2004 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

INTERIOR FIRE UNKNOWN SORCE BURNT THE TRUCKS DASH RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE FIRE BROKE THROUGH WINDSHEILD. TRUCK HAD 50000 MILES ON IT OWNED SINCE NEW NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS NO AFTERMARKET ITEMS INSTALLED.TRUCK WAS SETTING IN A PARKING LOT NOT RUNNING KEYS OUT OF VEHICLE. TRUCK MAY BE CONSIDERED TOTAL LOSS BY INSURANCE COMPANY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500 EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT/S TIRES, SIZE WAS LT265/70R17. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND SUDDENLY THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED FROM RIM TO RIM. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE DEFECTIVE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 231,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS 4BT6FDDR3809.

TURN SIGNALS ARE ERRATIC. SIGNAL LEFT, RIGHT COMES ON. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT MAKES IT WORSE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT WHEN IT IS GOING TO MALFUNCTION AND I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO 3 ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF IT. THE LEFT WILL FUNCTION IF THE WARNING FLASHERS ARE DEPRESSED. *TR

I'VE HAD MY DASH CRACKED FOR OVER 3 YEARS NOW AND IT'S GETTING WORSE - IT MAY JUST CAVE IN SOON. I PRICED IT THREE YEARS AGO AND IT WAS $500.00, THEN I PRICED IT AGAIN 3 WEEKS AGO AND THEY SAID IT IS OVER $3,000 DUE TO A DEFECT AND THEY HAD TO REMANUFACTURE THE NEW ONES A LITTLE SMALLER, WHICH IS WHY THE PRICE IS HIGHER NOW! THAT'S A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED, RIGHT? *TR

2004.5 RAM QC 4X4 DIESEL. EXTREMELY LOOSE STEERING/FRONT END AFTER LESS THAN 60,000 MILES. NO FULL-ON DEATH WOBBLE, BUT CAME CLOSE WHEN HITTING BUMPS. RESEARCH INDICATED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON THESE TRUCKS DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE AAM 9.25 AXLE. BALL JOINTS ARE TOO SMALL FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK AND ONLY THE BOTTOM 2 JOINTS BEAR THE WEIGHT. THE UPPER 2 BALL JOINTS BEAR NO WEIGHT AND ARE NOT BALL JOINTS, BUT MORE LIKE PINS THAT ALLOW VERTICAL MOVEMENT WHEN TURNING (BECAUSE OF THE POOR GEOMETRY DESIGN OF THE AXLE). DUE TO THIS ARRANGEMENT, THERE ARE NO ADJUSTMENTS OF ANY KIND FOR WEAR AND ANY WEAR ON THE LOWER JOINTS RESULTS IN LOOSENESS. THIS IN TURN CAUSES MORE STRESS ON THE UPPER JOINTS AND THEY FAIL QUICKLY. I REFUSE TO PAY THE RIDICULOUS PRICE AT THE DEALER FOR POOR QUALITY DESIGN AND PARTS THAT WILL FAIL SOON AGAIN. I PURCHASED VERY EXPENSIVE BALL JOINTS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO HELP OVERCOME THE INADEQUACIES OF THIS LOW QUALITY AXLE. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE ALL TIRE ROD ENDS, LINK ARMS, TRACKBAR AND STEERING DAMPER. STEERING BOX WAS ALSO WORN SEVERELY DUE TO THE FRONT END PARTS WALLOWING AROUND CONSTANTLY. I ADDED A STEERING BRACE TO HELP. WHEEL BEARINGS ALSO SHOT, BUT THEY ARE NOT SERVICEABLE ON THIS AXLE. ENTIRE HUB HAS TO BE REPLACED WITH NON SERVICEABLE BEARINGS PRE-INSTALLED. VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO AT $300 EACH INSTEAD OF THE USUAL $40 OR SO PER WHEEL!!! DISGUSTED WITH DEALERSHIPS THAT ARE CLUELESS ABOUT THIS AXLE. THEY ALL WANT TO JUST BLAME IT ON TIRE BALANCE, ALIGNMENT OR DRIVING HABITS. EVEN THE "CERTIFIED MECHANICS" IN THEIR GARAGE ARE CLUELESS AS WELL. AS MANY OF THESE TRUCKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM YOU'D THINK SOMEONE AT DODGE WOULD KNOW THIS BY NOW. HAD I KNOWN ABOUT THIS AXLE AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK! *TR

2004 DODGE RAM 2500. HEAT/DEFROST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL QUIT WORKING IN MAY 2010. THE AIR FLOW IS STUCK ON DASH. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH WINTER APPROACHING. THIS IS A WIDELY REPORTED PROBLEM ON THE ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUMS SUCH AS EDMUNDS. THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP I CONTACTED IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM THAT INVOLVES EXTREME TORQUE APPLIED TO THE VENT DOORS BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL CALIBRATION OF THE MOTOR CONTROLS FOR THE DOORS, CAUSING THE DOOR TO BREAK. THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS REPAIR IS $800.00. THIS IS A LITTLE BEYOND MY FINANCIAL MEANS. I INTEND TO CONTACT CHRYSLER TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE DEALERSHIP DID TELL ME THAT THERE IS A RECALL IN EFFECT TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM ON THE 2010 MODELS. THANK YOU. *TR

I OWN A 2004 DODGE 2500 RAM WHEN I TURN ON THE TURN SIGNAL TO GO LEFT THE RIGHT ON TURNS ON , IT ALMOST CAUSED US TO BE INVOLVE IN A AUTO WRECK , THE ON COMING VEHICLE BELIEVED WE WAS TURN THE OTHER WAY, THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME , NOW MY 2006 DODGE CARAVAN IS DOING THE SAME THING , I USED TO BE A MECHANIC SO I DID SOME TROUBLE SHOOTING AND FOUND FAULT WITH THE TURN ASSEMBLY , IF I MOVE IT AROUND JUST SO IT WILL CORRECT ITS SELF SOME TIMES- THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED FAST SOMEONE CAN GET HURT OR EVEN WORSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THEN REGAINED CONTROL AND CONTINUED NORMALLY. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

MY 2004 DODGE RAM TURN SIGNAL INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT WORK WHEN YOU TURN ON RIGHT BLINKER OR IT WILL TURN ON THE LEFT BLINKER. WENT TO DEALER TO ASK ABOUT IT THEY SAID IT HAS HAPPENED ON OTHER TRUCKS BUT NO RECALL YET. THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $800.00 TO FIX SO I MIGHT WANT TO WAIT TILL IT FAILS COMPLETELY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET IN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY WRONG BLINKER GOING OFF. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500 PICKUP 4X4. WHEN GOING ABOUT 60 MPH AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR A BRIDGE, THE TRUCK SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY THAT I HAVE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK 3 MOS AGO AND THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 20 TIMES. I HAVE REPLACED THE STABILIZER SHOCK. I HAVE MADE SURE EVERYTHING UNDER THE FRONT & REAR END IS TIGHT. *TR