Dodge Ram Complaints (2004)

1,953 consumer complaints on file.

#11084627April 11, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
INTERIOR HAND GRABS FRONT SEAT BOTH SIDES INSIDE TO ASSIST IN ENTERING OR EXITING VEHICLE . BROKEN OFF, I H AVE HAD MANY PASSENGERS ALMOST FALL AND 3 THAT DID FALL . PEOPLE THAT FELL BUT I WAS THERE TO HELP THEM FROM FALLING TO GROUND YET RECEIVED SCRAPES AND BRUISES WERE MY WIFE , MY MOM AND ELDERLY WOMAN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#11084317April 10, 2018
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL BANGING NOISE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED OIL LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS MISSING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NORMANDIN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM FIAT (900 CAPITAL EXPRESSWAY AUTO MALL, SAN JOSE, CA 95136) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW DRIVE SHAFT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11083533April 5, 2018
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL I HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIPS SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE THIS RECALL FIXED AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT THEY DOONT HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX THE RECALL . IT HAS BEEN WELL OVER 3 YEARS SINCE THIS RECALL AND I WANT MY TRUCK FIX AS I DRIVE MY KIDS IN THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082618April 3, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVER'S DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR QUIT WORKING, KEY WOULD NOT OPEN NO ENTRANCE BY KEY FOB. HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED.CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN DISCOVERED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082165March 30, 2018
WHEELS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE STUDS DETACHED FROM THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ON MARCH 30, 2018, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE STUDS DETACHED FROM THE WHEEL. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS SENT AN EMAIL REGARDING THE FAILURES, BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11081059March 23, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOE MACHENS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1310 VANDIVER DR., COLUMBIA, MO 65202), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE A FAILURE HAD NOT OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11079056March 14, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE REAR AXLE SEIZED AND THE DRIVE SHAFT SEPARATED FROM THE AXLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. PAUL BAILEY'S DODGE (425 TEN ROD RD, RT 102, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI 02852, (401) 295-8855) WAS CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11078970March 13, 2018
ENGINE
AFTER FILLING TRUCK, AND NOT TOPPING OFF, THE TRUCK ENGINE WILL "DIE" WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING AFTER EVERY FILL-UP NOW. I HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL THEN IT WILL RESTART. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION BUT I HANDLE IT WELL. OUR DODGE CARAVAN DID THE SAME SAME THING IN 2016 AND DODGE REPLACED THE FUEL TANK, FILTER CANISTERS. IT CURED THE PROBLEM. I JUST CALLED DODGE AND THEY LOGGED MY PROBLEM BUT THAT WAS IT! ANYONE ELSE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. IT DOES NOT THROW A CODE BY THE WAY! CAN ANYONE HELP? THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, CITY STREET ETC. I HAVE A NEW ENGINE AND THE PROBLEM WAS THE SAME AFTERWORDS. THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM ON TEST DRIVES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11076143March 4, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AUTOMATIC TRANS.-WHEN PLACED IN PARK, CANNOT GET IT OUT OF PARK IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE SOLENOID THAT RELEASES THE PARKING PAWL DOES NOT ALWAYS RELEASE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11076031March 3, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON 03/02/2018 ON OR ABOUT 3:15PM I WAS DRIVING MY PICKUP. I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 40MPH WHEN A HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM UNDER MY TRUCK MY REAR WHEELS THEN LOCKED UP AND I START SKIDDING OUT OF CONTROL.ONCE STOPED I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK AND SAW WHERE THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD SNAPPED AWAY FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. I CALLED AAA AND WAS STUCK FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS, BECAUSE THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS HANGING AND RESTING ON THE GROUND AND THE WHEELS HAD LOCKED UP.TWO ROLL BACK TOW TRUCKS WAS SENT OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO MY LOCATION, BUT WAS UNABLE TO TOW ME BECAUSE OF THE WHEELS BEING LOCK. SO FINALLY AFTER A THREE HOUR WAIT A TOW TRUCK WITH A WHEEL LIFT WAS SEND OUT. THIS TRUCK WITH THE REAR WHEELS LOCKING UP IS VERY UNSAFE AND I WAS FEARFUL THAT I WAS ALMOST KILLED TODAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11074695February 24, 2018
