2004 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

CONSUMER STATES: ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE DIED WHEN MAKING A TURN IN TRAFFIC , NO LIGHTS CAME ON, IT JUST DIED. DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG THE FIRST TIME 4/14/05 BUT THEN THEY CALLED BACK HAD US COME IN, AND THEY FLASHED THE COMPUTER ON 4/15/05, AND THEN HAD US BRING IT BACK AND FLASHED AGAIN ON 4/25/05. THEN IT HAPPENED ON 5/6/05 AND 5/7/05 AND DAMLER-CHRYSLER HAD DEALER CHANGE MAP SENSOR ON 5/10/05.

MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A 2004 DODGE 2500 HEMI QUAD CAB PICK-UP LAST MARCH. WE TOOK IS BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP EVERY MONTH LAST YEAR EXCEPT JULY WHICH WAS THE MONTH WE GOT MARRIED. THE PROBLEM WAS A HIGH PITCHED WHINE COMING FROM WHAT WAS LATER DISCOVERED TO BE THE CENTER BEARING. THIS WHINE WOULD START AT 20 MPH AND WOULD CONTINUE LONGER THE COLDER IS WAS. IT WOULD ALSO CONTINUE INTO HIGHER SPEEDS THE COLDER IT WAS. THE DEALERSHIP TRIED MANY THINGS TO FIX IT INCLUDING REPLACING THE CENTER BEARING TWICE. NOTHING WORKED FOR MORE THAN A DAY. IN DECEMBER ONE OF THE SERVICE MANAGERS SAID THE CENTER BEARING WAS VIBRATING SO HARD,"I COULDN'T KEEP MY HAND ON IT." HE ALSO REPORTED THAT DODGE WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WAS NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. AT THIS TIME MY WIFE AND I PROCEEDED TO ENFORCE THE LEMON LAW IN DECEMBER. WE FINALLY TOOK DELIVERY OF AN IDENTICAL REPLACEMENT TRUCK ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS AGO. INITIALLY THE TRUCK RAN FINE. THEN THIS LAST SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY THE NEW TRUCK STARTED MAKING THE EXACT SAME NOISE AND THE PREVIOUS "LEMON". DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM?

CONSUMER TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND PUT IT IN PARK, GOT OUT, AND WALKED TO THE BACK OF VEHICLE, AND IT JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, KNOCKING CONSUMER DOWN AND ROLLED OVER HIM, KILLING THE CONSUMER. REPORTED BY RICHARD GATEWOOD. *AK UPDATED 04/17/06. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH DRIVER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION NUMEROUS TIMES, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *NM

2004 3/4 TON DIESEL TRUCK INVOLVED IN ROLLBACK ACCIDENT WHICH KILLED CONSUMER'S WIFE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE IN WHICH HE THOUGHT HIS WIFE WAS GOING TO JOIN HIM, HOWEVER A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE CONSUMER NOTICED HIS WIFE WAS NOT BY HIS SIDE AND THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLING IN REVERSE AND HIS WIFE WAS LAYING IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THE POLICE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE TRUCK WAS DEFECTIVE, IN THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER INDICATED THAT WHEN THE TRUCK IS IN PARK FOR 15-20 SECONDS IT SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT NOTICE DROPS INTO REVERSE. *JB

THE FIRST TIME WAS IN DECEMBER 04 MY TRUCK WENT OUT OF PARK WHILE RUNNING AND BACKED INTO A WALL. MARCH 22 IT BACKED INTO A ROCK WALL AND DAMAGED THE SIDE. *JB

ON TWO OCCASIONS THE TRUCK WAS LEFT RUNNING IN PARK. IT AUTOMATICALLY CAME OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. THE FIRST TIME IT JUST BACK UP DOWN THE STREET AND I RAN AND CAUGHT IT. THE SECOND TIME IT BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY, CATCHING THE DOOR ON A FENCE POST AND TEARING THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OFF THE TRUCK.*AK

RATTLE COMES FROM CENTER DASHBOARD AREA. STARTED APPROXIMATELY 7 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. 16 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE RATLER IS STILL HEARD AND RARELY GOES AWAY AS IT DID SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE SHOOK HORRIBLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE TWICE, BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

THE TRUCK WAS PARKED WHEN IT SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. *NM THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO GET IN THE TRUCK WHILE IT WAS MOVING BUT THE DOOR KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND THE TRUCK RAN OVER HIS RIGHT LEG AND ARM. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MASSIVE BRUISES AND LATER DEVELOPED AN INFECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE INCIDENT. *NM *JB