2006 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE DROVE INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A WHIPLASH AND A PINCHED NERVE THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER FOR MONTHS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER FOR OVER A YEAR. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME THAT THE PARTS WOULD BE SUPPLIED TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

2006 DODGE 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NO COMMUNICATION FROM DEALERSHIP ABOUT REPLACEMENT PARTS AVAILABILITY TO COMPLETE DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL NOTICE. *SMD

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, A NOISE AND VIBRATION OCCURRED IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT OF THE REAR PINION BEARING HOUSING. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A SHOP AND THEY FOUND THAT THE PINION NUT WAS LOOSE, THE PINION BEARINGS WERE CHEWED UP, THE PINION GEAR WAS BENT, AND THE REAR END PINION BEARING HOUSING WAS SCARRED. VEHICLE REQUIRED A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY. THIS OCCURRED AT 80,000 MILES. THERE ARE 17 DIFFERENT COMPLAINTS ON THIS NHTSA WEBSITE ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR THE 2006 MODEL. YET THERE IS RECALL #14V79600 WHICH COVERS ONLY 2005 AND 2009-2012 MODEL YEARS. WHY IS 2006 NOT COVERED WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN 17 COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME THING ON THIS WEBSITE ALONE? PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL FOR 2006 AS WELL.

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE ROTORS/PADS 5 TIMES IN 70,000 MILES. THE ROTORS WARP PREMATURELY CAUSING SEVERE SHAKING AND PULSATION WHILE BRAKING, CREATING AN UNSAFE CONTROL ISSUE. IT IS PARTICULARLY DISTURBING WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM HIGHWAY SPEED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A REPAIR SHOP, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS CORROSION ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000.

WHILE DRIVING USUALLY ABOVE 60 MPH AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE. I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN SUDDENLY TO APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY.

AT JUST ABOUT ANY SPEED , IF YOU HIT THE RIGHT BUMP, THE LEFT FRONT SHAKES OUT OF CONTROL HAVE SPENT $1000'S OF MY OWN MONEY TRYING TO CORRECT , THE DEATH WOBBLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP AND THE REAR END SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188,000.