2004 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

NOISE FROM REAR END. GARAGE FOUND CHUNKS OF METAL INSIDE, PASSENGER SIDE CARRIER RETAINER LOOSE, C CLIPS LOOSE, PINION RETAINER LOOSE. CLUTCHES SLIPPING. VEHICLE IN.MOTION GRINDING NOISE..

FUEL TANK STRAP FAILED DUE TO RUST - TANK DRAGGED - 2004 NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL THAT INCLUDED 2009 - 2012. IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED BECAUSE EVERYTHING THEY SAID COULD HAPPEN, DID. PAID $249.54 TO REPAIR AT DEALERSHIP. FREEHOLD DODGE - FREEHOLD, NJ

WHILE SEAT BELTS ARE BUCKLED SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT DOES NOT TURN OFF WHILE STATIONARY AND MOVING.

JUST THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WENT TO GO TO THE STORE MY LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS CAME ON BUT WHEN I WENT TO GO HOME, I STARTED THE TRUCK AND THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON AND I HAD TO TAKE BACK STREETS WITH ONLY MY PARKING LIGHTS. THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS AND AUTOS FOR MANY YEARS. I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY $1000.00 FOR A COMPUTER BOARD WHEN THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE. AFTER LOOKING ON - LINE, I FUND THAT MANY OF DODGE'S MODELS BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS IT NOT TIME FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO FORCE DODGE TO RECALL ALL THESE MODELS AND YEARS! IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM WHEN THE LIGHTS STOP WORKING AT NIGHT WHEN THE AUTO IS BEING DRIVEN. MY LOW BEAMS WOULD NOT COME BACK ON WHEN I RETURNED TO THE TRUCK TO GO HOME SO I WAS NOT DRIVING THE TRUCK BUT NEEDED TO AND THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON WHEN I STARTED IT. (XXXX) PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR ROADWAY IN CONCORD, NC, WITH NO WARNING, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED AND SEIZED, LOCKING UP THE REAR WHEELS AND SHEARING THE DRIVESHAFT, AND SLAMMING ME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE ABLE TO AVOID HITTING ME. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP CURRENTLY EVALUATING THE PROBLEM HAS STATED "THE PINION NUT CAME OFF AND DROPPED INTO THE GEARS". THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR ON 2005 RAM 1500 PICKUPS, BUT NOT THE 2004 MODELS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE AND THEN DECELERATE WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BERGEY'S CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (408 HARLEYSVILLE PIKE, SOUDERTON, PA 18964, (215) 721-3470) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,870.

WHILE DRIVING ON STREET THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT LOOSENED AND JAMMED THE REAR END WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRUCK TIRES LOCKING UP.

DRIVERS SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK OR RESTRAIN DURING HEAVY BREAKING, ALSO DOES NOT RETRACT WHEN PULLED OUT FOR USAGE. DANGER OF INJURY FROM AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT IF INVOLVED IN FRONTAL CRASH.

THIS RECALL HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON NOVEMBER 1, 2016 BY ORLANDO DODGE-JEEP AT 4101 W. COLONIAL DR., ORLANDO FL. THE INVOICE # DOCS483219 SHOWS THAT BOTH AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED.

ENGINE SHUTS OFF AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE DRIVING, VERY HAZARDOUS. NOTICE ESPECIALLY AFTER I FILL THE GAS TANK UP. WHEN ENGINE SHUTS OFF, YOU LOOSE POWER STEERING ADN BRAKES. HELP.