2004 DODGE RAM 1500 Steering Problems

I tried to get the service done Iam a one vehicle owner the dealership told me I had to pay out of pocket for the rental car with no set day of service The dealership didn’t care whether I got the recall done cause of the year of the vehicle they provided no transportation solution

I was driving to work that morning traveling about 40 into the city when all of a sudden I heard a loud noise, I barely could handle the steering wheel to coast it to the side before it came to a complete hault, I look out my window and my drive shaft broke in 2 pieces was passing me on the main road. Front end was on the side shoulder, back end was out in the road. I jumped out of the truck and grabbed up both ends of my drive shafts and put in the back of my 04 dodge ram truck, then started directing traffic on this busy road of morning commuters. Fluid was everywhere on the road so I'm trying to put sand from the side of the road onto the fluid that was on the road that had leaked out my truck all while directing traffic to keep from creating an accident. An law officer came ask was I alright, I answered explained what had happened and he never took a report instead replied with "Seems like you got everything handled" and got back in his car and drove off. I called for a tow service for their assistance and requested it be took to a shop. Where it now sits unrivaled. It was inspected by the mechanic and learned that the pinyin nut had came off cause my rear end to lock up which caused my drive shaft to come out and when it hit broke it smooth into 2 pieces that caused damage to my transmission case. This could have ended very badly for me that day, I'm thankful that it didn't. But now my truck is tore up do to a faulty manufacturers pinyin nut. And I need my truck fixed so I can work and support my family. This was not my doings. I love my truck very much and desperately need it back up and running

ENGINE STALLS WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND WHEN IN IDLE. THIS STARTED HAPPENING APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS AGO. CHECK ENGINE HAS NEVER TURNED ON.

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, AN ABNORMAL SQUEAKING NOISE OCCURRED COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN MAKING TURNS, AN ABNORMAL SCRAPING NOISE OCCURRED COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND TO GO THE VEHICLE JERKED, THEN FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED HAYES CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF GAINESVILLE ((770) 535-2835, 3115 FRONTAGE RD, GAINESVILLE, GA 30504) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 301,932.

Mileage: 301,932

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED INTO THE OTHER LANE, SPUN AROUND, DROVE INTO A DITCH, AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000. UPDATED 01/06/17*LJ CONSUMER STATED THE REAR AXLE BROKE AND THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL BROKE OFF AND WAS LAYING IN THE DITCH BY THE TRUCK! UPDATED 7/12/18*JB

Mileage: 103,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE SHOOK. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPIN AND THE CONTACT COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

Mileage: 155,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

I OWN A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 WHENEVER IT GETS WET IT SHUTS DOWN AND IT STARTS BY THE STEERING GETTING HARD THEN DASH LIGHT ( CHECK GAGE ) COMES ON THEN I'M A SITTING DUCK AND IT WON'T MOVE. I HAVE HAD ALOT OF WORK DONE BY THE GARAGE AS THEY SAID THIS AND THAT WAS THE ISSUE $2,300 LATTER IT STILL DOES THE SAME ISSUE. I'M LOST AND I KNOW AT LEAST 15 OTHER TRUCK OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE .

Mileage: 130,000

WHEN EVER IT RAINS I CAN'T DRIVE AS WATER SPLASHES UP UNDER THE TRUCK FROM THE ROAD MY CHECK GAGE LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN STEERING GETS STIFF AND YOU CAN'T TURN THE STEERING WHEEL . I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 3 TIMES TO A GARAGE AND ONCE IT SAT INSIDE OUT OF THE RAIN AND DRYER OUT THE WHEEL WAS ABLE TO TURN. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS AS I COULDN'T STEER AND IN 2 CASES I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEWAY AS I COULDN'T TURN AROUND THE BEND IN THE ROAD .

Mileage: 120,000

15V-313 WE HAVE A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 THAT HAS ALL THE ISSUES I'VE READ ON HERE FOR COMPLAINTS. THE WIND SHIELD WIPERS ONLY WORK ON THE HIGHEST SETTING AND WHEN TURNED OFF STOP WHEREVER ON THE WINDSHIELD WHEN YOU TURN THE SWITCH TO SHUT THEM OFF, THE ENGINE SEEMS TO BE LEAKING OIL SOME PLACE, HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBELIES, REAR END HAS FOAM IN THE FLUID, IM GUESSING FROM READING THIS THAT MY REAR AXEL IS ABOUT TO FLY OUT FROM UNDERNEATH MY TEUCK WHILE DRIVING BY THE WAY IT SOUNDS AND SLIPS, AND NOW A RECALL ON AIR BAGS. I FEAR EVERYTIME I DRIVE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF MY TRUCK AND BY THE SOUNDS OF IT AFTER READING ALL THESE COMPLAINTS THAT THERE IS GOOD REASON TO FEAR FOR MY LIFE. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. THESE VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE TO DRIVE IF THERE THIS DANGEROUS. SOUNDS LIKE CHRYSLER SHOULD BE BUYING THESE TRUCKS BACK SO ALL THERE CUSTOMERS DONT HAVE TO RISK THERE LIVES DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN A POOR DESIGNED VEHICLE THE PRODUCED. NOT SURE WHY THERE ALLOWED TO KEEP THEM ON THE STREETS BEING SO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. OUR TRUCK HAS EVERY PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT ON HERE BUT YET ONLY HAS ONE RECALL WHEN LOOKED UP BY VIN. WHY IS THAT?

THE TRUCK STALLS AT STOPS AND TURNS AFTER FUEL FILL UP

Mileage: 81,000

ENTERING OFF THE HIGHWAY RT 95 FELT VIBRATION THEN CAUGHT THE END OF THE CURB TRYING TO CONTROL IT WENT INTO THE GRASS, INTO A GUARD RAIL THEN ALSO INTO A HAS SITTERS MATERIAL DANGER WITH SIGNS ALL OVER IT BUILDING NEXT TO THE TOLLBOOTH BECAUSE IT WAS SLIPPERY GRASS I COULD NOT STOP THEN PROCEEDED TO SOMEHOW TOTALED TWO CARS ON THE OP. CIT. SIDE OF THE SMALL BUILDING THE PARK CARS THAT WERE WORKERS AT THE TOLLBOOTH IT WAS AN INDUSTRIAL PARK BUILDING AND I WANT THROUGH I HAVE YET TO GET ANY INFORMATION NOR GOT ANY TYPE OF RESPONSE FROM CHRYSLER DODGE OR ANYBODY I HAVE A MISSING TOOTH DUE TO THE ACCIDENT IT WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND I HAVE A POLICE REPORT AND HOSPITAL BILLS NO RENTAL BILLS AND THEN ON TO WORK IT'S JUST TERRIBLE WITH NO TRUCK .. I'M SICK OVER THE WHOLE THING AND NOW PILE OF BILLS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH I REALLY PRESCIENT THE NEW BUYBACK YOU HAD DONE BECAUSE NONE OF MYRECALLS ON MY TRUCK HAD GOTTEN DONE PLEASE HELP.

