2006 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THE TIPM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT ON ME DRIVING TO WORK AT 3:00 AM (IN THE MORNING) PITCH BLACK OUT. ALMOST WRECKED OR DIED. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING ACCEPTABLE. THERE JHAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. DODGE HAS A PROBLEM HERE AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED NOW!!!