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TRUCK DIES WHILE DRIVING AND MAKES IT EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER ! SEEMS TO BE SOME SORT OF FUEL PROBLEM ! THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND I DON'T TRUST IT TO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE IN TRAFFIC TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS ! THE TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS APPROX. 87,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT ! PROBLEM SEEM TO START SHORTLY AFTER LAST DEALER VISIT IN 2008 FOR REPLACEMENT OF A/C DUCTING UNDER DASH ! DEALER SHUT DOWN RIGHT AFTER OUR PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE, AS DID MANY OF THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERS ! TO ME, IT ACTS AS IF THE FUEL JUST SHUTS OFF. HARD TO RESTART OR STEER - DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD ! WHILE SURFING THE INTERNET FOR LIKE COMPLAINTS, MOST ALL COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME NATURE, SAY THAT DODGE IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WILL DO NOTHING ! I'M A 100 % SERVICE CONNECTED DOUBLE AMPUTEE, AND NEED THIS VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL TO THE VA HOSPITAL 45 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE I LIVE ! I CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE AT THIS TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11074598February 23, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING, ABS AND BROKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING. FOUND A FORUM WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11066162January 31, 2018
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
MY 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 WILL GO OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN AND I WAS NOT TOLD THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK MY TRUCK WENT ON ITS OWN ONE DAY OVER 250 FEET AND DROVE INTO MY NEIGHBORS YARD. THE TRUCK PARKING PAWL WAS NOT COMPLETELY IN AS I WAS TOLD AND THIS TRUCK HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IT ON ITS OWN I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE AND A HAZARD TO MY HEALTH AS LONG WITH MY NEIGHBORS. COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A RECALL SENT TO ME OR ANYTHING TOLD TO ME WHEN I PURCHASED THIS FROM THE CHRYSLER DODGE AT THE DEALER I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO AND POSSIBLE HAZARDS THAT ARE LINKED TO THIS COULD YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM. *TT *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11064471January 23, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CRACKED DASH BOARD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11062837January 15, 2018
AIR BAGS
THIS VEHICLE IS UNDER RECALL FOR THE AIR BAG EXPLOSION POTENTIAL. I HAD THE DEALER ORDER THE REPLACEMENT PART OVER 6 MONTHS AGO AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE PART. I AM ON BLOOD THINNERS SO I CANNOT EVEN DRIVE MY TRUCK FOR FEAR OF AN ACCIDENT THAT COULD EASILY BE FATAL TO ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11053781December 10, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK BRAND NEW AND NEVER BEEN ABUSED BUT BACK ON 4/03/2004 MY TRUCK GAUGES WOULD FLICKER AND GO TO ZERO AND THEN GO BACK ALL IN A MILLISECOND. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. IT KEEPS DOING IT TO THIS DAY. YOU COULD BE DRIVING THE TRUCK AT LOW SPEED AND HIGH SPEEDS WHEN IT DOES IT THE GERMLIN DASH SHAKE. IT HAPPENS SO FAST THAT I CAN'T GET A PICTURE OF IT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER NURMIOUS TIMES AND THEY SAID THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. BUT YET YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DODGE FORUMS AND EVERYONE THAT'S OWNS A 2003 TO 2005 DODGE RAM CUMMINS 2500 OR 3500 THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THEM. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE GAUGES CAUSE THE TRUCK TO SHUT DOWN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED? I HAVE LOOKED OVER ALL THE RECALLS AND THINK A INVESTAGATION SHOULD BE DONE ON THIS. I CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE 106,000 MILES ON MY 2004! DODGE RAM 2500. LIKE I SAID THIS HAS GONE ON SINCE APRIL OF 2004 AND TO THIS DAY STILL DOES IT. LIKE I SAID I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER NURMIOUS TIMES AND THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG AND NO THEY SAY THEY CAN FIX IT FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY SINCE IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11053670December 9, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
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.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11052411December 4, 2017
POWER TRAIN
PINION NUT CAME OFF CAUSING REAR DIFFERENTIAL TO LOCK UP AND ALMOST CAUSE AN ACCIDENT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11051547November 30, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CERRITOS DODGE (18803 STUDEBAKER RD, CERRITOS, CA 90703, PHONE: (562) 402-5335), BUT THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GLENN E. THOMAS DODGE (2100 E SPRING ST, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755, PHONE: (562) 426-5111), BUT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT HE WOULD BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11048439November 26, 2017
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL POSSIBILITY OF DANGER DUE TO DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO DRIVER AND PASSENGERS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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