2004 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. SINCE 2005, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY SHIFTING THE GEAR INTO PARK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V462000 (POWER TRAIN) IN 2006. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NAPLES DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP (6381 AIRPORT PULLING RD N, NAPLES, FL 34109) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE RECALL HAD BEEN REPAIRED ONCE FOR A COMPUTER UPGRADE. EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL FAILURE RECURRED, THERE WOULD BE AN OUT OF POCKET COST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY RECENTALLY AND PULLING A CAR TRAILER, I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A VACATION WHEN THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR (TPS) FAILED. THIS RESULTS IN A "DEAD PEDAL" SITUATION, WHERE THE ENGINE FALLS TO IDLE, AND THERE IS NO 'DRIVE' TO THE WHEELS. THIS SITUATION IS VERY SERIOUS AS SOMETIMES THERE IS NO WHERE TO PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE, DUE TO TRAFFIC LANE NARROWING. MY PERSONAL SITUATION WAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TO RE-SET THE TPS, YOU MUST STOP, PUT IN PARK, TURN THE IGNITION OFF, WAIT APPROX. 10-15 SECONDS, AND THEN RE-START. IT SHOULD RE-SET AND YOU CAN DRIVE AWAY, ALTHOUGH A 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT APPEARS. IN MY CASE, THE TPS FAILED A SECOND TIME, A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, AND I HAD TO REPEAT THE STEPS. THE SECOND TIME IT "WORKED" AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THIS FAILURE OF THE TPS HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON ME PERSONALLY. THERE IS NO WARNING THAT THIS IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN, YOU HAVE NO THROTTLE INPUT AND YOU MUST GET OFF THE ROAD. ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT DURING THOSE MOMENTS OF PANIC, WAS BEING SMASHED INTO FROM THE REAR! I AM AWARE THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH MY TYPE OF VEHICLE AS I HAVE DONE SOME FOLLOW UP RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOLLOWING MY INCIDENT. I WANT TO INFORM YOU, THAT I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2004. THIS VEHICLE IS IMMACULATE, AND ALL MAINTENANCE IS PERFORMED AT THE LOCAL DEALER. IN CAR GUYS TERMS, THIS VEHICLE WOULD BE CONSIDERED A "GARAGE QUEEN" AND THERE WOULD BE NO CONTRIBUTING FACTORS SUCH AS LACK OF MAINTAINCE, DIRT, ROAD GRIME, OR ABUSE. I AM CONVINCED THIS SITUATION WILL LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, IF NOT TO ME, THEN TO SOMEONE ELSE, AND I WANT TO INFORM YOU OF THIS POTENTIAL SERIOUS ISSUE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE DEALER/MECHANIC AND THE SOLUTION IS A TPS REPLACEMENT, BUT IN MY OPINION, THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

DRIVER'S DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR QUIT WORKING, KEY WOULD NOT OPEN NO ENTRANCE BY KEY FOB. HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED.CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN DISCOVERED.

AUTOMATIC TRANS.-WHEN PLACED IN PARK, CANNOT GET IT OUT OF PARK IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE SOLENOID THAT RELEASES THE PARKING PAWL DOES NOT ALWAYS RELEASE.

MY 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 WILL GO OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN AND I WAS NOT TOLD THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK MY TRUCK WENT ON ITS OWN ONE DAY OVER 250 FEET AND DROVE INTO MY NEIGHBORS YARD. THE TRUCK PARKING PAWL WAS NOT COMPLETELY IN AS I WAS TOLD AND THIS TRUCK HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IT ON ITS OWN I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE AND A HAZARD TO MY HEALTH AS LONG WITH MY NEIGHBORS. COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A RECALL SENT TO ME OR ANYTHING TOLD TO ME WHEN I PURCHASED THIS FROM THE CHRYSLER DODGE AT THE DEALER I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO AND POSSIBLE HAZARDS THAT ARE LINKED TO THIS COULD YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM. *TT *TR

2004 DODGE RAM 3500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PARTS NOT BEING AVAILABLE TO PERFORM PASSENGER AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL. *LD UPDATED 11/06/207*JS

I WAS REVERSING FROM MY DRIVE WAY AND THEN PUT MY TRUCK ON DRIVE TO GO UP THE DRIVE WAY AND THEN TURNED THE GEAR SHIFT COUNTER CLOCK WISE TO PUT IT ON PARK. GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK AND WALKED IN FRONT OF IT AND THEN RAN INSIDE THE HOUSE TO GRAB WHAT I FORGOT. WHEN I CAME BACK OUTSIDE, MY TRUCK WAS MOVING FOWARD BY ITSELF, THE TRUCK SHIFTED BY ITSELF FROM PARK TO DRIVE. I RAN TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AND TURNED THE KNOB BACK TO PARK TO STOP THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HIT THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE AND DAMAGED MY HOUSE AND TRUCK. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO STOP IT BEFORE IT WENT ALL THE WAY INSIDE THE HOUSE. THANK GOD I'M HERE TO TELL THE STORY AND NOT UNDER THE TIRE. I TRIED REPORTING TO CHRYSELER AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY FAULT FOR NOT PUTTING THE PARKING BREAK ON AND I STEPPED OUT AND LEFT THE TRUCK RUNNNING. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT ITS NOT A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND IT WASNT PARKED DOWNHILL. GOT NOTHING OUT OF THEM!

HAPPENED ON BOTH SIDES 2 MONTH APART. LOUD BANG AND RUMBLE. INSIDE TIRE, TREAD CAME OFF OF TIRE. DAMAGED INSIDE OF WHEEL WELL, RUNNING LIGHTS, FENDERS ON THE DUALLY, METAL SUPPORTS ON FENDER. NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN IN 30+ YEARS OF TOWING AND DRIVING TRUCKS.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (PREMIER AUTOPLEX 401 US-59 LOOP S, LIVINGSTON, TX 77351 (936) 228-4242) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AS THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A CALLBACK FROM A SUPERVISOR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TAKATA RECALL. NOTHING IS HAPPENING WITH THIS RECALL, IF THEY HAVE THE PARTS TO PUT IN NEW VEHICLES THEY SHOULD BE PUTTING THEM IN VEHICLES ON THE ROAD ENDANGERING ME AND MY FAMILY'S LIVES. IF YOU STOP THEM FROM SELLING TRUCKS TILL THEY CORRECT THE RECALL IT WON'T BE ANOTHER 5 OR 10 YEARS BEFORE THEY GET TO MY TRUCK. THEY ARE JUST WAITING EVERYONE OUT AND YOU KNOW IT.