Automatic Transmission problems of the 2004 Dodge Ram 3500

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.

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.

- 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.

- 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. Updated 03/02/07.

: 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.

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.

E-17 saftey recall.

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.

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.

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.

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. .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Shifter moved from park to reverse while parked with the engine running.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/lj updated 5/9/11 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.

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. See also 10111596.

Sample of the waiver request for the Dodge recall ***transferred to occ***.