CUSTOMER COMPLAINT - RECURRANCE OF PREVIOUS PROBLEM (IDENTICAL CIRCUMSTANCES) UNABLE TO IDENTIFY/ISOLATE/REPRODUCE IN SHOP. ADVISE CUSTOMER IF RECURRANCE TO CYCLE IGNITION TO RESET COMPUTER. NO SUGGESTED REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121524May 16, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2004 DODGE RAM 2500 WAS PARKED WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON WHEN THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO A DUMP TRUCK.*MR THE TRANSMISSION HAS ACTED FUNNY EVER SINCE CONSUMER GOT THE TRUCK. TALKED TO 2 DIFFERENT SERVICE MEN , THEIR REPLY WAS THAT THIS IS A NEW AND DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION. *BF SEE 10092748 ALSO. *DSY
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120899May 13, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A 2004.5 DODGE RAM 3500 DIESEL NEW LAST YEAR. ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGE I WAS GETTING FUEL AND WAS PARKED AT A GAS STATION WITH THE TRUCK IN PARK AND RUNNING. MY WIFE WAS SITTING IN THE VEHICLE. AS I WAS ABOUT TO FUEL THE TRUCK SUDDENLY WENT INTO REVERSE AND STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WAS BEHIND ME ALSO GETTING GAS. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. ON 05/02/05, I EXITED MY TRUCK TO GIVE MAIL TO A LETTER CARRIER. I EXITED THE TRUCK AND WAITED FOR THE CARRIER TO COME OUT OF A STORE. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK WENT INTO REVERSE. I STARTED TO RUN AFTER THE TRUCK AND FELL CAUSING MY SHOULDER TO BE DISLOCATED. THE TRUCK RAN INTO THE PARKED MAIL TRUCK THAT WAS BEHIND ME. I ALSO INJURED MY OTHER ARM (LEFT), MY TWO KNEES, AND MY FORHEAD.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10117790May 13, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
EA 04 025/FALSE PARK: THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACKWARD INTO A DITCH, THEN CONTINUED TO ROLL THROUGH SOME TREES BEFORE STOPPING. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER. *AK THE GEAR COULD SHIFT AND COULD BE PLACED INTO A POSITION THAT APPEARED TO BE IN PARK WHEN IT ACTUALLY WAS BETWEEN PARK AND REVERSE. IT WOULD TAKE UP TO 30 SECONDS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BACK UP EVEN THOUG IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT IN THE REVERSE POSITION. *SC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120703May 11, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
I PUT MY TRUCK INTO PARK TO RUN IN AND PICK UP MY DRY-CLEANING ( WAS INSIDE MAYBE 60 SECONDS) CAME OUT TO FIND MY TRUCK GONE AND AFTER LOOKING I FIND IT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. IT HAD JUMPED THE CURB WENT THROUGH THEIR LANDSCAPING AND HIT A TREE DAMAGING THE REAR BUMPER,TAILGATE, BED SIDE AND DUALLY FENDER. AFTER GOING BACK IN THE CLEANERS THE LADY THAT WORKS THERE INFORMED ME THAT HER NEW DODGE TRUCK HAS DONE THAT TO HER BEFORE. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS TRUCK HAS DONE THIS TO ME AND IT IS NOT A YEAR OLD. THE FIRST TIME I FIGURED IT WAS MY FAULT BUT I STARTED PAYING CLOSER ATTENTION, THE 2ND TIME IT WAS IN PARK WITH THE "P" LIT UP AND GOT ABOUT 2 STEPES FROM THE TRUCK WHEN IT STARTED GOING BACKWARDS BUT CAUGHT IT BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED AND NOW THIS. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SEND SOMEONE OUT TO LOOK AT MY TRUCK??? WE'LL SEE!!!
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120721May 11, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
CONSUMER STATES: ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE DIED WHEN MAKING A TURN IN TRAFFIC , NO LIGHTS CAME ON, IT JUST DIED. DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG THE FIRST TIME 4/14/05 BUT THEN THEY CALLED BACK HAD US COME IN, AND THEY FLASHED THE COMPUTER ON 4/15/05, AND THEN HAD US BRING IT BACK AND FLASHED AGAIN ON 4/25/05. THEN IT HAPPENED ON 5/6/05 AND 5/7/05 AND DAMLER-CHRYSLER HAD DEALER CHANGE MAP SENSOR ON 5/10/05.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119991May 5, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WOULD TURN OFF WHILE BRAKING AROUND TURNS. AS A RESULT THE POWER BRAKES AND STEERING WENT OUT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119691May 4, 2005
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CENTER SUPPORT BEARING
MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A 2004 DODGE 2500 HEMI QUAD CAB PICK-UP LAST MARCH. WE TOOK IS BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP EVERY MONTH LAST YEAR EXCEPT JULY WHICH WAS THE MONTH WE GOT MARRIED. THE PROBLEM WAS A HIGH PITCHED WHINE COMING FROM WHAT WAS LATER DISCOVERED TO BE THE CENTER BEARING. THIS WHINE WOULD START AT 20 MPH AND WOULD CONTINUE LONGER THE COLDER IS WAS. IT WOULD ALSO CONTINUE INTO HIGHER SPEEDS THE COLDER IT WAS. THE DEALERSHIP TRIED MANY THINGS TO FIX IT INCLUDING REPLACING THE CENTER BEARING TWICE. NOTHING WORKED FOR MORE THAN A DAY. IN DECEMBER ONE OF THE SERVICE MANAGERS SAID THE CENTER BEARING WAS VIBRATING SO HARD,"I COULDN'T KEEP MY HAND ON IT." HE ALSO REPORTED THAT DODGE WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WAS NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. AT THIS TIME MY WIFE AND I PROCEEDED TO ENFORCE THE LEMON LAW IN DECEMBER. WE FINALLY TOOK DELIVERY OF AN IDENTICAL REPLACEMENT TRUCK ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS AGO. INITIALLY THE TRUCK RAN FINE. THEN THIS LAST SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY THE NEW TRUCK STARTED MAKING THE EXACT SAME NOISE AND THE PREVIOUS "LEMON". DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119637May 3, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN
THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP 5 TIMES IN 15,000 MILES. THE STEERING WAS REPAIRED AND IT HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES SINCE THE REPAIR. SPEED HAS NO IMPACT ON THE STEERING LOCKING UP. IT GENERALLY HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS WARMING UP JUST FROM BEING STARTED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117599April 28, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY STALLED IN TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER WAS RECENTLY DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. AFTER THE DEALER SERVICED THE VEHICLE WHICH INCLUDED REPLACING THE COMPUTER, THE VEHICLE'S PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. *AK THE LAST FIX AND THE THIRD TIME THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE LOST OVER 3 MILES TO THE GALLON OF GAS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY PROGRAMMED THE SOFTWARE TO RUN RICH, WHICH IN RETURN, BURNS MORE GAS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115679April 27, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH ENGINE STALLED AND LOST COMPLETE POWER. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE MAKING LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS AT LOW SPEED, AND WHILE COMING TO STOP(S) BOTH UP OR DOWN HILL AT LOW SPEEDS. DODGE SAY THEY ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT CAN NOT RESOLVE AT THIS TIME. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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