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2004 Dodge Ram 1500 cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 26 complaints for the 2004 Dodge Ram 1500, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
26 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
58,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 58,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 58,000 miles
Based on 23 complaints that include mileage. 52% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles6
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 23 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 58,000 miles, and 52% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

My 2004 dodge ram would intermittently drop the cruise control when I hit the drivers side down button. I took it to the dealer several times and was told it wasn't throwing a code and they didn't know what was causing the issue. Several months ago, after parking my vehicle in the garage, I woke up to discover the drivers door had caught fire. It sure looked to me that it started on the circuit board inside the door. The vehicle was totaled.

Reported at 40,000 miles, June 2007 Fire

2004 ram 1500 5.7 hemi stalls at low engine speeds, often at stop signs, traffic lights, or parking lot maneuvers. Will usually start immediately back up, sometimes requires slight accelerator pressure when cranking in order to obtain self-sustaining engine speed. During decelerations, engine RPM is erratic and will often encounter a transient drop in rpm's to approximately 400 RPM before engine dies.

Reported at 50,000 miles, December 2010

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