Dodge Ram Complaints (2006)

1,749 consumer complaints on file.

#10394219April 4, 2011
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
H.V.A.C. CONTROLS START TO GO OUT, THEN GO OUT COMPLETELY. THE PART THAT FAILS IS THE BLEND DOORS. THIS CAUSES A LOSS OF TEMPERATURE CONTROL, DIRECTIONAL, AND OR POWER CONTROL. WHEN THE H.V.A.C. IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, THE WINDSHIELD AND SIDE WINDOWS CAN FOG UP OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VIEW. THE WHOLE PROBLEM IS DUE TO A PLASTIC PART WORKING AGAINST A METAL PART, THAT CAUSES FAILURE OF THE PLASTIC TABS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10393687March 30, 2011
STEERING, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
TIE ROD END FAILURE AT THE PITMAN ARM/ INNER TIE ROD CONNECTION ON A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500 QUAD CAB 4X4 TRUCK. THE TIE ROD STUD SHEARED OFF COMPLETELY UNDER LITTLE TO NO LOAD AFTER ONLY 23,000 MILES OF HAVING THE H46 RECALL COMPLETED. THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE TIE ROD END AND THE PITMAN ARM CONNECT IS TOO EXTREME. THE PITMAN ARM NEEDS TO BE BUILT WITH LESS ANGLE, THIS WOULD DECREASE THE LOAD ON THE TIE ROD END. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10393777March 30, 2011
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN WHENEVER THE VEHICLE ENTERED A BRIDGE FROM THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY WOBBLE AND BECAUSE THE CONTACT LIMITED CONTROL. HE WOULD THE DECREASE THE PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO ALMOST TO A COMPLETE IDLE IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNAWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10393779March 30, 2011
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE FAILED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10393587March 29, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHEN HE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO FLUSHED THE THROTTLE BODY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,500. UPDATED 05/04/11 *BF UPDATED 05/11/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10393053March 28, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 78 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES AND HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY VISIBLE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. ON THE FOURTH RECURRENCE OF THE FAILURE THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE FRONT FENDER WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,056. UPDATED 5/9/11 *CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392977March 26, 2011
STEERING
2006 DODGE 4X4 QUAD CAB 2500. TODAY AS I TURNED ONTO STREET MY TIE ROD DISCONNECTED FROM THE BALL AND MY TIRE WENT SIDEWAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. I LOOKED ON LINE AND FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IF I WAS PULLING MY FIFTH WHEEL, WHICH I WILL BE SOON, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN. POOR DESIGN. WHEN I PHONED BIG O TIRE IN YUMA AZ (928-342-5535) THEY SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PUT PRESSURE ON DODGE FOR A RECALL IN ORDER TO SAVE LIVES. THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392876March 25, 2011
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO WOBBLE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN MADE VARIOUS REPAIRS TO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392754March 24, 2011
VISIBILITY
RIGHT SIDE WINDSHIELED WIPER MOTOR ARM STOPPED WORKING AT 73,000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392575March 23, 2011
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN PASS SIDE FRONT CRASH, RESULTING IN PASS WHEEL SEPARATING FROM TRUCK, SINCE TRUCK WAS REPAIRED HEATER DEFLECTOR DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY TO BLOW HEAT AND OR DEFROST CORRECTLY, INS WANTS PROOF IT HAPPENED IN ACCIDENT. NO INSIDE OF TRUCK DAMAGED DEALER SAY CAN NOT PROVE. DEFLECTOR BROKE DURING COLLISION WITH TREE, WAS WORKING BEFORE ACCIDENT, MAYBE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG CAUSED THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH DEFLECTORS NOW WINDOWS AE STEAMING UP VISION IS IMPAIRED, AND NO HEAT ON FEET ARE, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10393219March 22, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WAS TURNED ON TO THE RIGHT AND AFTER THE TURN IT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO SHUT OFF BY SWITCHING ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW DAYS THIS OCCURRED MULIPLE TIMES AND EACH TIME THE BLINKERS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE BLINKERS TO SHUT OFF BY CHANGING THE ANGLE OF THE ADJUSTABLE STEERING COLUMN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392345March 21, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE SWITCH ON MY 2006 DODGE RAM THAT CONTROLS THE TURN SIGNAL, WIPERS AND LIGHT DIMMER DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. IT TURNS THE OPPOSITE SIGNAL ON THAT I HAVE SPECIFIED, MY