2004 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIT A BUMP THE FRONT END STARTED WOBBLING BAD , HAD TO HIT BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN FOR IT TO STOP WOBBLING. WENT TO THREE SHOPS REPLACE THE STABILIZER SHOCK NO HELP,REPLACE THE FRONT SHOCKS HELP FOR A WHILE AND WOBBLES AGAIN , I ,AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. *TR

I WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT AND HEARD A LOUD SNAP AND A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD SNAPPED OUT AND A PIECE OF PLASTIC ALSO WAS POPPED OUT. *TR

THE INNER TREAD IS FALLING APART AT 6975 MILES AND 6 MONTH. ALL THE INNER TREAD IS CRACKED AND BREAKING OFF. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROSTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE BLEND DOOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

HAVE HAD PREMATURE FAILURE OF FRONT END PARTS: BALL JOINTS, TIE RODS, UJOINTS. I HAVE REPLACED 3 TIMES IN LAST 5 YEARS AND AGAIN NOW HAVING TO REPLACE. *TR

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK IS STUCK DOWN. YOU CANNOT UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEYLESS REMOTE OR KEY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 DODGE 2500 4X4 DIESEL PICKUP AT 40-45 MPH. AS I WAS GOING INTO A CURVE IN THE ROAD, I DROVE OVER A ROUGH PART IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY BACK AND FORTH (LEFT AND RIGHT). IT WAS VERY HARD TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, I NEARLY CRASHED INTO A CAR ON ONE SIDE OF ME AND A BRIDGE RAILING ON THE OTHER SIDE. I THOUGHT MAYBE ONE OF THE FRONT WHEELS WAS COMING OFF THE AXLE OR I HAD A BLOWOUT. I SLOWED DOWN AND FINALLY GOT THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL. I TOOK IT TO A DIESEL REPAIR SHOP IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS HAPPENED AND THEY FOUND THE STEERING STABILIZER SHOCK LEAKING, THE OUTER TIE ROD AT THE DRAG LINK AND INNER TIE ROD HAD SOME PLAY, AND BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS HAD SOME PLAY. THEY REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER SHOCK, THE RIGHT INNER TIE ROD, AND THE RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD. THESE REPAIRS CAME TO CLOSE TO $400. THEY MENTIONED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" PROBLEM AND SUGGESTED WE MIGHT ADD ADDITIONAL AFTERMARKET PARTS TO THE FRONT SUSPENSION TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THE SHOP COULD NOT DO THE WORK RIGHT THEN OR I WOULD HAVE HAD IT DONE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE NOW; IT TOOK ALL MY DRIVING EXPERIENCE AND STRENGTH TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, I DO NOT THINK A WEAKER OR INEXPERIENCED DRIVER COULD HAVE KEPT THE VEHICLE FROM CRASHING. AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE EVIDENCE OF THIS "DEATH WOBBLE" PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED AND THE VEHICLES RECALLED. PEOPLE COULD DIE AND OR BE INJURED AND PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE. THE ACCIDENT WOULD PROBABLY BE BLAMED ON DRIVER ERROR WITH BROKEN PARTS BLAMED ON THE ACCIDENT INSTEAD OF ON THE BROKEN PARTS CAUSING THE ACCIDENT. *TR

INJECTOR #4 FUEL LINE HAS BROKEN 8 TIMES. 10-10-12 WAS THE MOST RECENT. SO FAR THIS YEAR THE LINE HAS BROKEN 3 TIMES. NORTH STAR DODGE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE ISSUE WITHOUT SUCCESS AT LEAST 5 TIMES. DODGE/CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARES RESPONSE TO REPEATED FAILURE IS..."LIVE WITH IT, IT'S AN 04". I HAVE HAD FUEL SPRAY ALL OVER THE ENGINE EACH TIME. I HAVE USUALLY BEEN ON HIGHWAY OR INTERSTATE. I AM CONCERNED THIS IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY RESULT IN A FIRE OR ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING USED TO PULLING A 2006 THOR COMFORT TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH TOWMASTER TRAILER RADIAL TIRES, SIZE: 225/75/15. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MERGE ONTO THE SHOULDER IN ORDER TO INSTALL THE SPARE TIRE. MONTHS LATER, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE FAILED FOLLOWED BY THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AILING THREE MONTHS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY UNDER INFLATION AND SEVERAL OTHER VARIANTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 182,000.