2004 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN SOUNDED INDEPENDENTLY AND SPORADICALLY. THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR MOST FREQUENTLY WHEN DRIVING IN REVERSE BUT RECURRED ALSO WHEN DRIVING FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOUR TIMES BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HORN WAS MANUFACTURED TO BEHAVE IN THE MANNER IN WHICH IT WAS AND THERE WERE NO REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 57,900 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000. UPDATED 06/24/11 *BF UPDATED 06/30/11

CLIMATE CONTROL BLEND DOORS MALFUNCTION AND CANNOT USE THE DEFROST MODE FOR THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. THE BLEND DOORS ARE MADE OF PLASTIC WHICH GET STRIPPED FROM THE MOTOR COUPLING. THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM FOR THE 2003 -2008 DODGE RAM TRUCK. *TR

APPARENT DRIVELINE VIBRATION AT APX. 42 MPH TO APX 55 MPH+. HAS BEEN IN SHOP AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. REAR AXLE REBUILT, DRIVESHAFTS REPLACED, WHEELS BALANCED, ETC. IS ACTUALLY GETTING WORSE. HAD VEHICLE SINCE NEW IN JAN 2004. NOW HAS ONLY 54,000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING ABNORMALLY AND WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED REPAIRS WERE MADE BUT WAS UNAWARE OF THE EXACT REPAIRS. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 RAM 2500 AT NIGHT, ALL LIGHTS SUDDENLY TURNED OF. AFTER HITTING THE DASH THEY CAME BACK ON BUT WOULD GO ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 10 OR 12 TIMES NOW IN THE PAST MONTH BUT THE DEALER SAYS IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD IT WILL COST $900 TO REPAIR. *TR

FUEL LIFT PUMP IS FAILING; TRUCK WILL LOSE POWER ON FREEWAY AND MAY NOT START. DODGE HAS NOT INSTITUTED A RECALL BUT SHOULD ASAP.

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS APPROX 4YRS OLD IT BEGAN THE DEATH WOBBLE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, IT SEEMED TO OCCUR ONLY WHILE TOWING A HORSE TRAILER . THE VEHICLE WOULD HIT AN UNEVEN AREA, ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES, AND THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK WOULD BOUNCE FROM SIDE TO SIDE BECOMING UNSTEARABLE. STOPPING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE BOUNCING. AS TIME WENT ON THE WOBBLE OCCURED MORE FREQUENTLY AND THEN WITHOUT TOWING A TRAILER. I HAVE REPLACED THE BUSHINGS IN THE TRACK BAR WITH NO APPRECIABLE IMPROVEMENT. I AM NOW LOOKING INTO STEERING STABLILIZERS AND HEAVY DUTY TRACK BARS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. DODGE SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS FIX REGARDLESS OF AGE OF VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD ST.(NA) THE CONTACT STATED BOTH TURN SIGNALS WILL NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. WHEN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS TURNED ON, THE RIGHT SIGNAL WILL TURN ON INSTEAD. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED BUT THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

THE INTERMITTENT WIPERS ON MY TRUCK HAVE A MIND OF THERE OWN. THEY SOMETIMES WORK, SOMETIMES STOP (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW) AND SOMETIMES CONTINUE AFTER THEY ARE SWITCHED OFF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE PARKED ON A COLD DAY, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED WHEN THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE WHEELS ALSO SPUN ON THE GRAVEL. THE ENGINE CONTINUED REVVING SO THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,400.