general problems of the 2004 Dodge Ram 3500

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. Started in second or third required costly rebuild. Fuel gauge reads empty required new unit in fuel tank.

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 paw 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.

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.

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.

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.

Tl - the contact owns a 2004 Dodge Ram 3500. The contact stated that since 2005 the failure of the vehicle not being able to go into park has been an issue. The contact received a recall notification and took the vehicle to get repaired, recall:15v-462000 (power train) in 2006. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (naples Dodge Chrysler Jeep service: 6381 airport pulling rd n, naples, FL 34109) where the technician informed the contact that the recall had been repaired once (computer upgrade) and even though this recall had recurred, there was going to be an out of pocket cost. The manufacturer was not notified of this failure. The VIN search revealed 2 recall (air bags) but nothing dealing with the failure previously. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 2,000. Nb.

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.

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.