2006 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRE ROD END SHEARED OFF AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. *TR

COULD NO LONGER ACTIVATE THE HIGH BEAMS AND WINDSHIELD WASHER. AFTER CHANGING THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH WAS TOLD THE ISSUE IS IN THE TIPM. NEED TO REPLACE POWER MODULE ASSOCIATED WITH FUSE BOX. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE BRAKES BECAME DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON A RURAL ROAD WITHOUT ANY WARNING (SHAKING, CLUNKING, NOISE OF ANY KIND, OR SOME KIND OF STEERING ISSUE) THE TIE ROD END ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED CAUSING THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL TO TURN TO THE RIGHT AND I LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL. THE TRUCK PULLED SUDDENLY TO THE RIGHT, AND INTO THE DITCH UNEXPECTEDLY WITH MYSELF AND MY 2 YR OLD SON ON-BOARD. LUCKILY WE WERE ON A RURAL ROAD IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY IT COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, A TIE ROD SHOULD NOT SEPARATE WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

DIRECTING AIR TO DEFROST WINDSHIELD DOES NOT WORK = SAFETY HAZARD. AIR ONLY BLOWS FROM FRONT VENTS AND WILL NOT CHANGE TO ANY OTHER POSITION: DEFROST OR FLOOR, NO MATTER THE SETTING SELECTED ON THE CLIMATE CONTROL (AIR FLOW) KNOB. *TR

CHRYSLER CASE# [XXX] 11/23/2013 UP TO THIS POINT, I HAD NO PRIOR INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY STEERING. I WAS TOWING MY 20' SINGLE AXEL TRAILER BASS BOAT AND NOTICED PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. AT WASHINGTON AND THE 710 WE HEARD A LOUD GLUNK, AS IF A PIECE OF METAL SNAPPED IN HALF. JUST (S) OF BANDINI THE TRUCK VEERED FROM SLOW LANE INTO TRAFFIC AND A TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING OCCURRED. ON MONDAY 11/25/2013 I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND SPOKE WITH A LADY NAMED [XXX]. I DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENED WITH MY VEHICLE AND SHE INSTRUCTED ME TO BRING IT TO A LOCAL DODGE DEALER. SHE WENT ON TO SAY SHE HAD INCLUDED NOTES IN THE SYSTEM THAT WOULD INFORM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF MY PROBLEM. SPOKE WITH [XXX] SERVICE CONSULTANT AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD ALREADY BROUGHT MY TRUCK IN FOR THIS RECALL, I BELIEVE HE SAID THE DATE WAS 3/2011 AND THAT THE RECALL WAS COMPLETE. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE AND HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN HE GOT PAID. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER FOR THE 2ND TIME AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL BE DOING TO ASSIST ME WITH THIS MATTER. SHE STATED THAT THE RECALLS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM HAVEN'T WENT OUT YET, THEREFORE THE PUBLIC HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. I EXPLAINED THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION, BUT SHE WAS NOT ACCEPTING ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR A DODGE TRUCK LOSING TOTAL CONTROL OF THE STEERING, DUE TO DESIGN FAILURE. TUESDAY 11/26/2013 1:00PM I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM [XXX] . HE SAID HE HAD SPOKE WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. HE INFORMED ME THAT THE STEERING BOX IS THE PROBLEM AND IF I HAD ANY QUESTIONS, CHRYSLER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH ME. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER AND CHRYSLER SHOULD BE VERY FORTUNATE THAT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DIDN'T OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THEIR FAULTY STEERING BOX. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN MY 2006 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL TRUCK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. IT APPEARED THAT A FUEL LINE HAD RUPTURED. FUEL HAD SPRAYED ON THE ENGINE AND FUEL WAS VISIBLY LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT THE NUMBER 4 INJECTOR TUBE HAD BROKEN. THE TRUCK WAS REPAIRED AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO WORK PROPERLY. I DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE INSTANCES LISTED ON INTERNET FORUMS RELATED TO THE NUMBER 4 INJECTOR TUBE AND CLAMP HOLDING THE FUEL LINE ON 2006 DODGE RAM TRUCKS WITH THE CUMMINS DIESEL. THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER 4 INJECTOR TUBE (OUT OF 6 TOTAL) IS THE ONLY INJECTOR TUBE THAT APPEARS TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND THE FACT THAT FUEL IS SPRAYED ON A HOT ENGINE CREATING A SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD WARRANT FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND DESIGN REVIEW. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE TO INFORM THEM OF THE ISSUE AND TO SEE IF ANY REPAIR CONSIDERATIONS WERE AVAILABLE. CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE DID NOT OFFER ANY REPAIR CONSIDERATIONS BECAUSE THEY SAID MY TRUCK WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. CHRYSLER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ISSUE AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A REPAIR LET ALONE AS A SAFETY ISSUE. ANY CONSIDERATION FOR REVIEW OF WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS *TR

EXTERIOR LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. NO TURN SIGNAL ON DRIVER SIDE WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. ALSO WHEN HEADLIGHT SWITCH IS ON BACKUP LIGHTS COME ON,CAB BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON,AND DRIVER SIDE SIGNAL BLINKS RAPIDLY LIGHTING FAINTLY THE. *TR TURN SIGNAL BULB,AND RUNNING LIGHT WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS.BUT HE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TURN SIGNAL WORKS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AT THE END OF THE BRIDGE I WAS CROSSING. THE FRONT END BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I HIT THE BRAKES AND WHEN I SLOWED TO APPROX. 40 MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED. I HAVE BEEN CHECKING ON-LINE AND DISCOVERED THE SHAKING IS COMMONLY CALL THE "DEATH WOBBLE". I CAN SEE WHY IT IS CALLED THAT BECAUSE I HAD LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY VEHICLE DIED. ONCE I PULLED OVER THE TRUCK WAS ENGULFED IN A CLOUD OF WHITE SMOKE. POPPED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS DIESEL FUEL SPRAYED ALL OVER THE ENGINE BAY. IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE ISSUE I CRANKED THE ENGINE OVER FOR A MOMENT AND FOUND THAT THE #4 FUEL LINE HAD CRACKED AND WAS SPRAYING FUEL EVERYWHERE. HOW THE VEHICLE DID NOT CATCH FIRE SURPRISES ME. IT TURNS OUT THE BRACKET WHICH ISOLATES THE FUEL LINE HAD FALLEN OFF. WHEN I PURCHASED THE NEW PART (~$75.00), I NOTICED HOW THEY REDESIGNED THE LINE SO IT WOULD NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE IN THE FUTURE. SO OBVIOUSLY CUMMINS/ CHRYSLER ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY STEP TO AT LEAST LET THEIR CUSTOMERS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE REDESIGNED THE PART. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF DISCUSSION THREADS ABOUT THIS, AND HOW IT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER DODGE CUMMINS OWNERS WITH VEHICLES BUILT FROM 2004.5-2007.5. *TR