NHTSA Complaint #10534123 — 2004 DODGE RAM 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE BEGAN TO RISE, SMOKE BEGAN TO EMANATE FROM THE HOOD AREA, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN AND THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED THE SAME DAY AS IT WAS REPAIRED. THE MECHANIC THEN REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT, WATER PUMP, RADIATOR, AND FAN CLUTCH ON SUBSEQUENT VISITS BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 257,098.