2004 Dodge RAM 2500: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Feb 23, 2015 · Brakes, Engine · 200,000 miles · WA · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 2500. The contact stated that while parked, the engine compartment caught fire on the driver side. The contact was able to extinguish the fire. There were no injuries reported and a fire report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact was informed by an independent mechanic, that the failure was the result of the federal safety agency campaign number: 04v185000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000.

Filed Apr 29, 2010 · Engine · 150,000 miles · CA · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 2500. While driving 74 MPH the contact heard a banging sound, within a few seconds a hole appeared near the drive shaft and flames had begun to enter the vehicle through the hole. The contact drove onto the emergency lane and got out of the vehicle, seconds later the entire vehicle was engulfed in flames. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire and a police report was filed for the incident. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that they could not offer any assistance regarding the failure. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 150000.

Filed Jun 9, 2009 · Acceleration · UT · fire

Our 2004 dodge ram 2500 spontaneously caught on fire last night while parked in the driveway. We had not driven it for two days, the keys were not in the ignition, no one was near it...it just went up in flames. My husband could not put the fire out so we called 911 and the fire department finally got the fire put out. The truck is totaled, just a charred metal frame at this point. Had the vehicle been parked in the garage, we would be dead.

Filed Sep 13, 2006 · Electrical · 37,990 miles · OH

I am owner of a 2004 dodge durango. Vin # 1d4hb48n04fxxxxxx. On tuesday, september 12, 2006 my wife (lori m. Murphy) noticed that all interior lights would not go off once the vehicle was in gear. This problem persisted throughout that day and at 10:00 p.m. I tried to get the lights to turn off to no avail. The lights were still on this morning (9/13/06) when my wife took the vehicle to aurora chrysler plymouth in aurora ohio. On the way to the dealership she noticed an electrical burning smell. After arriving and waiting about 2 hours, she was told that a chip had burned out on the circuit board for the instrument panel. The service personnel indicated the part needed for repair would be $587.00. I would like to refer to the federal safety agency investigation # ea06015 to see if I have any recourse with daimlerchrysler for covering expenses for this repair.

Filed Nov 9, 2004 · Transmission · 1 miles · CA

Very noticeable vibration in driveline. I could feel it mostly at higher speeds between 60 MPH-90mph. Noticed it right after I bought it. Took it back to the dealer several times and they advised "cannot duplicate customer concern". After 3 attempts to let dodge techs identify the problem with no success I had the assistant service manager morry at norm reeves dodge of temecula ca. Ride with me. Amazingly with me in the truck morry was able to feel the vibration. He told me,"I've driven about 25 of theses trucks and they all do that". I said, "nice,that says a lot about dodge quality." the dodge tech took another look at it and again put down on paper"cannot duplicate customer concern". Frustrated, I attempted to solve the problem on my own realizing a dodge technician would probably never do so. I took the truck to a driveline shop that norm reeves dodge uses. They told me the driveshaft was out of balance and rebalanced it. It did not make the problem better. It actually made it worse. I had them remove the new weights they added which put it back to the way it was. The problem is back the way it was when I bought it. However, my wallet is a $100 lighter. Mcpeek dodge in anaheim ca. Immediately found the problem and advised me dodge is currently working on a fix for the truck but at this time there is no fix. They acknowledged this is a common problem. I also have had a burning oil smell in the cab while idling. The dealership advised me it was new engine packaging oil burning off. I have 9000 miles on truck now and no longer smell burning oil. My truck is a 2500 quadcab 4x4 short bed with the cummins ho 600.

Filed Mar 3, 2004 · Body · 6,500 miles · NH · fire

2004 dodge ram 2500 4x4 pickup caught on fire underbody and was completely totaled.