Mileage: 142,000

I RECIEVED A LETTER STATING A RECALL.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT WOULD GIVE OUT AT RANDOM TIMES BROUGHT TO DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS FCM (LATER FOUND OUT BY ANOTHER MECHANIC THAT IT WAS A LOOSE CONNECTOR AT THE TIPM ISSUE WAS ALSO THE SAME EXACT THING ON OUR WORK TRUCK A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 DUALLY). THE MAIN SAFETY ISSUE IS WITH THE POWER RACK AND PINION, IT HAS GIVEN OUT TWICE ON THE ROAD IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE FIX THE FIRST TIME WAS A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE POWER RACK AND PINION SYSTEM. THE SECOND TIME, THE REPLACEMENT OF INNER TIE ROD SEALS. ANOTHER COMPUTER ISSUE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR LOSS OF POWER TO WHOLE TRUCK AT RANDOM TIMES, CRUISE CONTROL FAILING, POWER SURGES. UNIT REPLACED TWICE IN ONE YEAR TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE REVERSING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT FELT THE STEERING WHEEL BECOME CONSTRICTIVE AND HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING UNIT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE, PULL TO THE LEFT, AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD, WHERE THE INSURANCE COMPANY DEEMED THE VEHICLE DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED. MA 10/8 *CN

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT TO PROCEED ON A MAIN ROAD THE VEHICLE DIED WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT AND CROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE TRUCK BRIEFLY ACCELERATED AND THEN JUST DIED. I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE ENGINE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 6500 MILES ON IT AND NOW I HAVE 204000 . THIS IS THE 4TH OCCASION IT HAS STALLED WHILE AT LOW SPEED FOR NO REASON. THE LATEST OCCASION JUST OCCURRED ON08/11/15 WHILE I WAS GOING THREW A ROUND ABOUT. I ENTERED THE ROUND ABOUT TURNING SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT ,HALF WAY AROUND COMING OUT OF THE TURN AS IT WAS STRAIGHTENING THE TRUCK JUST SHUT DOWN. IN ALL THE OCCURRENCES I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING AT LOWER SPEEDS 30 MPH OR LESS. 2 ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. ON THE LAST OCCURRENCE I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE TRUCK WHILE COASTING IN NEUTRAL ,EVEN THOUGH THE SIDE OF THE DASH THAT THE GEAR RANGE IS BURNT OUT SO YOU CANT ACTUALLY SEE WHAT GEAR YOU ARE IN. ALL THE TIMES IT HAS STALLED IT HAS BEEN DURING SUMMER MONTHS HOT OUTSIDE AND NO PRECIPITATION. AT TIMES THE TRUCK WILL HIT A LOW RPM WHILE AT AN IDLE BUT WILL RECOVER. THE VEHICLE HAS GONE YEARS IN BETWEEN STALLS FIRST 2 WHEN THE TRUCK HAD LESS THAN A 80K, AND THE LAST 2 STALL OUTS ABOUT A YEAR APART. NO CODES STORED IN THE COMPUTER. TOTALLY RANDOM EVENTS.

Mileage: 16,200

WAS DRIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT APPROX. 20MPH WHEN THE FRONT END FELL OUT ONTO THE ROAD.

WHEN I PURCHASED THIS DODGE RAM 1500 HEMI 5.7 IT HAD A BAD ENGINE. AFTER THE ENGINE WAS FIXED, I NOTICE THE TRUCK WOULD JUST STOP RUNNING OR STALL AND NO ENGINE LIGHT. I WOULD START IT BACK UP AND IT WOULD KILL AT ANYTIME I WOULD SLOW DOWN TO TURN OR SLOW DOWN TO STOP. THIS WOULD HAPPEN 2 TO 10 TIMES A DAY. THEN NOT FOR A DAY OR TWO. WHEN I LOOKED ONLINE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER IS NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. THIS CAN KILL SOMEONE AND I HAD TO STOP MY SON FROM USING THIS TRUCK. BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID HE WOULD GET KILLED OR KILL SOMEONE ELSE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER. UPDATED 9/15/15 *LN.... UPDATED 09/30/15*BF *CN

Mileage: 165,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAD NO POWER TO MY BRAKES OR STEERING AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. I MANAGED TO PULL OVER PLACED IT IN PARK AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS REMAINED WORKING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THIS SCENARIO HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION I WAS SITTING AT STOP LIGHT AND IT TURNED GREEN TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE AND PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR THE AND THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS AND ALMOST HIT THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME SINCE THERE WAS A SLIGHT DECLINE TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. AGAIN ALL ELECTRICAL WAS FINE, BUT THE ENGINE QUIT. FOR ALL SCENARIOS I DID NOT EVEN KNOW THE ENGINE STOPPED BESIDES THE BRAKES AND STEERING HAD NO POWER. THE ENGINE JUST SIMPLY STOPPED RUNNING,

Mileage: 47,500

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH, I HEARD A LOUD "SMACK!" BEFORE THE ENGINE STALLED AND I LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. LUCKILY, I'M PRETTY STRONG AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER. THE ENGINE WOULD START BUT NOT TURN OVER WITH 4 OR 5 ATTEMPTS. IT STARTED ON THE FIFTH OR SIXTH TRY BUT WOULD NOT IDLE. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET IT TO START AND ON MY WAY TO THE MECHANIC, I COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS BROKEN IN THE ENGINE. AFTER INSPECTING THE ENGINE AND LOOKING INTO IT, IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT A VALVE SPRING BROKE AND SENT THE VALVE THROUGH THE PISTON AND INTO THE CYLINDER, EFFECTIVELY CEASING THE ENGINE WHILE THE VEHICLE TRAVELED AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 172,000

GETTING VERY HARD TO STEER AND WHEEL KEEPS LOCKING UP, FEELS LOOSE, AND SOUNDS LIKE IT IS BREAKING (GRINDING NOISES). *TR

