2004 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

MY 2004 DODGE RAM 2500 DEVELOPED A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END A ABOUT 35,000 MILES. IT WAS MOST NOTICEABLE AT LOW SPEEDS TURNING TO THE LEFT. IT GOT WORSE AND BY 50,000 MILES BEGAN TO APPEAR AT SPEEDS FROM 45 MPH AND UP. AT 52,000 MILES THE DEALER FOUND THAT BOTH CV JOINTS WERE BAD ALONG WITH BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. BOTH CV JOINTS, ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS, AND THE LT FRONT HUB AND BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. I HAVE THE REPLACED PARTS EXCEPT THE CV JOINTS WHICH WERE RETURNED TO CHRYSLER. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL MOTOR AUTOMATIC TRUCK, ON A DRY PAVEMENT ON A FLAT SURFACE, HE STOPPED, AND WHEN HE PUT THE TRUCK INTO PARK AND GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK IT JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WAS FOLLOWING IT , RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF $4000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 02/06/07. *JB

THE MODE SELECTOR DID NOT DIVERT THE AIR FROM THE DEFROSTER OR TO FLOOR HEAT THE DEFROSTER DOOR WAS BROKEN WHEN I BROUGHT TO THE GARAGE TO HAVE FIXED THE MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR MY TRUCK IT COST ME $439 TO HAVE FIXED. *NM

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS THE BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLCED AT 70,000 MILES, FOR A VECHICLE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED. THIS IS UNCALLED FOR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE RECALL WORK FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION #05V462000 WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT THE CONTACT'S CONSENT. THE VEHICLE HAD AN OUT OF PARK ALARM ADDED TO THE VEHICLE AND WHENEVER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ALARM WENT OFF. THE CONTACT WANTED THE ALARM REMOVED AND THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO DISENGAGE THE ALARM.

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 20 IN A 2004 DODGE 2500 DIESEL PICKUP AT 70 MPH WHEN, AS I FOUND OUT LATER, THE LIFT PUMP WENT OUT LEAVING ME WITH NO POWER AND NO WARNING, WITH THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY SLOWING WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE PASSING A LINE OF TRUCKS AT THE TIME WITH A LINE OF TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. ONE OF THE TRUCKS THAT I WAS PASSING SAW THE TROUBLE, SLOWED AND ALLOWED ME TO CUT THROUGH TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER, AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT. I LATER FOUND OUT FROM DEALERSHIP PERSONNEL THAT THIS PART HAS A HISTORY OF GOING OUT AND THAT THE FACTORY WILL NOT ALLOW THE PART TO BE REPLACED BUT REQUIRES A RETRO FIT OF A DIFFERENT SYSTEM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS NO NOTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM FROM DODGE WARNING OF THIS POSSIBILITY. THEY WILL NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PART IS A PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THEY WILL NOT ALLOW DEALERSHIPS TO REPLACE IT. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO DIE TO GET ANYTHING DONE. IF THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN , WITH NO WARNING, I FEEL CERTAIN THAT SOMEONE SURELY WILL. IF THIS PART HAS THIS TYPE OF FAILURE, THAT APPEARS TO BE WELL KNOWN TO THEM, THEN IT SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FITTED WITH THE RETROFIT. *JB

I OWN A 2004 DODGE 2500 WITH CUMMINS ENGINE AND IT STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. DEALERSHIP SAID THE DIESEL FUEL TRANSFER PUMP WENT BAD WHICH THEY SAID WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW AND HAVE TO PUT A KIT ON IT TO FIX THE PROBLEM (TOTALLY RELOCATE THE FUEL TRANSFER PUMP FROM THE ENGINE TO THE FUEL TANK). ALSO SAID IT WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT IT RUINED THE INJECTOR PUMP BECAUSE IT WAS NOT RECEIVING FUEL FROM THE TRANSFER PUMP. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND SERVICE DEPARTMENTS ADMIT IT AND IS WIDELY DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET, WHY HAS A RECALL NOT BEEN ISSUED.*JB

ABS BRAKES ARE LOCKING UP. ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE WHILE ROADS ARE WET. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 3 OCCASIONS. SERVICE MANAGER DROVE THE TRUCK AND NOTICED THE WHEELS LOCKING UP ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2006. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED NO PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 05V462000 CONCERNING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED HOWEVER THE CONTACT WANTED THE OUT OF PARK ALARM REMOVED.

DODGE (DAIMLER CHRYSLER) HAS A RECALL TO INSTALL AN "OUT-OF-PARK ALARM SYSTEM" (NOTIFICATION CODE E17). THIS ALARM WILL ACTIVATE LIGHTS AND HORN UNTIL YOUR BATTERY RUNS DOWN. WHAT THEY SHOULD BE HAVING IS A "FIX THE TRANSMISSION" RECALL SO THAT THE VEHICLE GOES INTO "PARK" READILY AND STAYS THERE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. OURS SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED INTO A BUILDING. *NM