Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2004 Dodge 1500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 62 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 62, in the owner's own words
I tried to get the service done Iam a one vehicle owner the dealership told me I had to pay out of pocket for the rental car with no set day of service The dealership didn’t care whether I got the recall done cause of the year of the vehicle they provided no transportation solution
I recently figured out a problem with my truck that is an extreme danger. When you fill up the fuel tank at any gas station, it seems that the fuel enters the vapor canister and makes the engine stall for about a mile before it starts running properly. After several close encounters after filling the tank, I looked upon other threads of Dodge Ram owners and found this to be a common problem that was never addressed by Chrysler and never acted upon by NHTSA. Please look into this and advise a course of action to have Chrysler repair this problem.. It is a matter of time before either I or another with the same problem are seriously injured or killed due to this defect. Many Thanks In Advance!!
WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 55 MPH AND HEARD A NOISE WHILE EXITING AND WE THOUGHT WE HIT A LARGE HOLE. BEFORE WE REACHED THE END OF THE OFF RAMP TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH BUT GIVING THE TRUCK SOME GAS TO ACCELERATE WE HEARD A VERY LOUD POP AND IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK.WE PULLED OFF TO SIDE AND CHECKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE THE SLIP YOLK AND U JOINT OF THE DRIVELINE WERE BROKEN AND THE FLANGE NUT ON REAR END WAS BACKED OFF AND THE REAR END WAS SHATTERED. ALSO THE FUEL VAPOR RECOVERY LINES WERE BROKE FROM THE SLIP YOLK AND U JOINT BREAKING. IS THIS ISSUE RELATED TO RECALL NUMBER 14V79600
WHEN FILLING MY GAS TANK AT ANY STATION AT ANY TIME OF YEAR, WHILE FILLING MY GAS TANK WILL CONTINUOUSLY PUKE GAS BACK UP THE FILLER TUBE ALL OVER THE GROUND, THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE AMONG MANY DODGE VEHICLES. IT'S UNSAFE AND TO FIX IT YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE GAS TANK. THIS HAPPENS NO MATTER WHAT, TRUCK ON, TRUCK OFF.
WHEN I FILL UP I SMELL AND SEE FUEL ON TOP OF TANK. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE
ENGINE STALLS WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND WHEN IN IDLE. THIS STARTED HAPPENING APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS AGO. CHECK ENGINE HAS NEVER TURNED ON.
JUST CAUGHT FIRE BURNED UP COMMON PROBLEM LOTS OF FIRES
FIRST IT WAS FUEL LIGHT COMING ON THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON. GOT THAT OFF THEN THE BLOWN LIGHT STARTED COMING ON CHANGE ALL BLOWN FUSES AND LIGHTS BUT LIGHT WOULDN'T GO OUT AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. PAID TO FIXED AFTER 1 YEAR IT STARTED UP ALL OVER AGAIN.
FUEL TANK STRAP FAILED DUE TO RUST - TANK DRAGGED - 2004 NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL THAT INCLUDED 2009 - 2012. IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED BECAUSE EVERYTHING THEY SAID COULD HAPPEN, DID. PAID $249.54 TO REPAIR AT DEALERSHIP. FREEHOLD DODGE - FREEHOLD, NJ
ENGINE STALLS AT ALL SPEEDS ON AN INTERSTATE WHILE GOING 75 MPH WITH NO CONTROL OF STEERING DUE TO LOST OF POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. SOMETIMES IT WILL RESTART OF SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T RIGHT AWAY BUT AFTER ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES IT WILL RESTART. THIS IS ALSO TRUE OF PARKING LOTS AND CITY STREETS. WITH NO CODES OR ENGINE CHECK LIGHT TO REFER TO.
TAKATA RECALL. I HAVE A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. I AM HAVING ISSUE FINDING MOPAR-OEM BELL CRANK PART# 53032456 AE. IF YOU GO TO THE DEALER IN ELK GROVE CA, THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER 270. OR ON THE MORPAR WEBSITE THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER TOO. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE TRUCK HAS ( ) WITH A LIGHTING VOLT. YOU LOOSE ALL POWER AND THE TRUCK STAYS AT HIGH IDLE ABOUT 1800 RPMS. DIFFICULT BRAKING WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS.
SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE RPMS REV AND DOWN THE A LIGHT ON DASH COMES ON.THE LIGHT SYMBOL LOOKS LIKE A LIGHTING BOLT WITH TWO LINES ONE IN EACH SIDE OF LIGHTING BOLT. SWITCH TRUCK OFF AND RESTART THE LIGHT GOES OFF AND TRUCK RUNS FINE. IT MIGHT NOT DO IT AGAIN A DAY OR SOMETIMES A WEEK OR SO.
EVERY TIME I GET GAS I PULL OUT ON TO THE ROAD AND IT GOES DEAD AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS IT'LL CRANK BACK UP ..HAS JUST ABOUT GOTTEN ME KILLED SEVERAL TIMES.
I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY TRUCK STOPPED RUNNING. FOUND THE FUEL PUMP WAS NO GOOD. I HAVE BEEN AN AUTO MECHANIC FOR YEARS AND THIS IS VERY DANGERIOUS! I HAD IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE DAVES AUTO ON MADISON AVE TOLD ME THE FUEL PUMP WAS NO GOOD ALSO THE FUEL TANK IS NO GOOD THE RING ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK IS ROTTEN THE "TABS THAT HOLD THE FUEL PUMP IN IS ROTTEN" AND WHERE THE FUEL PUMP SITS ON THE FUEL TANK IS LIKE IN A WELL SO WHEN IT RAINS THE WATER ON TOP OF THE GAS TANK SITS IN THE FUEL PUMP LOCATION HAS NO WHERE TO DRAIN AND MY THERY IS THAT IS WHAT ROTTS THE FUEL PUMP BRACKET ON THE FUEL TANK! AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT SAFE I HAD TO GET A NEW FUEL TANK. I CALLED MULTIPUL USED AUTO PARTS SUPPLY COMPANYS AND EVERY SINGLE ONE WHO HAD A GAS TANK HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WAS ROTTEN. SO I CALLED THE DEALER SCAP DODGE OF FAIRFIELD,CT THEY HAVE 68 PEOPLE WAITING ON BACK ORDER FUEL TANKS AND THEY ARE OVER $800.00 REDICULES.SO CAN YOU IMAGINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND WITH A BOMB WAITING TO EXPLODE!!!! THIS IS A SAFTY HAZZARD BECAUSE ANY ONE WILL TELL YOU THAT IF THIS FAULTY FUEL TANK IS ROTTEN GAS FUEMS WILL ESCAPE AND CAUSE AN EXPLOTION OR FIRE EVEN DEATH IF THE VEHICAL IS IN AN ACCEDENT TE FUEL WILL LEAK EVERY WHERE THIS REALLY SHOULD BE A RECALL IM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS AND EVERYONE SHOULD BE TO!!!! I REALLY HOPE YOU LOOK IN TO THIS PROBLEM ANY INFORMATION YOU NEED I HAVE PHOTOS IF YOU NEED THEM YOU CAN CONTACT ME ASAP! THANK YOU JOSH E
WHEN THE GAS TANK ON THIS TRUCK IS FILLED TO CAPACITY, THE TRUCK WILL STALL WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. THE TRUCK CANNOT BE FILLED TO THE "FULL" MARK. IF IT IS IT WILL STALL WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID IT IS TO NOT FILL THE GAS TANK COMPLETELY FULL.
MY TRUCK WAS PARKED AT WORK AND AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WOULDN'T START. HAD IT TOWED HOME AND I DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED. THE NEXT DAY I LIFTED THE BED TO REPLACE IT AND I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE WHOLE TOP OF THE TANK'S LOCKING RING TANGS WERE ALL RUSTED AWAY AND THE PUMP WAS JUST SITTING IN THE TANK CROOKED. IF IT WAS FILLED FULL OR IN AN ACCIDENT FUEL WOULD'VE SLOOSHED OUT OF THE TANK. ON A ROLLOVER THE ENTIRE TANK WILL EMPTY.
FOR A FEW WEEKS I WOULD OCCASIONALLY SMELL GAS FUMES. I HAD THE TRUCK VISUALLY INSPECTED AND THE MECHANIC COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THEN ONE DAY I FILLED THE TANK. WHEN THE TANK WAS FULL, INSTEAD OF THE PUMP SHUTTING OFF THE PUMP BEGAN POURING GAS ONTO THE GROUND. THIS TIME THEY DROPPED THE TANK TO FIND THAT THE METAL COLLAR ON TOP OF THE TANK HAD RUSTED AWAY CAUSING THE FUEL PUMP TO POP UP HALF OUT OF THE TANK. THAT WAS THE REASON THE PUMP HAD NOT SHUT OFF . GAS WAS FLOWING OUT OF THE TOP OF THE TANK!!. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IF THE FUEL PUMP CONNECTION HAD SHORTED OUT WITH THE TOP OF THE TANK OPEN THE WAY IT WAS ,ME AND ANYONE IN THE TRUCK WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN UP!!!. THIS WAS A VERY POOR DESIGN ON CHRYSLER'S PART THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO KILL PEOPLE.