TRUCK STARTED SQUEAKING THEN MAKING A POPPING NOISE WHILE TURNING IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A NOISE WHILE TURNING. DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ANY RECALLS ON THIS TRUCK. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THE MAN SAID THE WHEEL WAS ABOUT TO COME OFF. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK ABOUT 2.5 MONTHS AGO USED WITH 59XXX MILES ON IT. THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES NOW. THE FIRST TIME I WAS COMING OFF THE FREEWAY APPROACHING A STOPLIGHT. AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN WHEN I HIT ABOUT 20 MPH MY TRUCK COMPLETELY STALLED. ALL POWER WAS ON AFTER STALL, BUT I HAD NO BRAKES, NO STEERING, AND NO ENGINE. LUCKILY IM A STRONG GUY AND HAD PLENTY OF ROOM TO KEEP A STRAIGHT LINE AND VERY FORCEFULLY APPLY THE NON POWERED BRAKES. IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP SO I KIND OF SHRUGGED IT OFF. IT HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES SINCE THEN, SAME SYMPTOMS: SLOWING DOWN FOR A TURN OR A STOP.... ENGINE DIES, NO STEERING, NO BRAKES, DEAD TRUCK, STARTS RIGHT UP. HOWEVER LAST NIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY IT STALLED ON ME A QUARTER OF THE WAY THROUGH A LEFT HAND TURN AT ABOUT 15 MPH. I COULDN'T TURN THE WHEEL HARD ENOUGH TO FINISH MY TURN, I COULDN'T APPLY THE BRAKES HARD ENOUGH TO STOP IN A SAFE AMOUNT OF TIME, I DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. I HAD TO QUICKLY APPLY MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. STOPPING JUST IN TIME ABOUT 1 FOOT SHORT OF DRIVING INTO A GUARDRAIL WITH A STEEP EMBANKMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE. I AM LITERALLY SCARED TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK NOW, SCARED FOR MY LIFE AND OTHER PEOPLES LIVES. APPARENTLY THERE SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS STALLING, BUT NO RECALLS TO MY KNOWLEDGE OR DEFINITIVE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED... PLEASE HELP! RESPECTFULLY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 60,000

HAD JUST FILLED GAS TANK FIFTEEN MINUTES EARLIER. DRIVING ON MOUNTAIN RD. SLOWED FOR CURVE AND ENGINE QUIT, ALMOST RAN INTO LOGGING TRUCK HEADON. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER FILLUP. ONCE WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON FREEWAY. SLOWED TO LET ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND ENGINE QUITE AS SOON AS I TOUCHED THE BRAKES. WHEN I FILL GAS TANK IT USUALLY DIE AT FIRST STOP. DOES THIS UNTIL I HAVE USED UP SOME OF THE GAS. HAVE ASKED DEALER WHO SOLD THE TRUCK TO ME TO LOOK INTO THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I GET KILLED. NO RESPONSE. I NO LONGER DRIVE THAT ROAD JUST AFTER FILL UP. HAVE CHECKED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT SEVERAL 1500 RAM OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WILL BE LIKE THE IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO GET KILLED TO GET IT FIXED. *TR

Mileage: 41,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION, DRY SHAFT, AND THE TIE RODS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

STEERING VIBRATIONS OR SHUDDERS WHEN MANEUVERING AT LOW SPEEDS, MAKING TURNS ETC. NOT CONSISTENTLY BUT INTERMITTENTLY SEEMS TO GET WORSE WITH TIME. SEEMS TO ONLY DO IT WHEN IN MOTION AND NOT WHEN AT A STAND STILL AND TURNING WHEELS. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON FRONT SUSPENSION HAVE DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT THEY MUST BE REPLACED FOR CONCERNS OF SAFETY. THIS IS VERY LOW MILEAGE FOR BALL JOINTS TO FAIL. AND SINCE MY 2WD TRUCK HAS UNITIZED BALL JOINTS (PART OF UPPER CONTROL ARM, WHICH ALSO HAS TO BE REPLACED), THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCED A POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE. THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF ROAD AND ROLLED INTO A FIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175000.

Mileage: 175,000

AFTER FILLING GAS TANK FULL, ENGINE DIES WHEN BRAKING AND TURNING A CORNER (LOSING STEERING) AND COMING TO A STOP. STARTS BACK UP FINE, BUT STALLS AGAIN ON NEXT LOW SPEED BRAKING OR TURNING A CORNER. VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT I HAVE READ. I'VE HAD NEW PLUGS AND O2 SENSORS COSTING MUCHO FOR ZERO RESULT. WHEN THIS OCCURS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A SLOW TURN, I HAVE TO THROW IT UP TO NEUTRAL TO RESTART. ONCE I THREW IT IN PARK GOING SLOWLY, BUT IT WAS DANGEROUS TO SCREECH TO A HALT WITH A CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST REAR ENDED ME. I'VE BEEN TOLD THE SAME CRAP BY DEALERS ABOUT THIS AND I KNOW THEY ARE PLAYING DUMB. THE ONLY REMEDY THAT I USE FOR THIS IS SIMILAR TO OTHERS WHICH IS JUST DON'T FILL IT ALL THE WAY UP UNLESS YOU ARE GETTING RIGHT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY TO RUN THOSE SPEEDS AND NOT BE STOPPING. I CAN'T LET OTHERS DRIVE MY TRUCK UNLESS I MAKE SURE THAT THE TANK IS BELOW THREE QUARTERS OF A TANK. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S NOT A QUICK AND DIRTY FIX FOR THIS. SEEMS LIKE YOU SHOULD DISABLE EMISSIONS DEVICES IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY. *TR

Mileage: 24,000

HUB ASSEMBLY FAILED AND BRAKES GAVE OUT WHICH ALLOWED VEHICLE WHICH RESULTED IN CRASHING INTO A TREE. *TR

Mileage: 137,093

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REPLACING ALL OF THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE, THE MECHANIC FOUND DETERIORATION ON THE FRONT AND REAR LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS, AS WELL AS THE TIE ROD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR INSPECTION TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

Mileage: 33,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE RACK AND PINION. AS A RESULT, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME VERY HARD TO CONTROL WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE RACK AND PINION WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 154,094. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

NOTICED FLUID ON THE GROUND UNDER TRUCK CHECKED FLUID ;ADDED FLUID; HAD SYSTEM CHECKED AT LOCAL REPAIR SHOP DECIDED TO KEEP ADDING FLUID CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE REPAIR DONE AT THIS TIME; THE CLAMPS AND HOSES SEEM TO BE LOOSE BUT WAS ALSO TOLD ABOUT SOME "O" RINGS IN THE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 69,410

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN, TRAFFIC OR RED LIGHT OR WHEN TURNING. *TR

Mileage: 49,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL POP WAS HEARD AS THE FRONT WINDSHIELD SEALANT FAILED, CAUSING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REFERRED THE CONTACT TO A GLASS SPECIALIST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE GLASS SPECIALIST WHO INSPECTED THE WINDSHIELD AND ADVISED THAT THE URETHANE SEALANT WAS NOT STICKING TO THE GLASS. THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED BY THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD RETURN HIS CALL WITHIN 24 HOURS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,500. .... UPDATED 02-20-13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING COLUMN BECAME LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AS WELL AS THE GEAR ASSEMBLY, STEERING RACK, GEAR SHAFT, FLUID. THE VEHICLE NEEDED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. UPDATED 02/25/2013 *JS

