2004 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I WAS TRAVELING ON ROADWAY THERE WAS A LOUD BANG, TRUCK SKIDDED TO STOP AND WOULD NOT MOVE.TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED, APPEARS THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL PINION SHAFT HAS SNAPPED OFF. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY PARKED IN A SNOW BANK UNTIL I CAN EVALUATE WHAT NEEDS REPAIRED/REPLACED. THERE HAVE HAVEN BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND RECALLS ON DODGE DIFFERENTIALS, I CAN ASSUME DUE TO THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE CLUTCH PACK RETAINER CLIPS FAILING THAT THEY FAILED CAUSING SHOCK LOAD TO THE RING AND PINION GEARS AND THEREFORE SNAPPING THE PINION SHAFT AND WEDGING PINION GEAR AND RING GEAR. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED, OFF ROADED OR DONE ANY HEAVY TOWING, HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS AND OR TOWING A TRAILER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC.

THE HEADLAMP ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING HOME. I REPLACED IT WITH A NEW ONE. IT WOULD NOT WORK. I GOT A SECOND BULB AND TRIED TO REPLACE THE LIGHT AGAIN. STILL WOULD NOT WORK. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THREE DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOPS AND NONE OF THEM COULD FIX IT. I WAS TOLD IT MIGHT BE THE FUSE BOX.

THE DASH HAS BEGUN TO CRACK AND HAS BEEN POPPING LATELY I AFRAID THAT IS GOING TO FALL A PART COMPLETE MY AND DAMAGE MY ELECTRICAL OR CLOGGED MY AC DUCK WORK.

AIRBAGS RECALL WHEN TO HAVE IT CHECKI AND THE DASH BOARD BROKE APART LIKE PEANUT BRITTLE. THEAY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE DASH BOARD. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE PERFORMING THE AIRBAG RECALL THE DASHBOARD BROKE APART. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE DASHBOARD. ALSO THE CARGO LIGHT CAUGHT FIRE AND DAMAGED THE HEADLINER.*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL CRACKING AND GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR AXLE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION AND WHEEL BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. JEFF SMITH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (100 IFFIE RD, PERRY, GA 31069, (478) 988-8444) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 180,000.

TRUCKS TRANSFER CASE HOUSING CRACKED AND LEAK FLUID WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY HEADING HOME. TRUCK WAS IN TWO WHEEL DRIVE. WHICH THERE IS A RECALL FOR THAT WE NEVER KNEW ABOUT.

TAKATA RECALL . THE TRUCK IS IN MY FIANCE'S NAME (SHANA CROOKS) .BASICALLY THE DODGE DEALERS DO NOT CALL ME BACK. EVEN WHEN THE PERSON FROM THE 800 NUMBER TRIED CONNECTING TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP THEY DONT ANSWER. EVEN AFTER LEAVING MESSAGES THEY STILL DONT CALL BACK. NOW MY AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND IM GETTING WORRIED. I DRIVE THIS TRUCK EVERY SINGLE DAY AND DRIVE IT MANY MILES.

DODGE RAM 1500, BRAKE LIGHTS STAY CONTINUOUSLY ON WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS HAPPENED WHILE BEING STATIONARY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING, A HUMMING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE PASSENGER FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF HESITATION TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING. THE DRIVER COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT DID NOT NOTICE A FAILURE AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE, WITHIN 20 FEET DOWN THE ROAD A RUMBLING AND DRAGGING NOISE OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED. THE CONTACT COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THE DRIVESHAFT WAS DETACHING INTO PIECES. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED A MILE DOWN THE ROAD BY A STATE TROOPER. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE BUT WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

2004 DODGE RAM 1500 DATE OF MFR IS 02 - 04 (FEBRUARY 2004), WHICH FALLS IN THE RECALL ON THE PINION NUT, NHSTA RECALL 14V796000, CHRYSLER RECALL P77, WHICH STATES PINION NUT MAY COME LOOSE DUE TO UNDERSIZE SPLINE ON THE PINION GEAR. THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE FOR THE RECALL FALLS BETWEEN JANUARY 28, 2004 THROUGH AUGUST 3, 2005. THE RECALL STATEMENT ONLY STATES 2005 MODEL YEARS, YET THE DATE RANGE FOR THE RECALL ALSO INCLUDE 2004 AND 2006 MODEL YEARS. RECENTLY I HAVE HAD THE PINION NUT ON MY TRUCK COME LOOSE TO THE POINT THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF AND THE RESULT OF IT ALSO ENDED UP A DESTROYED TRANSFER CASE. UNAWARE OF THE RECALL BECAUSE I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE RECALL ONLY INCLUDED 2005 MODEL YEARS, WHEN IN FACT 2004, 2005, AND 2006 MODEL YEARS ARE EFFECTED BY THE RECALL AND OWNERS OF ALL YEARS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE BUT DID NOT, DUE TO THE VERBAGE OF THE RECALL. I WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS RECALL THROUGH OTHER MEANS AFTER THE INCIDENT OF THE PINION NUT COMING LOOSE ON MY TRUCK SEVERAL DAYS LATER. THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE REVISED TO INCLUDE 2004 AND 2006 MODEL YEARS WHERE THE DATE OF MFR INCLUDES 01-04 TO 08-05 (JANUARY 2004 THROUGH TO AUGUST 2005). THIS RECALL EFFECTS THE DODGE RAM PICKUPS WITH CHRYSLER CORPORATE 9.25 REAR AXLES. AT THE TIME OF MY INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET, AS I WAS ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF THE CITY STREET INTO A PARKING LOT. MY TRUCK IS CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON MY BY MECHANIC AND WILL REMAIN SO. I AM HIGHLY DISAPPOINTMENT AT CHRYSLER IN THE FACT THAT THIS ISSUE WAS OVERLOOKED AND CONSUMERS ARE IN 2004 AND 2006 MODEL YEARS AND MAY BE UNAWARE OF THE SITUATION. THE DATE OF MFR ON MY TRUCK IS 02-04, FALLING WITHIN THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE VEHICLES FOR THE 14V796000 RECALL.