2004 DODGE RAM 3500 Power Train Problems

WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 90 IN WASHINGTON STATE, TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 MPH I NOTICED A HAZE BEHIND THE TRUCK THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR MIRROR. AT THE TIME, THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS BY INSTRUMENTS OR WARNING LIGHTS THAT ANYTHING WAS AMISS WITH THE TRUCK. WONDERING IF IT WAS COMING FROM THE TRUCK I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER TO CHECK. AS SOON AS I STOPPED I SMELLED HOT OIL, SO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, RELEASED THE HOOD LATCH AND CHECKED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. UPON LIFTING THE HOOD OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED FLAMES BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND FIRE WALL. I RETRIEVED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER FROM THE CAMPER THE TRUCK WAS HAULING AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. TWO MOTORISTS WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS STOPPED TO HELP AND THE COMBINED USE OF THREE DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WOULD NOT PUT THE FIRE OUT AND THE TRUCK AND CAMPER COMPLETELY BURNED. WHEN I REPORTED THIS TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY WE DISCOVERED AN ERROR IN THE VIN NUMBER ON MY INSURANCE POLICY. OUT OF CURIOSITY I RESEARCHED THAT VIN NUMBER AND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT SAME STYLE TRUCK HAD ALSO BURNED. IT'S VIN IS 3D7MU48C84G269656 AND CAN BE SEEN IN THE 7TH PHOTO THAT IS UPLOADED TO THIS REPORT. BOTH WERE 2004 DODGE DIESEL TUCKS WITH LOW MILEAGE. IT SEEMS TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE AND I WONDER IF THERE IS A DEFECT THAT CAUSED THIS AND HOW MANY OTHER OF THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY FIRE.

STEERING BECAME LOOSE AND HAD 1-2INCHES OF SLACK BEFORE GUIDING THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. REPLACED WITH NEW STEERING UNIT. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO LOW GEAR AT BUSY INTERSECTION ENTERING FREEWAY. *TR STARTED IN SECOND OR THIRD REQUIRED COSTLY REBUILD. FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY REQUIRED NEW UNIT IN FUEL TANK.

Mileage: 124,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. SINCE 2005, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY SHIFTING THE GEAR INTO PARK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V462000 (POWER TRAIN) IN 2006. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NAPLES DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP (6381 AIRPORT PULLING RD N, NAPLES, FL 34109) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE RECALL HAD BEEN REPAIRED ONCE FOR A COMPUTER UPGRADE. EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL FAILURE RECURRED, THERE WOULD BE AN OUT OF POCKET COST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

Mileage: 2,000

MY 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 WILL GO OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN AND I WAS NOT TOLD THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK MY TRUCK WENT ON ITS OWN ONE DAY OVER 250 FEET AND DROVE INTO MY NEIGHBORS YARD. THE TRUCK PARKING PAWL WAS NOT COMPLETELY IN AS I WAS TOLD AND THIS TRUCK HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IT ON ITS OWN I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE AND A HAZARD TO MY HEALTH AS LONG WITH MY NEIGHBORS. COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A RECALL SENT TO ME OR ANYTHING TOLD TO ME WHEN I PURCHASED THIS FROM THE CHRYSLER DODGE AT THE DEALER I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO AND POSSIBLE HAZARDS THAT ARE LINKED TO THIS COULD YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM. *TT *TR

Mileage: 145,000

MY 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 WILL GO OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN AND I WAS NOT TOLD THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK MY TRUCK WENT ON ITS OWN ONE DAY OVER 250 FEET AND DROVE INTO MY NEIGHBORS YARD. THE TRUCK PARKING PAWL WAS NOT COMPLETELY IN AS I WAS TOLD AND THIS TRUCK HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IT ON ITS OWN I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE AND A HAZARD TO MY HEALTH AS LONG WITH MY NEIGHBORS. COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A RECALL SENT TO ME OR ANYTHING TOLD TO ME WHEN I PURCHASED THIS FROM THE CHRYSLER DODGE AT THE DEALER I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO AND POSSIBLE HAZARDS THAT ARE LINKED TO THIS COULD YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM. *TT *TR

Mileage: 145,000

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.