Mileage: 85,500

2004 DODGE RAM 1500 5.7L HEMI WILL STOP RUNNING WHILE DRIVING. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS DRIVING AND THE STEERING LOCKS UP. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS AND AM CURRENTLY SEEKING HELP IN THIS MATTER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THREE MECHANICS WHO HAVE REPLACED ALL THE OXYGEN SENSORS, THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, THROTTLE BODY, EGR VALVE, AIR INTAKE FILTER AND THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO END TO THIS AND EVERYONE IS JUST SHOOTING IN THE DARK. THE DEALERSHIPS DO NOT GET A CODE WHEN THEY HOOK UP TO THE VEHICLE. I AM IN FEAR OF MY SAFETY. I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND MY TRUCK STALLED WHILE MOVING ALMOST CAUSING ME TO REAR END THE PERSON AHEAD OF ME SINCE I LOST ALL CONTROL OF MY BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. FROM WHAT I'M READING THIS HAD HAPPENED TO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF RECALL AND ITS TOO DANGEROUS OF A SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 42,656

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE MAKING A TURN. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 99,000.

Mileage: 99,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THERE WAS CONTAMINATION IN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM AND THE STEERING SYSTEM WOULD HAVE TO BE FLUSHED. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO STATED THAT THE RACK AND PINION AND THE FUEL PUMP WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER THE REPAIR AND CAUSED THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE TO BE INVOLVED IN A CRASH DUE TO THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZING ABNORMALLY. THE POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED BRUISING AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A SHOULDER INJURY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,450.

Mileage: 122,450

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST STATED THE ADJUSTMENT BOLT FOR THE TIE ROD CLAMP WAS MISSING. THE DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE REPLACEMENT PARTS#J0180077 IN STOCK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED HER TO TWO OTHER DEALERS BUT THE PART WAS DISCONTINUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 261,862.

Mileage: 261,862

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING WHEEL WAS PULLING WHILE MAKING A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE ON THE FRONT TIE ROD. THE FAILURE ALSO CAUSED THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRES TO WEAR SEVERELY AND THE STEERING WHEEL TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,700 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,104.

Mileage: 88,700

STEERING RACK LEAKS SEVERLY. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

2004 DODGE RAM 1500 - POWER STEERING HOSES, CLAMPS AND PIPING: I NOTICED THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND WHEN I CHECKED THE FLUID LEVEL, THE PUMP WAS DRY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVELED A LARGE PUDDLE OF POWER STEERING FLUID ON MY GARAGE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY I WASN'T DRIVING THE TRUCK WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE LEAK CAME FROM THE AREA WHERE THE HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE LINES CONNECT TO THE STEERING RACK. INQUIRES ON THE WEB LED ME TO THIS SITE, AND PROVED THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING ON A VEHICLE THIS SIZE, ESPECIALLY IF TOWING A LARGE LOAD, COULD BE, AND PROBABLY WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. DODGE SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THE INCIDENTS PERTAINING TO THIS, AND ISSUE A RECALL FOR THE REPAIR BEFORE SOMEONE IS NOT ABLE TO WRITE A COMPLAINT LIKE THIS.. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHEN THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO GEAR HE APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE RUBBER FLEXIBLE HYDRAULIC HOSE LINE FITTING FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE BRAKE FLEXIBLE LINE . IN JUNE OF 2010 WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THEY STATED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE CORRODED AND CAUSED THE PARKING BRAKE TO FAIL. THE DEALER CLEANED AND RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE. HE ALSO EXPERIENCED FAILURE WITH THE POWER STEERING HYDRAULIC HOSE LEAKING; HOWEVER, THE DEALER PLACED THE HOSE CLAMP IN ORDER TO STOP THE LEAKING. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000. UPDATED 1/19/2010 *CN UPDATED 03/28/11

Mileage: 70,000

2004 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT HEMI RACK BLOWING SEALS THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE 3 IN 15000 MILES I HOPE MY WIFE IS NOT DRIVING WITH MY SON IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER WHEN THIS HAPPENS............ THIS PROBLEM IS WELL KNOW WHY IS IT NOT FIXED ITS ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

I HAVE A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 REGULAR CAB PICKUP W/ 20" WHEELS & OEM GOODYEAR WRANGLER HP TIERS 5.7 HEMI. VEHICLE IS 100% STOCK AND UNMODIFIED AND MAINTAINED METICULOUSLY. AT RANDOM INTERVALS ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN 60 & 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WILL ABRUPTLY DEVELOP A MASSIVE SHAKING SENSATION. VIOLENT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT MAY LOOSE CONTROL OR HAVE A FLAT TIRE. THEN IF YOU SLOW DOWN THE TRUCK RIDE SMOOTHES AS GLASS AND WILL BE FINE TILL IT STARTS TO BUILD AGAIN, OR A BUMP SETS IT OFF. THIS PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN THROWOUT THE INTERNET AND COMMONLY CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE". THIS CONDITION SEEMS TO AFFECT PRIMARILY RAM 1500-2500 FROM 2003-2008. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

I WAS TRAVELING 70MPH ON INTERSTATE 70WEST AND MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE RIM AND AXLE CAME OFF MY 2004 DODGE 1500 QUAD CAB PICK UP THERE IS ONLY 80 PLUS THOUSAND MILES. IT TORE UP MY FRONT FENDER AND DOOR. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING IN THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF A PROBLEM, EXCEPT THAT MY CRUISE CONTROL KICK OFF AND WOULD NOT RESET. THAN MY BRAKE WARNING AND ABS WARMING LIGHTS CAME ON ABOUT 2 MINS LATER MY STEERING STARTED TO SHIMMY AND THAN WHEEL ASSEMBLE CAME OFF. I WAS LUCKY THE VEHICLE DID NOT GRAB AND FLIP. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD SAFELY. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

THE POWER STEERING IN MY 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 LOCKED UP WHILE SWITCHING LANES CAUSE MY VEHICLE TO CROSS THE ROAD STRIKE A ELECTRIC POLE THEN COMING TO A REST. THE RIGHT SIDE LOWER ARM BALL JOINT WAS FOUND IN THE ROADWAY. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

