2006 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD START WITHOUT BEING PLACED INTO GEAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V795000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); 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 APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V817000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO INFORM WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT FALL OUT OF THE TRUCK WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WAS GOING ABOUT 45-50 AND IT JUST FELL OUT. A PART LIKE THAT COULD NOT FALL OUT OF A TRUCK. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN APRIL OF 2014. NEED ASSISTANCE IN GETTING THIS MATTER RESOLVED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V354000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED 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 EXPERIENCE A FAILURE.

TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON I/10 MILE MARKER 109 VINTON LA. MY 06 DODGE RAM HEMI 1500 5.7 QUAD CAB TWO WHEEL DRIVE ENGINE SHUT OFF WAS IN THE LEFT 3RD LANE HAD TO MOVE OVER TWO LANES TO GET TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. I TRIED STARTING TURN OVER GOOD BUT WOULD NOT START.

REAR AXLE PINION NUT CAME OUT CAUSING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO FALL OUT AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL TO FREEZE UP. THIS HAPPENED WITH NO NOISE OR NOTICE WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE DRIVESHAFT DETACHING. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000.

BACK REAR DRIVELINE JUST FELL OFF DRIVING AT AROUND 30 MPH. LEAKING SEALS WERE ALSO FOUND. TRUCK COMPLETELY FROZE, RIGHT OFF THE FREEWAY EXIT AND ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE UNTIL IT WAS TOWED .. APPARENTLY THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2005,2009-2011 YEARS FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT 2006 .. I'M WONDERING HOW THAT HAPPENED? COSTS WERE 2860.69 TO FIX . THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP ON HIS VEHICLE, TWICE. UPDATED 10/28/15. *JB

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE REAR AXLE OF MY 2006 RAM 1500 LOCKED UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID, THEN RELEASED. AFTER DISASSEMBLING THE REAR AXLE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PINION NUT HAD BACKED OFF CAUSING THE PINION BEARINGS TO FAIL AND THE PINION SHAFT TO TWIST AND FAIL DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE PINION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THEIR BACKS THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.