2004 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

DT: CONTACT STATED HER HUSBAND DROVE A PICKUP FOR BEAVER VALLEY SUPPLY CO. INC. WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IDLING IT JUMPED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE. IT JUST SHOOK TERRIBLY. WHILE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HE PARKED THE VEHICLE, LEFT IT IDLING, AND LEFT HIS WIFE IN THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK JUMPED INTO REVERSE WHILE IDLINING, RESULTING IN A CRASH INTO A NEIGHBOR'S FENCE. CONTACT TALKED TO THE DEALER. THEY CHECKED THE TRUCK, AND IT DIDN'T SHOW ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT.*AK

DT: VEHICLE DIES WHILE DRIVING AND HAS NO STOPPING POWER. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND IT HAS BEEN FIXED TWICE. THE LAST TIME HE TOOK IT IN THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT ON THE MACHINE TO CHECK TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS WRONG. THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY WEEK.*AK THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION MAKING A CLICKING/POPPING NOISE. EVEN THOUGH DEALER COULD NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE THEY TIGHTENED THE SUSPENSION BOLTS. *TT *NM

VIOLENT SHAKING IN FRONT END AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN HITTING A HOLE OR EXPANSION JOINT. ALSO THE RIDE IS TERRIBLY HARD ON THIS VEHICLE.

DT: THE HEAD BLEW ON THE ENGINE AT 7,000 MILES. PRIOR TO ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DODGE, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A BAD PLUG. THE VEHICLE IS AT DEALER CURRENTLY, AND HAS BEEN THERE FOR 30 DAYS, IT HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE REPLACED OXYGEN SENSORS, THE ENGINE HEAD TWICE , INTAKE MANIFOLD, AIR CONDITIONER, THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW SEALS , AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *AK

DT: CONSUMER OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. SHE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE COMING OUT OF PARK AND GOING INTO REVERSE. THIS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH ABOUT $9000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON, AND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TT *SC *JB

ENGINE STALLING; START VEHICHLE, DRIVE LESS THAN 1/4 MILE, ENGINE STALLS OCCASIONALLY. THERE IS NO WARNING TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES.

VEHICLE CAME OUT OF PARK ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION WHEN CONSUMER WAS NOT IN THE VEHICLE. THUS FAR NO ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED.*AK EACH TIME THIS OCCURRED THE VEHICLE RAN INTO SOMETHING. THE DAMAGES TOTALED $9000. *SB *NM

TODAY STALLED AGAIN WHILE TURNING INTO INTERSECTION. FAILURE OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT. 6TH TIME IN LAST 2 MONTHS. DEALER FLASHED COMPUTER 2X AND REPLACED MAP SENSOR PER DAMLER CHRYSLER ENGINEERS. STILL NOT FIXED.

2004 DODGE RAM 2500 WAS PARKED WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON WHEN THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO A DUMP TRUCK.*MR THE TRANSMISSION HAS ACTED FUNNY EVER SINCE CONSUMER GOT THE TRUCK. TALKED TO 2 DIFFERENT SERVICE MEN , THEIR REPLY WAS THAT THIS IS A NEW AND DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION. *BF SEE 10092748 ALSO. *DSY

EA 04 025/FALSE PARK: THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACKWARD INTO A DITCH, THEN CONTINUED TO ROLL THROUGH SOME TREES BEFORE STOPPING. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER. *AK THE GEAR COULD SHIFT AND COULD BE PLACED INTO A POSITION THAT APPEARED TO BE IN PARK WHEN IT ACTUALLY WAS BETWEEN PARK AND REVERSE. IT WOULD TAKE UP TO 30 SECONDS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BACK UP EVEN THOUG IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT IN THE REVERSE POSITION. *SC *JB