I BOUGHT A 2004 DODGE 1500 A MONTH AGO. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN GOOD TILL YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS GOING TO PICKUP MY SON WHEN THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING. TOOK IT INTO DEALERSHIP $1400 FOR NEW RACK AND PINION. IF I AM STILL LUCKY IT WILL NOT BE A PUMP AS WELL. TRUCK HAD 162460KM WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND HAS 163496KM NOW. THE THOUGHT OF A CLEAR SAFETY ON THE TRUCK AND JUST OVER 1000KM PUT ON IT AND THE RACK AND PINION NEEDING TO BE REPLACED IS NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR THE DEALERSHIP. JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE CONTINUES. *TR

Mileage: 163,496

ENGINE STALLING BY 2004 DODGE RAM 1500-5.7L V8 ENGINE. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE AND DIRECTLY LED TO AN ACCIDENT CAUSING OVER $10,000 IN DAMAGE AND NEAR FATAL INJURIES. FURTHER, THIS VEHICLE (AND OTHERS I HAVE BECOME AWARE OF) HAVE BEEN SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP ON TIME/SCHEDULE BUT THIS ISSUE HAS NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED NOR HAVE THEY BEEN RECALLED OR REPAIRED DESPITE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. FORTUNATELY THE REPAIRS WERE COVERED BY INSURANCE BUT THE VEHICLE STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM FOR WHICH NEITHER THE LOCAL DEALER NOR CHRYSLER-DODGE ET, AL. HAS ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE (ALTHOUGH READING THE FILES IT IS CLEAR THEY SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND MAN HOURS TO REFUTE/DISMISS THIS MATTER. *TR

Mileage: 20,001

BRAKING ON THE HIGHWAY LED TO ENGINE STALL AND FULL LOSS OF POWER TO VEHICLE. VEHICLE STALLED IN LEFT LANE AND NEARLY CAUSED A CRASH. ALSO, RACK AND PINION STEERING BEGAN TO FAIL AT 50,000 MILES. REPLACED AT 54,000. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

EXCESSIVE PLAY ON STEERING WHEEL I HAVE A 2004 STL DODGE RAM 1500 5.7 HEMI ENGINE ON IT SINCE I BOUGH THIS TRUCK I NOTICED SOME PLAY ON STEERING WHEEL WHICH GETTING WORST AS YOU DRIVING MAKING ALMOST AT SOME POINT LOOSING CONTROL IS NOT RESPONSIVE WHEN STEERING THE VEHICLE. I HAVE A TRUCK CHECK UP BUT CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM TRUCK HAS ONLY 36,000 MILES THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUED I HOPE DODGE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *TR

EXCESSIVE PLAY AT STEERING WHEEL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL SHAME ON DODGE BEAUTIFUL TRUCK BUT IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP CONTROL AT HIGH SPEED WANDERING ALL OVER THE PLACE I WAS TOLD BY DEALER MY TIRES WHERE WORN AT THAT'S WHY IT WAS LOOSE $1,200 DOLLARS LATER FOR A NEW SET OF 20' INCHES TIRES STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM TRUCK NOW HAS 50K AND PROBLEM START WHEN IT WAS 18,000 MILES I HOPE DODGE IT WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *TR

Mileage: 18,000

SERIOUS SHAKE IN STEERING AND ABILITY TO CONTROL STEERING. *TR

Mileage: 48,500

HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2002/STEERING/RACK_AND_PINION_FAILURE.SHTML CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY DEFECT LOST STEERING WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT CHRYSLER LCC IS NOT STANDING BEHIND. PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE ABOVE AND SEE ALL THE COMMON COMPLAINTS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY DODGE OR BY PRESSURE OF THE NHTSA TO HAVE DODGE REIMBURSE AND RECALL THIS COMMON PROBLEM. IF CHRYSLER IS GOING TO ASK FOR A BAILOUT THEN THEY NEED TO USE SOME OF OUR MONEY TO MAKE THIS RIGHT WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND NHTSA NEEDS TO PRESSURE THEM TO GET THIS SAFETY, POOR ENGINEERING PROBLEM FIXED! I FILED WITH BBB OF AUBURN HILLS, MI. THEY ONLY LOOK AT WARRANTY ISSUES. VEHICLES SHOULD NOT HAVE THEIR POWER STEERING AND RACK AND PINION GOING OUT AT 36K MILES! CHEVY, FORD, NISSAN, TOYOTA DOESN'T! LOOK AT THE WEBSITE COMPLAINTS AND DO YOUR JOB NHTSA...I AM FORWARDING THIS ONTO THE US ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. MAYBE WITH A NEW VISION AND NEW PRESIDENT WE CAN START FIXING THESE PROBLEMS AND START HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO HELP FUND ALL THESE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL..IF I SOUND '!@#$% YES I AM...I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY $800 TO FIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE GOING OUT AND I HAVE TWO 2004 RAM 1500S AND BOTH HAVE THIS PROBLEM? NOT A COINCIDENCE...JACK BLAIR . *TR

Mileage: 38,000

TODAY 11/13/08 MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB, PURCHASED NEW. WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING COMPLETELY GAVE OUT ALMOST CAUSING A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IT TOOK ALL HIS STRENGTH TO GET THE STEERING TO TURN ENOUGH TO AVOID CRASHING. UPON TAKING IT TO A DEALER HE WAS TOLD THE MANIFOLD SHIELD WAS RUSTED AND FELL INTO THE LINKAGE. ALTHOUGH THIS IS BEING REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BY THE DEALER I AM NOT READY TO LEAVE IT AT THAT, I EXPECT SOME KIND OF EXPLANATION FROM DODGE WHY SOMETHING THIS DRAMATIC WOULD HAPPEN TO A VERY HIGH END VEHICLE ONLY 4 YEARS OLD. THE THOUGHT OF WHAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THIS NEGLECT ON DODGES PART IS UNTHINKABLE. I EXPECT THIS INCIDENT TO BE FULLY EXAMINED AND WILL ALSO BE CONTACTING DODGE REGARDING THIS UNACCEPTABLE FAULT IN THEIR VEHICLE. NO WARRANTY CAN COVER DAMAGED LIVES AND POSSIBLE DEATH THAT IS FAILURE ALMOST CAUSED. I AM NOW AND IN THE FUTURE VERY ENTRUSTING OF DODGE PRODUCTS AND CAN ONLY HOPE THAT MY REPORTING THIS MAY HELP AVOID INJURY TO ANOTHER DODGE OWNER. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE 1500. WHILE THE TIRES WERE BEING ROTATED, THE DEALER NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM THE RACK AND PINION. THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,989. UPDATED 6/9/08 *CN THE REAR PINION SEAL WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. UPDATED 06/09/08

Mileage: 62,989

IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID FROM STEERING RACK, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR LATE MODEL DODGE TRUCKS WHEN THEY REACH APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES. THE STEERING RACK CANNOT BE REPAIRED, ONLY REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 57,580

