2004 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE 3500. INCIDENT HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 4, 2005. WHILE AT WORK PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, WENT AWAY FROM VEHICLE, TURNED AROUND AND VEHICLE WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT RAN AND GOT BACK IN VEHICLE . PUT IT IN PARK AND VEHICLE HIT A TRAILER THAT WAS BEHIND IT. VEHICLE WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. CONSUMER REMEMBERED THIS F FAILURE HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS AGO. NO POLICE REPORTS. NO FIRE NO INJURIES. 10/11/2005 - CONSUMER REPORTED THAT THEY FELL WHILE TRY TO CATCH THE TRUCK AS IT WAS ROLLING AWAY. CONSUMER HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH CHIROPRACTOR TO CHECK FOR SOURCE OF LOWER BACK PAIN THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING. *DSY. *AK

DT: THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIE ROD END COMPLETELY SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING OR PROBLEMS. THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT. THERE WAS A LOSS OF STEERING. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH DUE TO THE LOW SPEED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE REPAIR SHOP WHO OFFERED NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE SERVICE DEALER NOTED THERE WAS SOME PLAY WITHIN THE BALL JOINTS. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER WHO SAID THIS WAS NORMAL. THE TIE ROD END WAS REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. *AK

WHEN HAVING THE TIRES ROTATED OWNER LEARNED THAT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEVELOPED A SIX INCH SPLIT. TWO MONTHS LATER, REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEVELOPED A FOUR INCH SPLIT. *AK UPON REPLACED TIRES,ON 4/27/05, FOUND 2 MORE TIRES WITH SPLITS ON INSIDE SIDEWALL. *TT

PE04039 IS AN EXACT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MY 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 CUMMINS TURBO DIESEL WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WITNESSES SAW ME GET OUT OF THE TRUCK, ENTER A STORE, AND THEN SAW MY TRUCK GO INTO REVERSE LONG AFTER I WAS IN THE STORE. WHEN I EXITED THE STORE, MY TRUCK HAD RUN INTO THE PORCH OF A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET.

EXHAUST SMELL FROM FRESH AIR VENTS, MAINLY WHILE IDLING MY 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 4X4 WITH CUMMINS ENGINE. I NOTICED THE SMELL WITHIN DAYS OF PURCHASE, TOOK IT TO SEVERAL DEALERS, AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. END SUGGESTION WAS A CITRUS OIL ADDITIVE TO MAKE THE EXHAUST SMELL LIKE CITRUS. (NO JOKE) FUEL INJECTOR FAILURE, FILLING CRANKCASE WITH DIESEL, CAUSING ROUGH RUNNING AND EVENTUAL OIL PRESSURE LOSS. DEALER, UPON ADVISMENT FROM "TECH DEPARTMENT" CHANGED THE OIL, REPLACED THE FAULTY INJECTOR AND GOT ME OUT THE DOOR. NOW I HAVE EXPERIENCED ENGINE VIBRATIONS THAT ARE GETTING PROGRESSIVLY WORSE, HIGHER ENGINE RPM'S INCREASED FUEL CONSUMTION, A CLOUD OF BLUE SMOKE UPON STARTUP AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF DOWNTIME, AND THE DEALERSHIP THINKS IT MAY BE A WIRING HARNESS. I SPOKE DIRECTLY TO CUMMINS SERVICE DEPT. AND WAS TOLD THAT WITH OIL PRESSURE LOSS, THEY WOULD HAVE DROPPED THE OIL PAN AND CHECKED THE BEARINGS.

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED ON JULY 12,2005 WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WENT INTO DRIVE FROM PARK ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING WITH NO ONE IN IT AND IT WENT INTO GEAR AND HIT A BARN AND ALMOST RAN OVER THREE PEOPLE. THE DEALER SAID TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IN PARK AND TAKE THE KEYS OUT. *JB

PIECE OF CRAP, LOSS OF POWER, DRIVE TRAIN DONT HOLD UP TO LOADS THAT IT STATES THAT IT COULD PULL, CLUTCH SLIPS WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE.

DT: TIRES LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD, AND ONE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. THAT WAS REPLACED. LAST WEEK TWO TIRES BLEW OUT THAT HAD LESS THAN 6,000 MILES ON THEM. THE TIRES WERE ON THE 5TH WHEEL CAMPER. MISSION TIRES. THEY DID NOT LOOK LIKE THEY WORE OUT, THE TREAD WAS GOOD. THE TIRES COULD NOT HANDLE HEAT AND THE LOAD WHEN THE TIRES BLEW OUT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MISSION, AND THIS WAS A KEYSTONE CAMPER. THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES THAT CAME ON THE TRAILER. CONSUMER TALKED TO KEYSTONE TRAILERS, AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. CONSUMER FELT THAT IF HE SPENDS MORE MONEY AND MOVED UP A DIFFERENT SIZE TIRE THE CAMPER SHOULD BE OKAY. BOTH TIRES DISINTEGRATED AND THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF EITHER TIRE. LISTED MANUFACTURER AS UNKNOWN, THESE WERE MADE BY MISSION. THE FIRST ONE WAS ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT AXLE, AND THE SECOND ONE WAS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR AXLE. . THE SPEED WAS 65 MPH WHEN THE BLOW OUT OCCURRED.*AK

DT: SHIFTER MOVED FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHILE PARKED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. *AK *NM

FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE COLUMN SHIFT TO MOVE. MY WIFE PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE ACCORDING TO THE DIAL ON THE DASH, HOWEVER THE TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD TO WIGGLE THE SHIFTER TO GET IT TO GO INTO REVERSE. TODAY, THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ON LEVEL GROUND WITH ENGINE NOT RUNNING HOWEVER THE KEY WAS STILL IN THE IGNITION. APPROX. 5 MINUTES LATER THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARD EVENTUALLY GOING DOWN A HILL, KNOCKING DOWN A SMALL TREE, CONTINUED ACROSS A STREET, JUMPED THE CURB, THROUGH A YARD AND HIT AN ENCLOSED CAR TRAILER. EXTENSIVE REAREND DAMAGE AND INSURANCE/REPAIR IS IN PROCESS.