2004 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING IDLE. CONSUMER ENTERED A BUILDING. WHEN THE OWNER EXITED THE BUILDING FOUND THE VEHICLE 300 FEET AWAY FROM WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PARKED. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED INADVERTENTLY. VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN AT ANY SPEED AND THIS DEFECT COULD OCCUR. *AK

I OWN A 2004 DOGE RAM 3500 WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, I HAVE FOUND THAT ON SOME OCCASIONS THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAUGE IN PARK EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS IT IS IN PARK. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT WILL GO BACK INTO REVERSE, USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE EXITED THE TRUCK AND IT STARTS GOING BACKWARDS.*AK

PARK POSITION ON TRANMISSION FAULTY. I SHIFTED INTO PARK AND IT DROPPED INTO REVERSE AND I HAD A RUNAWAY POWERED REVERSE INCIDENT. *AK

WHEN DRIVING 50 MPH, THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILED CAUSING THE FRONT WHEELS TO LOCK UP. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

THERE IS AN EXHAUST LEAK COMING THROUGH THE AIR VENTS WHEN THE HVAC FAN IS TURNED ON. I WAS A LITTLE DIZZY & HAD A HEADACHE AFTER A LONG DRIVE BACK HOME FROM SAN ANTONIO. AFTER TALKING TO A PHYSICIAN ABOUT MY CONDITION, HE FELT THAT THE CAUSE WAS MOST CERTAINLY CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. I HAVE MENTIONED THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALERSHIP & THEY HAVE BEEN UNRESPONSIVE. THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE & THERE IS NO FIX. I'VE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET & FOUND MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR PROBLEM SO I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE. THERE IS EVEN ONE GENTLEMEN THAT BELIEVES HE HAS THE FIX. APPARENTLY DODGE DIDN'T COVER SOME OF THE HOLES BETWEEN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT & WERE THE HVAC SYSTEM DRAWS FRESH AIR FOR THE CAB. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED AS THIS MAY INJURE SOMEONE TERRIBLY.

WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE THE DASH ILLUMINATED AND THE WHEELS WILL BEGAN TO FREE ROLL. THE OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT ALL THE VEHICLES PERFORMED THAT WAY AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

CONSUMER STATES HE PULLED UP IN HIS BACK YARD AFTER DRIVING HIS VEHICLE, PUT HIS VEHICLE IN PARK CUT IT OFF. HE THEN GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE WALKED AROUND TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK TO OPEN THE TAIL GATE AND NOTICED THE TRUCK WAS MOVING BACKWARD. HE STATES HE TRIED TO CATCH IT, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, IT KNOCKED HIM DOWN. HE THEN COULD DO NO MORE THAN JUST LIE ON THE GROUND AND WATCH THE VEHICLE RUN INTO HIS GATE. HE SAYS THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE WITH HIS SON. HE SAYS HE IS JUST FORTUNATE THAT HE OR HIS SON WAS STANDING IIN THE WAY OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT BEGIN TO ROLL. HE STATES THAT THE PARK PAWL DO NOT ENGAGE SECURELY, CAUSING IT TO JUST OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. HE STATES HE HAS LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME NATURE. HE SAYS THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED 8/27/04.

NEW DODGE RAM 3500 WITH ONLY 35 MILES WENT INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN KNOCKED ME OVER THEN PROCEEDED ON ITS OWN OUT THE DRIVEWAY AND ACROSS THE STREET BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK UP AND CATCH IT. THE TRUCK WILL NOT GO INTO PARK, AND WHEN THE SHIFT LEVER IS IN THE PARK POSITION AND THE INDICATOR READS REVERSE. DRIVE AND NEUTRAL SEEM TO OPERATE CORRECTLY BUT THE DASH INDICATOR DOES NOT SHOW IT TO BE IN NEUTRAL AT TIMES. *JB

MY 2004.5 DODGE 3500 TRUCK WHILE IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THREE VEHICLES. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE TRANSMISSION HAS JUMPED OUT OF PARK, THE FIRST TWO I THOUGHT MAYBE I DIDN'T HAVE IT ALL THE WAY IN PARK, SO I BECAME AWARE TO CHECK IT, WHICH I DID BEFORE THIS LAST EPISODE. ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE THE PARKING BRAKE ON, I BELIEVE THIS POSES A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM, WHICH OTHERS MAY BE EXPERIENCING AS WELL.*AK