1.) LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID 2.) FAILURE OF RACK AND PINION SEAL, LOSS OF STEERING, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION 3.) REPLACEMENT OF RACK AND PINION STEERING, NEW PART FROM DEALER WAS ONLY ONE AVAILABLE, COST EXCEEDING $800. *TR

Mileage: 59,633

I HAVE A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 5.7 LITER WITH 48K MILES THAT HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS (E.G. ERG VALVE REPLACED, POWER STEERING RESERVOIR (CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED), AND ENGINE STALLING AT AN IDLE, WHILE TURNING, WHILE BACKING UP, OR COASTING. THE STALLING OCCURS OUT OF THE BLUE AS IF SOMEONE FLIPPED A SWITCH CAUSING THE ENGINE TO DIE. THE ELECTRICAL STAYS ON, JUST THE ENGINE DIES. MOST OF THE TIME IT STARTS RIGHT BACK UP BUT SOMETIMES IT TAKES AWHILE. THE STALLING HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE. THE STALLING BEGAN ABOUT THREE - FOUR MONTHS AGO. I CURRENTLY HAVE IT IN FOR REPAIRS AT LEE'S SUMMIT DODGE, LEE'S SUMMIT MISSOURI. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

ON 02/15/08 I DISCOVERED A PUDDLE OF FLUID UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK. UPON INVESTIGATION I FOUND THAT THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM THE POWER STEERING RACK, WHERE THE RETURN LINE ENTERS IT. THE RUBBER RETURN HOSE IS ATTACHED TO THE STUD WITH A HOSE CLAMP ALLIED AT THE FACTORY. HOWEVER THE CLAMP IS SO LOOSE THAT THE HOSE CAN BE TURNED BY HAND. THIS LOOSE CLAMP ALLOWED FLUID TO ESCAPE. I INSTALLED A NEW HOUSE CLAMP AND THEN HAD TO ADD ALMOST 1/2 QUART OF FLUID TO THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET I FOUND A DODGE RAM FORUM AND FOUND 3 PAGES OF POSTS ABOUT THIS EXACT TOPIC. APPARENTLY THIS IS A VERY FREQUENT HAPPENING, WHICH LEADS TO THE TOTAL DRAINING OF THE POWER STEERING FLUID. IN TURN THE POWER STEERING PUMP OFTEN FAILS. IN ADDITION THE LACK OF FLUID AND STEERING ASSISTANCE CAUSE THE STEERING RACK TO COMPLETELY FAIL!! ANY LOSS OF POWER STEERING IN A 5,800 POUND TRUCK IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE AND MUST BE DEALT WITH BY DODGE, WHO DESIGNED THIS SYSTEM POORLY. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN TURNING OR WHILE STOPPED. THE POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL AND NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE PRESENT. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED IN COLD WEATHER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NO FAILURES. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,250 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,500.

Mileage: 25,500

THE POWER STEERING ON MY TRUCK HAS GONE OUT TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE P.S. HOSES WITH NEWLY DESIGNED (CRIMPED END IN PLACE OF HOSE CLAMPS) ONES. THIS WORKED FINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. AS I LEFT WORK ON THE 30TH, THE FRONT SEAL ON THE RACK BLEW, AND I ALMOST HIT OTHER PARKED CARS DO TO A LACK OF STEERING. IT HAS BEEN VERY COLD HERE FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS, DON'T KNOW WHAT AFFECT THIS COULD HAVE ON IT. THE DEALER WILL FIX TO THE TUNE OF $600.00 PLUS. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND TRUCK THIS WEEK WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM TO COME INTO THEIR SERVICE DEPT. *TR

Mileage: 59,300

I OWN A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB TRUCK 45,000 MILES, TODAY THE POWER STEERING RACK BLEW THE SEALS OUT WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHILE TURNING CORNER SHE ALMOST CRASHED INTO A BUILDING DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN IT. *TR

Mileage: 44,001

I NOTICED A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AND BROUGHT MY PICKUP IN TO DEALER FOR EVALUATION. NOTIFIED ME THAT MY POWER STEERING HOSES WERE SHOT. 29,780 MILES ON VEHICLE AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SINCE THE HOSES HAD A REPAIR CLAMP INSTALLED FROM PRIOR FAILURE. 2 MONTHS LATER WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WHEN MY PICKUP SUDDENLY LOST POWER STEERING CAPABILITIES. I WAS ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT AND RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP THE SAME DAY AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT RACK/PINION WAS SHOT. NOT UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO 1 MONTH PAST 3YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD. 30,200MILES ON VEHICLE. SHOP FOREMAN ADVISED ME BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THAT THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH "NORTHERN AREA" RAM 1500'S AND THEY ALONE HAD SERVICED OVER 200 SIMILAR TYPE 1500 RAM VEHICLES WITH THE SAME POWER STEERING PROBLEMS I ALSO HAD JUST IN THE PAST 2-3 MONTHS! THE FOREMAN ALSO INFORMED ME THERE IS A 5-7 DAY BACKORDER ON RACK AND PINIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE IN HIGH DEMAND DUE TO THIS DODGE ENGINEERING PROBLEM. HE GAVE ME A NUMBER TO DODGE TO COMPLAIN, I CALLED WITH THE REPLY FROM DODGE AS "I'M SORRY BUT DUE TO YOUR WARRANTY BEING PAST BY 1 MO. WE WILL BE UNABLE TO GOODWILL ASSIST YOU WITH YOUR PROBLEM". I'M NOT BITTER BUT FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO DUE TO OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUES. THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 29,780

I NOTICED A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AND BROUGHT MY PICKUP IN TO DEALER FOR EVALUATION. NOTIFIED ME THAT MY POWER STEERING HOSES WERE SHOT. 29,780 MILES ON VEHICLE AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SINCE THE HOSES HAD A REPAIR CLAMP INSTALLED FROM PRIOR FAILURE. 2 MONTHS LATER WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WHEN MY PICKUP SUDDENLY LOST POWER STEERING CAPABILITIES. I WAS ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT AND RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP THE SAME DAY AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT RACK/PINION WAS SHOT. NOT UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO 1 MONTH PAST 3YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD. 30,200MILES ON VEHICLE. SHOP FOREMAN ADVISED ME BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THAT THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH "NORTHERN AREA" RAM 1500'S AND THEY ALONE HAD SERVICED OVER 200 SIMILAR TYPE 1500 RAM VEHICLES WITH THE SAME POWER STEERING PROBLEMS I ALSO HAD JUST IN THE PAST 2-3 MONTHS! THE FOREMAN ALSO INFORMED ME THERE IS A 5-7 DAY BACKORDER ON RACK AND PINIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE IN HIGH DEMAND DUE TO THIS DODGE ENGINEERING PROBLEM. HE GAVE ME A NUMBER TO DODGE TO COMPLAIN, I CALLED WITH THE REPLY FROM DODGE AS "I'M SORRY BUT DUE TO YOUR WARRANTY BEING PAST BY 1 MO. WE WILL BE UNABLE TO GOODWILL ASSIST YOU WITH YOUR PROBLEM". I'M NOT BITTER BUT FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO DUE TO OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUES. THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 29,780

