2004 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, WHEEL RIMS ARE RUSTING TIRE DEALERS WILL NOT INSTALL TIRES ON THESE RIMS. CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORPORATION, SPOKE WITH ASHLY, EMPLOYEE NUMBER AW898, WHO SAID CHRYSLER CORPORATION WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A HIGHWAY SAFETY PROBLEM.

PROBLEM KNOWN COMMONLY AS "DEATH WOBBLE". OUT OF CONTROL VEHICLE WHEN HITTING A POT HOLE AT SPEED AROUND 55 -65 MPH. MUST SLOW DOWN TO CONTROL THE WHEEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/05/2017*CT UPDATED 01/18/17.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH OR MORE, THE VEHICLE WOBBLED AND SWAYED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; HOWEVER, THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE DIAGNOSIS COULD NOT BE PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,800.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS OFTEN DONT ACTIVATE WHEN TURNED ON, AND SOMETIMES TURN ON WHEN NOT ACTIVATED. WIPERS OFTEN TURN ON WHEN UNLOCKING DOORS WITH KEY FOB. WHEN WIPERS ARE TURNED ON, THEY CYCLE FOR 5 SWIPES AND THEN STOP. HAS JEOPARDIZED MY SAFETY MULTIPLE TIMES, UNTIL PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, THE GEARS INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. AS A RESULT THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO TWO VEHICLES AND THE REAR BUMPER WAS DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. UPDATED 05/31/17*LJ CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS RUNNING BUT IN PARK MODE. ON A LEVEL STREET AT THE END OF A CULDESAC. VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND ACCELERATED BACKWARDS INTO 2 OTHER VEHICLES. FOUND OUT RECALL WAS DONE FOR THIS PROBLEM BETWEEN 2004 AND 2005. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE WAS EVER RECALLED. UPDATED 6/28/18*JB

TAKATA RECALL. DEALER SAID PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE RECALL. ALSO NEEDS STEERING LINKAGE RECALL DONE. DEALER WANTS TO DO THEM ALL AT ONCE.

2004 DODGE RAM 2500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO REPAIR DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL. *SMD