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2004 Dodge RAM 2500 Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	979850
Internal NHTSA #	10511430
Manufacurer	Chrysler Group LLC
Brand	DODGE
Model	RAM 2500
Model Year	2004
File date	09/05/13
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Traveling on hwy at 55 mph when truck lost all power including power steering. No warning. Steered to side of hwy and stopped. Hwy was under construction and 50 more yards i would have been in middle of road because no shoulder with construction. Truck restarted, and i continued on because in rural area. Truck stopped again in middle of intersection in town about 2hrs later. Dealer could not look at it until next day, so i had to drive home (40 mi) and hope i made it. Brought it back next morning and told needed new lift pump and would keep it overnight. My dealer's service dept is great, and they gave me a ride home (40 mi). No option to install original pump of several hundred dollars. Had to install one in the fuel tank with cost of $1000. Several concerns. One, this seems to be an engineering defect since they now install the lift pump in the gas tank where it should have been all along. Two, they are making a nice sum to replace it and put it in the tank. Three, this is an urgent safety factor because when vehicle shuts down, there is no power steering. There are drop-offs with narrow shoulders (or no shoulder as in my case because of construction) along hwys in my area. I could very easily have gone over or down the side of one of our hills. Four, vehicle can lose power in the middle of an intersection when making a turn in front of oncoming traffic (as it did in my case). Five, there is no prior warning or way to check the potential of this happening. When this happened yesterday and i started researching, it was the first i had heard of it. My truck is serviced regularly by my dealer, and there is no test for this. It was a very scary situation on the hwy and in the middle of the intersection. The fact that i have had the truck for several yrs shows that eventually they will probably all fail and should be replaced before they do.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	134767
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	CANYON LAKE, TX
VIN pattern	3D7KU28C24GXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
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Vehicle speed	55
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Dodge RAM 2500 Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Dodge RAM 2500 Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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