2004 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED 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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO DAYS AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE ENTIRE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRE INDEPENDENTLY EXTINGUISHED ITSELF LEAVING A BURNING PLASTIC ODOR RESIDUE. THE CONTACT DID NOT DISCLOSE IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 225,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (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.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V817000 (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.

ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN I HEARD A POP, LOST ALL POWER AND SAW MY DRIVE SHAFT ON THE GROUND BEHIND ME. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND HAD NO WAY TO KEEP THE TRUCK FROM ROLLING AWAY. I HAD TO REMAIN INSIDE MY VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVED. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. I AM LUCKY I DIDN'T COMPLETELY LOSE CONTROL WHEN IT HAPPENED AND THAT I WASN'T HIT WHEN I HAD TO SIT ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY INSIDE MY BROKEN DOWN TRUCK. I SEE THERE ARE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS SIMILAR INVOLVING MY YEAR TRUCK, YET DODGE HAS ONLY RECALLED THE 2005 MODEL. MY TRUCK WAS MANUFACTURED DECEMBER 30, 2003. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE DRIVE SHAFT FAILED CAUSING THE REAR WHEELS TO SEIZE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 211,000.

VEHICLE STALLS AFTER A GAS FILL-UP. DEALER HAD FILLED THE VEHICLE UP AND IT STALLED REPEATEDLY FOR ABOUT 10 MILES AND THEN WAS FINE. THE NEXT TIME I FILLED IT UP IT STALLED REPEATEDLY AGAIN. I RETURNED IT TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. THEY REPLACED THE CHARCOAL CANISTERS AND PURGE VALVE SOLENOID. AFTER THE NEXT FILL UP IT DID NOT STALL. HOWEVER, AFTER THE SECOND FILL-UP IT STARTED MISSING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THEN STALLED ON AN EXIT/ENTRY RAMP OF SHORT CURVATURE AND HAD TO BE HURRIEDLY RESTARTED WHILE TURNING AT HIGH SPEED. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. SOCIAL MEDIA IS RAMPANT WITH THIS ISSUE WITH DODGES. NOT FILLING THE TANK WITH GAS IS NOT A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM AS SOME WOULD SUGGEST. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED!!! *TR

HORN SOUNDING FOR NO APPARENT REASON....CHECKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT NUMEROUS SITES CARRY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE. EVERYTHING FROM SHRUNKEN RUBBER HORN PAD TO CONTACT INSIDE THE HORN. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN FRONTAL COLLISION AND BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. REMOVED FUSE AND FORGOT ABOUT IT AND SHOULD HAVE REMOVED RELAY AS OTHER CIRCUITS WERE STILL OPEN AND KILLED A GOOD CLOSED CELL BATTERY. SO FUSE OUT, HORNS DISCONNECTED AND STILL LOOKING FOR RELAY. DODGE CLAIMS NO KNOWLEDGE OF ISSUE....BULL JIVE............... *TR

DRIVING DOWNHILL ON THE HWY 5 GOING NORTH JUST BEFORE GRAPEVINE AT 70 MPH. I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THEN NOTICED I HAD LOST ALL DRIVE AS THE THROTTLE WAS JUST REVVING. HAD TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY FROM THE SPEED LANE OVER THE RIGHT SHOULDER BARELY MISSING 18 WHEELERS COMING DOWN HILL. COASTED ON THE SHOULDER DOWNHILL ALL THE WAY INTO GRAPEVINE AND INTO A PARKING LOT. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND THE ENTIRE REAR DRIVE SHAFT WAS MISSING AS WAS PART OF THE YOKE THAT COMES OUT OF THE DIFFERENTIAL THAT CONNECTS TO THE FINAL SHAFT. HAD TO TOW 100 MILES BACK TO LOS ANGELES. COMPLETE REAR AXLE/DIFFERENTIAL AND SHAFT REPLACED. *TR

MY VEHICLES RUNNING LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING AND I WAS UNABLE TO BE SEEN BY OTHER DRIVERS BEHIND ME IN A SNOW STORM BECAUSE MY FUSE BOX JUST CORRODED OUT AND STOPPED WORKING CAUSING THE PARKING LAMPS RELAY TO FAULT. NOW MY VEHICLE HAS NO RUNNING LIGHTS WORKING ANYMORE AND DODGE DID NOT RECALL THIS. *TR