Dodge Ram Complaints (2006)

1,749 consumer complaints on file.

#11020727August 31, 2017
STEERING
BROKEN TIE ROD RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER LOSS OF STEERING GOING OVER A BUMP AT FIVE MILE AN HOUR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11020611August 30, 2017
POWER TRAIN
WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A FREEWAY AND ON OUR WAY TO THE BEACH AND SUDDENLY THE TRUCK VIBRATED VIOLENTLY AND WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE, WE WERE ABLE TO PULL ALMOST TO THE SHOULDER WHEN THE TRUCK CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. WE TRIED TO RESTART IT BUT IT WON'T RUN, THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF THE TRUCK AND WAS LYING ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, THE REAR WHEEL WAS LOCKED. WE WERE LUCKY THAT WE WERE DRIVING EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRAFFIC, IF NOT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS IF NOT FATAL ACCIDENT. WE HAVE 4 PEOPLE IN THE TRUCK TOWING A BOAT AND MY WIFE IS 3-MONTH PREGNANT. WE WERE THANKFUL THAT THERE WAS A SHOULDER THERE FOR US TO REACT IN ABOUT 3 SECONDS WE GOT BEFORE IT BROKE DOWN COMPLETELY. WE COULD HAVE LOST OUR BABY OR OURSELVES IF THERE WERE A LOT OF TRAFFIC MOVING FAST. USUALLY A LITTLE LATER IN THE DAY. WE WAITED ALMOST 5 HOURS FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO COME, AND HAVE TO ASK FOR HELP TO TAKE US HOME. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO AAMCO NEARBY AND HAS BEEN THERE FOR 12 DAYS WAITING FOR THEM TO ORDER PARTS. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE U-JOINTS WERE BAD AND NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY THAT CAUSED THE DRIVE SHAFT TO FELL AND DESTROYED THE WHOLE REAR END BOTTOM. THE REPAIR COST IS ALMOST $2000. FROM MY RESEARCH, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AS A COMMON PROBLEM IN DODGE RAM, AND DODGE HAD A RECALL ON THIS BUT ONLY ON CERTAIN MODELS AND YEARS AND OURS IS NOT INCLUDED WHICH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, TO PREVENT A DEADLY ACCIDENT. I CONTACTED A DODGE DEALER AND THEY JUST SAID IT'S CAUSED BY WEAR AND TEAR, BUT WEAR AND TEAR SHOULDN'T BE A REASON IT CAN CAUSE A DEADLY ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11016118August 18, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE RAGLAND CHRYSLER DEALER LOCATED IN BAY CITY, TEXAS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11015245August 14, 2017
STEERING, SUSPENSION
AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE TRUCK CAN BEGIN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. IT IS A WIDELY KNOWN ISSUE CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE" I ALMOST WRECKED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLISION IF IT HAPPENED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11010918July 27, 2017
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL - GOOD MORNING.....WE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH HAVING OUR VEHICLE REPAIRED...WE ARE ON A WAITING LIST FOR PARTS WITH RICK HENDRICK JEEP DODGE IN NORTH CHARLESTON SC....IT TOOK US UNTIL JUNE 13 FOR THE DEALER TO ORDER THE PARTS. WE STILL ARE WAITING FOR THE REPAIR. ACCORDING TO THE DEAL WHEN THE DRIVERS AIR BAG WAS REPLACED WE ARE ONE OF THE VEHICLES WITH THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11005963July 17, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAD AN ACCIDENT RELATED TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE GRAB HANDLE. I NEVER USUALLY USE IT TO GET INTO THE TRUCK, BUT DECIDED TO USE IT ON JUNE 7TH, 2017. THE TRUCK IS HARDLY EVER DRIVEN AND IN VERY, VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE GRAB HANDLE WAS NOT LOOSE IN ANY WAY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND HAD NEVER BEEN WORKED ON OR REPLACED. WHEN I GRABBED THE HANDLE TO PULL MYSELF INTO THE TRUCK, WHICH WAS STATIONARY AND PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY, THE WHOLE PANEL RIPPED RIGHT OFF AND SENT ME FALLING HARD TO THE ASPHALT DRIVEWAY. I FELL ABOUT 3 FEET. BY THE WAY, I ONLY WEIGH ABOUT 120 LBS. THE FALL CAUSED ME TO BREAK MY LEFT HIP. I LAID IN THE DRIVEWAY SCREAMING IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN AND FOR HELP UNTIL SOMEONE FOUND ME. AN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED ME TO A HOSPITAL. I HAD A PARTIAL HIP REPLACEMENT DUE TO THE HIP FRACTURE. UPON INSPECTION, IT LOOKED LIKE THE PANEL/GRAB HANDLE WAS SECURED INTO THE BODY OF THE TRUCK BY PLASTIC DISCS AND CLIPS! I WAS SHOCKED AND ASSUMED SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SECURED BY A MORE STURDY MATERIAL. THIS ACCIDENT HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY DEVASTATING FOR ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11005518July 16, 2017
STEERING
I'VE HEARD THIS CALLED THE "DODGE DEATH WOBBLE". IT'S A VIOLENT UNCONTROLLED FRONT END SHIMMY OR WOBBLE THAT STARTS AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS A MINOR BUMP OR DEPRESSION. IT DOESN'T STOP SHAKING UNTIL SLOWING TO NEAR STOP. USUALLY A PANIC STOP ON THE FREEWAY. VERY DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11004721July 12, 2017
AIR BAGS
