Tl* the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 1500. While driving 55 MPH there was a noise coming from underneath the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic test stated the adjustment bolt for the tie rod clamp was missing. The dealer does not have the replacement parts#j0180077 in stock. The manufacturer was notified and referred her to two other dealers but the part was discontinued. The failure mileage was 261,862.
2004 Dodge RAM 1500 steering complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated the steering wheel was pulling while making a right or left turn. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic test that located the failure on the front tie rod. The failure also caused the drivers side tires to wear severely and the steering wheel to fail. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 88,700 and the current mileage was 89,104.
Steering rack leaks severly.
2004 dodge ram 1500 - power steering hoses, clamps and piping: I noticed the power steering pump was making a loud noise and when I checked the fluid level, the pump was dry. Further investigation reveled a large puddle of power steering fluid on my garage floor. Fortunately I wasn't driving the truck when this happened. The leak came from the area where the high and low pressure lines connect to the steering rack. Inquires on the web LED me to this site, and proved that this is definitely not an isolated incident. The loss of power steering on a vehicle this size, especially if towing a large load, could be, and probably would be very dangerous. Dodge should take into account all of the incidents pertaining to this, and issue a recall for the repair before someone is not able to write a complaint like this..
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 1500. When the contact shifted into gear he applied the brake pedal and it extended to the floor. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The rubber flexible hydraulic hose line fitting failed which caused the brakes to fail. The dealer will replace the brake flexible line . In june of 2010 when the vehicle was taken to the dealer for routine maintenance they stated that the parking brake cable corroded and caused the parking brake to fail. The dealer cleaned and released the parking brake. He also experienced failure with the power steering hydraulic hose leaking; however, the dealer placed the hose clamp in order to stop the leaking. The failure and current mileages were 70,000. Updated 1/19/2010 *cn updated 03/28/11
2004 dodge ram 1500 slt hemi rack blowing seals this is going to kill someone 3 in 15000 miles I hope my wife is not driving with my son it is impossible to steer when this happens............ This problem is well know why is it not fixed its also very expensive.
I have a 2004 dodge ram 1500 4x4 regular cab pickup w/ 20" wheels & oem goodyear wrangler hp tiers 5.7 hemi. Vehicle is 100% stock and unmodified and maintained meticulously. At random intervals on the highway between 60 & 65 MPH. The vehicle will abruptly develop a massive shaking sensation. Violent enough to make it feel like it may loose control or have a flat tire. Then if you slow down the truck ride smoothes as glass and will be fine till it starts to build again, or a bump sets it off. This problem is well known throwout the internet and commonly called "death wobble". This condition seems to affect primarily ram 1500-2500 from 2003-2008.
I was traveling 70mph on interstate 70west and my front passenger side tire rim and axle came off my 2004 dodge 1500 quad cab pick up there is only 80 plus thousand miles. It tore up my front fender and door. I did not hit anything in the road. There was no warning of a problem, except that my cruise control kick off and would not reset. Than my brake warning and ABS warming lights came on about 2 mins later my steering started to shimmy and than wheel assemble came off. I was lucky the vehicle did not grab and flip. I was able to get to side of road safely.
The power steering in my 2004 dodge ram 1500 locked up while switching lanes cause my vehicle to cross the road strike a electric pole then coming to a rest. The right side lower arm ball joint was found in the roadway.
I bought a 2004 dodge 1500 a month ago. The truck has been good till yesterday when I was going to pickup my son when the power steering was not working. Took it into dealership $1400 for new rack and pinion. If I am still lucky it will not be a pump as well. Truck had 162460km when I bought it and has 163496km now. The thought of a clear safety on the truck and just over 1000km put on it and the rack and pinion needing to be replaced is not looking good for the dealership. Just wanted to let people know that this issue continues.
Engine stalling by 2004 dodge ram 1500-5.7l v8 engine. This has been a recurring issue and directly LED to an accident causing over $10,000 in damage and near fatal injuries. Further, this vehicle (and others I have become aware of) have been serviced at the dealership on time/schedule but this issue has never been addressed nor have they been recalled or repaired despite numerous complaints. Fortunately the repairs were covered by insurance but the vehicle still has the same problem for which neither the local dealer nor chrysler-dodge et, al. Has addressed this issue (although reading the files it is clear they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and man hours to refute/dismiss this matter.
Braking on the highway LED to engine stall and full loss of power to vehicle. Vehicle stalled in left lane and nearly caused a crash. Also, rack and pinion steering began to fail at 50,000 miles. Replaced at 54,000.
Excessive play at steering wheel make it difficult to keep vehicle under control shame on dodge beautiful truck but impossible to keep control at high speed wandering all over the place I was told by dealer my tires where worn at that's why it was loose $1,200 dollars later for a new set of 20' inches tires still have the same problem truck now has 50k and problem start when it was 18,000 miles I hope dodge it will do something about it.
Excessive play on steering wheel I have a 2004 stl dodge ram 1500 5.7 hemi engine on it since I bough this truck I noticed some play on steering wheel which getting worst as you driving making almost at some point loosing control is not responsive when steering the vehicle. I have a truck check up but can't find a problem truck has only 36,000 miles this is a safety issued I hope dodge can do something about it.
Serious shake in steering and ability to control steering.
Http://www.carcomplaints.com/dodge/ram_1500/2002/steering/rack_and_pinion_failure.shtml consider this a safety defect lost steering while driving and also a manufacturer defect that chrysler lcc is not standing behind. Please go to the website above and see all the common complaints. I believe this is a known problem not being addressed by dodge or by pressure of the federal safety agency to have dodge reimburse and recall this common problem. If chrysler is going to ask for a bailout then they need to use some of our money to make this right with the american public and the federal safety agency needs to pressure them to get this safety, poor engineering problem fixed! I filed with bbb of auburn hills, mi. They only look at warranty issues. Vehicles should not have their power steering and rack and pinion going out at 36k miles! Chevy, ford, nissan, toyota doesn't! Look at the website complaints and do your job the federal safety agency...I am forwarding this onto the us attorney general's office. Maybe with a new vision and new president we can start fixing these problems and start helping the people who help fund all these government organizations and government in general..if I sound '!@#$% yes I am...I cannot afford to pay $800 to fix something that shouldn't be going out and I have two 2004 ram 1500s and both have this problem? Not a coincidence...jack blair .
Today 11/13/08 my husband was driving his 2004 dodge ram 1500 quad cab, purchased new. While driving, the steering completely gave out almost causing a very serious accident. It took all his strength to get the steering to turn enough to avoid crashing. Upon taking it to a dealer he was told the manifold shield was rusted and fell into the linkage. Although this is being repaired under warranty by the dealer I am not ready to leave it at that, I expect some kind of explanation from dodge why something this dramatic would happen to a very high end vehicle only 4 years old. The thought of what may have occurred because of this neglect on dodges part is unthinkable. I expect this incident to be fully examined and will also be contacting dodge regarding this unacceptable fault in their vehicle. No warranty can cover damaged lives and possible death that is failure almost caused. I am now and in the future very entrusting of dodge products and can only hope that my reporting this may help avoid injury to another dodge owner.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 dodge 1500. While the tires were being rotated, the dealer noticed a leak coming from the rack and pinion. The vehicle was leaking power steering fluid. The current mileage was 63,000 and failure mileage was 62,989. Updated 6/9/08 *cn the rear pinion seal was replaced three times. Updated 06/09/08
Immediate loss of power steering fluid from steering rack, resulting in loss of power steering. This is apparently a common occurrence for late model dodge trucks when they reach approximately 50,000 miles. The steering rack cannot be repaired, only replaced.
1.) loss of power steering fluid 2.) failure of rack and pinion seal, loss of steering, very dangerous situation 3.) replacement of rack and pinion steering, new part from dealer was only one available, cost exceeding $800.
I have a 2004 dodge ram 1500 5.7 liter with 48k miles that has had numerous problems (e.g. Erg valve replaced, power steering reservoir (currently being replaced), and engine stalling at an idle, while turning, while backing up, or coasting. The stalling occurs out of the blue as if someone flipped a switch causing the engine to die. The electrical stays on, just the engine dies. Most of the time it starts right back up but sometimes it takes awhile. The stalling has happened numerous times and is very unpredictable. The stalling began about three - four months ago. I currently have it in for repairs at lee's summit dodge, lee's summit missouri.