Mileage: 74,900

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW AND I BELIEVE CODE E17 IS THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ALWAYS GO INTO PARK. IT STAYS IN REVERSE I HAVE HAD CLOSE CALLS WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT IS A REAL CONCERN. THE DAM SIGNAL HORN TO ALERT YOU IS TO SLOW TO RESPOND AND FAILS WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT. ALSO I LOST MY SERPENTINE BELT WHICH CAUSED BRAKING AND STEERING DANGEROUSLY DIFFICULT THIS WAS ON A CITY STREET. IT CAUSED ME TO DRIVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR QUITE A DISTANCE. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES I HAVE COMPLAINED SHORTLY AFTER BUYING NEW. DEALER DENIED PROBLEMS UNTIL RECALLS

Mileage: 100

I HAVE HAD A VIBRATION AND "DEATH WOBBLE" ON MY TRUCK SINCE I PURCHASED IT. IT HAS BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT CHRYSLER DEALERS FOR A TOTAL OF 5 OR 6 TIMES WITHOUT RESOLUTION OF THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS TWO FOLD, ONE IS WHEN I HIT A LARGE BUMP AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 45 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY, AND THE OTHER THIS SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH THERE IS A VIBRATION. I HAVE SPOKEN TO CHRYSLER ABOUT THE ISSUES ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO. THEY TRIED TO OFFER BUY BACK BECAUSE THE ISSUE COULD NOT BE RESOLVED, BUT THEN TOLD ME I WAS NOT QUALIFIED BECAUSE I WAS THE SECOND OWNER. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE STEERING GEAR BOX REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, AND THEY REPLACED ALL THE TIE-ROD ENDS ECT. THE ISSUES IS STILL THE SAME WITHOUT RESOLUTION. NOW MY WARRANTY IS UP, AND THE TRUCK STILL HAS THIS POTENTIAL DANGERS ISSUES AND I HAVE NO WHERE TO GO. ANYTIME I HAVE THE TRUCK LOOKED AT NOW IT COST ME A LOT OF MONEY. MY TRUCK HAS RECALL 13V-528 AND 09E-001 WHICH RELATE TO THESE ISSUES. THE TRUCK WAS INSPECTED, BUT THEY DID NOT FIX ANYTHING.

Mileage: 76,591

I WAS HEADING SOUTH ON I-87 IN NEW YORK STATE AT 65 MPH WHEN A LOUD EXPLOSION SOUNDING LIKE A GRENADE GOING OFF OCCURRED UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS. MY PASSENGER AND I THOUGHT THE PARTS UNDER THE TRUCK WERE GOING TO EXPLODE THROUGH THE FLOORBOARDS UNDER US. THERE WAS A LOT OF NOISE OF EXPLODING PARTS. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO COST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF OIL ON THE PAVEMENT, WIRES WERE HANGING UNDER THE TRUCK, FUEL LINES AND BRAKE LINES WERE RIPPED, DRIVESHAFT DAMAGED. I NOTICED THEN THAT THE DASHBOARD 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE FRONT HAZARD LIGHTS WORKED BUT NOT THE REAR. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS THE RESULT OF ONE OF TWO THINGS...A FACTORY DEFECT IN THE TRANSFER CASE CLUTCH OR A COMPUTER SYSTEM GLITCH THAT CAUSED THE TRUCK TO SWITCH INTO 4 WD AT HIGH SPEED. THIS WAS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AND I WAS LUCKY NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND THAT THE PARTS DID NOT BURST THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK ALTHOUGH THEY DENTED IT. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

I PUT MY TRUCK INTO PARK AND WAS WALKING AROUND THE REAR TO CHECK MY MAILBOX AND THE TRUCK STARTED ROLLING FORWARD AND HIT MY MAIN GATE, WHICH WAS CLOSED AND HAD A SLIDE BOLT CLOSED. I RAN AROUND TO THE DOOR TO TRY TO JUMP INTO THE CAB (THINKING MY GATE HAD STOPPED THE TRUCK) WHEN MY GATE CRASHED OPEN (BENDING THE HEAVY BOLT AND TEARING ONE OF THE GATES DOWN AND BENDING THE OTHER GATE) AND IT KEPT MOVING TOWARD A TREE. LIKE AN IDIOT, I RAN AND GRABBED THE GRAB BAR AND JUMPED INTO THE CAB AND HIT THE BRAKES. IF I HAD FALLEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN RUN OVER BY THE DUALLY WHEELS OR IF HEADED OUT THE GATE, COULD HAVE HIT A CAR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED - ORIGINALLY IT HAPPENED BACK IN 2005 AND I THOUGHT I HAD JUST NEGLECTED TO PUT THE TRUCK INTO PARK, BUT THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED I REALIZED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK AND NOT ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING VIOLENTLY AND EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

