2006 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I WAS COMING OUT OF THE HILLS AFTER A DAY OF HUNTING AND AS I MADE IT BACK TO TOWN LUCKLY GOING SLOWLY I TURNED THE CORNER AND MY DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD END BROKE. LEAVING MY TRUCK STRANDED IN A SMALL TOWN ABOUT 5 MILES FROM MY CAMP. TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE LOCAL SHOP THE NEXT DAY CAUSE THIS HAPPEND ON A SUNDAY AND GOT IT FIXED. THE MECANIC AT THE LOCAL SHOP TOLD ME THIS WAS A RECALLED PART. SO AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM MY HUNTING TRIP I LOOKED IT UP AND IT IS A RECALLED PART ON MANY DODGE VEHICLES. WHY WAS I NOT NOTIFIED? IF THIS HAPPEND AT 65 MILES AN HOUR MY 4 KIDS PROBLEY WOULDENT HAVE A FATHER TODAY. I HAVE A RECITE FOR THE WORK DONE. NOT ONLY DO I WANT MY MONEY BACK AND COMPENSATION FOR MY TIME I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED OF ANY OHTER RECALLS. THIS DODGE OF MINE IS A PAVEMENT POUNDER. IT DRIVES FREEWAYS ONLY MOST OF THE YEAR AND ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR DRIIVES MOUTAIN ROADS DURING HUNTING SEASON TO GET ME TO AND FROM MY LOCATIONS TO GET OUT AND HIKE BEHIND CLOSED GATES. IT HAULS NOTHING OTHER THAN A FEW ANIMALS AND A SMALL 19 FT TRAVEL TRAILER DURING HUNTING SEASON.

TRAVELING AT SPEEDS APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND ABOVE; WHEN APPLY BRAKES ABRUPTLY; THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHAKE, HIGHER THE SPEED, SHAKING INCREASES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000. UPDATED 12/10/15*LJ UPDATED 02/02/16*LJ UPDATED 03/23/16*LJ THE CONSUMER REQUESTED AN UPDATE INTO THE INVESTIGATION. *JS *JS

DODGE HAS HAD A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND HAS NEVER PROVIDED THE NECESSARY REPLACEMENT PARTS TO OUR LOCAL DEALER FOR CORRECTION. SOMEONE NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THEIR LACK OF PROGRESS AND FORCE THEM TO MAKE TIMELY COMPLIANCE AS MANDATED. UNCERTAIN AS TO THE DATE RECEIVED NOTICE, HOWEVER SEVERAL MONTHS HAVE PASSED.

TL* 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 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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, 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 MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* 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 UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD AND CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE DOOR. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V795000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) WAS RECEIVED IN APRIL OF 2015. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

STALLS RADOMLY WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS, AT RED LIGHT, DURRING CITY DRIVING.