2004 DODGE RAM Complaints

WHILE PARKED ON AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS, CAUSING A MINOR COLLISION. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

IN THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD THERE IS A SHINY METAL STRIP WHICH RUNS STRAIGHT DOWN THE CENTER. IT BECOMES VERY BLINDING WHILE DRIVING. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH 2004 DODGE 1500 RAM.*MR THE TRUCK WOULD BOUNCE AND SHAKE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO REPLACED ONE SHOCK BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO BOUNCE AND SHAKE. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE MANUFACTURER PUT A DIFFERENT FRAME ON THE VEHICLE IN 2002 AND THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *NM

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER PULLED OVER. THEN, CALLED ROAD SIDE ASSISTANT TO CHANGE THE TIRE. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE VALVE STEM WAS DEFECTIVE, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A LIQUID FLUID LEAKED FROM TOP OF THE HOOD ONTO THE WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, AND PULLED OVER. ONCE THE HOOD WAS LIFTED UP CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE STEERING PUMP SOLENOID WAS EMPTY. THE LIQUID HAD APPARENTLY LEAKED OUT. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE HYDRAULIC HOSE TO THE STEERING PUMP SHEARED OFF, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

DURING A FRONTAL COLLISION FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD RUN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A TREE. *SC

THE ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE SERVICE CENTER THE FIRST TIME WE WERE TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TRANSMISSION; THE COLINOID WAS THEN REPLACED. THE SECOND TIME WE TOOK IT IN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WE WERE TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER IS SENDING THE EXACT SAME CODE. WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD NEED A NEW COMPUTER, AT 56,000 MILES. IT WAS INSTALLED. THE THIRD TIME WE TOOK IT IN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON WE WERE TOLD ONCE AGAIN THAT THE COMPUTER IS INDICATING THE SAME PROBLEM. AFTER THREE DAYS OF BEING WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION WE WERE TOLD THAT A BALL BEARING IN THE VALVE BODY WAS IN THE WRONG SPOT, TO QUOTE THE SERVICE MANAGER. WE TOLD THIS WAS FIXED SO WE TOOK OUR VEHICLE HOME. ONE MILE FROM OUR HOME (WE HAD JUST LEFT THE DEALERSHIP HAVING THE TRANSMISSION "FIXED") THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE CLIMBED QUICKLY TO HOT. ONCE WE ARRIVED AT HOME, WE OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND A PERFECTLY STRAIGHT SLICE ON THE UPPER RADIATOR HOSE. OF COURSE, I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE ONLY PLACE TO PURCHASE A NEW HOSE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP. WE REPLACED THE HOSE OURSELVES FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $32.00 BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPATMENT, WHEN WE WENT BACK THE NEXT DAY, THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED REGULAR MAINTANCE AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I CAN ACCEPT THAT EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THREE ASE CERTIFIED MECHANICS THAT WE SPOKE TO REGARDING THIS HOSE TOLD US IT SHOULD HAVE HELD UP FOR AT LEAST 100,00 MILES (NOT 59,000).*AK