Mileage: 137,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK BUT THE GEAR STAYED IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OFF WHEN THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS NOT THE FIRST INSTANCE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN HOOKED THE HORN UP TO A RELAY. THE PURPOSE WAS FOR THE VEHICLE TO HONK AND WARN THE CONTACT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200. UPDATED 04/06/11*LJ UPDATED 5/9/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS SHIFTING TO PARK AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET PASS REVERSE. WHEN SHIFTING THE GEAR SHIFT IT FELT AS THOUGH THE GEAR WAS BEING PLACED IN PARK. THE CONSUMER STATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, HE THOUGHT HE PLACED THE GEAR SHIFT IN PARK, BUT SUDDENLY DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVING. THE DEALER INSTALLED AN ALARM TO THE HORN TO SO THE CONSUMER WOULD BE WARNED. HOWEVER, THE ALARM DID NOT ALWAYS WORK. UPDATED 05/19/11

Mileage: 200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK BUT THE GEAR STAYED IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OFF WHEN THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS NOT THE FIRST INSTANCE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN HOOKED THE HORN UP TO A RELAY. THE PURPOSE WAS FOR THE VEHICLE TO HONK AND WARN THE CONTACT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200. UPDATED 04/06/11*LJ UPDATED 5/9/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS SHIFTING TO PARK AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET PASS REVERSE. WHEN SHIFTING THE GEAR SHIFT IT FELT AS THOUGH THE GEAR WAS BEING PLACED IN PARK. THE CONSUMER STATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, HE THOUGHT HE PLACED THE GEAR SHIFT IN PARK, BUT SUDDENLY DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVING. THE DEALER INSTALLED AN ALARM TO THE HORN TO SO THE CONSUMER WOULD BE WARNED. HOWEVER, THE ALARM DID NOT ALWAYS WORK. UPDATED 05/19/11

Mileage: 200

RM 3500 4X4 LONG BED QUAD CAB. I HAVE A STOCK TRUCK. TIE ROD ENDS ARE SHOT, STEERING GEAR BOX IS SHOT, BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED BUT NOW FALL IN THE "LIMITS" THAT DODGE DECIDED TO EXTEND THE MEASUREMENTS. MY TRUCK IS A 2004 WITH ONLY 106,000 HIGHWAY MILES. MY FRIEND HAS THE SAME TRUCK BUT DUALLY 05 AND HAS 62,000 MILES AND HAS TO REPLACE THE SAME THING OTHER THAN HIS STEERING GEAR BOX FOR NOW. COST FOR ME TO REPAIR WITH LABOR IS $1300.00 HOW CAN PARTS GO OUT THIS QUICK IS BEYOND ME. I HAVE OWNED EVERY TRUCK AND NEVER HAD I NEEDED TO REPLACE THESE KIND OF PARTS WITH LOW MILES. *TR

E-17 SAFTEY RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

I PURCHASED MY TRUCK IN MAY 2006, SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IT HAS HAD A VIBRATION ON START IE FROM STOP WHEN I START MOVING THE TRUCK HAS A VIBRATION. I AM NOW ON THE THIRD REAR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY IN MY TRUCK AT 65K MILES. ALSO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE A BLOWN FRONT HUB THAT SEPARATED AT 60K MILES WITH NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS OR WARNING. HAVE HAD OVER 3K WORTH OF ELECTRICAL WORK DONE AT DEALERSHIP INCLUDING PCM, WIRING HARNESS, FCA, INJECTION PUMP AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. STILL HAVE TONS OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH TRUCK. AND NOW AT 66K MILES THE FUEL SENDING UNIT HAS GONE OUT FOR THE SECOND TIME. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. AT 62,000 MILES, AN OIL CHANGE WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT OF THE OIL CHANGE, THE FRONT CV JOINT ON THE DRIVESHAFT FAILED AND DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSFER CASE, AND THE FLOOR BOARD. THE BEARINGS LACKED THE PROPER AMOUNT OF GREASE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CROSS MEMBERS NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO CATCH THE DRIVESHAFT. HOWEVER, IF THE CONTACT IS DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, HE COULD DAMAGE THE CROSS MEMBERS. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THEY COULD AND WOULD NOT SERVICE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS DRIVEN TOO LONG AFTER THE COMPONENT FAILED AND THE PARTS ARE NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. GENERAL MOTORS INFORMED THE DEALER TO NO LONGER GIVE THE CONTACT ANY FURTHER INFORMATION DUE TO THE PROPRIETY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFECT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE FLOOR BOARD GAVE IN, IT MILDLY INJURED HIS SON'S FOOT. ALSO, THE FLOOR BOARD SEVERED SEVERAL PIPE LINES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 66,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