On 02/15/08 I discovered a puddle of fluid underneath my truck. Upon investigation I found that the leak was coming from the power steering rack, where the return line enters it. The rubber return hose is attached to the stud with a hose clamp allied at the factory. However the clamp is so loose that the hose can be turned by hand. This loose clamp allowed fluid to escape. I installed a new house clamp and then had to add almost 1/2 quart of fluid to the power steering reservoir. After searching the internet I found a dodge ram forum and found 3 pages of posts about this exact topic. Apparently this is a very frequent happening, which leads to the total draining of the power steering fluid. In turn the power steering pump often fails. In addition the lack of fluid and steering assistance cause the steering rack to completely fail!! Any loss of power steering in a 5,800 pound truck is completely unsafe and must be dealt with by dodge, who designed this system poorly.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 1500. While driving 15 MPH, the vehicle would stall when turning or while stopped. The power steering would fail and no warning lights were present. The failure only occurred in cold weather. The dealer inspected the vehicle and found no failures. The purchase date was unknown. The current mileage was 26,250 and failure mileage was approximately 25,500.
The power steering on my truck has gone out twice in the last week. The dealer replaced the p.s. Hoses with newly designed (crimped end in place of hose clamps) ones. This worked fine for a couple of days. As I left work on the 30th, the front seal on the rack blew, and I almost hit other parked cars do to a lack of steering. It has been very cold here for the past few days, don't know what affect this could have on it. The dealer will fix to the tune of $600.00 plus. The dealer told me that this was the second truck this week with this same problem to come into their service dept.
I own a 2004 dodge ram 1500 quad cab truck 45,000 miles, today the power steering rack blew the seals out while my wife was driving home from work while turning corner she almost crashed into a building due to not being able to turn it.
I noticed a power steering fluid leak and brought my pickup in to dealer for evaluation. Notified me that my power steering hoses were shot. 29,780 miles on vehicle and not covered under warranty since the hoses had a repair clamp installed from prior failure. 2 months later was driving on interstate when my pickup suddenly lost power steering capabilities. I was able to pull vehicle over without incident and returned to dealership the same day and they informed me that rack/pinion was shot. Not under warranty due to 1 month past 3year warranty period. 30,200miles on vehicle. Shop foreman advised me behind closed doors that this is a continuous problem with "northern area" ram 1500's and they alone had serviced over 200 similar type 1500 ram vehicles with the same power steering problems I also had just in the past 2-3 months! The foreman also informed me there is a 5-7 day backorder on rack and pinions because they are in high demand due to this dodge engineering problem. He gave me a number to dodge to complain, I called with the reply from dodge as "I'm sorry but due to your warranty being past by 1 mo. We will be unable to goodwill assist you with your problem". I'm not bitter but feel this needs to be looked into due to obvious safety issues. Thank you.
Rack and pinion failed after 33000 miles and two months past warranty. Took to the dealer and was told the rack and pinion was on national back order but they had one left. National back order? Sounds like this is a problem.
Tla* the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 1500. The failure mileage was 40,000. The contact stated that the first week of february 2007 he observed under the vehicle a fluid leak present on both seals of the rack and pinion steering. The local dealer stated that that they would have to put him on a waiting list for the specific part needed for the repair. There were no listed recalls, however, there was a lengthy waiting list. The contact experienced the same failure and the vehicle was repaired. This failure was related in both the new and former vehicles. The current mileage was 41,700.*ak dealer stated the vehicle was repaired. Updated 4/9
40,600 miles and I have a rack and pinion fluid leak. I had heard that there was a recall on this and have not been able to locate it on line. I have not taken it to the dealer yet and will do it next week.
Tl* - the contact called regarding a 2004 dodge ram 1500. The contact stated that the driver was traveling down a hill coming to a stop at less than 5 MPH when he attempted to make a left hand turn and the vehicle would not turn. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to the side of the road. The vehicle had to be towed. There were no warning indicators. The current and failure mileage were both 32900. The dealer had diagnosed the failure as needing to replace the power steering pump. The dodge dealer advised the contact that they located a pump, however, the power steering pump was on back order and they were not sure when he would get the part if he chose not to purchase the part at this time.
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