2004 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

I OWN A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500 XLT AND ON 03 25 06 I PUT MY TRUCK IN PARK MOTOR RUNNING TO GET A ICE CHEST ON PATIO. TURNED RIGHT BACK AROUND AND TRUCK WAS GONE. IT WAS BACKING UP HILL STILL IN PARK. I RAN HOLLERING TO KEEP SOMEONE FROM GETTING HIT. A MAINTENANCE MAN OF THE PARK JUMPED IN AND PUSHED THE BRAKE DOWN WITH HIS HAND IT WAS STILL IN PARK. WHILE I TURNED THE KEY OFF. WELL A 100 YARDS LATER THE WHOLE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUCK WAS DAMAGED AS IT RAN INTO A PARK MODEL TRAILER AND DAMAGED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PARK MODEL HOME IF LOOKING FROM FRONT. IT DAMAGED THE SIDE PANELS OF THE TRAILER WHILE PUTTING A LARGE HOLE IN IT ALONG WITH THE SKIRTING. AND POSSIBLY MOVING THE TRAILER TO THE LEFT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS SOMETHING DONE. IT WAS A MIRACLE NO ONE WAS HIT AS WE LIVE IN A VERY ACTIVE 55 PLUS COMMUNITY AND LIVE ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST STREETS IN THE PARK. I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK IN SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE AC FIXED AND IT STILL IS NOT RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD KEEP THE VEHICLE OR SELL IT. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. I HAD IT IN THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING ABOUT IT. I FEEL I HAVE A LEMON. DODGE NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEFECTS IN THERE VEHICLES AND FIX THEM BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE GETS HURT. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THANK YOU *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A PRONOUNCED VIBRATION WITHIN THE CHASSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHOM ATTRIBUTED THE VIBRATION TO THE DESIGN. AFTER SEVERAL INSPECTIONS BY THE DEALER, THE DRIVESHAFT WAS REMOVED IN AN EFFORT TO DECREASE THE VIBRATION. THIS REPAIR EFFORT WORSENED THE VIBRATION AND THE DRIVESHAFT WAS PLACED BACK ONTO VEHICLE. AFTERWARDS, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5MPH AND THE DRIVESHAFT DISENGAGED FALLING FROM THE AXLE POCKET ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER TO AWAIT FURTHER INSPECTION.

THE TRUCK INCORRECTLY READS GEAR INDICATION WHILE NOT IN GEAR AND IS EXTREMELY HARD TO CHANGE GEARS IN A TIMELY AND SAFE FASHION.. ONE TIME, AFTER EXITING THE TRUCK IT PROCEEDED TO ENGAGE IN REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. A PERSON ASSISTING HAD CONSIDERABLE TROUBLE GETTING THE TRUCK TO FIND ITS GEARS. IT WILL REV IN NEUTRAL WHILE CLEARLY INDICATING DRIVE. I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED DODGE. THEY SENT AND INVESTIGATOR WHO DID NOT EXAMINE THE FAULT AND DISREGARDED THE CLAIM. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ENGINEERING FAULT! *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. THE CONSUMER PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THERE WAS WATER IN THE AIR FILTER WHICH CAUSED THE ROD TO GO THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 3/22/2006 - *NM

CONSUMER 2004 RAM 2500 STALLED AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. *TS *REF 10156266 THE CONSUME WAS ABLE TO TURN THE IGNITION TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY FOR A TEST DRIVE WITH THE DIAGNOSTIC TO HOOKED UP TOT HE VEHICLE. THE DIAGNOSTIC INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE FRONT POWER TRAIN MODULE WAS REPLACED AND THE SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED. *NM

2004 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL PICKUP TRUCK CAME OUT OF PARK AND WENT INTO REVERSE WHILE RUNNING AND STARTED ACROSS PARKING LOT WITH NO ONE IN THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE ALMOST RAN ME OVER WHEN IT WENT INTO REVERSE. I HAD GOTTEN OUT TO MOVE A CART. DEALERSHIP CONTACTED, APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED TO REPAIR PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAD POPPED OUT OF PARK TWICE (2) BEFORE WITH ENGINE OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS ADVISED OF BOTH INCIDENTS AND ADVISED THERE WERE NO RECALLS/SAFETY BULLETINS. *JB

VEHICLE IS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500 WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND A DIESEL ENGINE. I EXITED THE VEHICLE TO CHECK AN ISSUE WITH HOME CONSTRUCTION. PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL ON A FLAT STREET IN PHOENIX OPENED THE DOOR AND WALKED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET. A COWORKER YELLED AT ME AS MY TRUCK TOOK OFF IN REVERSE , WASN'T ROLLING. WHILE GOING BACKWARDS THE DOOR HIT PALATES OF ROOF TILE AND BENT THE DOOR BACK. THE TRUCK EVENTUALLY ROLLED INTO A HOME AND STOPPED. THE GEAR WAS STILL IN NEUTRAL. CALLED DODGE, WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH TRUCK AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO CORRECT. A YEAR LATER, THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. CALLED DODGE TO MAKE A CLAIM, AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN ALTHOUGH MY TRUCK AND OPTIONS MATCH THE RECALL DESCRIPTION. I WANT MY VEHICLE FIXED, AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS $3000. THINK THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED AND NOT BE BASED SOLELY ON VIN NUMBERS, BUT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE AND ASSOCIATED OPTIONS LISTED IN THE RECALL.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE ON. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V462000, REGARDING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS 30 SECONDS EXITING THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V462000, REGARDING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *JB THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE TRUCK, BUT WAS INJURED IN THE PROCESS. UPDATED 02/27/06 .*JB

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS LIGHTLY DEPRESSED. IN THE MORNINGS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED, THE ENGINE MADE A PATTERING SOUND. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING GEARS AND THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED THE RPM'S RANGED AT 6,000 AND THE ENGINE REVVED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *JB