general problems of the 2004 Dodge Ram 3500

2004 Dodge Ram 3500. Consumer writes in regards to numerous repairs made to vehicle. The consumer stated the dealer has held the vehicle without making any repairs, or predictions on when the repairs would be completed.

Automatic trans. -when placed in park, cannot get it out of park it seems as though the solenoid that releases the parking pawl does not always release.

My Dodge has had a problem with the blend doors for quite some time in my truck. It will not go to defrost so when I drive my windshield fogs up and this relates to me having to pull over so that I do not get into an accident. It is a safety issue that needs to be addressed by the manufacturer. They use a plastic piece for the blend door that breaks and wont let the vents open or close. It is ridiculous and cheap part. The prongs are not even matched up you have a 5 prong on the actuator switch that goes into a 3 prong. The friction causes it to break. A dealer will charge the customer upwords of $1200 to fix because they have to pull the whole vent box out. There are numerous Dodge forums that address this issue as well. In order to get the word out to you guys I'am making this complaint. Deaths can happen because of this cheap engineering that needs to be fixed and my truck is 2004. I do not believe Dodge has addressed the issue as of yet they are still using the same cheap parts even thought 1000's of people have complained, but possibly not to you guys.

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.

This has happened before back in 2010 and I put an extra stabilizer on the front and upper and lower ball joints and a few more pieces all made by moog but the front end still shakes almost uncontrollable and I have to slow down real fast before I cause an accident I'm afraid it's going to make me wreck.