Vehicle stalls when slowing down for a stop sign, traffic or red light or when turning.
2004 Dodge RAM 1500 acceleration complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 1500. The contact was driving 55 MPH when the vehicle began to jerk abnormally. The electronic throttle control light illuminated and the vehicle would not shift into any higher gears. The vehicle was maneuvered to the shoulder and shut off. Upon restart, the failure continued. The vehicle was taken to an authorize dealer and they were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 30,000.
2004 dodge 1500 ram hemi 5.7 quad cab with faulty cruise control. Turning on cruise control and off functions normally. Selecting "set" on the left hand side of the steering wheel fails to engage cruise control desired speed with cruise control on. This happens 10-15 times out of 75-90 times selected during a period of a month. Also, periodically during the 10-15 times a month, cruise control will be engaged with a current speed "set," and while driving the truck slows down and prevents re-engagement of "set" on the left hand controller of the steering wheel while cruise control is still on. Changed battery with no effect. Throttle body is functioning normally. No blown fuses. Seems that temperature extremes of 45 degrees or below and 90 degrees and higher heightens the effects of this deficiency. When turning ignition from off through intermediate to on position (not start) with trip button held in greater than 15 secs, c-code displays 67 15 then displays 00 00. Truck has 66945 miles currently.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 1500. While driving at any speed, the contact stated that the accelerator pedal would continuously become stuck in the open throttle position causing the vehicle to abnormally accelerate more than 85 MPH. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact did not inform the manufacturer nor was the vehicle repaired. The current and failure mileage was 115,000. The VIN was unavailable. Updated 05/04/11 *bf updated 1/11/11
2004 ram 1500 5.7 hemi stalls at low engine speeds, often at stop signs, traffic lights, or parking lot maneuvers. Will usually start immediately back up, sometimes requires slight accelerator pressure when cranking in order to obtain self-sustaining engine speed. During decelerations, engine RPM is erratic and will often encounter a transient drop in RPM's to approximately 400 RPM before engine dies. Issue seems to be more common and severe in cold weather, or when engine is cold, but has occurred under all conditions. This has been a persistent problem for about two years, happening anywhere from once a day to a dozen times. Multiple dealerships and mechanics have looked at this, without result. The computer has been updated, the sensors, egr valve, and intake manifold cleaned, and the throttle body has been replaced. Still not fixed. Vehicle has been well maintained and has less than 55k miles. This is an expensive, dangerous, and frustrating condition.
2004 dodge ram 1500 pickup, engine RPM's surge consistently with no consequence other than the truck shutting down. Starts back most of the time with no problem but there has been instances where the truck does not want to restart. While driving the RPM's run fine but when you decelerate for turning or parking or intersections the truck is slow to gear down and the RPM's surge again shutting the truck down. This is a constant problem with the truck.
My 2004 dodge ram would intermittently drop the cruise control when I hit the drivers side down button. I took it to the dealer several times and was told it wasn't throwing a code and they didn't know what was causing the issue. Several months ago, after parking my vehicle in the garage, I woke up to discover the drivers door had caught fire. It sure looked to me that it started on the circuit board inside the door. The vehicle was totaled.
Vehicle was traveling at a slow speed and the engine quit without warning. The engine stalling usually occurred s in low speed situations, like in town driving. When the engine stalled power steering failed without warning. Since that date the engine has quit a number of times, more than 10 times. It will restart after key was switched to off. I took the truck to a dealer on 2-28-07, and I was told the problem was with the throttle body. There were enough throttle bodies failing for these trucks that the supplier was out of units until almost a month later. Also, I was a told that this part wasn't under warranty. The truck ran erratically at low throttle settings.
2004, dodge ram 1500, 5.7l. Truck will sometimes stall while slowing for a stop or turn. Had the tsb 18-013-05a done by the dealer and the problem still exists. This is a dangerous problem especially into turns because the vehicle loses its power steering.
Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle's cruise control would not maintain speeds and would fluctuate up or down by 6 MPH. The service dealer stated this was a normal issue with these vehicles and they could not fix the issue.
Driving approx 35-40 MPH speedometer will not show correct speed, and jump up and down. Abs and brake light will not shut off, it has stalled on a few occasions, and has accelerated on its own while backing up. Resulting in hitting a lamp post, and causing rear bumper to de dented and as well as some buckling in rear panel.
Dt: the consumer complained that the headlight dim switch was not functioning on the 2004 dodge 1500 since april 2005. The headlight would stay on bright or dim but not switch. At the same time the windshield washer would not work. The dealer replaced the multifunction switch, but the problem persisted. The vehicle had been back to two different dealers four times, and had the same switch replaced twice, but the problem recurred, but was not constant. The contact wrote to chrysler, but had no satisfaction. Also, on one occasion the vehicle would not accelerate when attempting to pass another vehicle. At that time, the cruise control would not work, and the headlights would not come on. This problem had not recurred, but the dealer had no explanation or solution. *ak (11/17/05)
The cruise control shuts off intermittently when the power windows are activated. The vehicle was brought to dodge of burnsville, where the problem was not duplicated by the mechanic. I can now induce this problem consistantly by activating the power windows.
Cruise control will shut off if I use 2 or more of the power windows at the same time. Cc will also shut completely off when you hit the brakes, not just disengage. Took to local dealer and they said there isn't a fix for the problem but they also stated dodge is aware of the problem. This happened once with the window switch problem while I was passing a slow vehicle with my cruise on. I rolled up 2 windows and the cruise shut off during the pass.
The gas pedal pushed down and stuck to the floor, causing the vehicle to have sudden acceleration. Dealer was notified by consumer, but the cause was undetermined.
When the driver moved across two lanes to initiate a left turn the truck lost all power. The consumer pushed down on the accelerator but noting happened until the driver pushed the pedal all the way to the floor. When the pedal was pushed all the way to the floor the truck lurched forward quickly at a very high RPM. The problem has never occurred again, even after the dealer examined the vehicle. The cruise control would not disengage until the vehicle's speed exceeded 8 MPH over the set speed.
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