Mileage: 62,000

1) MY 1 TON 3500 DODGE TRUCK JUST CAME OUT OF PARK ON ITS OWN AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND BACKED INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER CAR. I WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVERS SEAT USING THE PHONE AND IN PARK AND IT DECIDED TO GO INTO REVERSE AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES 2) THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING SEIZED UP FROM LACK OF GREASE AT 52,200 MILES. NO DAMAGE OR ACCIDENT, IT JUST SOUNDED REALLY BAD AND QUIT TURNING

Mileage: 50,240

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEARS SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE PARKED VEHICLE SUDDENLY ROLLED AND STRUCK A CONCRETE PILLAR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE FAILURE AND A REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE REPRESENTATIVE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY FAILURES. ONE YEAR LATER, THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL LETTER # 05V462000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE DEALER STATED THAT MANY CUSTOMERS ARE REMOVING THE REMEDY BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HELP. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT HER HUSBAND WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH DURING ONE OF THE FAILURES AND INJURED HIS BACK. THE VEHICLE HAS SUSTAINED DAMAGE DURING THREE OUT OF THE FOUR FAILURES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 90,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

Mileage: 300

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE 3500. ON MARCH 21, 2007, THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED FOR ALMOST 100 YARDS INTO HIS NEIGHBOR'S BRICK HOUSE. THE CRASH CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND SHIFTED THE HOUSE FIVE INCHES. THE CONTACT HAS A POLICE REPORT THAT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE. THERE IS SAFETY RECALL # 05V462000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 17,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,600.

Mileage: 14,600

TL*- THE CONTACT HAD THE RECALL REPAIR FOR 05V462000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) PERFORMED ON HIS 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 AND NOW WANTS THE RECALL WORK UNDONE. THE REASON HE WANTED IT RETURNED TO THE PRIOR CONDITION IS THAT THE VEHICLE KEEPS HONKING AND THE VEHICLE HEAD LIGHTS ARE FLASHING EVERY TIME HE LEAVES THE VEHICLE IDLING. IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP HONKING AND THE LIGHTS TO STOP FLASHING THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF COMPLETELY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE BOTH 36000 MILES.

Mileage: 36,000

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2004 DODGE RAM 35000 HAD RECALL 05V462000 CONCERNING THE POWERTRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. HE STATED THAT SINCE THE RECALL REPAIR WAS COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE HE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HORN. HE HAS HAD A CRASH WITH THE NEW RECALL REPAIR. WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE TO THE TRAILER HE OPENED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TO CONTINUE BACKING UP AND THE HORN INADVERTENTLY WENT OFF. THE CONTACT THEN JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN PARK AND HE OPENED THE TRUCK DOOR THE HORN WOULD GO OFF STARTLING HIM QUITE A BIT, AND MAKING HIM NERVOUS. THE CONTACT FELT THIS WASA SAFETY PROBLEM. HE WAS A VETERAN AND HAD ISSUES WITH STARTLING WHILE BACKING UP. HE'S NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM UNTIL THE RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE TO HIS VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 03/02/07. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITHOUT THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION, OR WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE OUT-OF-PARK ALARM HORN BLEW WITHOUT WARNING. A NHTSA RECALL, #05V462000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, BUT WOULD NOT REMOVE THE OUT-OF-PARK ALARM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

Mileage: 15,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK AND LEFT UNATTENDED IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE COLUMN GEAR SHIFT SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CRASHED INTO A TREE, MODERATE DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED, BUT THE POLICE WERE NOT ALERTED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE COLUMN GEAR SHIFT WAS IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER TO AWAIT FURTHER INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

Mileage: 27,000

2004 DODGE 3500 TRUCK FRONT L/H WHEEL HUB ASSY BEARING CAME APART AT 70 MPH CAUSING THE TRUCK TO CROSS OVER 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DODGE DEALER TOLD ME THIS IS A PROBLEM. BUT IT COST ME 350 DOLLARS THIS TO ME IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A CUSTOMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THE COST OR DIE DUE TO THIS. *NM

