2004 DODGE RAM 1500 Electrical System Problems

WHILE USING A TIRE INFLATER THE PLUGS INTO MY CIGARETTE LIGHTER OF MY 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 THE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE BEHIND THE DASH. TURNS OUT THE FUSE DID NOT BLOW HEATING THE CIRCUIT UNTIL IT STARTED BURNING THE PLASTIC IN THE DASH THE FUSE THAT WAS IN THE DASH I PURCHASED FROM HARBOR FREIGHT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I HAD NOT KNOWN THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FUSES. NOW WHAT? *TR

2004 DODGE RAM 1500 HEMI. FUSE BOX GETS WATER INSIDE AND CORRODES THE CIRCUIT BOARD RESULTING IN LOSS OF PARKING LIGHTS, DASH LIGHTS, MORE. 2. THE REAR ENDS GO OUT PREMATURELY. 3. AIR BAGS DON'T GO OFF IN ACCIDENT 45 MPH 4. FRONT ROTORS WARP. 45,000 MILES. *TR

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

MY TRUCK 2004 DODGE 1500 RAM DOES NOT START ., IT DOES IT ONCE AN A WHILE., NOT OFTEN. IT DOES OPEN ALL SWITCHES AND IF I BYPASS THE STARTER., IT DOES CRANK BUT NEVER STARTS IT DOES WORKS BACK EITHER IN 15 MINUTES OR TWO DAYS AT THE MOST SO FAR. THIS IS A BIZARRE PROBLEM WHERE MANY TIMES APPOINTMENTS., GOT LOST I HAVE TO PAY FOR TOW TRUCK. *TR

SPEEDOMETER MOVES IN 5 MPH INCREMENTS WHEN IT'S NOT STUCK; IT ALSO SHOWS VEHICLE SPEEDS OF 5 - 10 MPH WHEN STOPPED AND IN PARK. DEALER SAYS THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDS REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $800.00. *TR

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE CONTROLLER IN MY 2004 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED. THE WIRING HARNESS COMPLETELY MELTED THROUGH WIRES AND ALL, AND THE BRAKE CONTROL MECHANISM ITSELF MELTED AND BURNED. THE PART WAS INSPECTED BY CHRYSLER BUT IN THEIR DETERMINATION SINCE I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THE VEHICLE THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REPAIRS. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MY LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER HAS TOLD ME THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY INDEPENDENT SERVICE TECH'S THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THAT THE BRAKING CONTROLLER IS DRAWING MORE AMPERAGE THAN IT SHOULD BE. CHRYSLER HAS TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING MORE THEY WILL DO IN THIS SITUATION. *TR

ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS AND GAUGES STARTED TO ACT UP SO WE CARRIED IT INTO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS CONDENSATION IN THE FUSES. THEY SAID IT WAS REPAIRED AND CHARGED US ABOUT $100. THEN A FEW DAYS AGO IT STARTED TO DO IT AGAIN. BEFORE WE COULD TAKE IT BACK TO BE LOOKED AT IT BURST INTO FLAMES IN OUR DRIVEWAY AT 2 AM ON 3/2/09. FIRE DEPT. STATES THAT THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. I'VE BEEN SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET FOR AN EXPLANATION AND I'VE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2004 DODGE RAM'S, A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE GENERATOR HARNESS CAN CAUSE "UNDER THE HOOD FIRES"! I'VE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY SAY THAT MY VIN # IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD... OUR VEHICLE...

I HAVE 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 5.7 LITER, IT HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THE WIPER WILL START AND STOP WHILE IT IS RUNNING AND THE HEAD LIGHTS WILL FLASH ON WHEN THE TRUCK IS SHUT OFF IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN 7 TIME AND HAVE REPLACE NUMEROUS PARTS. *TR

WATER IS LEAKING INTO THE WHEEL SENSOR CAUSING IT TO SHORT AND THEN THE ENTIRE CLUSTER IN THE DASH TO SHORT. ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND SPEEDOMETER START JUMPING AROUND. HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER 2006, HAD IT FIXED BY DEALER AND NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. DEALERSHIP NOR DODGE WILL TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 45MPH THE THROTTLE STUCK AND THE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. HE WAS ABLE PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL; HOWEVER, AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE IT ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A CRACKED BATTERY. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM WITH DOWNLOADING THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS TO THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF ON 2 OCCASIONS WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO START IT. THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY ACID LEAKING FROM THE BATTERY. THEY STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR COULD HAVE CAUSED THE CRACK IN THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR 2 MONTHS. THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS ELECTRICAL; HOWEVER, THE WOULD NEED TO REMOVE AS MANY COMPONENTS AS POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE....

