Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / RAM 2500 / 2004

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005058914 Incident Date: Dec, 10 2005
Consumer's City: LEWISVILLE Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: RAM 2500 Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission:gear position indication (prndl)
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3D7KU28C14G Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 11 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Oct, 19 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The truck incorrectly reads gear indication while not in gear and is extremely hard to change gears in a timely and safe fashion.. one time, after exiting the truck it proceeded to engage in reverse and crashed into a tree. a person assisting had considerable trouble getting the truck to find its gears. it will rev in neutral while clearly indicating drive. i have already contacted dodge. they sent and investigator who did not examine the fault and disregarded the claim. this is a potentially dangerous engineering fault! *jb