2004 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I HAVE REPEATEDLY TRIED TO BOOK IN MY TRUCK TO HAVE THE AIRBAG REPLACED AT MY LOCAL DEALER SHOTTENKIRK'S CHEROKEE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM 200 LIBERTY BLVD, CANTON, GA 30114. IT SEEMS EACH OF MY LAST FOUR OF MANY VISITS THEY HAVE EITHER NOT THE PART IN STOCK OR WOULD NEED THE TRUCK FOR AN OVERNIGHT OR LONGER WITH NO COURTESY VEHICLE AVAILABLE EACH TIME. IT DOES SEEM THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT AND MAKE EXCUSES OR PLACE OBSTACLES IN MY WAY?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (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.

"TAKATA RECALL" FOR DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR HAVE RECEIVED THREE RECALL NOTICES OVER THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS AND HAVE VISITED EGOLF MOTERS IN BREVARD, NC THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THEY SAY THEY CAN GET ONLY TWO PARTS PER WEEK. TODAY THEY SAID THEY ARE WORKING ON AUSUST 2015 NOW. THEY ARE WORKING ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST- SERVE PLAN. "TAKATA SAYS THE AMMONIUM NITRATE PROPELLANT DOESN'T CAUSE PROBLEMS UNTIL THE DEGRATION PROCESS HAS PROCEEDED A VERY LONG WAY, AND THEN THE RESULTS FAIRLY QUICKLY GO TO RUPTURE". THEY SAY THE PROCESS COULD TAKE 10 YEARS, WHILE SOME LAWYERS SAY 7 YEARS FOR SOME. SHOULDN'T THEY BE CHANGING THE OLDEST FIRST?

DRIVING HOME ON 5/27/2016, HEAR HAMMERING AND ASSUME LOCAL CONSTRUCTION. DRIVE A LITTLE FURTHER AND HEAR HAMMERING AGAIN. 3RD TIME, I REALIZE IT'S COMING FROM MY TRUCK AND IN TIME WITH TIRE ROTATION. PULL OVER, BUT TIRES AND WHEELS LOOK FINE. DRIVE FURTHER, HAMMERING CONTINUES. PULL OVER AGAIN, BUT NOTHING BEING DRAGGED UNDERNEATH. AS I SLOWLY DRIVE 2 BLOCKS TO CLOSEST GARAGE, SOME GUY SAYS HE CAN SEE MY FRONT WHEEL MOVING. PULL UP IN FRONT OF GARAGE BAY. MECHANIC SAYS FRONT WHEEL RUSTED TO POINT OF NEAR COLLAPSE. TRY TO MOVE TRUCK INTO BAY BUT TURNING THE WHEELS STRESSES IT TOO MUCH, SO IT'S JACKED IT UP IN PLACE. ONLY IMMEDIATE REMEDY IS SPARE TIRE, BUT SPARE TIRE WINCH RUSTED FROZEN AND THEY HAD TO CUT CABLE AND BOX. MECHANIC SAID FRONT WHEEL MAY NOT HAVE ENDURED IF GONE FURTHER, SHOWED OTHER 3 WHEELS WERE SIMILARLY RUSTING, AND APPARENTLY BECAUSE OF THE COVER THEY PUT ON THE CHROME CLAD STEEL WHEELS. GOOD THING I WAS MOVING SLOWLY AND ON RESIDENTIAL ROADS; IF WHEEL HAD COME OFF ON FASTER ROADS IT COULD EASILY HAVE ENDED UP IN WINDSHIELD OF VEHICLE DRIVING THE OTHER WAY. CHROME CLADDING SEPARATED COMPLETELY. WHEEL HAD CHUNKS OF RUST 2-3"X1/2" + FLAKES FALLING OFF, COMPLETE SEPARATION IN LARGE AREAS. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE - APPARENTLY RESULT OF A DESIGN FLAW MADE WORSE BECAUSE THE CHROME CLADDING HIDES THE RUSTING FROM VIEW ' THAT WAS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO MANUFACTURER (JUNK YARDS ARE AWARE OF IT,) AND THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN LOSS OF LIFE. THANKFULLY, I BELIEVE IT WAS BROKEN SWAY BAR LINK PIN (RUST) THAT CAUSED HAMMERING AND ALERTED ME TO CHECK WHEELS. HAD TO PURCHASE 4 NEW WHEELS, AND HAVE LINK PIN REPLACED. FC/RAM UNWILLING TO ADDRESS, BASED ON YEAR OF TRUCK AND MILEAGE, BUT NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO WORRY THAT THEIR WHEELS MAY RUST OFF WHERE YOU CANNOT SEE IT. SAVED 1 WHEEL AND CLADDING FOR VERIFICATION; OTHERS DISCARDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT 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. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE PINION NUT COME LOOSE ,DRIVE SHAFT FELL OUT AND LOCK REAR IN UP.THANK GOD I HAD JUST GOT OFF HIGHWAY.

TAKATA RECALL TRAVELING AT A HIGHWAY SPEEDS I LOST CONTROL OF MY TRUCK AFTER SWERVING TO AVOID HITTING A STATIONARY UHAUL TRUCK HAD SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK TOTAL IT AND THE AIRBAGS FAILED. ME AND MY GF ARE BOTH ALIVE THANKFULLY BUT WE HAD HEAD INJURIES DUE TO AND AIRBAG FAILURE. HOPEFULLY DODGE WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT OR I WILL PUT A BAD NAME AND TAKE OTHER ACTIONS HOPEFULLY THE REST OF THE THE DODGE WILL GET FIX BEFORE MORE INJURIES HAPPENED ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED THANKS!

WHEN STATIONARY AND NO KEY IN THE IGNITION: THE ELECTRONIC AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS DISJUNCTION. SOMETIMES, WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT INTENTIONALLY LOCKED, THE DOORS WILL LOCK ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT A PERSON PRESSING THE LOCK BUTTON ON THE DOOR OR THE KEY FOB. AT OTHER TIMES, WHEN THE DOOR IS LOCKED THEN AFTER RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE AT A LATER TIME, THE DOORS WILL BE UNLOCKED. THIS HAPPENS ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS. THIS COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR THEFT OF ITEMS IN THE VEHICLE. ON OCCASION, WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN MOTION OR STOPPED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH PANEL ALL LIT THE TRUCK RANDOMLY HAS ALL THE LIGHTS TURN-OFF AND BLINK A FEW TIMES AND THEN, NORMALLY, COME BACK ON WITHIN SECONDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED DURING THE EVENING HOURS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS SOME SORT OF ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING AT MPH 65 MPH, THE REAR AXLE GEAR BECAME DETACHED. THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE HAD LOW FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.