ABS MODULE FAILED. WATER LEAKING FROM HOOD CAUSED ABS CONNECTOR TO CORRODE UP RESULTING IN FAILURE OF THE INSTRUMENTATION PANEL (ALL GAUGES) INCLUDING WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND OVERHEAD INFORMATION CENTER. NO ANTI LOCK BRAKES. *JB

MY HUSBAND BOUGHT OUR 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 (HEMI) IN JAN 2004 AND HAS ABOUT 130,000 MILES NOW. WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BREAKS AND ROTORS JUST LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE ON HERE IN MARCH OF 2005 WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE ON AND THE TRUCK LOST ALL POWER. THE RPM WENT TO ZERO BUT THE TRUCK WAS STILL RUNNING . TO GET THE RPM TO COME BACK ON WE WOULD HAVE TO TURN OFF THE TRUCK AND RESTART THE TRUCK. EVERY TIME THE ELECTRICAL LIGHT WOULD COME ON, ALL WHILE IN TRAFFIC AT 65-70 MPH. THIS WENT ON FROM MARCH 2005- JAN 2007. WE HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES AND THEY COULDN'T GET ANY CODES TO COME UP. THEN IN JANUARY 07 WE GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY TO STOP AT A STORE AND HAD TO MAKE A LEFT TURN INTO THE STORE. THE TRUCK MADE...

AT AROUND 8:00 AM ON OCTOBER 12, 2006, THERE WAS A SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION FROM THE DRIVER'S DASHBOARD OF MY 2004 DODGE DURANGO WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE (NOT EVEN TURNED ON). THIS INCIDENT NEARLY BURNED OUR CONDO UNIT WHICH WAS ABOVE THE GARAGE AND ENDANGERED MY WIFE AND KIDS WHO WERE STILL SLEEPING. LUCKILY, MY WIFE AWOKE AND CALLED 911 (INCIDENT REPORT #2006-6223247-000 CCFD CLARK COUNTY). AFTER SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH CHRYSLER DODGE, THEY SENT AN "INVESTIGATOR" ONLY AFTER 4 DAYS TO TAKE PICTURES; THEY SENT US A LETTER SAYING IT WAS NOT A FACTORY DEFECT AND THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE. WHEN ASKED WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE POSSIBLE CAUSE -THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW (?!?). WE THEN CONSULTED AND ASKED HELP FROM THE DEALERSHIP (INTEGRITY DODGE, LV,NV -SINCE WE GOT THE VEHICLE ONLY A YEAR AGO AND IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT IT WAS...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE COMING TO A STOP AND WHILE IDLING. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE SEALS IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE TRANSMISSION (WIRING HARNESS) LEAKED ALLOWING WATER TO GET INTO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE WIRING TO THE WIRING HARNESS WAS CORRODED. THE DEALERSHIP CLEANED SEVERAL CONNECTORS AND REPLACED A GROUND WIRE. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IF CLEANING THE CONNECTORS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM, THE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

I HAVE AN 2004 DODGE DURANGO THAT HAS STALLED 7 TIMES THE DEALERSHIP HAS DONE NOTHING BUT GIVE ME A RUN AROUND I WENT TO DODGE FORUM AND HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS WITH THE NHTSA THE LAST TIME IT STALLED I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 8 YEAR OLD I LOST ALL POWER THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THERE IS NO WAY YOU WOULD GET OUT OF THE WAY IN TIME I AM VERY FRUSTRATED IN THE RESULTS I AM GETTING FROM DODGE BUT AS I RESEARCH THERE ARE MANY OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS AND ARE ALSO GETTING NOWHERE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE I AM NOT WANTING A SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO OCCUR BEFORE THEY TAKE ACTION. *NM

I HAVE A 2004 DODGE 1/2T 1500 SERIES TRUCK I HAVE HAD IT AT THE SHOP 3 TIME IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. YOU CAN BE DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SLOWS DOWN TO 5-10 MILES PER HOUR FOR NO REASON. THE SHOP SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CRANK IN THE COMPUTER, THE 2ND TIME IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE AIR CONDITIONER(WHICH IT IS WINTER SO I DON'T HAVE IT ON) AND THE LAST TIME IT HAS BEEN 4 DAYS SINCE THEY HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE AND STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS CAUSED THE PROBLEM. SO I AM STILL WITHOUT A VEHICLE.. I WOULD HATE TO BE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 55-65 IF THIS THING DECIDES TO SHUT DOWN. BECAUSE IT IS ALL OF A SUDDEN. THANK YOU FOR YOU TIME. FYI. *NM

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON DASH ON , THE SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES 5 TO 10 WHILE IN PARK OR AT A STOP. DEALER HAS HAD TRUCK 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUES.(10/2004 1/2005 10 2005 AND ON 12/2005) IT WAS REPAIRED BY CLEANING OR REPLACING SPEED SENSORS AND ABS SENSORS BUT IT HAS RETURNED AGAIN. *JB