Mileage: 60,000

2004 DODGE RAM 3500. OUT OF PARK. VEHICLE DOES NOT GO ALL THE WAY INTO PARK, AND THE VEHICLE WILL ROLL AWAY WHEN YOU GET OUT. WE HAD A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM ONLY TO NOW HAVE THE HORN BLAIR WHEN YOU ARE BACKING UP AND YOU HAVE THE DOOR OPEN TO GAGE THE DISTANCE. THIS STARTLED MY HUSBAND WHEN BACKING INTO A VERY CLOSE GARAGE SPACE, MAKING HIM HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND SMASH INTO THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DODGE IT IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE IT IS WITH THE OPERATORS OF THE VEHICLE. BUT ONLY THE OPERATORS OF 2004 AND 2005 RAM 2500 AND 3500 TRUCKS???????? NOT 1500 OR ANY OTHER TRUCKS. IT IS AMAZING TO ME THAT ONLY OWNERS OF 2004 & 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 AND 3500 TRUCKS ARE IDIOTS. *NM

VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS GO INTO PARK. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL#E17 TO HAVE AN ALARM TO TELL YOU WHEN IT IS OUT OF PARK. THERE FIX IS TO ATTACH IT TO THE HORN MAKING THE HORN BLARE WHEN YOU ARE IN REVERSE AND THE DOOR IS OPEN OR AJAR. THIS IS VERY STARTLING AND CAUSE MY HUSBAND TO HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND HIT OUR GARAGE. *NM

THE FIX FOR THE PARK/REVERSE ISSUE ON THE DODGE TRUCKS IS A JOKE. THE LIGHTS BLINKING AND HORN BLOWING IS NOT A FIX AT ALL. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE FIXED RIGHT OR SOME SORT OF AUDIBLE ALARM NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED VERSUS THE HORN BLOWING AND WAKING UP THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD EACH TIME THE DOOR IS OPENED WHEN I NEED TO BACK UP. *JB UPDATED

Mileage: 17,250

MY 2004 DODGE RAM 3500, AUTOMATIC WITH DIESEL ENGINE WENT INTO REVERSE WITHOUT NOTICE ON 06-01-2006. THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PARK BEFORE I OPENED THE DRIVERS DOOR. I STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING AND IN PARK I WENT TO UNLOCK A GATE AND I NOTICED THE VEHICLE GOING BACKWARDS WITH A GOOSE NECK TRAILER ATTACHED. THE VEHICLE JACK-KNIFED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THEN ENDED UP IN THE DITCH, WITH DAMAGE TO THE CAB TWISTED AND BENT, BED AND TAIL GATE DAMAGED, WINDOWS BROKEN, TRAILER WAS ALSO DAMAGED. *NM

Mileage: 90,552

SAMPLE OF THE WAIVER REQUEST FOR THE DODGE RECALL *TS ***TRANSFERRED TO OCC***

EMPLOYEE STOPPED VEHICLE AND PUT IN PARK, GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND WENT INSIDE THE TOOL ROOM AND WHEN HE CAME OUT, HE SAW THE TRUCK MOVING BACKWARDS. HE RAN TO GET IN IT AND THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO MOVE AND HIT A POLE. THE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE BACK LEFT QUARTER PANEL, BUMPER,AND TAIL GATE. NEEDS ALL NEW PARTS FOR THOSE AND TAILLIGHTS. WE STILL HAVE ALL THE OLD PARTS . NOTIFICATION CODE E17. WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER ABOUT A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. *NM

I STOP AT THE RANCH AT ONE OF OUR BARNS TO TALK TO SOME CLIENT ABOUT THERE HORSE. I PLACED THE TRUCK IN PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. I SPOKE WITH THEM IN FRONT OF PICKUP TO USE THE HEADLIGHTS TO SEE. AFTER 7 TO 10 MIN WE PROCEEDED TO WALK THROUGH THE BARN AND AFTER WE GOT HALF WAY WE HEARD SOMEONE YELL, THEN A LOUD CRASH!!. WE CAME RUNNING ONLY TO FIND OUR TRUCK 60 YARDS AWAY FROM WHERE I LEFT IT, STOPPED ONLY BY A TREE. THE DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE TO THE RIGHT REAR OF THE TRUCK. WHEN WE NOTIFIED DODGE CHRYSLER ABOUT THE PROBLEM THEY SENT SOMEONE OUT TO INVESTIGATE AND THERE REPORT SAID THEY HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS HAPPENING BEFORE AND DEEMED IT TO BE HUMAN ERROR. THEY STOOD THERE AND BLAMED US WHEN ALL ALONG KNOWING THERE WAS A PROBLEM. 3 WEEKS LATER WE RECEIVED THE A RECALL IN THE MAIL. I CALLED CHRYSLER RIGHT AWAY AND THEY WHERE UNWILLING TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGES OR THERE BEHAVIOR. THEY ONLY OFFERED TO INSTALL A PARKING ALARM. IT IS TO LITTLE AND MUCH TO LATE FOR US NOW. *NM

