2004 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT IDLING IN THE PARK POSITION, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A TREE. *AK *SC *JB

PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK. GOT OUT AND WALKED 50 FEET AHEAD OF VEHICLE. TURNED AND SAW VEHICLE MOVING IN REVERSE. RAN TO VEHICLE, WHICH HAD CROSSED A ROAD, PUT ON EMERGENCY BREAK AND STOPPED. *AK

REMOVED KEY FROM IGNITION ON 6 OCCASIONS OVER 2 DAYS AND ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. *JB

ABS LIGHT CAME ON. AIR CONDITIONER WENT OFF AND ON. WENT TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION , AND HEARD A POP, AND BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR. FINALLY STOPPED WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE. A MAN CAME RUNNING SAYING GET OUT THAT IT WAS ON FIRE. CALLED THE FIRE DEPT. THIS IS A NEW TRUCK WITH 8,000 MILES ON IT. WE ARE WAITING FOR A REP FROM CHRYSLER TO INVESTIGATE. THEY WOULD NOT EVEN PUT US IN A RENTAL UNTIL THEY GOT TO IT. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR KILLED SOMEONE ELSE. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE OUT OF TOWN AT BRUBAKER BUT HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. *LA

CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS RUNNING AND WENT INTO HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS. WHEN THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE IT ROLLED BACK ABOUT 300 FEET AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES , AND THE POLICE DID NOT ARRIVE ON THE SCENE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CATCH IT BEFORE ANY DAMAGE WAS DONE. IN ALL, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK THREE TIMES. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK . AFTER LEAVING THE VEHICLE RUNNING VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED BACKWARDS,COLLIDING WITH A VEHICLE BEHIND IT. WHEN THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS PUT IN PARK CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE THAT THE SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE HOOKED OVER AND SEATED TO THE RIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED. POLICE ARRIVED, BUT,NO ONE WAS CITED. *AK

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 LAST NIGHT AFTER A LONG DRIVE BACK HOME FROM NORTH FLORIDA. 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. I WILL ATTEMPT THIS FIX BUT STILL WANTED TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL REPORT OF THIS ISSUE IN THE EVENT SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME OR THE VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM. *JB

DODGE RAM 3500 WITH CUMMINS DIESEL. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK ON AN ABSOLUTELY FLAT PARKING LOT, BELIEVING IT TO BE IN PARK. WALKED 30-40 FEET AND THEN VEHICLE BEGAN MOVING IN REVERSE GEAR AT IDLE AND HIT A CAR. DODGE PERSONNEL HAVE TOLD ME THAT DUE TO THE HIGH TORQUE, IT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. AS SOON AS THE FOOT IS REMOVED FROM THE BREAK, IF IT IS IN GEAR IT WILL MOVE AT A PACE FASTER THAN A PERSON CAN EXIT.