WIPERS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND IT WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO DIM MY HEADLIGHTS. DRIVING IN THE RAIN IS VERY DIFFICULT AND TURNING BECOMES A PROBLEM BECASUE I NEVER KNOW WHAT SIGNAL WILL TURN ON. I SPOKE WITH MECHANICS AT A DEALERSHIP WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS SO COMMON THAT THE MULIT FUNCTION SWITCH IS NOW REFERRED TO AS THE MALFUNCTION SWITCH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392230March 19, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAD JUST PICKED UP MY 2 CHILDREN AND HEAD TO TOPS MARKET IN MEDINA NY TO PICK UP SO GROCERIES FOR THE WK END. I WAS PULLING MY VEHICLE[2006 DODGE RAM 4X4 PICKUP 1500 SERIES WITH 5.7 LITRE HEMI] INTO THE PARKING AREA ON THE EAST END OF THE BUILDING . THE PARKING SPACE THAT I WAS PULLING INTO WAS FACING WEST TOWARDS THE CONCRETE WALL . AS I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN ,AS THAT HAPPENED A HAD TAKEN MY FOOT OF THE ACCELERATOR WAS PREPARING TO STOP WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDEN ACCELERATED BY ITS SELF . I IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO BRAKE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE VEHICLE THEN HIT THE BUILDING AND STALLED OUT ITS SELF. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE WHAT'S SO EVER . THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY THE CONCRETE WAS. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO ME BUT BOTHER MY KIDS COMPLAIN OF HEAD AND NECK PAIN . MY DAUGHTER ALSO COMPLAINED OF RT SHOULDER PAIN LEFT HIP PAIN AS A RESULT OF THE SEATBELT. THEY WERE BOTH TREATED AND RELEASED. I WILL BE TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DODGE DEALER ON MONDAY MARCH 21ST FOR INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEM. THE POLICE DID FILL OUT A REPORT ALSO THE STORE MANAGER AND I NOTIFIED MY INSURANCE AGENT. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM LIKE THIS . VERY SIMILAR ACCOUNTS ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. ONE IN CANADA THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO MINE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10390386March 16, 2011
SUSPENSION, STEERING
DODGE RAM 2500 "DEATH WOBBLE". *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10390221March 15, 2011
STEERING, SUSPENSION
THE FRONT END OF 2006 DODGE RAM WITH 48,000 MILES ON IT GOES OUT OF CONTROL WHEN YOU HIT A POT HOLE. THE DEATH WOBBLE AS IT IS CALLED ON YOU TUBE HAPPENED TWICE ON A FREEWAY COMING HOME APPROX. 140 MILES HAD THERE BEEN OTHER VEHICLES NEAR THERE WE MAY HAVE CRASHED DODGE KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT WONT FIX IT BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT COME ON 48,000 MILES THAT'S A DEFECT NOT WOREOUT. THIS PICKUP IS USED MOSTLY ON PAVED ROADS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10390291March 15, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE BLINKER SWITCH ON MY 2006 1500 RAM DOESN'T WORK. WHEN I FLIP THE SWITCH TO TURN RIGHT THE LEFT BLINKER COMES ON. SOMETIMES NO BLINKER COMES ON. ALSO, AT TIMES, WHEN I TURN THE WIPERS ON THEY DON'T ALWAYS COME ON AND WHEN THEY DO COME ON THEY DON'T ALWAYS TURN OFF AFTER TURNING THEM OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10389960March 13, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I WAS DRIVING A 2006 DODGE POWERWAGON DOWN THE ROAD BETWEEN 60-70MPH. AFTER HITTING A BUMP ON HIGHWAY OR BRIDGE OVERPASS, MAJOR SHAKING AND WOBBLING IN THE FRONT END. KNOWN AS DEATH WOBBLE. OCCURS EVERYTIME IN THE SAME SPOT AND EVERYTIME AT THE SAME SPEEDS. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING AND HIT AN UNEVEN PART IN THE ROAD AND THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRED. VIOLENT SHAKING AND I HIT THE BRIDGE WALL. CALLED THE DEALER, THEY SAID THE LINKAGE HAD A RECALL. TOOK IT IN. ADJUSTED. STILL SAME PROBLEM. HAD ALL BALL JOINT AND TIE ROD ENDS REPLACED, ALL BUSHING, BOTH SHOCKS UP FRONT, STEERING STABILIZER AND ALIGNMENT DONE. STILL THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10389890March 11, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH INTERMITTENT FAILURE CAUSING TURN SIGNALS TO OPERATE INCORRECTLY, WIPERS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS ALSO EFFECTED, OCCASIONALLY CAUSING TRUCK TO QUIT RUNNING ALONG WITH GAUGES AND INFORMATION DISPLAY TO NOT WORK CORRECTLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10389663March 9, 2011
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE TURN SIGNAL ON 2006 DODGE RAM 1500 FAILS ON DAILY BASIS. TURN SIGNAL TO LEFT AND IT TURNS ON RIGHT SIGNAL. PUSH INDICATOR FORWARD FOR BRIGHT LIGHTS AND IT TURNS ON WINDSHIELD WASHER AND WIPERS. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS, DAILY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386827March 8, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AFTER OWNING THE VEHICLE FOR 2.5 YEARS. THE WARRANTY DON'T COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THE MODULE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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