FUEL TANK HAS METAL TABS TO LOCK FUEL PUMP IN POSITION. WATER CAN COLLECT WITH ROAD SALTS TO EAT AWAY THE LOCKING TABS WHICH ALLOWS THE FUEL TO LEAK OUT NEXT TO HOT EXHAUST WHICH CAN CAUSE FIRE. WHEN FILLING FUEL TANK THE FUEL WILL SEEP OUT BECAUSE THE LOCKING TABS NO LONGER HOLD THE PUMP IN PLACE. THIS LEAKED FUEL CAN CAUSE FIRE, AND ALLOW FUEL TO POOL UNDER THE VEHICLE CAUSING FUEL SPILLS.
THE TRUCK STALLS AT STOPS AND TURNS AFTER FUEL FILL UP
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
AS STATED IN OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AFTER SLOWING DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. IF YOU RIDE THE BRAKE AND GAS, YOU CAN KEEP FROM STALLING. THIS INCIDENT STARTED TO HAPPEN AFTER A SMELL OF GAS VAPOR SMELL AFTER FILLING TANK. RESEARCHED STALLING AND GAS SMELL, WAS LED TO OTHER SCALP NOTICE FOR HEMI GAS TANK DUE TO ETHANOL GAS CAUSING THE ROLLOVER VALVE IN THE GAS TANK TO EXPAND AND NOT CLOSE. WHEN YOU FILL THE TANK YOU GET LIQUID GAS IN THE PURGE VAPOR CANISTER AND LINE. THIS GIVING YOU THE GAS SMELL UPON FILLING. I HAVE STOPPED FILLING THE TANK PAST 3/4 AND HAVE NOT HAD THE ISSUE SINCE. KIND OF DISAPPOINTED THAT OTHER HEMI MODELS GAS TANKS WERE RECALLED, BUT NOT THE TRUCK EVEN THOUGH IT HAS THE SAME ISSUE.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE OR MILEAGE AS THE FIRST FAILURE'S WERE LOW IN FREQUENCY. THE TRUCK DIES AFTER FILLING UP WITH FUEL. YOU CAN BE UP TO SPEED BUT NORMALLY HAPPENS SHORTLY AFTER FILL UP AND ENTERING TRAFFIC. NO TROUBLE LIGHTS ARE SHOWING ON THE DASH AND TRUCK NORMALLY STARTS BACK UP FAIRLY EASILY, ALTHOUGH SOUNDS FLOODED. NOW THE TRUCK DOES THIS AT ALMOST EVERY FILL UP. NO CODE DIAGNOSTICS ARE SHOWING. I HAVE REPLACED THE EGR AND SPARK PLUGS, NO CHANGE.
STALLS AT EVERY STOP AFTER RE FUELING
A WHINING SOUND STARTED COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ON THE VEHICLE APPROX 30 MIN BEFORE THE REAR END EXPLODED LOCKING THE VEHICLE UP AND CAUSING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO FLY ACROSS TWO LANES OF HEAVY HOLIDAY TRAFFIC. THANK THE LORD NO ONE WAS INJURED OR ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED DUE TO THIS FAILURE OF A LOOSE PINION NUT ON THE DRIVE SHAFT. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP WHO SAID IT WILL COST OVER 4500 DOLLARS NOT INCLUDING CAR RENTAL TO GET IT REPAIRED, THE DEALER SAID THEY CONTACTED THE MFG. AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN DEALER MAINTAINED SINCE NEW AND SHOULD NOT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE WITHOUT A RECALL OR WARNING.
THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT EVERY FILL UP. ONCE I FILL THE TANK, FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 OR SO MILES AFTER THE FILLUP, MY TRUCK TRIES TO STALL IF I DON'T REV THE ENGINE UP REALLY HIGH.. AT STOP LIGHTS OR TURNS, IT WILL STALL COMPLETELY. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO STALL ON THE INTERSTATE AT SPEED! ONCE I DRIVE 20 OR SO MILES IT STOPS. I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY OWNERS THAT IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH A FUEL VENT OR SOMETHING. APPARENTLY THIS IS QUITE A COMMON PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME *TR
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