2004 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

MY 2004 RAM 3500 HAS HAD EXTREME ROAD/WIND NOISE THROUGH THE FRONT DRIVER/PASSENGER DOOR SEALS. THIS INSTANCE, THOUGH NOT A SAFETY HAZARD IS VERY IRRITATING WHILE TRAVELING LONGER DISTANCES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAVE HAD A DEALER REPAIR TO THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND THEY MADE A MESS OF IT. MY OLD SEAL WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE OLD SEAL WAS CUT DOWN AND A PORTION WAS GLUED TO THE DOOR FRAME STRUCTURE. COUPLE OF NOTES ON THIS FIX. IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM AND IT WAS POORLY DONE. MY DOOR IS NOW COVERED WITH UGLY BLACK SEALANT AND A TERRIBLE LOOKING CUT PORTION OF AN OLD DOOR SEAL. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY RELATED THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY FIX THEY HAD BUT WOULD CONTACT ME WHEN A BETTER FIX CAME OUT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN CONTACTED. I HAVE A FRIEND WITH THE SAME TRUCK AND HE JUST LET ME KNOW THAT A NEW SEAL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. HE HAD IT INSTALLED THIS WEEK AND IT WORKS GREAT WITH NO OLD SEAL USE AND NO UGLY BLACK SEALANT ALL OVER. I WONDER WHEN MY DEALERSHIP PLANS TO CALL ME? MY GUESS IS NEVER. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT HAD THE RECALL REPAIR FOR 05V462000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) PERFORMED ON HIS 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 AND NOW WANTS THE RECALL WORK UNDONE. THE REASON HE WANTED IT RETURNED TO THE PRIOR CONDITION IS THAT THE VEHICLE KEEPS HONKING AND THE VEHICLE HEAD LIGHTS ARE FLASHING EVERY TIME HE LEAVES THE VEHICLE IDLING. IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP HONKING AND THE LIGHTS TO STOP FLASHING THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF COMPLETELY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE BOTH 36000 MILES.

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2004 DODGE RAM 35000 HAD RECALL 05V462000 CONCERNING THE POWERTRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. HE STATED THAT SINCE THE RECALL REPAIR WAS COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE HE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HORN. HE HAS HAD A CRASH WITH THE NEW RECALL REPAIR. WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE TO THE TRAILER HE OPENED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TO CONTINUE BACKING UP AND THE HORN INADVERTENTLY WENT OFF. THE CONTACT THEN JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN PARK AND HE OPENED THE TRUCK DOOR THE HORN WOULD GO OFF STARTLING HIM QUITE A BIT, AND MAKING HIM NERVOUS. THE CONTACT FELT THIS WASA SAFETY PROBLEM. HE WAS A VETERAN AND HAD ISSUES WITH STARTLING WHILE BACKING UP. HE'S NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM UNTIL THE RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE TO HIS VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 03/02/07. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITHOUT THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION, OR WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE OUT-OF-PARK ALARM HORN BLEW WITHOUT WARNING. A NHTSA RECALL, #05V462000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, BUT WOULD NOT REMOVE THE OUT-OF-PARK ALARM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK AND LEFT UNATTENDED IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE COLUMN GEAR SHIFT SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CRASHED INTO A TREE, MODERATE DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED, BUT THE POLICE WERE NOT ALERTED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE COLUMN GEAR SHIFT WAS IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER TO AWAIT FURTHER INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

2004 DODGE 3500 TRUCK FRONT L/H WHEEL HUB ASSY BEARING CAME APART AT 70 MPH CAUSING THE TRUCK TO CROSS OVER 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DODGE DEALER TOLD ME THIS IS A PROBLEM. BUT IT COST ME 350 DOLLARS THIS TO ME IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A CUSTOMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THE COST OR DIE DUE TO THIS. *NM

2004 DODGE RAM 3500. OUT OF PARK. VEHICLE DOES NOT GO ALL THE WAY INTO PARK, AND THE VEHICLE WILL ROLL AWAY WHEN YOU GET OUT. WE HAD A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM ONLY TO NOW HAVE THE HORN BLAIR WHEN YOU ARE BACKING UP AND YOU HAVE THE DOOR OPEN TO GAGE THE DISTANCE. THIS STARTLED MY HUSBAND WHEN BACKING INTO A VERY CLOSE GARAGE SPACE, MAKING HIM HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND SMASH INTO THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DODGE IT IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE IT IS WITH THE OPERATORS OF THE VEHICLE. BUT ONLY THE OPERATORS OF 2004 AND 2005 RAM 2500 AND 3500 TRUCKS???????? NOT 1500 OR ANY OTHER TRUCKS. IT IS AMAZING TO ME THAT ONLY OWNERS OF 2004 & 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 AND 3500 TRUCKS ARE IDIOTS. *NM

VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS GO INTO PARK. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL#E17 TO HAVE AN ALARM TO TELL YOU WHEN IT IS OUT OF PARK. THERE FIX IS TO ATTACH IT TO THE HORN MAKING THE HORN BLARE WHEN YOU ARE IN REVERSE AND THE DOOR IS OPEN OR AJAR. THIS IS VERY STARTLING AND CAUSE MY HUSBAND TO HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND HIT OUR GARAGE. *NM

THE FIX FOR THE PARK/REVERSE ISSUE ON THE DODGE TRUCKS IS A JOKE. THE LIGHTS BLINKING AND HORN BLOWING IS NOT A FIX AT ALL. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE FIXED RIGHT OR SOME SORT OF AUDIBLE ALARM NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED VERSUS THE HORN BLOWING AND WAKING UP THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD EACH TIME THE DOOR IS OPENED WHEN I NEED TO BACK UP. *JB UPDATED

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE MODULATOR VALVE OF THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM KEEPS RUNNING EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS THE IGNITION OFF WHICH TAKES BATTERY TO FULL DISCHARGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT ONLY THE DEALERSHIP IS ABLE TO REPAIR IT. UPDATED 7/18/2006 - IN ORDER TO KEEP THE BATTERY FROM TOTALLY DISCHARGING THE CONSUMER HAD TO UNPLUG THE WIRING TO THE ABS MODULATOR WHICH CAUSE THE CRUISE CONTROL, SPEEDOMETER, TRIP COMPUTER AND ABS TO STOP WORKING.*NM