2006 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

THE VEHICLE IS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 70 MPH THE WINDSHIELD BECAME FOGGED UNEXPECTEDLY AND WOOD NOT CLEAR. NO AIR WOULD EXIT THE DEFROSTER VENTS AND THE SYSTEM WAS STUCK IN THE VENT MODE. THE RESULT WAS A NEAR HIGH SPEED COLLISION AS I WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES THIS SEASON AND THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER STATES THAT DODGE IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM INDICATING THAT THE SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE A NEW HOUSING AND HEATING DOOR. THE ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR IS BETWEEN $800 AND $1000. I HAVE SPENT $85 TO HAVE THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT AND ESTIMATED. AT THIS TIME THE VEHICLE HAS NO FLOOR HEAT, AND THE DEFROSTER WORKS ONLY INTERMITTENTLY AND COMPROMISES VISIBILITY IN CERTAIN WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS PROBLEM FIRST PRESENTED ITSELF WITH 65,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND CONTINUES TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM EVEN AFTER THE PARTS WERE REPLACED LAST WINTER SEASON BY AND INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WITH DODGE PARTS. IT WORKED OK FOR A WHILE, BUT IS ACTING UP AGAIN. THE DEALER STATED THAT MOISTURE CAUSES A DOOR TO STICK AND BREAK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN HE ENGAGED THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL BEGAN ILLUMINATING. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

MY 2006 DODGE RAM 1500 HAD THE TURN SIGNALS FAIL. FIRST WHEN I TOLD IT TO TURN RIGHT, IT BLINKED LEFT. THEN IT STOPPED WORKING. IT ROTATES TO WHATEVER IT WANTS RANDOMLY AND USUALLY SHOWS AN INCORRECT DIRECTION. I'M SAFER NOT USING A TURN SIGNAL THAN SHOWING A LEFT AND GOING RIGHT. I CAN'T USE HAND SIGNALS AT NIGHT AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'M PUTTING MY ARM OUT THE WINDOW ANYWAY. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS OCCURS ALL THE TIME NOW. IT WAS INTERMITTENT (PROBLEMATIC FOR ONE TRIP) THEN IT WOULD FIX ITSELF FOR A FEW DAYS. DODGE DEALER SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG OR NEVER HEARD OF IT. *TR

TURN SIGNALS OPERATE SPORADICALLY. MOVING THE TURN SIGNAL STALK TO SIGNAL A LEFT TURN CAN RESULT IN NO FLASHING OF THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL BUT IMPROPER FLASHING OF THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL. LIKEWISE WHEN MOVING THE TURN SIGNAL STALK TO SIGNAL A RIGHT TURN THE SIGNAL WILL NOT FLASH OR SOMETIMES WILL INCORRECTLY SIGNAL LEFT. THIS IMPROPER SIGNAL APPEARS AT BOTH THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHT AND AT THE EXTERIOR FRONT AND REAR TURN SIGNAL LIGHTING POSITIONS. ADDITIONALLY THE WIPER BLADES HAVE BEGUN FAILING TO OPERATE WHEN NEEDED. WHEN SELECTING AN ON POSITION ON THE TURN SIGNAL STALK THE WIPERS WILL SOMETIMES STUTTER ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD OR SOMETIMES NO MOVE AT ALL. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME. THE VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN BUT IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. FACTORY REPAIR CLAIMS IT WILL BE THE SAME REPLACEMENT AT OWNER COST. THE PROBLEMS HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY, AND CAN NOT BE REPRODUCED AT WILL. OVER TIME, HOWEVER, THEY ARE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE DEFROSTING IN THE VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO OBSCURE HER VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FRACTURED RECIRCULATION DOOR AND PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,000. UPDATED 02/23/11 *BF

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OFF THE HIGHWAY, AND WHEN I SIGNALLED FOR A LEFT TURN WITH THE TURN SIGNAL, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SHOWED A SIGNAL FOR RIGHT TURN. I PULLED INTO THE LEFT TURN LANE, AND THE CAR WHICH WAS BEHIND ME AND CONTINUING STRAIGHT SLOWED DOWN AND REFUSED TO GO BY ME, EVEN THOUGH I WAS IN THE LEFT TURN LANE AND THEY HAD A CLEAR PATH AHEAD. THIS INDICATED TO ME THAT THE TAILLIGHTS WERE ALSO INDICATING A RIGHT TURN. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THIS, BUT THE NORMAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY WAS DISRUPTED. SINCE THIS INCIDENT, I HAVE WATCHED CLOSELY AND THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH HAS DONE THE SAME THING SEVERAL TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. WE LIVE NEAR A BUSY HIGHWAY IN THE COUNTRY, AND OFTEN WHEN SOMEONE IS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE TRAFFIC BEHIND WILL PASS ON THE LEFT. IF SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY MAKING A LEFT TURN, BUT THE SIGNAL IS SHOWING RIGHT, THIS COULD LEAD TO A FATAL COLLISION. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER, AND THEY SIMPLY TOLD ME TO GET IT FIXED AND HANG ONTO THE RECEIPTS IN CASE THERE IS A RECALL. I ALSO FOUND THAT 2006 DODGE 3500 PICKUPS DID HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH FOR THIS REASON.

