2004 DODGE RAM 2500 Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

FIRST THE FREEZE PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF PURCHASE (WHICH TOOK APPROX. 30 DAYS FOR THEM TO FIX ) AND THEN (AND NOW ) I'M STILL RUNNING BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALERSHIP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WIND AND WATER LEAKAGE IN THE FRONT DOORS , THE WIND IS SOMETIMES SO LOUD YOU HAVE TO YELL AT EACH OTHER JUST TO TALK IN THE VEHICLE. THE DOORS VISIBLY SHAKE WHILE DRIVING, ALLOWING THE WIND AND WATER IN. AND H.W. HUNTER DEALERSHIP KEEPS SAYING THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. WE LET THEM TEST DRIVE IT ALONE WHICH THEY DID FOR 600 MILES , AND CLAIM THEY HEARD NOTHING AND THEN I DROVE WHILE THE DISTRICT AND SERVICE MANAGERS WHILE IN THE TRUCK WITH ME THEY BOTH STATED THAT THEY COULD HEAR THE WIND BUT ACCORDING TO THEM THAT WAS NORMAL. SO I TOLD THEY THAT THE...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. THE CONSUMER PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THERE WAS WATER IN THE AIR FILTER WHICH CAUSED THE ROD TO GO THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 3/22/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS LIGHTLY DEPRESSED. IN THE MORNINGS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED, THE ENGINE MADE A PATTERING SOUND. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING GEARS AND THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED THE RPM'S RANGED AT 6,000 AND THE ENGINE REVVED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *JB

2004 DODGE RAM 2500 HEMI STALL W/LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. MY TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW FROM HOOD RIVER DODGE, OREGON, AND HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR BECAUSE OF THE ENGINE DYING RIGHT AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. THEY HAVE HAD IT 9 TIMES STARTING LAST APRIL AND IT HAS HAPPENED 12 TIMES. MOST OF THE TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND ONE ON A NARROW INTERSTATE BRIDGE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS ON THE WEB OF THIS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH 2004 AND SOME 2005 DODGE RAM TRUCKS AND SOME DURANGOS EQUIPPED WITH THE HEMI ENGINE. DEALER HAS WORKED WITH DAIMLER CHRYSLER TECH'S AND ENGINEERS TO NO AVAIL. DEALER SAYS IT IS CHRYSLER PROBLEM AND THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH FIX. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DODGE CONSUMER LINE, 800-992-1997, 9 TIMES. THEY PROMPTED ME TO SEND IN...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER REPLACED A COMPUTER CHIP TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE REPLACEMENT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT A STOP OR WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED QUICKLY, THE VEHICLE SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY WERE WAITING TO RECEIVE ANOTHER TYPE OF SOFTWARE TO INSTALL IN THE VEHICLE. *AK

04 2500 TRUCK HAD POOR POWER AND WAS LOSING A LOT OF OIL ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS DETERMINED BY DEALERSHIP A THROWN ROD. I HAVE THE BANKS POWER SYSTEM INSTALLED AND WAS TOLD WARRANTY WAS VOIDED. *NM