Mileage: 30,442

I PARKED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MY GATE, PLACED IT IN PARK AND EXITED TO OPEN THE GATE. AFTER BEING OUT OF THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MINUTES, I NOTICED THE VEHICLE MOVING BACKWARDS. I TRIED TO CATCH THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE DUE TO RECENT A KNEE INJURY. THE TRUCK HIT MY NEIGHBOR'S FENCE AND STOPPED. THE GEAR SHIFT HAD MOVED INTO REVERSE WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IDLING @ GATE. THIS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT, BUT DURING THE FIRST I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE NOT PUT IT COMPLETELY INTO PARK. THEREAFTER, I HAD ALWAYS ENSURED THE PARK POSITION BEFORE EXITING. I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED @ MY DODGE/CHRYSLER DEALER & THEY SAID EVERYTHING OK. I PAID FOR $1,000.00 IN DAMAGES TO MY TRUCK, REPAIRS DONE BY DEALERS BODY SHOP. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON 3/30/06 BUT DAIMLER CHRYSLER IS REFUSING TO PAY DAMAGES. *JB

Mileage: 15,660

2004 DODGE TRUCK/PICKUP/3500 4X4. *NM

Mileage: 19,578

2004 DODGE RAM 3500 CUMMINS DIESEL. I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK TO HELP WIFE SHUT GATE, IT WAS 25 FEET FROM TRUCK ON FLAT GROUND- I WAS TALKING TO WIFE-LOOKED BACK AND TRUCK HAD SHIFTED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE AND WAS COMING TOWARDS US AT 3-4 MPH- I PUSHED WIFE OUT OF THE WAY AND THE TRUCK HIT ME SLAMMED ME AGAINST THE GATE-BROKE THE WELDS ON A DOUBLE STEEL PIPE GATE AND R4AN OVER ME. THIS CAUSED SEVERE INJURIES TO BOTH PERSONS. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE 3500. INCIDENT HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 4, 2005. WHILE AT WORK PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, WENT AWAY FROM VEHICLE, TURNED AROUND AND VEHICLE WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT RAN AND GOT BACK IN VEHICLE . PUT IT IN PARK AND VEHICLE HIT A TRAILER THAT WAS BEHIND IT. VEHICLE WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. CONSUMER REMEMBERED THIS F FAILURE HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS AGO. NO POLICE REPORTS. NO FIRE NO INJURIES. 10/11/2005 - CONSUMER REPORTED THAT THEY FELL WHILE TRY TO CATCH THE TRUCK AS IT WAS ROLLING AWAY. CONSUMER HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH CHIROPRACTOR TO CHECK FOR SOURCE OF LOWER BACK PAIN THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING. *DSY. *AK

Mileage: 82,000

2004 DODGE RAM 3500 TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. *MR *SC

Mileage: 30,356

PE04039 IS AN EXACT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MY 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 CUMMINS TURBO DIESEL WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WITNESSES SAW ME GET OUT OF THE TRUCK, ENTER A STORE, AND THEN SAW MY TRUCK GO INTO REVERSE LONG AFTER I WAS IN THE STORE. WHEN I EXITED THE STORE, MY TRUCK HAD RUN INTO THE PORCH OF A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET.

Mileage: 26,800

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED ON JULY 12,2005 WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WENT INTO DRIVE FROM PARK ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING WITH NO ONE IN IT AND IT WENT INTO GEAR AND HIT A BARN AND ALMOST RAN OVER THREE PEOPLE. THE DEALER SAID TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IN PARK AND TAKE THE KEYS OUT. *JB

Mileage: 4,108

PIECE OF CRAP, LOSS OF POWER, DRIVE TRAIN DONT HOLD UP TO LOADS THAT IT STATES THAT IT COULD PULL, CLUTCH SLIPS WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE.

