2006 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE OF 2015. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

WAS PULLING A TRAILER IT WAS 700 LBS AND THE DRIVE SHAFT DROPPED OUT OF IT AND TORE UP THE WHOLE REAR-END UP .IT WAS IN MOTION AND ALMOST WRECKED US .OTHERWISE COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE STERNUM THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,423.

WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH REAR PINION FLANGE SEPARATED FROM PINION SHAFT CAUSING REAR DIFFERENTIAL DAMAGE AND DRIVESHAFT TO FALL OUT AND REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP. I WAS INSTRUCTED BY POLICE OFFICER TO HAVE TOWED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO DANGEROUS LOCATION.

AT FIRST THE WIPERS WOULD STOP RANDOMLY (WHILE DRIVING IN A RAINSTORM) BUT I WOULD FIDDLE WITH THE SWITCH AND THEY WOULD NORMALLY COME BACK ON. IN THE LAST WEEK THEY BASICALLY QUIT WORKING ALTOGETHER OTHER THAN A RANDOM STROKE HERE OR THERE. I REPLACED THE WIPER/SIGNAL CONTROL SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN YESTERDAY THINKING IT MUST BE WORN OUT. TO NO AVAIL, THE WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING AND AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, I FIND THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. PEOPLE ARE REPLACING PARTS, SPENDING MONEY AT SERVICE CENTERS AND NOT GETTING THE PROBLEM SOLVED. I LIVE IN THE RAINY NORTHWEST AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE IN FRONT OF YOU WHILE NAVIGATING I-5 AT 70MPH AT SOME RANDOM POINT DURING A TRIP. THIS PROBLEM STARTED OVER A YEAR AGO BUT WAS ALWAYS A MOMENTARY THING AND WOULD RESOLVE ITSELF, BUT IT IS NOW A PERMANENT PROBLEM AND I WISH I KNEW WHAT PART REPLACEMENT WOULD RESOLVE IT.

AFTER FILLING GAS TANK IN TRUCK IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT ON TO A BUSY ROAD THE TRUCK STALLED OUT AND WOULD NOT START. SINCE THEN I HAVE LEARNED THAT IN ORDER TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING ANYTIME AFTER FILLING THE TRUCK IN THE FIRST FEW MILES AFTER DRIVING IF O PLAN TO COVE TO A STOP I MUST CHANGE GEARS IN TO NEUTRAL AND REV THE ENGINE ABOVE 1500 RPM TO KEEP IT FROM DYING. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE RISK OF BEING RUN IN TO IF THE TRUCK STALLS TURNING ON TOP A ROAD.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS 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 A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V795000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHEN THE CONTACT WAS LEAVING THE DEALER, THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER SOLD THE VEHICLE WITH A FAULTY SEAT BELT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,036.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WOULD JAM WHEN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO SWITCH THE UNIT TO OR FROM DEFROST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR AND THE UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V158000 (VISIBILITY), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000. UPDATED 04/04/16*LJ *CN