2004 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

MY 2004 DODGE RAM 3500, AUTOMATIC WITH DIESEL ENGINE WENT INTO REVERSE WITHOUT NOTICE ON 06-01-2006. THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PARK BEFORE I OPENED THE DRIVERS DOOR. I STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING AND IN PARK I WENT TO UNLOCK A GATE AND I NOTICED THE VEHICLE GOING BACKWARDS WITH A GOOSE NECK TRAILER ATTACHED. THE VEHICLE JACK-KNIFED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THEN ENDED UP IN THE DITCH, WITH DAMAGE TO THE CAB TWISTED AND BENT, BED AND TAIL GATE DAMAGED, WINDOWS BROKEN, TRAILER WAS ALSO DAMAGED. *NM

EMPLOYEE STOPPED VEHICLE AND PUT IN PARK, GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND WENT INSIDE THE TOOL ROOM AND WHEN HE CAME OUT, HE SAW THE TRUCK MOVING BACKWARDS. HE RAN TO GET IN IT AND THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO MOVE AND HIT A POLE. THE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE BACK LEFT QUARTER PANEL, BUMPER,AND TAIL GATE. NEEDS ALL NEW PARTS FOR THOSE AND TAILLIGHTS. WE STILL HAVE ALL THE OLD PARTS . NOTIFICATION CODE E17. WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER ABOUT A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. *NM

I STOP AT THE RANCH AT ONE OF OUR BARNS TO TALK TO SOME CLIENT ABOUT THERE HORSE. I PLACED THE TRUCK IN PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. I SPOKE WITH THEM IN FRONT OF PICKUP TO USE THE HEADLIGHTS TO SEE. AFTER 7 TO 10 MIN WE PROCEEDED TO WALK THROUGH THE BARN AND AFTER WE GOT HALF WAY WE HEARD SOMEONE YELL, THEN A LOUD CRASH!!. WE CAME RUNNING ONLY TO FIND OUR TRUCK 60 YARDS AWAY FROM WHERE I LEFT IT, STOPPED ONLY BY A TREE. THE DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE TO THE RIGHT REAR OF THE TRUCK. WHEN WE NOTIFIED DODGE CHRYSLER ABOUT THE PROBLEM THEY SENT SOMEONE OUT TO INVESTIGATE AND THERE REPORT SAID THEY HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS HAPPENING BEFORE AND DEEMED IT TO BE HUMAN ERROR. THEY STOOD THERE AND BLAMED US WHEN ALL ALONG KNOWING THERE WAS A PROBLEM. 3 WEEKS LATER WE RECEIVED THE A RECALL IN THE MAIL. I CALLED CHRYSLER RIGHT AWAY AND THEY WHERE UNWILLING TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGES OR THERE BEHAVIOR. THEY ONLY OFFERED TO INSTALL A PARKING ALARM. IT IS TO LITTLE AND MUCH TO LATE FOR US NOW. *NM

I PARKED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MY GATE, PLACED IT IN PARK AND EXITED TO OPEN THE GATE. AFTER BEING OUT OF THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MINUTES, I NOTICED THE VEHICLE MOVING BACKWARDS. I TRIED TO CATCH THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE DUE TO RECENT A KNEE INJURY. THE TRUCK HIT MY NEIGHBOR'S FENCE AND STOPPED. THE GEAR SHIFT HAD MOVED INTO REVERSE WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IDLING @ GATE. THIS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT, BUT DURING THE FIRST I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE NOT PUT IT COMPLETELY INTO PARK. THEREAFTER, I HAD ALWAYS ENSURED THE PARK POSITION BEFORE EXITING. I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED @ MY DODGE/CHRYSLER DEALER & THEY SAID EVERYTHING OK. I PAID FOR $1,000.00 IN DAMAGES TO MY TRUCK, REPAIRS DONE BY DEALERS BODY SHOP. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON 3/30/06 BUT DAIMLER CHRYSLER IS REFUSING TO PAY DAMAGES. *JB

WHEN PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON MY TRUCK I NOTICED SPLITS IN THE INNER SIDEWALLS OF 4 TIRES NEAR THE BEAD. ON TIRE HAD A 10 INCH SPLIT. TWO TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND THE OLD TIRES ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. THE OTHER TWO DEFECTIVE TIRES WILL ALSO BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE.*JB

2005 DODGE RAM 3500 ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS POWER STEERING FLUID HAD COME OUT THE CAP OF THE PUMP. POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED BY JIM DORAN DODGE IN MCMINNVILLE, OR AFTER COMPLETE FAILURE OF POWER ASSIST. ABOUT 6000 MILES AFTER THE REPLACEMENT PUMP WAS INSTALLED, WHILE MAKING A CORNER THE STEERING WHEEL FROZE AND WOULD NOT TURN-UPON HITTING THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS SOLID AND WOULD NOT MOVE OR APPLY ANY BRAKING ACTION. AFTER A COUPLE OF SECONDS IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL AND I PROCEEDED INTO A SERVICE STATION CAUTIOUSLY, WHILE TURNING AROUND AT THE STATION THE CONDITION RECURRED FOR A COUPLE MORE SECONDS. UPON RETURNING TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY ASSESSED THE VEHICLE. THEY HAD NO CLUE ABOUT A INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER ASSIST AND SYSTEM FREEZE BUT SAID THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS BAD BUT DENIED WARRANTY TO REPLACE IT. IT HAS SINCE DONE THIS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS BUT WITH NO REGULAR FREQUENCY. UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DODGE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING IF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN THEY TEST DROVE IT.*JB

DT: CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT END SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED. THE SHOCKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. ALSO, THE RIGHT SIDE BALL JOINTS AND RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED .THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP AGAIN, AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO OPERATE PROPERLY ON MY 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 IN THE INTERMITTENT OR DELAY SETTINGS. SOMETIMES WHILE IN INTERMITTENT SETTINGS, THE WIPER QUIT WORKING ALTOGETHER. I CAN GET THEM TO WORK AGAIN BY PLAYING WITH THE WIPER SWITCH AND PLACING IT IN THE HIGH SPEED MODE. HOWEVER, THIS CAUSES ME TO BE DISTRACTED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN THE RAIN, WITH NO FUNCTIONING WIPERS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR 6 MONTHS, WITH 11 REPAIR ATTEMPTS BY ANCHORAGE CHRYSLER. TO DATE THERE HAS BEEN NO RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY WITH MORE MOISTURE AND MORE HEAT (IE. THE LONGER IT BEEN EXPOSED TO RAIN AND THE LONGER THE ENGINE HAS BEEN RUNNING). *NM

DT:THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE FUEL INJECTORS WERE REPAIRED. THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WAS DUE TO THE VALVE SEAT. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. A REBUILT ENGINE WAS INSTALLED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT WHY A REBUILT ENGINE WAS INSTALLED INSTEAD OF A NEW ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

2004 DODGE RAM 3500 CUMMINS DIESEL. I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK TO HELP WIFE SHUT GATE, IT WAS 25 FEET FROM TRUCK ON FLAT GROUND- I WAS TALKING TO WIFE-LOOKED BACK AND TRUCK HAD SHIFTED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE AND WAS COMING TOWARDS US AT 3-4 MPH- I PUSHED WIFE OUT OF THE WAY AND THE TRUCK HIT ME SLAMMED ME AGAINST THE GATE-BROKE THE WELDS ON A DOUBLE STEEL PIPE GATE AND R4AN OVER ME. THIS CAUSED SEVERE INJURIES TO BOTH PERSONS. *JB