2004 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CEMENT WALL AND DROVE INTO A CANAL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE SEAT BELT RESTRAINED THE CONTACT'S BODY; HOWEVER, HIS UPPER BODY STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INTERNAL INJURIES TO THE CHEST, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000. UPDATED 06/08/17*LJ *CN

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND MY TRUCK WENT OUT OF CONTROL. MY DIFERENTIAL FELL AND MY WHEELS LOCKED COULDN'T MOVE. IT WAS A SCARY EXPERIENCED. NO CARS WHERE NEAR ME BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A BIG ACCIDENT.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 06/08/17*LJ *CN

I OWN A BLACK 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 4 DOOR SHORT BED WITH 146,466 MILES ON IT. I HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK FROM NEW, ALMOST 14 YEARS. NEVER HAS A PINION NUT BACK OFF THE PINION BEFORE. WE HAD JUST GOT OFF THE MAIN HI WAY SPEED WAS 55 MPH AND TURNED ONTO A BACK ROAD SPEED WAS 35 MPH. WHEN OUT OF KNOW WERE THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FROM UNDER THE BACK OFF THE TRUCK. THEN THE DRIVE LINE FELL OFF OF THE REAR END AND BANGED AROUND UNTIL I COULD GET THE TRUCK OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED. WENT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY TO FIND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE 1500 TRUCK REAR ENDS, BUT PER MY VIN NUMBER ON MY TRUCK IT IS NOT COVERED BY A KNOWN PROBLEM. ONLY THE 2005 AND 2006 1500 TRUCKS A COVERED. IT SEEMS THAT THE 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCKS HAVE THE SAME PINION NUT ISSUE AS THE 2005 AND 2006 1500'S. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT OUT COME IF WE WERE ON A FREEWAY WERE THE SPEEDS ARE ANYWHERE FROM 55 TO 75 MPH. I WOULD HOPE THE MANUFACTURER OF THESE TRUCKS WILL TAKE A LOOK INTO THE 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 PINION NUT ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURING PROCESS ERROR.

VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN MAKING A LOUD DRONING SOUND WHILE GOING AROUND A CORNER ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS, REMINISCENT OF AN AIRPLANE FLYING OVERHEARD OR A SEMI TRUCK'S "JAKE BRAKE." THE SOUND STOPPED AFTER THE VEHICLE STRAIGHTENED OUT. ON THE NEXT TWO CORNERS, THE DRONING SOUND REPEATED, AND VIBRATION WAS ALSO FELT COMING THROUGH THE FLOORBOARDS, BUT THE SOUND WENT AWAY AFTER STRAIGHTENING THE VEHICLE OUT. AFTER THE SECOND CORNER, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO ABOUT 20 MPH. THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOUD BANG. BOTH BACK WHEELS LOCKED UP IMMEDIATELY, AS EVIDENCED BY THE SKID MARKS ON THE ROAD. THE DRIVELINE ALSO DISCONNECTED FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AT THAT TIME, LEAVING A TRAIL OF OIL ON THE ROAD. THE MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE INDICATED THAT THE NUT SECURING THE PINION GEAR HAD COME LOOSE, ALLOWING THE PINION TO MOVE OUT OF ITS CORRECT LOCATION. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE AXLES TO BOTH REAR TIRES LOCKED UP. IT APPEARS THAT SIMILAR ISSUES RELATED TO PINION NUTS LOOSENING HAVE BEEN FOUND ON MANY OTHER VEHICLES OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL. RECALLS WERE ISSUED FOR OVER 250,000 DODGE RAM 1500 VEHICLES FROM THE 2005 MODEL YEAR TO CORRECT AN ISSUE WITH THE NUT ON THE PINION. OVER 250,000 ADDITIONAL DODGE/CHRYSLER VEHICLES FROM THE 2009 TO 2012 MODEL YEARS WERE ALSO RECALLED FOR A PINION NUT ISSUE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE OF 2016. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE PROVIDED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TAKATA RECALL. I HAVE A NOTICE THAT A RECALL IS ACTIVE ON MY VEHICLE. I CALLED THE DEALER TO HAVE IT RESOLVED AND THEY SAY THAT THERE ARE NO PARTS TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AND HAVE NO IDEA WHEN ANY WILL BE AVAILABLE. THE RECALL STATES THAT IF I AM IN A COLLISION AND MY PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYS, THAT MY PASSENGER CAN RECEIVE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH FROM FLYING PIECES OF METAL. HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE AROUND IN THESE POSSIBLE DEATH MACHINES AND NOBODY SEEMS TO BE DOING ANYHTING ABOUT IT.?????

TIPM REPLACED IN A 2004 RAM 1500. REPLACED DEFECTIVE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). FUEL PUMP WOULDN'T SHUT OFF, WIPERS TURNING ON BY THEMSELVES, BOTH SIDES OF MY TAIL LIGHTS BLACKED OUT, NO POWER. FOUND OUT THE GROUND TO THE TAIL LIGHT RELAY IN THE TIPM FAILED . HAD TO REPLACE THE TIPM ON 1-20-16 AT A DODGE DEALER. ALL PROBLEMS HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS EITHER STATIONARY, IN MOTION, ON A CITY STREET OR A HIGHWAY OR TURNING. I ALSO RECEIVED A TICKET FOR NO TAIL LIGHTS. WITHOUT TAIL LIGHTS CAUSED BY A FAULTY TIPM IT CREATED THE UNSAFE CONDITION AND CAUSED A SAFETY RISK OF GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT