2004 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

THIS COMPLAINT IS FOR WIPER MOTOR SUDDEN FAILURE ON A REMANUFACTURED PART SUPPLIED FROM OREILY AUTO PARTS. I REPLACE MY WIPER MOTOR WHEN THE ORIGINALS WIPER PARK FUNCTION BECAME FINICKY. I INSTALLED THE REBUILD MOTOR TO FACTORY SPEC AND IT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND PROCEEDED TO FAIL IN A MAJOR RAIN STORM THE WIPERS WOULD BE RUNNING FULL SPEED THEN JUST STOP AND WOULD RESUME AFTER ABOUT 20 SECONDS THIS PROBLEM ONLY OCCURRED IN HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE HI SETTING. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED MY VEHICLE PARTIALLY LEFT THE ROADWAY BECAUSE I MISJUDGED THE SHOULDER WIDTH FROM POOR VISIBILITY. I EXCHANGED THE FAULTY MOTOR AT OREILYS FOR ANOTHER REBUILD MOTOR WHICH LASTED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND IT ALSO FAILED IN THE HIGH SETTING IN HEAVY RAIN IN THIS CASE IT WENT FROM WORKING JUST FINE TO MAKING A LARGE SCREECHING NOISE ON ONE WIPE AND IT QUIT COMPLETELY THIS UNIT DID NOT COME BACK TO LIFE. I AGAIN EXCHANGED IT FOR ANOTHER REBUILT UNIT FOR OREILYS AND THE NEW UNIT LASTED ABOUT A MONTH AND ALSO HAS FAILED. IT WILL WORK FINE BUT JUST STOP WORKING AT RANDOM UNTIL YOU JERK THE WIPER ARMS THEN IT WILL START WORKING AGAIN. THIS UNIT WAS RETURNED TO OREILYS AND I PURCHASED A NEW UNIT FROM DODGE. THE FACT THE QUALITY OF THE PARTS ARE SO POOR IT PUT MYSELF AND OTHERS IN THE PUBLIC AT RISK DUE TO A HIGH RATE OF FAILURE FROM A ESSENTIAL SAFETY COMPONENT TO ALLOW ME TO SEE WHERE I AM GOING. THE FAILURES OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAYS CITY STREETS WHILE IN MOTION AND AT TIMES TURNING

MY DODGE TRUCKS VIOLENTLY WOBBLING OUT OF CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 60 MPH, I HIT A MINOR BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE ONLY WAY IT STOPPED WAS I HAD TO REDUCE MY SPEED TO 10 MPH, THE PROBLEM WAS I WAS IN THE EXPRESS LANE, I WAS IN FRONT OF A SEMI TRUCK

TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 76,000 MILES. REPLACED ALL 4 BALL JOINTS AT THE SAME TIME, FEWER THAN 40K. HAD TO REPLACE AN INJECTOR AROUND THE SAME TIME. FILTERS DODGE CAME OUT WITH WERE TOO LARGE, LETTING "JUNK" INTO THE INJECTORS. NOT ONG AFTER THAT, WE WERE DRIVING AND LOST POWER. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, SAW BELTS HANGING DOWN. POPPED THE HOOD AND THE PULLEY(?) THE BELTS ATTACH TO HAD SNAPPED OFF! FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ON A COUNTY ROAD, DRIVING SLOWLY. THEN, AT 76K, THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING US TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRONT AXLE SYSTEM. WE WERE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, THEN PROCEEDED TO PULL FORWARD. ABOUT HALFWAY ACROSS THE INTERSECTION, LEFT WHEEL LOCKED UP. WE COULD GO IN REVERSE, BUT NOT FORWARD. INJECTORS ARE CLOGGING UP AS WELL AND WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. WE BOUGHT THIS NEW IN 2005 FOR $42,000. IT HAS HAD AN 'EASY' LIFE WITH VERY LITTLE TOWING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT FUNCTION AFTER BEING STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL FILTERS WERE DEFECTIVE AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 142,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V462000 (AIR BAGS). WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, IT ACCELERATED IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW WHAT COMPONENT WAS DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,900.

TAKATA RECALL CALLED DEALER (CARSON CITY DODGE - JEEP) WHEN RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED IN THE MAIL, I WAS ADDED TO A LIST AND TOLD TO WAIT, STILL HAVE NOT BEEN CALLED EVEN THOUGH OTHERS HAVE GONE IN AND THE DEALER HAS DONE A REPLACEMENT WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT OR THEM BEING ON THE "LIST".

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/31/17*LJ UPDATED 02/01/17.*JB