2004 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

FRONT-END NOISE GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE UNTIL FRONT-END PLAY IN STEERING AND WHEELS AROUND 55,000 MILES. BALL JOINTS AND U-JOINT PARTS WERE REPLACED (MY EXPENSE) AND NOW AGAIN AT 95,500 MILES THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN. *TR

2004 DODGE 2500 RAM GAS. AXLE U JOINTS ON FRONT HAVE GONE ALREADY 85,000 ML I DO NOT PLOW NOR DO I 4 WHEEL. FAMILY VEHICLE WITH CHILDREN. I HAVE TALK TO OTHER OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THESE PROBLEMS WITH THERE'S AT ONLY 60-70,000. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEM. *TR

STEERING COLUMN HAS CLICKING NOISE. DODGE SAID IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 47K MILES. (ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE COMPUTER BECAUSE TRUCK WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY). I'M CONCERNED I WILL JUST LOSE STEERING. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT PREVIOUSLY TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ROUGH IDLING. THE DEALER REPLACED THREE INJECTORS AND THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES. ON APRIL 15, 2008, WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE SPEED INCREASED TO 80 MPH. HE DEPRESSED THE PEDAL AGAIN AND THE SPEED INSTANTLY SHOT UP TO 100 MPH. HE PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND ERROR CODE P2122 FOR THE ECM ASSEMBLY, AS WELL AS BELL HOUSING FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 155,559 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. IN 2005, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V462000 (POWERTRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE REPAIR INCLUDED A SOFTWARE MODIFICATION TO EQUIP THE VEHICLES WITH AN OUT-OF-PARK ALARM; HOWEVER, IT HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH THE HORN ASSEMBLY IN THE VEHICLE. EVERY TIME HE PLACES THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, THE HORN SOUNDS LOUDLY AND CAUSES CHAOS AMONG HIMSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS. THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT THE HORN FROM SOUNDING IS TO SLOWLY RELEASE THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND THEN SLOWLY SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000. UPDATED 05/20/08. *LJ

THE FUEL PUMP ON MY DODGE DIESEL FAILED ON ME WHILE DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AND 2 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER DURING ONE OF THE WORST SNOW/ICE STORMS OF THE SEASON. WE WERE IN RURAL CENTRAL MISSOURI ABOUT 7 MILES FROM THE NEAREST TOWN. FORTUNATELY WE WERE IN AN AREA WHERE WE HAD CELL PHONE SERVICE AND WERE ABLE TO CALL A FRIEND TO COME AND GET US. WHAT MAKES ME FURIOUS IS THAT I LATER FOUND OUT THIS TYPE OF MALFUNCTION IS VERY COMMON AND DODGE HAS ACTUALLY DISCONTINUED THE ORIGINAL UNDER HOOD FUEL PUMP BECAUSE OF IT'S POOR HISTORY AND I HAD TO PAY ALMOST $900 TO HAVE AN IN TANK FUEL PUMP INSTALLED. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR POOR ENGINEERING. *TR

2004 DODGE RAM 2500 STEERING BOX LEAK. CONSUMER STATES THAT SERVICE TECHNICIAN AND SERVICE MANAGER NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT LEAK AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM SEAL. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *KB

2004 DODGE RAM DIESEL 2500 TRANSFER CASE FAILED AT 59,865 MILES AND THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY (MAXIMUM PROTECTION WARRANTY UPGRADE PURCHASED) DUE TO NO OIL IN TRANSFER CASE (IMPROPER MAINTENANCE). I CONTACTED VERNON AT TRANSFER CASE EXPRESS (510) 533-2273 AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSFER CASE THAT IT WILL DEVELOP A LEAK AT THE REAR SEAL AND ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WILL LEAK OUT WHILE DRIVING. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY BLUMENTHAL TRANSMISSION A DIRECT DISTRIBUTOR OF THESE TRANSFER CASES. THIS WAS ALSO CONFIRMED BY THE FACT THAT NO DODGE DEALER IN THE USA HAS THIS PART AS IT IS ON BACK ORDER STATUS GREATER THAN 30 DAYS LEAD TIME. THIS PRESENTS AS A SERIOUS VIBRATION IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE (FEELS LIKE A TIRE IS FALLING OFF). *TR

THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN OFF ROAD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BUT WAS DRIVEN ON PAVEMENT. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, WITH APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS OF WARNING (SIMILAR TO A TIRE HOWL SOUND) THE FRONT END LOCKED UP, JUMPED IN THE AIR AND BROKE OFF THE FRONT DRIVE AXLES. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING AND JUMPING OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP DECLARED THAT ROAD DEBRIS OR AN UNKNOWN OBJECT HIT THE LIP OF THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL COVER, WHICH BENT IT OUT AND CAUSES ALL OF THE FLUID TO LEAK OUT, WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN THE FRONT END LOCKING UP ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS COVER HANGS OUT AN EXCESSIVE DISTANCED PAST THE AXLE HOUSING ALLOWING IT TO BE STRUCK AND BENT BY MANY OBJECTS INCLUDING ROAD DEBRIS. EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS WELL WITHIN MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY, THEY REFUSE TO WARRANTY IT. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE ENTIRE FRONT END IS DAMAGED AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT AT AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE OF APPROXIMATELY $4,350. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON, THAT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL VEHICLES COME IN WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THE WORK HAS STILL NOT BEEN COMPLETED AND ALL PARTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *TR

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END OF MY 2004 DODGE RAM 2500 3/4 TON FOUR WHEEL DRIVE RANGING FROM POOR RIDE (SHAKING AND SHIMMYING), TIRE WEAR, AND SEVERAL GEARBOXES BEING REPLACED. I ORIGINALLY TOOK IT IN WITH 35,000 MILES ON IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE TIRES BEING OUT OF BALANCE AND THAT THE TIRE WERE WORE WRONG CAUSING THE SHIMMY FEELING. NOW, TWO YEARS LATER THE TIRES ON THE RIGHT SIDE ARE DESTROYED, SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. I TOOK IT TO LOCAL TIRE COMPANY TO HAVE NEW TIRES AND AN ALIGNMENT DONE AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS THE NEED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH ONE TIE ROD AT 52,000 MILES, COSTING $1,500 FOR THE WORK ON THE FRONT END AND $900 FOR TIRES. FOR A VECHICLE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED OR SERIOUSLY TAKEN OFF-ROAD THIS IS RIDICULOUS. *TR