2004 Dodge RAM 1500 problems and owner complaints

2004 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT QUAD CAB HEMI - VEHICLE WITH 700 MILES ON IT STALLED SEVERAL TIMES FOR NO APPARENT REASON - ALMOST RESULTED IN BEING REAR ENDED. *AK

Owner-reported narrative. 700 miles reported. Look up ODI 10056779 at NHTSA ↗

SECOND COMPLAINT - 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB HEMI WITH 700 MILES (I ONLY HAD FOR 2 WEEKS) BEGAN STALLING SO I BROUGHT TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. THEY SAID IT WAS THE EGR VALVE AND THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO ORDER THIS PART ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. THEY RETAINED MY VEHICLE AND HAVE HAD IT FOR 3 DAYS. I KEEP CALLING AND THEY SAY THAT THEY CANNOT GET THE PART. I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY CANNOT HELP. THE DELAER REFUSES TO SWAP THE PART FROM HIS INVENTORY BECAUSE HE DOES NOT WANT HIS INVENTORY DISABLED, BUT IT IS FINE WITH HIM IF…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10057025 at NHTSA ↗

2004 DODGE RAM P/U 20" RIMS. BRAKING PROBLEM: RETURNED TO DEALER FOR SECOND TIME TO REPLACE WARPED ROTORS SEEMS TO OCCUR APPROX. EVERY 7000 MILES. APPARENT DESIGN PROBLEM - RESULTING IN DIMINISHED BRAKING CAPABILITY. *LA

Owner-reported narrative. 14,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10080949 at NHTSA ↗

BRAKES LOCKED UP ON 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. *MR THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. THEY UNLOCKED ON THEIR OWN AND CONTINUED TO BE FUNCTIONAL. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE BRAKE FLUID WAS IN THE BRAKE FLUID. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE SOMEONE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, SELLING DEALERSHIP, OR MANUFACTURER TOPPED THE FLUID OFF INCORRECTLY. *SC A FAULTY BELT WAS REPLACED IN THE ENGINE. *JB

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10083754 at NHTSA ↗

2004 DODGE 1500 RAM QUAD CAB TRUCK PURCHASED THE TRUCK HAS A VIBRATION DURING SPEEDS 60-70 MPH - TEAM DODGE STONE MOUNTAIN, WHERE WE PURCHASED, HAS TRIED TO SERVICE TWICE BEFORE AND NOW THE SERVICE MANAGER, TOM HUDSON, AND THE CHRYSLER FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE SAY THIS TRUCK CANNOT BE REPAIRED. WE HAVE REQUESTED A BUY BACK SINCE DODGE DID NOT OFFER A TEMP VEHICLE WHILE THIS WAS TRYING TO BE REPAIRED OR NOT EVEN NOW AS THEY HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE SINCE 7-1. WE HAVE PURCHASED ANOTHER VEHICLE, DIFFERENT MAKE AND MODEL, AND ARE NOW OUT A GREAT DEAL …

Owner-reported narrative. 700 miles reported. Look up ODI 10080957 at NHTSA ↗

I WAS APPROACHING A ROAD THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON, AFTER TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. WHEN I HAD SLOWED ENOUGH TO START TO MAKE MY TURN, THE TRUCK STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND I HAD TO COMPLETE THE TURN WITHOUT POWER STEERING TO AVOID HITTING A CAR WAITING TO TURN AT THE LIGHT. I AM A FAIRLY BIG GUY AND MADE THE TURN WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT HAD TO REALLY PULL ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN IT. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE TURN. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE TRUCK HAD APPROXIMATE…

Owner-reported narrative. 750 miles reported. Look up ODI 10088819 at NHTSA ↗

WATER WAS GETTING INTO THE WIRING HARNESS, CAUSING SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER TO REGISTER SPEED AND MILES ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS MOTIONLESS. *AK

Owner-reported narrative. 109 miles reported. Look up ODI 10063054 at NHTSA ↗

VEHICLES ELECTRONICS BEGIN TO GO BUZURK. SPEEDOMETER GOES UP AND DOWN, REGISTERS MILES INCORRECTLY, BUZZER WILL NOT TURN OFF, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT TURN OFF. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD THE WIRING SYSTEM IS GETTING WET. ON TWO OCCASIONS THEY PACKED WIRE WITH GREASE TO KEEP WIRING FROM GETTING WET. THIS QUITS WORKING WITHIN A MONTH OR SO. THIS LAST VISIT WE WERE FINALLY TOLD THAT DODGE/CHRYSLER WAS AWARE THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL TRUCK, BUT AT THIS TIME THEY HAVE NOT DEVELOPED A PART TO REPAIR AND HAVE NOT RECALLE…

Owner-reported narrative. 4,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10095832 at NHTSA ↗

2004 DODGE TRUCK EXTRA CAB 1500 HAS PROBLEMS OF STALLING WHILE DRIVING.*MR THE DEALER FLASHED THE PCM BUT THAT DID NOT KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM STALLING. WHILE DRIVING UP A SLIGHT GRADE THE CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION WHEN IT WENT INTO OVERDRIVE. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NM

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10079318 at NHTSA ↗

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT FROM A PARKING SPACE AND NOTICED THAT THE RPMS WERE GOING UP, AND THE ENGINE WAS MAKING A FUNNY NOISE. WHEN HE GOT TO THE ROAD AND APPROACHED THE STOP LIGHT THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THEN, VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER JUST PICKED THE BRAND NEW VEHICLE UP FROM THE DEALER THE DAY BEFORE. HE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FILTER IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMING APART. WHICH MEANT THAT NONE OF THE FLUID WAS GOING TO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS BLEW OUT THE ENGINE.*AK THE DEALER REPL…

Owner-reported narrative. 278 miles reported. Look up ODI 10092687 at NHTSA ↗

MY DODGE QUADCAB HEMI BEGAN VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY AT AROUND 750 MILES AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID AS LONG AS THE LIGHT WASN'T BLINKING, IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. HOWEVER, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I PULL INTO THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP TO GET IT CHECKED OUT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE THE HOUR I HAD TO GO TO GET HOME. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE TRUCK WAS STALLING AND BLOWING BLUE SMOKE OUT THE BACK WITH A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL. AFTER A WEEK OF WAITING, IT WAS FINALLY DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL I…

Owner-reported narrative. 750 miles reported. Look up ODI 10081135 at NHTSA ↗

700 ORIGIANL MILES - PIN CONNECTIONS(1ST SHOP I TOOK IT TO SAID IT WAS READING A TRANSMISSTION ERROR, BUT COULDN'T FIX IT); 6000 MILES-FUEL PUMP AND MAP SENSOR; 8000 MILES-TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER. THIS HAS LEFT ME STRANDED, AND I'VE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TWICE.*AK

Owner-reported narrative. 700 miles reported. Look up ODI 10114223 at NHTSA ↗