2006 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500 MEGACAB 4X4. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE ECM MODULE AND TIPM FAILED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE ECM WOULD BE REPLACED UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY HOWEVER THE TIPM WOULD BE REPAIRED AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO HER BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 12/10/10 *BF UPDATED 12/27/10

OUT OF CONTROL BOUNCING OF THE FRONT AXLE ON A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WE HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES AND INCREASED THE TIRE PRESSURE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MECHANICS THAT THE BALL JOINTS ON THESE TRUCKS ARE FAULTY AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE TALKED TO MULTIPLE MECHANICS AND DODGE OWNERS THE PROBLEM IS WIDE SPREAD AND KNOWN BY THE DEALERSHIPS BUT CHRYSLER/DODGE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

USE OF LEFT TURN SIGNAL RESULTS IN RIGHT TURN BLINKER UNLESS STEERING WHEEL IS MOVED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN HE ENGAGED THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL AND THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL ILLUMINATED INSTEAD. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR SPORADICALLY. IN ADDITION, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

1)THE AC / HEATER MOTOR STARTING MAKING A LOUD VIBRATING SOUND AND VERY LITTLE AIR WAS COMING FROM THE VENTS. 2). THE RECIRCULATION DOOR WHICH IS LOCATED ABOVE THE FAN (IN THE DUCT) BROKE AND FELL ON TOP OF THE BLOWER FAN. THIS DOOR CONTROLS WEATHER OUTSIDE AIR IS USED OR THE AIR IS RECIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT THE AC/HEATER AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE DEFROSTER WOULD NOT WORK. AN INTERNET SEARCH OF THIS PROBLEM REVEALS MANY DIFFERENT DODGE YEARS AND MODELS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE PART CAN BE REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP FOR A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $700. THE DASH MUST BE REMOVED TO REPLACE THE PART. MOST PEOPLE (ALONG WITH ME) ARE REMOVING THE FAN MOTOR AND SIMPLE REMOVING THE RECIRCULATION DOOR ALTOGETHER WHICH IS A CHEAP SEMI-FIX. ONE BLOG WEBSITE CAN BE SEEN AT HTTP://AUTOFORUM.CLASSIFIEDS1000.COM/DODGE-1500_PICKUP/A_C_FAN_NOISE_EXCESSIVE_A_C_AIR_FLOW_REDUCED?PG=5. 3). THE PART HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED, THE DEALER WILL NOT DO ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. THE DEFROSTER NOW WORKS AFTER REMOVING THE DOOR, BUT THE AC SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING AS DESIGNED. AS A RESULT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO RECIRCULATE THE AIR, MY COMPRESSOR CLUTCH (WHICH YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE COMPRESSOR) WENT OUT DUE TO OVER WORKING OF THE SYSTEM. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN IF THE DOOR BREAKS AND FALLS ON THE MOTOR. THE FAN CAN RUB ON THE DOOR WHICH CAN GET HOT AND CATCH THE TRUCK ON FIRE AND/OR THE DEFROSTER WILL NOT WORK AND THE WINDOWS CAN FOG UP CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH IN DODGE RAM 2500 DEFECTIVE. BLINKERS WHEN ACTIVATED BLINK FOR THE WRONG DIRECTION, OR NOT AT ALL. SOMETIMES WHEN THEY DO ACTIVATE THEY WONT TURN OFF. HAZARD LIGHTS ARE ALSO AFFECTED. COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE FROM IN THE CAB THE BLINKER WILL SHOW LEFT TURN BUT THE RIGHT TURN BLINKER WILL BE BLINKING AND VICE VERSA. OR BLINKERS MAY SHOW TO BE ACTIVATED BUT ARE ACTUALLY NOT. WIPERS MAY START OR STOP WITH NO WARNING. THE BLINKER ISSUE WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT EVENTUALLY, IT PROBABLY ALREADY HAS. WIPER FUNCTION IS INTERMITTENT OR NO AT ALL, PROBLEM OCCURS WITHOUT ANY SORT OF WARNING. *TR

