2004 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

VEHICLE DIED OPENED HOOD TO CHECK ALTERNATOR WHILE HOOD WAS OPEN NOTICED BURNED WIRE ON ALTERNATOR HARNESS. SPARK IGNITED PORTION OF VALVE COVER NEAR FIREWALL UNABLE TO PUT OUT FIRE VEHICLE BURNED TOTALLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED HE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE BACK ON BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 175,000.

I FOUND OUT THAT I DON'T HAVE A TURN SIGNAL FOR THE TRAILER TOW ON THE LEFT SIDE IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE FUSE BOX. NOW I CAN'T TOW A TRAILER UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS FIXED. THIS COULD'VE CAUSED A WRECK.I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS THIS PROBLEM. *TR

BOTH REAR QUARTER PANELS RIGHT ABOVE THE WHEEL WELLS STARTED BUBBLING. THEN AFTER THE PAINT PEALED THERE WAS NOTHING BUT RUST. HAPPENED ON BOTH SIDES AT THE SAME TIME. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 EQUIPPED WITH GENERAL AMERITRAC TIRES, SIZE: P265/70/R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE TREAD ON BOTH REAR TIRES HAD BECOME SEPARATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000. UPDATED 06/17/14 MA

I HAD THE TRUCK OFF, IN PARK AND E-BRAKE ENGAGED. A FRIEND OF MINE WAS WATCHING MY CHILD WHILE I WAS PULLED AWAY AND SHE HAD LET HIM PLAY WITH STEERING WHEEL (HE LOVES PLAYING WITH STEERING WHEELS). ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR THE SITTER SCREAMING AND TURN AROUND AND SAW MY TRUCK ROLLING DOWN THE INCLINED DRIVEWAY WITH MY TODDLER STILL IN DRIVERS SEAT AND DOOR OPEN. I DID WHAT ANY SANE MOTHER WOULD AND TRIED TO RUN TO JUMP IN AND HIT BRAKE BUT ENDED UP BEING DRAGGED BY THE TRUCK AFTER IT HIT A POTHOLE BEFORE CROSSING INTO A MAJOR ROAD. WHEN THE TRUCK FINALLY CAME TO A REST AFTER CRASHING INTO A LARGE FENCE WITH TREES BEHIND IT, I MANAGED TO GET MY CHILD OUT OF TRUCK AND NOTICED THE E-BRAKE WAS STILL ENGAGED. THE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO A SHOP YET BUT WILL BE SOON. THIS IS THE ONLY INCIDENCE OF THIS MALFUNCTION WITH MY TRUCK THAT I KNOW OF AND IVE HAD IT SINCE 2009. HOWEVER, I HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD BRAKE SYSTEM ISSUES WHERE MY BRAKE LINES POPPED OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT. I NOW HAVE A CERVICAL SPINE INJURY, SPRAINED WRIST, SPRAINED ANKLE, SEVERE ROAD BURN WHERE I WAS DRAGGED, AND MULTIPLE BRUISES, KNOTS AND SCRAPES. WE WERE JUST LUCKY IT HAPPENED AFTER 5 O CLOCK TRAFFIC HAD CLEARED OUT. THERE IS A POLICE REPORT FILED AND MY DOCTORS HAVE TOLD ME I NEED TO LOOK INTO GETTING AN ATTORNEY. *TT

PAINT STARTED TO BUBBLE ON FENDERS AND HAS PROGRESSED TO FULL RUST. ALSO TAILGATE HAS BEGUN TO RUST ALSO. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT 25 MPH VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE GAS THEN CUT OFF. WOULD NOT RESTART , ENGINE WOULD ROTATE BUT NOT START. PUMPED THE ACCELERATOR THEN ENGINE RESTARTED AND RAN ROUGH WITH NO POWER . HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP TO BE CHECK. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN . WHEN I CHECK THE DASH THE THROTTLE ELEC. LIGHT WAS ON. *TR

FELT THE REAR END COME UP OFF THE GROUND AND A LOUD BANG. SPARE TIRE HAD COME LOOSE FROM UNDER VEHICLE. LUCKY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME OR COULD HAVE BEEN BAD. RIM IS BENT AND UNUSABLE NOW. IT IS HELD UP BY A SMALL GAUGE WIRE AND WILL EVENTUALLY FRAY AND BREAK LOOSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE COMPLETING A TURNING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,000.