2006 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. 132000 KM. INDICATED LEFT BUT RIGHT INDICATOR LIGHT CAME. NOW ALSO BOTH SIDES FLASH INTERMITTENTLY WHEN INDICATING EITHER DIRECTION. NEARLY HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHEN FOLLOWING VEHICLE MISINTEPRETED MY INTENTIONS AND JUST MISSED OVERTAKING ME ON THE WRONG SIDE. I UNDERSTAND SEVERAL OTHER CASES OF THIS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON THIS VEHICLE AND SHOULD BE A N URGENT SAFETY RECALL! *TR

2006 DODGE RAM 1500 BIG HORN EDITION HEMI YESTERDAY I WENT TO PASS A TRUCK AND FLOORED THE PEDAL, I WENT TO LET UP AND NOTICED THE PEDAL WAS STUCK. SO I SLIGHTLY HIT THE BRAKE BUT THAT DIDN'T DO MUCH AT 85 MPH AND ACCELERATING. WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND NO 1 ON THE ROAD SO I LET IT ACCELERATE AND TRIED MESSING WITH THE GAS PEDAL WITH MY FOOT BUT NOTHING WOULD POP IT OUT. SO WITH THE SPEEDOMETER BURIED PAST 120 I PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL CAME TO A STOP ON SIDE OF THE ROAD. TRIED MESSING WITH THE GAS PEDAL WITH MY HAND BUT NOTHING WOULD POP IT OUT. SO SITTING WITH RPMS MAXED OUT IN NEUTRAL AND NO WAY TO DISENGAGE THE ACCELERATION I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND IMMEDIATELY THE GAS PEDAL POPPED OUT. I STARTED THE TRUCK BACK UP AND DROVE HOME 50 MILES WITH NO INCIDENTS I JUST DIDN'T FLOOR THE GAS PEDAL. BUT NEXT DAY WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD RECREATE THE INCIDENT. SO ON A SAFE ROAD TO TRY IT I FLOORED THE PEDAL AND SAME EXACT THING IT GOT STUCK ONLY WAY TO UNSTICK IS TURN TRUCK OFF. I DID THIS 5 TIMES AND EVERY TIME IT HAPPENS. THERE IS NO MATS OR ANYTHING CATCHING ON PEDAL AND NO WAY TO MANUALLY PULL THE PEDAL OUT IT IS REALLY STUCK WHEN THIS HAPPENS. ONLY THING TO GET IT UNSTUCK IS TURN TRUCK OFF AND IT POPS OUT LIKE INSTANTLY. TRUCK IS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I AM ABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM AT ANY TIME. IM POSTING THIS FOR SOME SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT I SHOULD DO? POSSIBLE LAWSUIT? REPORT IT TO WHO? OR JUST TAKE IT TO DEALERSHIP AND GET CHARGED TO FIX IT AND NO REPORT OF MALFUNCTIONING TRUCK? IF THIS HAD HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME DURING DAYLIGHT OR COMMUTE TRAFFIC NOT LATE NIGHT WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. AND THERE ARE FEW REPORTS OF SAME THING HAPPENING TO SIMILAR DODGE TRUCKS ON THE VARIOUS DODGE FORUMS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO THE PARK POSITION AND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, THERE WAS AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE CRASHING INTO A BUILDING. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MODERATE FRONT END DAMAGES AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE DIAGNOSTIC CODES DETECTED A PROBLEM; HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. UPDATED 01/24/11 *BF UPDATED 04/20/11

THE HEATER IN MY TRUCK DOES NOT BLOW IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE CONTROL KNOB IS DIRECTING IT TO. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM ACCORDING TO CARCOMPLAINT.COM WITH THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. I HAD IT REPAIRED ON 03/02/2010 AT A COST OF ALMOST 800.00 DOLLARS. THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED AGAIN ON 11/14/2010. IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM THE VENT DEFLECTOR DOOR MUST BE REPLACED, WHICH INVOLVES REMOVING THE ENTIRE DASH. THAT IS WHAT I'M TOLD BY THE DEALER. MY WINDOWS FOG UP WHILE DRIVING AND THE DRIVER CANNOT CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRFLOW, THE FLOOR WILL GET ICE COLD, ALL AT UNKNOWN TIMES......PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. *TR