2004 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

DRIVING VEHICLE ON A STRAIGHTAWAY AT 30MPH AND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL BROKE OFF AND FLEW ACROSS THE STREET. VEHICLE DID NOT ROLL AND DRIVER ABLE TO PUSH INTO PARKING LOT AWAITING TOW. WHEEL HUB CRACKED PER MECHANIC REPORT. RAM CUSTOMER SERVICE DECLINED INVESTIGATION DUE TO "NOT ORIGINAL OWNER, NO CURRENT SERVICE CONTRACT, AND NOT A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE" BUT CONFIRMED THAT THIS VIN NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL OF OTHER RAM 1500 FOR SAME ISSUE DIFFERENT YEARS.

WHEN I ORDERED MY 2004 DODGE RAM THE SIDE AIRBAGS WERE OPTIONAL AND I ORDERED THEM. SINCE THE AIRBAGS OCCUPIED THE SIDE AREA ABOVE THE DOOR WINDOWS THE "GRAB HANDLES WERE RELOCATED TO THE A-PILLAR FOR THE DRIVER AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER. YESTERDAY I WENT TO ENTER THE TRUCK, PARKED IN A PARKING LOT, AND GRABBED THE HANDLE IT PULLED OFF THE A-PILLAR. EVERYONE I HAVE TRANSPORTED IN THE TRUCK USES THESE "GRAB HANDLES" TO ENTER AND EXIT. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEM. I PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR A FRIEND WHO CAN NO LONGER DRIVE AND HAS HAD HIS LEG AMPUTATED BELOW THE KNEE. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO ENTER THE TRUCK WITHOUT THE USE OF THE GRAB HANDLE. THE 2 BOLTS THAT HOLD THE "GRAB HANDLE" TO THE A-PILLAR DID NOT PULL OUT, THE END OF THE PLASTIC SOCKET THE BOLT MOUNTS IN PULLED FROM AROUND THE BOLT AND FREED THE "GRAB HANDLE" AND ALMOST DUMPED ME ON THE GROUND. SINCE THE A-PILLAR TRIM/GRAB HANDLE IS IDENTIFIED AS A "GRAB HANDLE" IN THE FACTORY SHOP MANUAL I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION AS A SAFETY PROBLEM.

INTERIOR HAND GRABS FRONT SEAT BOTH SIDES INSIDE TO ASSIST IN ENTERING OR EXITING VEHICLE . BROKEN OFF, I H AVE HAD MANY PASSENGERS ALMOST FALL AND 3 THAT DID FALL . PEOPLE THAT FELL BUT I WAS THERE TO HELP THEM FROM FALLING TO GROUND YET RECEIVED SCRAPES AND BRUISES WERE MY WIFE , MY MOM AND ELDERLY WOMAN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL BANGING NOISE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED OIL LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS MISSING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NORMANDIN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM FIAT (900 CAPITAL EXPRESSWAY AUTO MALL, SAN JOSE, CA 95136) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW DRIVE SHAFT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIPS SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE THIS RECALL FIXED AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT THEY DOONT HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX THE RECALL . IT HAS BEEN WELL OVER 3 YEARS SINCE THIS RECALL AND I WANT MY TRUCK FIX AS I DRIVE MY KIDS IN THIS VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE STUDS DETACHED FROM THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ON MARCH 30, 2018, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE STUDS DETACHED FROM THE WHEEL. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS SENT AN EMAIL REGARDING THE FAILURES, BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOE MACHENS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1310 VANDIVER DR., COLUMBIA, MO 65202), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE A FAILURE HAD NOT OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE REAR AXLE SEIZED AND THE DRIVE SHAFT SEPARATED FROM THE AXLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. PAUL BAILEY'S DODGE (425 TEN ROD RD, RT 102, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI 02852, (401) 295-8855) WAS CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

AFTER FILLING TRUCK, AND NOT TOPPING OFF, THE TRUCK ENGINE WILL "DIE" WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING AFTER EVERY FILL-UP NOW. I HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL THEN IT WILL RESTART. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION BUT I HANDLE IT WELL. OUR DODGE CARAVAN DID THE SAME SAME THING IN 2016 AND DODGE REPLACED THE FUEL TANK, FILTER CANISTERS. IT CURED THE PROBLEM. I JUST CALLED DODGE AND THEY LOGGED MY PROBLEM BUT THAT WAS IT! ANYONE ELSE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. IT DOES NOT THROW A CODE BY THE WAY! CAN ANYONE HELP? THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, CITY STREET ETC. I HAVE A NEW ENGINE AND THE PROBLEM WAS THE SAME AFTERWORDS. THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM ON TEST DRIVES.

ON 03/02/2018 ON OR ABOUT 3:15PM I WAS DRIVING MY PICKUP. I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 40MPH WHEN A HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM UNDER MY TRUCK MY REAR WHEELS THEN LOCKED UP AND I START SKIDDING OUT OF CONTROL.ONCE STOPED I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK AND SAW WHERE THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD SNAPPED AWAY FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. I CALLED AAA AND WAS STUCK FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS, BECAUSE THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS HANGING AND RESTING ON THE GROUND AND THE WHEELS HAD LOCKED UP.TWO ROLL BACK TOW TRUCKS WAS SENT OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO MY LOCATION, BUT WAS UNABLE TO TOW ME BECAUSE OF THE WHEELS BEING LOCK. SO FINALLY AFTER A THREE HOUR WAIT A TOW TRUCK WITH A WHEEL LIFT WAS SEND OUT. THIS TRUCK WITH THE REAR WHEELS LOCKING UP IS VERY UNSAFE AND I WAS FEARFUL THAT I WAS ALMOST KILLED TODAY.