RACK AND PINION FAILED AFTER 33000 MILES AND TWO MONTHS PAST WARRANTY. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE RACK AND PINION WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER BUT THEY HAD ONE LEFT. NATIONAL BACK ORDER? SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A PROBLEM. *JB

Mileage: 33,850

TLA* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2007 HE OBSERVED UNDER THE VEHICLE A FLUID LEAK PRESENT ON BOTH SEALS OF THE RACK AND PINION STEERING. THE LOCAL DEALER STATED THAT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT HIM ON A WAITING LIST FOR THE SPECIFIC PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR. THERE WERE NO LISTED RECALLS, HOWEVER, THERE WAS A LENGTHY WAITING LIST. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THIS FAILURE WAS RELATED IN BOTH THE NEW AND FORMER VEHICLES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,700.*AK DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. UPDATED 4/9 *TR

Mileage: 40,000

40,600 MILES AND I HAVE A RACK AND PINION FLUID LEAK. I HAD HEARD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE IT ON LINE. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER YET AND WILL DO IT NEXT WEEK. *NM

Mileage: 40,600

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING DOWN A HILL COMING TO A STOP AT LESS THAN 5 MPH WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 32900. THE DEALER HAD DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS NEEDING TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING PUMP. THE DODGE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY LOCATED A PUMP, HOWEVER, THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS ON BACK ORDER AND THEY WERE NOT SURE WHEN HE WOULD GET THE PART IF HE CHOSE NOT TO PURCHASE THE PART AT THIS TIME. *AK

Mileage: 32,900

THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE ARE UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME BECAUSE ONE DAY I DROVE THE TRUCK AND IT WAS FINE. IT SAT FOR TWO DAYS AND WHEN I DROVE IT TO WORK IT WOULDN'T STEER. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS THE POWER STEERING PUMP BUT UPON INSPECTION THAT WASN'T IT. IT WAS HOWEVER LOW ON FLUID A BIT BUT NOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE IT TO BE STEERING THE WAY IT WAS. AS I PUT FLUID IT I WATCHED IT GO RIGHT THROUGH TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE STEERING RACK WAS LEAKING PAST A SEAL AND THE ENTIRE RACK HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW THIS IS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 AND SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. WE DON'T GO OFF ROADING WITH IT OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS AND FOR A THREE YEAR OLD TRUCK THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. *JB

Mileage: 89,675

ENGINE DIED TWICE IN 2 1/2 YEARS TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING A 240 LBS MAN CAN NOT TURN THE WHEEL AFTER ENGINE DIES BRAKES WORK FINE JUST NO STEERING. *JB

Mileage: 43,673

STEERING-AT APPROXIMATELY 70,000 MILES, THE POWER STEERING FLUID BEGAN TO REQUIRE ATTENTION. AT PRESENT, I HAVE TO ADD FLUID EVERY 3-4 WEEKS. MY SON HAS A PICK-UP, SAME YEAR, SAME MODEL AND HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. YESTERDAY, IN A PARKING LOT, ANOTHER MOTORIST INFORMED ME THAT, HE TOO, HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, ONLY WORSE. HE POINTED TO A PUDDLE ON THE GROUND-STEERING FLUID. *JB

Mileage: 79,000

VEHICLE HAD UNDER 100,000 MILES WHEN THIS STARTED. 1. POWER STEERING PUMP LEAKS 2. SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T PUT IT IN GEAR AFTER YOU PUT IT IN PARK. *NM

Mileage: 82,000

2004 DODGE RAM 1500, 62,000 MILES, LEAKING FLUID. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE AND FOUND IT TO BE THE RACK AND PINION SEALS HAD FAILED AND COULD NOT BE REPLACED. THE ENTIRE UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NM

Mileage: 62,000

AT APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES OUR 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 BEGAN PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WILL CROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC WITHIN SECONDS IF THE DRIVER IS NOT PULLING TO THE LEFT IN ORDER TO COMPENSATE FOR THE RIGHT PULL. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE ALIGNED SEVERAL TIMES BY DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AS WELL AS AT ALIGNMENT SHOPS, AND THE ISSUE PERSISTS. DAIMLER CHRYSLER CLAIMED THE ISSUE WAS TIRE RELATED, AND WE HAD THE TIRE DEALER MOVE TIRES AROUND REPEATEDLY TRYING TO MAKE THE PROBLEM GO AWAY. WE HAVE ALSO REPLACED TIRES WITH NO CHANGE IN THE PULL. RECENTLY, WE NOTICED THE PULL IS FAR WORSE WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS A FULL TANK OF GAS, WHICH LEADS ME TO SUSPECT WEIGHT OR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION IS A FACTOR. WE HAD STEERING RACK AND DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES. BOTH WERE REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO EXIST. ALSO, ALIGNMENT NUMBERS GO FROM WITHIN SPECIFICATION TO WILDLY OUT OF SPECIFICATION EACH TIME THE TRUCK IS PLACED ON A RACK. THIS VEHICLE CONTROL ISSUE IS 100% REPEATABLE. *JB

Mileage: 10,000

RACK AND PINION STEERING. *JB

Mileage: 57,779

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILURE. *JB

Mileage: 57,779

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILURE. *JB

Mileage: 57,779

THIS STARTED OUT WITH A TIRE ALMOST BEING FLAT. PUMPED UP THE TIRE AT HOME AND TOOK VEHICLE TO A TIRE SHOP TO BE REPAIRED. WHEN THE SHOP TOOK THE TIRE OFF THE TRUCK, THEY TOLD ME THE TIRE IS NO GOOD, IT IS LEAKING THROUGH THE SIDEWALL. THEY PUT MY SPARE ON AND I WENT TO THE GOODYEAR DEALER IN MY TOWN. THE GOODYEAR DEALER LOOKED AT THE LEAK THROUGH THE SIDEWALL AND REMOVED THE TIRE FROM THE RIM. THERE WAS 2 , 2 INCH CUTS ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE SIDEWALL (1 AT THE LEAK) OF THIS TIRE THAT HE COULD NOT EXPLAIN. HE TOLD ME A NEW TIRE WAS $180.00 AND I ASKED HIM TO CONTACT GOODYEAR CORPORATE BECAUSE THERE IS HARDLY ANY WEAR/MILES ON THESE TIRES. HE CONTACTED GOODYEAR AND 3 DAYS LATER THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TIRE FOR $94.00. THIS TIRE HAD 4/32 WORN OFF FROM IT!!! WHILE WAITING FOR GOODYEAR CORPORATE TO REPLY TO THE LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER TO HAVE THEM RAISE THE TRUCK ON THE HOIST TO CHECK THE REST OF THE TIRES FOR A SLIGHT BULGE ON THE INNER SIDEWALL BECAUSE OF FEAR OF THESE TIRES BLOWING OUT THE SIDEWALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND CAUSING A FATALITY! THEY DID NOT SEE ANY BUT BEFORE I LEFT THEY TOLD ME TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET BOTH OUTER TIE ROD ENDS AND THE LEFT (DRIVER) SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT REPLACED! THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 12-31-2003, HAS 26,600 MILES ON IT AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERVICED AT THIS DEALER.PARTS AND LABOR WERE COVERED BY WARRANTY BUT WHAT IS GOING TO FAIL NEXT?