Mileage: 1,342

DT: SHIFTER MOVED FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHILE PARKED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. *AK *NM

FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE COLUMN SHIFT TO MOVE. MY WIFE PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE ACCORDING TO THE DIAL ON THE DASH, HOWEVER THE TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD TO WIGGLE THE SHIFTER TO GET IT TO GO INTO REVERSE. TODAY, THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ON LEVEL GROUND WITH ENGINE NOT RUNNING HOWEVER THE KEY WAS STILL IN THE IGNITION. APPROX. 5 MINUTES LATER THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARD EVENTUALLY GOING DOWN A HILL, KNOCKING DOWN A SMALL TREE, CONTINUED ACROSS A STREET, JUMPED THE CURB, THROUGH A YARD AND HIT AN ENCLOSED CAR TRAILER. EXTENSIVE REAREND DAMAGE AND INSURANCE/REPAIR IS IN PROCESS.

Mileage: 6,300

I PARKED THE TRUCK, WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING AND PUT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN PARK. I LEFT THE TRUCK TO MAIL SOME LETTERS. I WAS GONE LESS THAN A MINUTE AND WHEN I RETURNED TO THE TRUCK, IT WAS ACROSS THE STREET AND UP AGAINST A LARGE TREE. I KNOW I HAD PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MOVING WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK. I HAVE TWO BAD KNEES AND I GET OUT OF THE TRUCK SLOWLY.

Mileage: 39,160

I PURCHASED A 2004.5 DODGE RAM 3500 DIESEL NEW LAST YEAR. ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGE I WAS GETTING FUEL AND WAS PARKED AT A GAS STATION WITH THE TRUCK IN PARK AND RUNNING. MY WIFE WAS SITTING IN THE VEHICLE. AS I WAS ABOUT TO FUEL THE TRUCK SUDDENLY WENT INTO REVERSE AND STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WAS BEHIND ME ALSO GETTING GAS. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. ON 05/02/05, I EXITED MY TRUCK TO GIVE MAIL TO A LETTER CARRIER. I EXITED THE TRUCK AND WAITED FOR THE CARRIER TO COME OUT OF A STORE. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK WENT INTO REVERSE. I STARTED TO RUN AFTER THE TRUCK AND FELL CAUSING MY SHOULDER TO BE DISLOCATED. THE TRUCK RAN INTO THE PARKED MAIL TRUCK THAT WAS BEHIND ME. I ALSO INJURED MY OTHER ARM (LEFT), MY TWO KNEES, AND MY FORHEAD.

Mileage: 19,000

2005 DODGE 3500 EXTENDED CAB 4X4, I STOPPED WITH A PASSENGER IN TRUCK ON LEVEL GROUND AND PLACED IT IN PARK W/ENGINE RUNNING. THEN, I REMOVED MY SEAT BELT AND EXITED THE TRUCK. I WALKED ABOUT 10 YARDS AWAY AND STARTED TO TALK TO A NEIGHBOR. I HEARD THE PASSENGER YELL THAT THE TRUCK WAS ROLLING. I TURNED AND RAN TO THE TRUCK AS THE PASSENGER TRIED TO EXIT THE TRUCK, BUT THE SHOULDER HARNESS TANGLED AROUND HER ARM, AND THE TRUCK WAS ROLLING IN REVERSE. THE DOOR KNOCKED HER OFF HER FEET BUT SHE WAS STILL CAUGHT BY THE SHOULDER HARNESS, AND WAS BEING DRAGGED AS THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. I CAUGHT UP TO THE TRUCK AND DOVE IN THE OPEN PASSENGER DOOR AT THE SAME TIME THAT SHE ROLLED UNDER THE CAB. I GOT MY HAND ON THE BRAKE AND THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP, BUT THE FRONT WHEEL ROLLED ONTO HER HIP AND THIGH. I PUT THE TRUCK IN DRIVE, IT HAD DROPPED INTO REVERSE FROM PARK, PULLING IT FORWARD, AND SHE ROLLED FREE. SHE WENT BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS LATER RELEASED. *AK

MY BROTHER WAS DRVING MY 2004 DODGE RAM 3500 VEHICLE TO PULL MY BOAT OUT OF THE WATER FROM THE BOAT LANDING. WE WERE BOTH IN THE VEHICLE AS WE PULLED UP TO A FLAT AREA TO CLEAN THE BOAT OFF VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING. I THE OWNER GOT OUT FIRST TO GO TALK TO THE PEOPLE AHEAD OF US WHILE MY BROTHER WAS IN TRUCK FOR ABOUT A MINUTE BEFORE HE EXITED THE VEHICLE. WE WERE TALKING WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE FOR ABOUT 2-3 MINUTES WHEN ONE OF THEM NOTICED THE TRUCK GOING IN REVERSE, WE ALL TURNED AND SAW IT GOING IN REVERSE AS IT JACKKNIFED THE TRAILER AND STOPPED. IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER, FENDER, TAILPIPE OF THE VEHICLE AND DAMAGE TO THE BOAT TRAILER IN ONE AREA. NO DAMAGE TO BOAT. *AK

Mileage: 8,500

NOTICED A VIBRATION WHEN REACHING SPEEDS OVER 72 MILES PER HOUR. CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER REGARDING PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THE TRUCK WAS IN FOR SERVICE THE LOCAL DEALER DECIDED TO PUT IN A NEW DRIVE LINE AND ALIGNED IT. AFTER THIS SERVICE THE VIBRATION STILL EXISTED. SOON AFTER THE TRUCK STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING FUEL INJECTOR PUMP. I BELIEVE THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE EVER PRESENT VIBRATION. SECOND TIME LOCAL DEALER SAW THE TRUCK THEY REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTOR PUMP AND TRIED TO RE-ALIGN TO FIX THE VIBRATION. THIS STILL DIDN'T SOLVE THE VIBRATION. A REVIEW OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A NATION WIDE PROBLEM AND DEFECT IN THIS TRUCK. AK

Mileage: 34,000

THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF THE PARK GEAR AND HAD GONE INTO REVERSE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A BUILDING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY THE CONSUMER. *AK SEE ALSO 10111596. *DSY *SC *JB

Mileage: 5,000

OWNER USING 2004 DODGE 3500 TRUCK IN FARMING OPERATION. PULLED THRU GATE @20' IN LEVEL AREA, PUT IN PARK, SHUT DOOR WITH ENGINE RUNNING, PROCEEDED TO WALK BACK AND WAS IN PROCESS OF SHUTTING GATE. TRUCK APPARENTLY JUMPED INTO REVERSE, BACKED OVER OWNER AND PROCEEDED TO TRAVEL @500 FT IN REVERSE ACROSS PASTURE AND HIT TREE. REAR DUALS RAN OVER BOTH LEGS AND FRONT WHEEL OVER RIGHT ANKLE. OWNER WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH INJURIES. TRUCK COULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN REVERSE WHEN 72 YR OLD OWNER EXITED TRUCK BECAUSE OF TIME LAPSE BEFORE BACKING UP. OWNER HAS BEEN DRIVING ON FARM FOR OVER 50 YEARS WITH NO SIMILAR ACCIDENT. IT IS COMMON PRACTICE TO PUT IN PARK WHILE OPENING AND SHUTTING GATES.

Mileage: 12,485

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE SHIFTED GEARS ON IT OWN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. ALSO, WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. AFTER APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. HOWEVER, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AND WAS WALKING BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS CATCHING THE CONSUMER BETWEEN THE BUMPER AND THE CAR 8-10 FEET BEHIND IT. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *TC

Mileage: 1,800

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT FRONT DRIVESHAFT PROBLEM. IT WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE DRIVE SHAFT PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER OFFERED TO REPAIR THE DEFECT AT A TIME WHICH WAS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE CONSUMER.*AK *TC

Mileage: 1,100

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED DUE TO THE RING REAR AND PINION OF THE REAR AXLE SHAFT FAILURE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO REPLIED, THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT HAVE A SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. *AK

Mileage: 4,000

VIBRATION IN THE DRIVETRAIN AT HIGH SPEEDS, STARTING AT ABOUT 72 MILES PER HOUR. 6 ATTEMPTS OF BALANCING DRIVE TRAIN AND WHEELS HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. VIBRATION IS ENOUGH TO NUMB HANDS AND FEET AND DISTORT THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IMAGES.*AK

Mileage: 500

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

Mileage: 5,400

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

Mileage: 6,500

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

Mileage: 10,000

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

Mileage: 2,000

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

Mileage: 3,500

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

Mileage: 50

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

Mileage: 16,140

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

Mileage: 6,000

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

Mileage: 19,790

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

Mileage: 16,000

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.

Mileage: 6,500