| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006067763 | Incident Date: Jun, 01 2006 |
| Consumer's City: SEWANEE | Consumer's State: TN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: RAM 1500 | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 09 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 30 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Traveling at 40 mph truck started to shake. it then stalled out on a slow-braking turn. had to limp home and then to garage using one foot on brake and one on gas to keep the rpms up. initial diagnosis was a stuck air valve that made the fuel mixture too rich. several cylinders were missing. it turned out that two valve springs were broken. apparently this is pretty common. a lot of valve springs are being sold in the area. the truck had 73k miles on it and of course the warranty ran out at 70k. defective valve springs costing a couple of bucks cost me over $1000 in repairs. i was lucky that the block wasn't damaged. for a while we thought we needed a new engine. *jb |