I OWN AN OPERATE A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL PICK UP TRUCK; IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 52000 MILES ON IT. MANY PARTS OF THE FRONT END ARE WORN OUT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS "DEATH WOBBLE" WHERE THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK SHAKES AND VIBRATES VIOLENTLY AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THIS CONDITION CAUSES AN UNCONTROLLED STATE OF VEHICLE OPERATION AND IS VERY UN-SAFE. I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY REPLACING POORLY DESIGNED FRONT END COMPONENTS OF THIS TRUCK AND THERE ARE STILL MORE THAT NEED REPLACEMENT. IT HAS BAD TRACK BAR BUSHINGS, BAD TIE ROD ENDS, BAD BALL JOINTS, AND HAD A BAD STEERING BOX REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. DODGE IS AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND IS TURNING THEIR BACK ON IT BY NOT ISSUING A RECALL. THEY HAVE ALREADY CHANGED THE DESIGNS AND UPDATED THE STEERING LINKAGES ON 2008 AND NEWER DODGE TRUCKS. ALL OF THE COMPONENTS ON THE FRONT END THAT ARE SUBJECT TO WEAR ARE SEVERELY WORN AND ONLY TWO TIE ROD ENDS HAVE GREASE FITTINGS. THESE HAPPEN TO BE THE ONLY TWO PARTS NOT WORN OUT. I FEEL NOT HAVING SERVICEABLE GREASE POINTS ON THE PARTS IS CAUSING THIS PREMATURE WEAR ALONG WITH THE USE OF SUB-STANDARD PARTS, WHICH ARE NOT DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH A HEAVY DUTY DIESEL PICK UP TRUCKS WEIGHT. THESE ISSUES NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO CORRECTION BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. I AM LUCKY THE TIMES THE TRUCK HAS LOST CONTROL IN A SHAKE THAT I DIDN'T CRASH. PLEASE HELP, I FEEL WITH ONLY 52000 MILES ON A 2006 TRUCK THAT THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF A "HEAVY DUTY" FRONT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP IN AND TELL DODGE THEY MESSED UP. *TR

STEERING DEATH WOBBLE. EVERY TIME I DRIVE AT SPEEDS NEAR 50 TO 60 MPH AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD IT SEEMS TO GO CRAZY. I HAVE BEEN SCARED TO GET UP THE SPEED. I WENT AND HAD THE TIRES CHECKED AND THE STEERING AS WELL. NOTHING WRONG. I SCARED A CUSTOMER OF MINE AND HE WILL NOT GET IN MY TRUCK NOW. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS AND NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE THE ANSWER. *TR

2006 DODGE RAM 2500 TURN SIGNAL ISSUES. MALFUNCTIONING TURN SIGNALS. TURN LEFT SIGNAL ON AND RIGHT SIGNAL COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES NEITHER SIDE TURN SIGNALS WORK. MOVING TILT STEERING COLUMN SEEMS TO TEMPORARY FIX THE ISSUE. NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AND RIGHT BLINKER WENT ON INSTEAD, VEHICLE FOLLOWING PASSED ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF TRUCK BECAUSE THEY SAW THE RIGHT HAND TURN SIGNAL FLASHING. DODGE HAS A TSB FOR THIS PROBLEM ON THE RAM 3500, SO THEY KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. HOWEVER, THEY REFUSE TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM ON 2500 RAMS, AND IT SHOULD BE FORCED TO MANDATORY RECALL ON BOTH VEHICLES. THERE ARE SEVERAL REPORTS OF OTHER DODGE RAM 2500 WITH SAME PROBLEM IN OTHER ONLINE FORUMS, AND I PERSONALLY KNOW OF SOMEONE WITH SAME PROBLEM ON THEIR 2006 DODGE RAM. *TR

TURN SIGNALS DO NOT BLINK PROPERLY, OFTEN TIMES BOTH COME ON AT ONCE. WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY GO OFF DURING THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, WHICH IS NOT EXPERIENCED VERY OFTEN DUE TO IT NOT RAINING VERY OFTEN, BUT IT HAPPENS ENOUGH TO SCARE ME. *TR