2004 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. 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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTICE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER THE PARTS NEEDED FOR REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO INFORM WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AND A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, THAT THE FAILURE WAS THE RESULT OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V185000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "DODGE DEATH WOBBLE". THE APPROXIMATE INCIDENT DATE IS THE LAST TIME IT OCCURRED BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN THE FIRST TIME WAS. I ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED/ REPAIRED BY CHRYSLER MULTIPLE TIMES JUST TO GET THE RUNAROUND EVERY TIME. THIS LAST TIME 02/16/2015, THEY HAD ME DRIVING 30 MINUTES TO THEIR SHOP, IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS CAUSED BY 5 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW RECEIVED THE NIGHT BEFORE. THEN THEY ENDED UP WASTING OVER 3 HOURS OF MY TIME/DAY BY NOT DOING ANY WORK AT ALL TO MY TRUCK THE WHOLE TIME IT SAT IN THEIR SHOP AND TRIED TO MAKE ME PAY IN EXCESS OF $575 FOR ANY WORK THEY WAS GOING TO DO. I HAD ALREADY REBUILT THE ENTIRE FRONT END IN MID 2013 AND IN 2014 I DUMPED $10000 INTO REBUILDING THE ENGINE BECAUSE IT BLEW 4 OF THE 6 COMPRESSION RINGS FOR SOME REASON, I CAN'T AFFORD TO REBUILD THE WHOLE FRONT END.......AGAIN. THIS IS A SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND HAS HAD HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT. THERE IS EVEN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER IT. CHRYSLER KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM AND HAS THE PARTS TO FIX IT, SO WHY WON'T THEY JUST DO IT? DOESN'T CHRYSLER CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING); 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.

I OWN A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL WITH A AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS THE FIRST WAS ON SATURDAY 1/31/2015 AND THE SECOND ON MONDAY 2/2/2015. I HAD JUST PULLED OUT OF MY SHOP WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT EXTREME HIGH SPEED, I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY HOWEVER AS ONE CAN IMAGINE THE RESPONSE TIME AND/OR THE CAPACITY OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS LIMITED DUE TO THE HIGH TORQUE OF THE ENGINE. NON-THE-LESS I WAS FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE ANY OTHER VEHICLE IN MY VICINITY. THIS SAME SCENARIO OCCUR TWO MORE TIME ON MY WAY HOME WHICH IS ABOUT 4 MILES FROM MY SHOP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. I LET THE TRUCK SIT FOR A COUPLE DAYS, HOWEVER NEEDED TO PLOW OUT FROM A LARGE SNOWSTORM. UPON RESTARTING THE TRUCK, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF AND EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. THINGS CHANGED APPROXIMATELY A HALF HOUR INTO PLOWING WHEN THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED ONCE AGAIN AND THIS TIME WITHIN INCHES OF ENDING UP IN THE DRAINAGE DITCH AT THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY. IT OCCURRED TWO MORE TIMES AS I WAS COMPLETING THE PLOWING. ALSO, OUT OF THE BLUE IT WOULD IDLE DOWN WITH NO RESPONSE WHEN I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, THEN AFTER A MOMENT OR TWO IT WOULD RESPOND. DURING THE IDLE THE VOLTAGE METER WOULD DROP TO JUST ABOUT ZERO. I DID FIND SOME REFERENCES TO THE APPS (ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR) ON THE WEB, HOWEVER WHEN I CHECKED IN WITH MY LOCAL DEALER THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD NO RECALL NOTICE ON THIS. AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS, THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS IS QUITE A SERIOUS MATTER AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. THIS SITUATION COULD EASILY CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH. I HAVE FORTY YEARS OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE AND HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED ANYTHING OF THIS SORT BEFORE. I WILL BE TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER I FEEL QUITE STRONGLY THAT THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 05V462000 (POWER TRAIN), 09E001000 (STEERING), 13V528000 (STEERING), AND 14V817000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND A LOUD GRINDING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE UNIVERSAL JOINT FRONT AXLES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR RECALL REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RUNNING LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY ON DELAY. SOMETIMES THEY WORK BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THEY DON'T. THEY ALSO STOPPED WORKING ON THE FASTEST SPEED AND WILL SOMETIMES STOP WORKING ALL TOGETHER OR COME ON BY THEMSELVES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM (GOOGLE). THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN EASY FIX UNLESS YOU START CHANGING PARTS AND MODULES. VEHICLE DOES NOT GIVE A CODE FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR