Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2004 record →
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE'S FENDERS ABOVE THE WHEELS WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED 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 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUES. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
2004 DODGE RAM 1500 I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING SINCE THE TRUCK HAD 90000 MILES ON IT ABOUT THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT AND NOT TURNING BACK ON. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT'S THE HEADLIGHT MODULE AND I REPLACED IT WITH A NEW AFTERMARKET ONE BUT THE TRUCKS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. I WAS DRIVING AND THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AND I COULDN'T SEE AND HIT A DEER AT 20MPH ON A BACK ROAD . POLICE WERE NOT CALLED BECAUSE THE DAMAGE WAS ONLY THE BUMPER . BUT IF THIS DOESN'T GET FIXED SOMEONE COULD GET HURT AS WITHOUT LIGHT YOU CAN'T SEE TO DRIVE AND THE LIGHTS WON'T COME BACK ON. THIS IS JUST LIKE THE FORD RECALL I RECEIVED FOR MY CAR... *TR
HEADLIGHTS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT 4PM ON 12-7-16 AND TURNED MY HEADLIGHTS ON AS I WAS DRIVING PEOPLE WERE HONKING AT ME AND THEN I NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE OUT . WENT AND INSTALLED NEW BULBS AND THEY WORKED BUT WENT OUT AND NOW THEIR STAYING OUT EXCEPT FOR THE HAZARD LIGHTS!!! I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 67 MILES HOME AS IT'S DARK AND I COULDN'T SEE AND WITH THE SPEED LIMIT BEING 65MPH ON HIGHWAY, I COULDN'T WALK. *TR
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS), 15V313000 (AIR BAGS), AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
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
VEHICLE REAR END HAS GONE OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AS INSTRUCTED BY FCA DUE TO NOISE IN REAR END. DEALER DROVE .1 MILES AND DETERMINED REAR END IS BAD. PINION NUT IS LOOSE CAUSING PINION GEAR TO MOVE. ADVISES CHRYSLER OF SUCH TO NO AVAIL. VEHICLE STARTED MAKING NOISE IN REAR END AT 42000 MILES. ADVISES CHRYSLER THAT THERE IS NO REASON THIS PART SHOULD BE COMING LOOSE THAT IT A MANUFACTURER S DEFECT. TOLD THAT VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT IT IS MY PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT CAN CAUSE INJURY IF CONTROL OF VEHILE IS LOST DUE TO REAR WHEELS LOCKING UP.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT WAS DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PINION NUT WAS LOOSE CAUSING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO SEPARATE FROM THE REAR AXLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURED WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE . THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.
2004 DODGE RAM. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REPLACEMENT PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR RECALL NOTICE. *SMD
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED 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 MADE 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 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE 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.
MY COMPLAINT IS THE SEAT BELTS FOR MY KIDS WON'T LOCK UP !!! I HAVE TRIED TO LOCK THE SEATBELT FOR THE CAR SEAT AND IT JUST WON'T I HAVE GOTTEN MULTIPLE TICKETS FOR THIS AND I WANT THE ISSUE FIXED BY THE DODGE COMPANY !!!!!! OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN WATCH THE LINK BELOW. . HOW TO ENGAGE THE SEAT BELT LOCKING FEATURE: HTTP://YOUTU.BE/P6O_NUISAG4 THIS IS PUTTING FAMILY'S WITH KIDS IN DANGER AND IT'S A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS THEIR KIDS ....
REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY 2004 DODGE RAM WHEN I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE IT SHOWED RECALLS MY VEHICAL WAS INCLUDED BUT I HAVEN'T RECIVED ANYTHING . THE FLUID IS LEAKING BEACUSE IT GETS TO HOT AND ERRODES PARTS CAUSING THE LEAKS . I HAVE HAD THIS DOCUMENTED BY A AUTO SHOP AND REPLACED THE SEALS AND OTHER REAR AXLE THINGS AND IT CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE . 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 WESTERN NEW YORK
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
"TAKATA RECALL" WE TRAVELED TO LOUISIANA TO BURY OUR FAMILY MEMBER ON JULY 13, 2016. WHEN WE RETURNED HOME WE HAD A RECALL NOTICE WAITING FOR US (PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATOR). WE WERE CONFUSED BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY HAD BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS WORKED ON FROM RECALLS. WE WERE TOLD THIS IS DIFFERENT, THIS IS A RECALL ON A RECALL. BASICALLY, THIS IS A INTERIM NOTICE AND THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WILL RECEIVED A RESOLUTION TO REPAIR THE AIRBAG. THIS IS OUR OTHER MAIN VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION. OUR OTHER VEHICLE IS OUR 2009 SCION XB WHICH IS ON RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WE ARE DISGUSTED. WE CAN NOT GET ANY DEADLINES, WE CAN NOT SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THIS PROBLEMS IS TAKING TOO LONG. WE NEED SOME ANSWERS AND WE NEED THEM, NOW. WE ARE SENIOR CITIZENS, WE HAVE OUR MEDICAL ISSUES AND WE DEFINITELY DO NOT NEED THIS KIND OF STRESS AND INCONVENIENCE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE LOCKING BOLT OF THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD DISENGAGED AND THE OUTER SEALS, THE BEARINGS AND RINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
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.
REAR END SEIZED AND DRIVESHAFT FELL OUT OF REAR END. WAS DRIVING AROUND 35-40 MPH ON STREET. LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND BRAKING SYSTEM AND WRECKED INTO AN ENBANKMENT/DITCH.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 5 MPH, A LOUD GRINDING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COLLAPSE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED SUDDENLY. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,000. UPDATED 01/11/2017*CT THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR AXLE LOCKED UP CAUSING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO SNAP. UPDATED 01/26/17.*JB
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED 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 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 1500. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AXLE WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 01/06/2017*CT THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVE SHAFT DISCONNECTED FROM THE REAR AXLE. UPDATED 03/06/17.*JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE COMPLETELY FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE RUST AND CORROSION ON THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THEN TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
TAKATA RECALL NO INCIDENT AS OF 15 SEPT 16. THERE HAS BEEN NOT REMEDY FOR SINCE NOTIFICATION SINCE 1 JULY 16
IT LOOKS LIKE THE PINION NUT CAME LOOSE AND ALLOWED THE DRIVE SHAFT TO COME OFF WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON A SECONDARY ROAD. THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP. I SEE WHERE THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH 2005 VEHICLES MADE FROM JANUARY 2004-AUGUST 2005. OURS IS A 2004 AND WAS MADE IN MARCH 2004.
ON 9/9/2016 MY WIFE ENTERED OUR GARAGE TO GET SOMETHING AND FOUND THE GARAGE FILLED WITH EXHAUST FUMES DUE TO MY 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 ENGINE RUNNING. OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS PARKED WITHOUT ANYONE IN IT. HOWEVER, NO ONE HAD THE KEYS IN THEIR HANDS AND THERE WAS NO KEY IN THE IGNITION. IT RANDOMLY STARTED ON IT'S OWN. I FILED A COMPLAINT BEFORE ABOUT IT RANDOMLY LOCKING AND UNLOCKING DOORS, AND IT RANDOMLY HAVING ALL LIGHTS GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. THIS ONE, A RANDOM START WHEN PARKED IN A GARAGE COULD TURN FATAL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE REAR WHEELS SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 10/13/16*LJ
FOR A FEW WEEKS I WOULD OCCASIONALLY SMELL GAS FUMES. I HAD THE TRUCK VISUALLY INSPECTED AND THE MECHANIC COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THEN ONE DAY I FILLED THE TANK. WHEN THE TANK WAS FULL, INSTEAD OF THE PUMP SHUTTING OFF THE PUMP BEGAN POURING GAS ONTO THE GROUND. THIS TIME THEY DROPPED THE TANK TO FIND THAT THE METAL COLLAR ON TOP OF THE TANK HAD RUSTED AWAY CAUSING THE FUEL PUMP TO POP UP HALF OUT OF THE TANK. THAT WAS THE REASON THE PUMP HAD NOT SHUT OFF . GAS WAS FLOWING OUT OF THE TOP OF THE TANK!!. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IF THE FUEL PUMP CONNECTION HAD SHORTED OUT WITH THE TOP OF THE TANK OPEN THE WAY IT WAS ,ME AND ANYONE IN THE TRUCK WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN UP!!!. THIS WAS A VERY POOR DESIGN ON CHRYSLER'S PART THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO KILL PEOPLE.
THE DOOR LOCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REMAINS IN THE LOCKED POSITION. IT CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE USING THE KEY FOB OR THE KEY, IT ALSO CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE BY PULLING UP ON THE LOCK PLUNGER. IT CAN ONLY BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE USING THE HANDLE.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REMEDY AND PARTS HAD NOT BEEN SUPPLIED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 57 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION AND LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE REAR TIRES SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE SCREECHED TO A STOP. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ONSITE AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD SEPARATED FROM THE DRIVESHAFT, AND THERE WAS FLUID LEAKING FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PINION NUT WAS STILL IN PLACE IN THE DRIVESHAFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVESHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 246,000.
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.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKE, THE CHECK ENGINE, THE ABS AND THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT AND VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS UNAVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHILE SHIFTING LANES. THE CONTACT HAD TO ACTIVATE THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE ENTIRE DRIVESHAFT WAS FRACTURED AND ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S JOB. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 236,000.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. MOMENTS LATER, THE DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED FROM THE WINDSHIELD DOWN TO THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, 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 NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
THEY HAVE REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE HOSE TO THE AIR BAG BACK IN MARCH 2015, AND THE DRIVER SIDE WAS DONE IN JULY 2015. SO MY TRUCK HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF JUST TO LET YOU KNOW SO YOU CAN STOP SHOWING THAT RECALL ON MY TRUCK!!!!! THE BATTERY DID GET BROKEN IN MARCH 14, 2015, BUT THAT WAS IT!!!! WHICH IT WAS THE SAME BATTERY THAT WAS IN THE TRUCK WHEN I BOUGHT IT BACK IN JANUARY 15, 2007.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
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 .
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 .
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) AND 14V770000 (AIR BAGS). HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS UNAVAILABLE.
ODOMETER DISCREPANCY PURCHASED A VEHICLE FROM A SIDELOT IN FEBRUARY 2016 WENT TO TRADE VEHICLE IN JULY 2016 AND FOUND OUT AT THE GM DEALER THAT THE ODOMETER WAS REPLACED IN 2014. MILEAGE WAS 134,000 IN 2014 AND THEN IT DROPPED DOWN TO 116,000 AFTER THAT
I KEEP MY TRUCK IN EXCELLENT MAINTAINANCE.I WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND TRANSFER CASE EXPLODED OPEN SENDING DRIVE SHAFT AND PARTS INTO GAS TANK SMASHING GUARD PLATE AND UNDERSIDE OF CHASSIS AND BODY THEN TWISTING OF WHILE TWISTING PINION OUT OF REAR DIFFERENTIAL.I BOUNCED OVER DRIVESHAFT AND GAINED CONTROL AS I COASTED SAFELY TO THE SHOULDER OF ROADWAY.TRAILING DRIVERS TOO WERE ABLE TO AVOID LOST PARTS AND COLLISION.THANK GOD. IVE CONSULTED WITH 3 REPUTABE AUTO MECHANICS WHOM ALL AGREE THE TRANFER CASE WOULD HAVE TO BE FAULTY.I FIND IT ODD THAT THIS SPECIFIC RECALL WHICH WAS ISSUED ON SO MANY 04 RAM 1500'S BUT ACCORDING TO MY TRUCKS V.I.N.DEALER SAYS/INFORMED ME THAT MY TRUCKS NOT COVERED.I DONT BELEIVE THIS IS FAIR.OR THE RECALL LIST IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE ENOUGH TO INCLUDE ALL THE VEHICLES ITS SUPPOSED TO.PLEASE HELP.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
AT APPROXIMATELY 155K MILES, DIFFERENTIAL STARTED HOWLING WHEN TRAVELING FROM FLORIDA TO VIRGINIA. TOOK VEHICLE FOR SERVICE. LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL CLIPS HAD FALLEN OUT AND BROKEN UP IN THE GEARS DAMAGING THE BEARINGS. HAD THE DIFFERENTIAL REBUILT WITH ALL NEW BEARINGS AND CLIPS. AT 160K MILES, SAME ISSUE OCCURRED DAMAGING THE PINION BEARING. THE VEHICLE IS NOW ON JACK STANDS IN MY YARD AS I SAVE TO PURCHASE A REBUILT UNIT AT OVER $2K.
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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