DT: CONSUME ROWNED A 2004 DODGE 1500 RAM. SOMETIMES IT WILL STALL WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. ONCE IT CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO BUMP A BRICK WALL. WHICH CAUSED A SLIGHT DENT IN THE BUMPER. IT HAS A VIBRATION THAT SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK. WHEN THE DEALER RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NOT SHOWING THE CODES FOR THESE PROBLEMS. AFTER FIVE TRIES THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO GET THE DOOR LOCK FIXED. AS FOR THE OTHER PROBLEMS THE DEALER PUT A NEW COMPUTER IN THE VEHICLE. THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A WEEK, AND THEN THE PROBLEMS CAME BACK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS THE ONE THAT SAID TO PUT THE NEW COMPUTER IN. *AK

I OWN A 2004 RAM 1500. THIS IS TRUCK NUMBER 2 OF THIS YEAR AND MODEL. I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT I WAS WITH THE LAST. 1. THE ROTORS AND BRAKES ARE WEARING PREMATURELY. 2. IT HAS STALLED ON OCCASION USUALLY WHEN DECELERATING TO MAKE A TURN. 3. THE TRANSMISION WILL HIT A "FLAT" SPOT WHEN EXCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD. 4. THE RADIO DOES NOT DISPLAY PROPERLY WHILE OPPERATING. IT PUTS OUT JIBBERISH OF NUMBERS AND LETTERS. I SAY THIS IS TRUCK NUMBER TWO BECAUSE I WENT TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND COMPLAINED OF THE SAME EXCACT PROBLEMS SEVERAL TIMES ON TRUCK ONE. THEY WERE LESS THAN HELPFULL BLAMING EVERYTHING OTHER THAN THE TRUTH. I TRADDED THE FIRST TRUCK IN AND SITED MY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THEY THEN STATED THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BAD BATCH. THEY...

TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW, PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 1000 MILES. TRUCK STALLS, USUALLY HAPPENS AT SLOWER SPEEDS SUCH AS WHEN YOU REMOVE YOUR FOOT FROM THE GAS PETAL TO TURN. IDLE DROPS VERY QUICKLY AND THE ENGINE STALLS. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE COME CLOSE TO HITTING SOMEONE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS HARD TO STOP OR TURN WHEN YOU LOOSE POWER, YOU ALSO LOOSE THE POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKES. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY DID AN UPDATE ON MY COMPUTER. UPDATE HAS NOT STOPPED THIS FROM HAPPENING. DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME A NEW UPDATE WILL BE OUT SOON, BUT THAT WAS 5 WEEKS AGO, AND IT STILL HAS NOT HAPPENED. IN THE MEANTIME THE VEHICLE STILL STALLS OUT WHEN YOU ARE MOVING!

CUSTOMER COMPLAINT- ERRATIC IDLING AND NO POWER WHEN THROTTLE FULLY PRESSED. ETC (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL) LIGHT FLASHING. VEHICLE NOT OPERABLE. ADVISE CUSTOMER TO 'CYCLE' IGNITION TO RESET COMPUTER. REPLACE COMPUTER WITH UPGRADE (UNDER WARRANTY). CUSTOMER COMPLAINT - RECURRANCE OF PREVIOUS PROBLEM (IDENTICAL CIRCUMSTANCES) UNABLE TO IDENTIFY/ISOLATE/REPRODUCE IN SHOP. ADVISE CUSTOMER IF RECURRANCE TO CYCLE IGNITION TO RESET COMPUTER. NO SUGGESTED REPAIR.

CHECK ENGINE LITE KEEPS COMING ON. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. DEALER SAYS ISSUE IS WITH O2 SENSORS. SECOND TIME IN ALL SENSORS AND COMPUTER REPLACED. STILL IS OCCURRING. DEALER SAID THEY WHERE BRINGING IN FIELD SERVICE TECH ON 3RD TIME. LAST ISSUE OCCURRED 30 MARCH 05. DEALER IS UNABLE TO DIAGNOIS CASE OF ISSUE.*AK

700 ORIGIANL MILES - PIN CONNECTIONS(1ST SHOP I TOOK IT TO SAID IT WAS READING A TRANSMISSTION ERROR, BUT COULDN'T FIX IT); 6000 MILES-FUEL PUMP AND MAP SENSOR; 8000 MILES-TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER. THIS HAS LEFT ME STRANDED, AND I'VE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TWICE.*AK

RAM 1500 STALLLS FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. DEALER CANNOT FIX AS NO FAILURE CODE WAS SET NOR WAS THEIR ANY HISTORY OF THE STALL IN THE VEHICLE COMPUTER.*AK