2004 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR UNTIL APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE REPAIR PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. 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.

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 NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED TO REMEDY THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. MA 09/22

WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 25 MPH HAD JUST MADE A LEFT TURN, AND OUT OF NO WHERE MY TRUCK WENT SIDE WAYS HEARD A SCREECHING TIRE SOUND THEN A BANG, THEN THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE VERY VIOLENTLY. I BRAKED IMMEDIATELY AND THE BANGING CONTINUED, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY AND TRIED TO GIVE IT GAS TO GET TO THE EDGE OF THE STREET BUT THE BANGING GO WORST, TURN OFF AND EXITED THE TRUCK, NOTICED A BIG PIECE OF METAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ALONG WITH A LOT OF OIL , RAN UP TO IT TO ONLY NOTICE IT WAS HALF OF MY DRIVE SHAFT, IT HAD SNAPPED IN TWO STILL ATTACHED TO A PIECE OF THE REAR END, ALONG WITH FRAGMENT PIECES ALL OVER THE FLOOR OF THE DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING, SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING BLEW UP IN THE DIFFERENTIAL. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND NOTICED THE BANGING NOISE AND VIOLENT MOVEMENT WAS COMING FROM THE OTHER HALF OF THE DRIVE SHAFT THAT WAS STILL ATTACKED TO THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS STILL SPINNING WHEN I HAD IT IN GEAR. THE CAR BEHIND ME HAD TO AVOID THE DRIVE SHAFT THAT SNAPPED OFF SINCE HE SAID IT FLEW OUT THE REAR OF MY TRUCK AS I WAS DRIVING. HAD TO GET TOWED HOME AND HAVE THE DIFFERENTIAL OIL CLEANED OF THE ROAD WAY. I WENT HOME AND NOTICE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS VERY SAME THING AT IT COVERED TRUCKS MANUFACTURED JANUARY 28 OF 2004 THROUGH AUGUST 3, 2005, MY TRUCK WAS MANUFACTURED APRIL 2004 SO IT SHOULD BE COVERED BUT THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURE ARE GIVING THE RUN AROUND. PLEASE HELP! *TR

I RECIEVED THE SAFETY RECALL NOTICE SOMETIME IN THE MONTH OF JUNE...HAVING WAITED WHAT SEEMED TO BE MORE THAN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE UNAVAILABLE PARTS TO COME IN...I DECIDED TO JUST STOP BY THE DEALERSHIP ON HWY 41 IN HENDERSON. JULY 7TH 2014. SOMETIME BETWEEN 1PM AND 2PM. THE GENTLEMAN EXPRESSED TO ME EVERYTHING WAS ON BACK ORDER, THAT IT WAS NOT LIKELY TO OCCUR AND HE HASNT SEEN A TRUCK NEEDING THIS RECAL. HE SEEMED UNCONCERNED ABOUT MY ISSUE. HE DIDNT ASK MY NAME. MY NUMBER OR ACKNOWLEDGE MY LETTER. HE SAID HE WAS SURE MY NUMBER WAS IN HIS DATA BASE AND HE WOULD CALL WHEN PARTS CAME IN. THIS IS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE THAT WE DRIVE ON THE REGULAR!! HAVING NOT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 2 YEARS AGO IF THAT FROM MY BROTHER IN LAW...I DOUBT I AM IN HIS SYSTEM!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING AND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SEIZED. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. UPON SLOWING DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH TO TURN INTO A FUEL STATION, THE GEAR ASSEMBLY FRACTURED AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO PROVIDED AN INTERIM REPAIR OF THE GEAR ASSEMBLY AND INSPECTED THE DIFFERENTIAL AND NOTICED THAT IT FRACTURED PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BACK TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND PARKED DUE TO THE NOISE CONTINUING FROM THE REAR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS), BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,000.

A WHINING SOUND STARTED COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ON THE VEHICLE APPROX 30 MIN BEFORE THE REAR END EXPLODED LOCKING THE VEHICLE UP AND CAUSING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO FLY ACROSS TWO LANES OF HEAVY HOLIDAY TRAFFIC. THANK THE LORD NO ONE WAS INJURED OR ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED DUE TO THIS FAILURE OF A LOOSE PINION NUT ON THE DRIVE SHAFT. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP WHO SAID IT WILL COST OVER 4500 DOLLARS NOT INCLUDING CAR RENTAL TO GET IT REPAIRED, THE DEALER SAID THEY CONTACTED THE MFG. AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN DEALER MAINTAINED SINCE NEW AND SHOULD NOT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE WITHOUT A RECALL OR WARNING.