"TAKATA RECALL" WE RECEIVED THE NOTICE IN MAY 2016, TOOK THE TRUCK TO ARRIGO DODGE; THEY WOULD HAVE TO CALL US WHEN THEY GOT THE PARTS IN. IN NOVEMBER WE CONTACTED THEM, REGARDING A DIFFERENT RECALL (TIE ROD) ONCE AGAIN HAD TO WAIT BUT THEY DID THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG. MARCH 2017 THEY DID THE AIR BAG.....2 DAYS LATER THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK AND THEY REFUSE TO REPAIR IT; STATING THAT IT IS THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG. IN OUR ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THEM FIX IT THEY REFUSED AND WERE NASTY ABOUT IT. WE ATTEMPTED TO REACH A LOCAL DODGE REPRESENTATIVE AND NO ONE KNOWS WHO THAT MAY BE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11004796July 12, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO PAPA'S CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (585 E MAIN ST, NEW BRITAIN, CT 06051) WHO STATED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND PLACED THE CONTACT ON A WAITING LIST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 11/27/2017*JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11004380July 11, 2017
POWER TRAIN, AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WITHOUT WARNING. THE TRANSFER CASE DETACHED FROM THE TRANSMISSION, DESTROYED THE PARK BRAKE LINE, STRUCK THE FUEL LINE, AND SPARKED A FIRE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND WAS TOWED TO A TOW YARD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. A POLICE REPORT WAS ALSO FILED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DENIED RESPONSIBILITY BASED ON THE REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATORS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 86,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11000380June 21, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (JOHNSON'S OF CHICKASHA LOCATED ON 3121 S 4TH STREET, CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA) WHO STATED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER. THE CONTACT WAS PLACED ON A WAITING LIST. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11000180June 20, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER (MALL OF GEORGIA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM 4345 BUFORD DR, BUFORD, GA 30518) WHO STATED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET PARTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10995745June 18, 2017
STEERING
DEATH WOBBLE !!!! THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS NOT JUST THE ONE DATE LISTED BELOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10995528June 16, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE LOCAL DEALER (WEST HILLS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE LOCATED AT 900 W HILLS BLVD, BREMERTON, WA 98312; (360) 377-4418) CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10995378June 15, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A MANUFACTURER RECALL CONCERNING THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE TRADED IN FOR MONTHS BECAUSE THE REMEDY AND PARTS HAD NOT BEEN SUPPLIED YET ACCORDING TO THE RECALL NOTICE. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED NO SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE REMEDY AND PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF SHE COULD TRADE IN THE VEHICLE. THE VIN AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10994345June 11, 2017
POWER TRAIN
MY 2006 RAM 1500 SUDDENLY DROPPED THE DRIVESHAFT ON THE HIGHWAY LAST NIGHT WITH NO WARNING OR NOISES UNTIL IT JUST DROPPED FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. I WAS GOING ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED AND WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE AND SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN THE REAR END LOCKED UP AND I COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. THE PINION NUT APPARENTLY BACKED OFF ENOUGH FOR THE DRIVELINE TO JUST FALL DOWN. I CALLED DODGE ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM ON 2006 RAM 1500 TRUCKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10992701June 1, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHEN THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, IT BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GRAB ONTO THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR BRUISES AND LACERATIONS, BUT MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLING FORWARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WITH THE LEVER CLEARLY IN THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 240,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10991837May 26, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. MID VALLEY CHRYSLER DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 07/13/17*LJ *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10991714May 25, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A LOUD HOWLING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE REAR TIRES LOCKED, FAILED TO ROTATE, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE. THE CONTACT HEARD METAL DRAGGING ON THE ROAD AND HITTING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A STOP AND THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FLUID LEAKING UNDERNEATH, AND PART OF THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE POLICE WAS NOTIFIED, BUT A REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVERAL UNKNOWN DEALERS WERE CONTACTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND PARTS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT VISITED THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V796000 (POWER TRAIN) FOR THE 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 180,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10991733May 25, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BEGINNING TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH INTERIOR LIGHTING SHORT CYCLING, SHUTTING OFF EARLY. SUSPECT THE TIPM IS GOING OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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