2006 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

THE TRUCK SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER HITTING A POT HOLE OR UN EVEN PAVEMENT. APROX 55 TO 75 MPH. I ALMOST WENT OFF AN EMBANKMENT AT 65 MPH. THE TRUCK WOULD NON STEER OR BRAKE WHEN IT WAS SHAKING. DEATH WOBBLE LOOK AT YOU TUBE DODGE TRUCK DEATH WOBBLE. *TR

TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN YOU PUT ON YOUR LEFT TURN SIGNAL IT WILL LIGHT UP AS A RIGHT TURN SIGNAL OFTEN AND SAME WHEN YOU PUT ON YOUR RIGHT TURN SIGNAL THE LEFT WILL LIGHT UP. MOST OF THE TIME HOWEVER MY TURN SIGNALS WILL NOT EVEN COME ON. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ITS REALLY BAD WHEN I AM PULLING TRAILERS. IN RAIN STORMS AND SNOW STORMS MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL OCCASIONALLY JUST STOP AND ONLY HAVE 1 SPEED WHICH IS SLOW.... I HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER ALOT AND JUST WAIT FOR MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROSTER AND HEATER DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE RECIRCULATION OF THE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPAIRED THE FAILURE UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THE TURN SIGNALS DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. WHEN HE ACTIVATED THE LEFT SIGNAL, THE RIGHT SIGNAL ILLUMINATED AND WHEN HE ACTIVATED THE RIGHT SIGNAL, THE LEFT SIGNAL ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY 2006 DODGE RAM 2500 4X4 MEGACAB IS EXPERIENCING A VERY VIOLENT SHAKING IN FRONT SUSPENSION. HAD A RECALL AND DEALER SAID IT DID NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE. HAVE TRIED ALIGNMENTS, NEW TIRES, NEW STEERING STABILIZER DAMPERS, EVEN A FRAME BRACE THAT GOES FROM ONE FRAME RAIL TO THE OTHER TO HELP STIFFEN FRONT END. EVERY TIME YOU HIT A BUMP IT LOSES CONTROL AND YOU HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP SO IT CAN STOP SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY. IF YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET YOU WILL FIND HUNDREDS MORE IF NOT THOUSANDS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS WELL. THERE ARE EVEN FORUMS ON THIS ISSUE. I KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION ON THIS ISSUE BUT IT COVERS 2008'S AND ABOVE . OLDER MODELS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE AS WELL. THE PUBLIC IS IN DANGER OVER THIS ISSUE. DODGE SHOULD BE MADE LIABLE AND HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THEY NEED TO FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE INNOCENT PEOPLE GET HURT. *KB

THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HAS BEEN SELECTED ON THE STEERING COLUMN. IF THE LEFT TURN IS SELECTED THE RIGHT TURN LIGHTS COME ON AND INDICATE YOU ARE MAKING A RIGHT TURN. THE HIGH BEAM SWITCH DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK. THE WIPERS ARE NOT RELIABLE EITHER. *TR

AS WIFE WAS BACKING INTO DRIVEWAY WITH STEERING WHEEL CRANKED TO THE LEFT, THE OUTER LEFT TIE ROD END FAILED, AND SHEERED OFF AT THE PIN THEN LODGED BETWEEN THE CALIPER AND WHEEL BREAKING THE WHEEL AND BENDING THE BACKING PLATE. THIS PROBLEM MATCHES EXACTLY AN EXISTING RECALL FOR NEWER MODEL DODGE TRUCKS (NHTSA ID # 11V350000, ACTION # PE11009). IT IS SCARY TO THINK IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT SPEED, READING THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE ROLLED OFF OF THE ROAD INTO DITCHES AND EVEN A RIVER. MY VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY WAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR STEERING AND PARTS WERE REPLACED WITH THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE TIE ROD HAD FRACTURED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V350000 (STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY)BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

AT 70 MPH ROAD SPEED, WHEN ENCOUNTERING A POT HOLE OR BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT, THE FRONT WHEELS AND STEERING COMPONENTS BEGIN TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE VIOLENTLY, NEARLY JERKING THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF MY HANDS. HAD I NOT HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL AT THE TIME, A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED. WHILE BRAKING AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE VIOLENT SHAKING SUDDENLY STOPPED. WITHIN 2 MILES AFTER RESUMING A 70 MPH SPEED THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN CROSSING THE NEXT BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT. AGAIN, WHEN SLOWING TO 25 MPH, THE SHAKING STOPPED. I HAVE SINCE CHECKED SEVERAL SOURCES AND FOUND THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON RAM 2500 DIESEL POWERED TRUCKS. SEVERAL AFTER MARKET COMPANIES ARE SELLING PRODUCTS WHICH THEY CLAIM WILL PREVENT THIS SO CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE" AFTER CHECKING WITH A LOCAL DODGE HEAVY DUTY TRUCK DEALER THEY CLAIM THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF SUCH A PROBLEM EVER OCCURRING. I BELIEVE THAT DODGE IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT SINCE NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED OR INJURED YET, THEY ARE RELUCTANT TO DELVE INTO THE PROBLEM FOR A SOLUTION, OR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT EVEN EXISTS. *TR

I WAS TURNING MY DODGE RAM IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE STEERING FAILED. THE TIE ROD END SEPARATED AND FAILED CAUSING THE STEERING TO FAIL. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OF THE TRUCKS STEERING. DODGE WOULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH OUT CHARGING ME FOR THE REPAIR AND DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE THAT PEOPLE COULD BE GETTING KILLED FROM THE DEFECTIVE PARTS IN THEIR TRUCKS. I CALLED TWO DEALERS AND THE CHRYSLER CARE LINE BUT ONLY GOT THE RUN AROUND. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE NOTE THAT THERE ARE MANY OF THESE FAILURES OCCURRING WHEN I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH I FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ON MESSAGE BOARDS OF DODGE TRUCK STEERING FAILURES. I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE HAVE NOT LIVED THROUGH THIS FAILURE TO LAUNCH A COMPLAINT ABOUT IT. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT I REPAIRED THE TRUCK MYSELF WITH A REPLACEMENT PART FROM NAPA. THE PART COST $103.00. IF I WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER I WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY OVER $650.00 FOR THE PARTS BECAUSE DODGE HAS CHANGED THE REPLACEMENT STEERING LINKAGE FOR MY TRUCK. I WOULD HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE LINKAGE TO THE 2008.5 LINKAGE. I AM SURE THEY DID THIS BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZED THEY HAD A PROBLEM. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET IT APPEARS THAT THE 2008.5 LINKAGE MAY HAVE A HIGHER FAILURE RATE THAN THE 2006 LINKAGE I HAVE ON MY TRUCK. BECAUSE OF THAT I CHOOSE TO KEEP MY ORIGINAL STYLE LINKAGE AND JUST REPLACE THE TIE ROD END. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT DODGE NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CORRECTING! *TR