Truck started squeaking then making a popping noise while turning in the driveway. The steering wheel makes a noise while turning. Didn't know there was any recalls on this truck. I took it to the shop and the man said the wheel was about to come off.
2004 Dodge RAM 1500 wheels complaints
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Felt the rear end come up off the ground and a loud bang. Spare tire had come loose from under vehicle. Lucky no one was behind me or could have been bad. Rim is bent and unusable now. It is held up by a small gauge wire and will eventually fray and break loose.
While driving the spare tire which is suspended under the vehicle fell to the ground. The metal bracket that passes through the center of the spare tire to suspend it rusted where it connects to the suspension cable causing the tire to fall to the ground. Fortunately I was driving slowly through a shopping plaza and there was no vehicles behind me. If I had been driving at highway speeds it could have caused an accident for anyone behind me. Very unsafe design. I mention what occurred to my neighbor who has a similar dodge ram and he informed me that the same thing had occurred to his vehicle. He too was fortunate that the spare tire fell in the driveway of his home. In looking on the internet, numerous forums report the same safety issue. Please investigate and discuss the safety issue with dodge before anyone gets hurt. Thanks.
I have owned this vehicle for just a little over 2 years and has been in the shop 3 times for the hub assemblies. I looked up the truck to see if there were any recalls and found that there is a recall on the hub assembly for the 2wd but not the 4wd which is what I have. I think that it should be recalled and just hasn't been brought to anyone's attention.
Front left wheel bearing hub failed at 54,000 miles. This is very low mileage for a wheel bearing to fail. Wheel bearing hub had to be replaced.
Both front hub/wheel-bearing assemblies have failed on my truck. My truck has 50k miles! The front wheel-bearing on both sides makes noises, sometimes sounds like it is catching or getting stuck. This has caused me to wreck in a ditch and is very dangerous. The noise starts out only once in a while, then seems to be constantly grinding.
I heard whine noise coming from my front wheel hubs on my 04 ram 1500 2wd with 73,724 miles in january of 2010. Took to chrysler dealer and they confirmed hubs were loose and replace them both with aftermarket hubs part number 515072. 10 months later and approx 4000 miles on november 10, 2010 at 7 pm I was making a left hand turn in an empty lot going to an atm and felt and heard a pop then my right front end was on the asphalt. Got out and found my wheel laying next to my truck with all lug nuts still in place. I inspected the damage and the wheel hub broke completely apart luckily I was going slow in a parking lot. My front right fender is damaged, the brake caliper snapped off the spindle and hub is in several pieces with roller bearings spread out over area that is just what I saw the may be more damage. Called the dealer they sent a wrecker to get my truck and still waiting to see what is going to happen. They act like they don't now anything.
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.
Around 6/2009 my passenger side wheel hub starting to make a cracking and popping noise at parking lot speeds, I took it to have replaced. It was replaced with a new part. Now only a year later my driver side wheel hub is making the same cracking and popping noise. I believe the bearings are sub standard and need to be checked into.
The right front wheel assembly broke free from vehicle while driving at 40mph nice straight road st 933 going from notre dame to niles michigan. The assembly rotor calipers lug nuts suspension and rim with tire. As the assembly rolled under the truck is caused me to go airborne this happened at 1:30pm on a beautiful day. 08/25/09. After the truck came to a stop I got out and could not believe what just happen. It was just a matter of minutes before the state police arrived. His first question was am I ok do I need medical attention. His second q uestion where is the other vehicle I told him there is none. Question 2 where is the rest of the truck. I said I do not know. My insurance is bent on getting the truck auction off trying to recoup some of there money. I got on your homepage and found a recall notice campaign id number 04v221000 affecting 6183 vehicles. The truck sits at copart salvage case exp.0001961. I also called the manufacture they said it must have gotten lost in the mail. Thew recall was in 2004 two months after purchase of the truck they offered no help. What is there was some traffic that day there would have been many deaths including myself.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 1500. While driving 35 MPH, the front driver's side tire detached from the vehicle, which included the hub, rotor, and caliper. The contact could not control the vehicle as the tire rolled across the highway and rested on the other side of the road. There were no injuries or crash. The vehicle was towed to a chrysler dealer, but they did not provide an explanation for the failure. Chrysler offered to pay half of the repair costs. The failure mileage was 68,896.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 dodge 1500. While driving less than 70 MPH and attempting to make a right turn, the contact heard a loud popping noise. She lost control of the steering wheel and the vehicle drifted to a stop. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and she repaired the wheel hub inside the rotor. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 116,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 1500. The vehicle has 20 inch tires and the wheels are unstable. While driving 65 MPH over bumps in the road, the vehicle veers into another lane. The dealer stated that nothing is wrong with the vehicle. The current mileage is 60,279 and the failure mileage was unknown. Updated 02/01/08. *lj updated 02/01/08
While driving 35 MPH down a hill the right front tire/rim detached from the truck. Vehicle veered into oncoming traffic. Driver was not able to maintain control, and went over a concrete embankment, damaging other portions of the right side, tire, and rim. The local dealership had the vehicle for three weeks. No further contact by the dealership at this time.
While travleing at 20 MPH right rear wheel came off, causing the vehicle to strike the curb, and go onto the sidewalk. Vehicle was towed. *ak
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