Mileage: 26,680

I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 65 IN MOBILE, AL DOING A SPEED OF AROUND 65 MPH. SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED-UP AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT. THANKFULLY, THERE WERE NOT MANY CARS ON THE HIGHWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST ACROSS 3 LANES OF THE HIGHWAY, FINALLY STOPPING IN A DITCH ON AN OFF RAMP. THE PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED WAS THE POWER STEERING PUMP POPPED OFF, WRAPPED AROUND MY SERPENTINE BELT, AND CRACKED MY HEAD GASKET. THEY REPLACED ALL PARTS THAT WERE DAMAGED. ONE MONTH LATER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULATOR MALFUNCTIONED DURING A RAIN STORM AND I HAD NO WIND SHIELD WIPERS. *NM

Mileage: 10,000

DT: THE CONSUMER'S 16 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING THE 2004 DODGE RAM PICKUP ON 5-24-05, AND THE DRIVER PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. WHEN THE STEERING WAS TURNED IT KEPT ON GOING AROUND AND AROUND BOTH WAYS. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS CONNECTED TO NOTHING AT THAT POINT. DRIVER WAITED TILL TRAFFIC CLEARED, AND DRIVER HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE ROAD AND WAIT FOR THE POLICE TO COME AND CALL A TOW TRUCK. THE VEHICLE IS NOW BEING TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE OWNER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CHRYSLER, AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. CHRYSLER IS LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIX IT.*AK

Mileage: 2,900

THIS HAPPEN TO ME THREE TIMES THE FIRST TIME DECEMBER 2003 TWO MONTHS AFTER I GOT THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED JUNE 2004, AND THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED SEPTEMBER 2004. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH ABOUT 30 TO 35 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK STALLED. I HAD NO INDICATION THAT IT STALLED EXCEPT FOR LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING DOWN A GRAVEL ROAD ABOUT 35 TO 40MPH. I WAS COMING UP ON A CURVE IN THE ROAD, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. AGAIN I LOST POWER STEERING, AND CAME CLOSE TO GOING INTO THE DITCH WITH MY 1 YEAR OLD BOY. THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TWICE FOR THIS, AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE COMPUTER IN THE ENGINE PROBRABLY JUST RESET ITSELF, AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO DODGE, AND SENT IT IN WITH THEIR SURVEY AFTER THE LAST INCIDENT, AND HAVEN'T HEARD BACK.

Mileage: 35

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP 5 TIMES IN 15,000 MILES. THE STEERING WAS REPAIRED AND IT HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES SINCE THE REPAIR. SPEED HAS NO IMPACT ON THE STEERING LOCKING UP. IT GENERALLY HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS WARMING UP JUST FROM BEING STARTED. *JB

MY 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 SRT-10 (1/2 TON P/U W VIPER ENGINE & 22 INCH WHEELS) IS SUBJECT TO VERY SERIOUS OVER-STEERING.*AK TKU

DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON THE 101 FREEWAY IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE CHANGED TO THE CENTER LANE ON DRY ASPHALT PASS A SLOWER MOVING CAR AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE. FACE IMPACTED THE STEERING WHEEL .DON,T RECALL ANYMORE THAN THAT DO HAVE AN ACCIDENT REPORT. THINK THE RIGHT REAR AXLE BROKE OR SOMETHING IN THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION. TIE ROD OR BALL JOINT THE INSIDE OF THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL IS ESTROYED AND WAS OFF. THE TRUCK COMPLETE WITH LARGE BRACKET BROKEN TIE ROD AND BALL JOINTS AND ROTOR . OUTSIDE OF WHEEL IS NOT DAMAGED. RIGHT REAR WHEEL HAS THE BRAKE DRUM/DISC AND PART OF THE BROKEN OFF AXLE STILL BOLTED TO IT.. ALLPAR HAS A REPORT ON DODGE RAM AXLES BRAKING 2002 AND UP.STATES A NEW DESIGN IS IN PLACE FOR 2006. IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM..*AK TRUCK HIT A CONCRETE WALL AND SKIDDED TO A STOP IN THE THIRD LANE OF TRAFFIC ON FIRE UNDER THE FRONT END A FOLLOWING WITTNESS STATED SPARKS WERE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR.. THEY ALSO PUT OUT THE FIRE. MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE AND NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DODGE DENIED ANY RESPONCIBILLITY A CLAIM WAS FILED HAVE THE LETTERS AND EMAIL. THE DEALERS ADDED FURTHER INJURY BY CHARGING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND HIGH INTEREST FOR A NEW MAGNUM SXT.MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BUY THE RT MODEL.. I DO HAVE THE TWO WHEELS IN QUESTION AT THE SHOP I WORK AT TRI CITY TANSMISSION SERVICE. AND PHOTOS OF THE AFTERMATH.. AT THE BODY SHOP.THEY COULN'T BELIEVE I WALKED AWAY. THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME SINCERELY MICHAEL A YOUNG

Mileage: 5,226

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 OF MONEY. THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WOULD PURCHASE THIS AUTOMOBILE BACK. HERE WE SIT 7-13 AND NOTHING HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. NHTSA NEEDS TO KNOW THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE DODGE IS NOT SAYING WHAT THE PROBLEM IS JUST THAT IT IS UNREPAIRABLE. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IF THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES WHITHOUT NOTIFICATION TO OTHER DODGE TRUCK OWNERS, THERE MAY BE AN ACCIDENT. THERE MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE THIS VIBRATION CAUSES THE DRIVER UNCONTROLABLE STEERING. PLEASE ADVISE SOMEONE. *LA CONSUMER SEEKING FULL REPURCHASE FUNDS FOR THE VEHICLE. *LA

Mileage: 700