2006 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

VIOLENT SHAKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE PICKUP NEARLY CAUSES CRASH. DODGE TRIED TO REPAIR AFTER FIRST INCIDENT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2008. INTERNET BLOGS/FORUMS CALLS THIS THE "INFAMOUS DODGE PICKUP DEATH SHAKE". *TR

TIPM ISSUE WHEN LEFT TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED NO RESPONSE TO WIRING HARNESS. WHICH ALSO WOULD NOT ACTIVATE TRAILER BRAKE LIGHT DUE TO NO INPUT FROM LEFT SIGNAL. I THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM WHEN OTHER DRIVERS CAN'T SEE BRAKE LIGHTS ALL DUE TO A BAD TIPM. WAS TOLD THE DEALER WILL REPLACE FOR $700. MY OPINION WITH SO MANY 06 DODGE 3500 WITH SAME PROBLEM THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. TALKED TO OTHER OWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN TO DEALER AND THERE IS A WAIT FOR BACK ORDER DUE TO MANY OTHERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACTED STATED THAT THE HEAT, AIR CONDITIONER AND DEFROST SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE. THE WINDOWS BECAME FOGGY CAUSING LIMITED VISIBILITY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HINGE WAS BROKEN. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

I WAS TRAVELING THROUGH THE JANUARY WEST COAST WINTER STORMS. I AM NOT SURE IF THE FAILURE HAPPENED DURING THIS TIME BUT IT BECAME VERY APPARENT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITHIN THE CAB AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. THERE WAS COLD DAMP AIR THAT WAS ENTERING FROM BEHIND THE GLOVE BOX AND COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF. IT BECAME INCREASINGLY HARDER TO KEEP THE WINDOWS FROM BECOMING FOGGED CREATING POOR DRIVER VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. AFTER REACHING OUR DESTINATION AND TALKING WITH OTHERS THAT HAVE LIKE VEHICLES THEY REFERRED ME TO A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE DISTRIBUTION DOORS. A FEW INTERNET SEARCHES AND A TRIP TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND SURE ENOUGH AT LEASE ONE OF MY DOORS HAD BROKEN OFF. AT THIS TIME THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY INDICATED THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS. I REQUESTED WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION FOR MY RECORDS OF MY COMPLAINT THAT I FELT THIS WAS UNSAFE AND THE LEVEL ONE CONTACT TOLD ME WAS NOT AUTHORIZED BUT WOULD HAVE A LEVEL TWO PERSON CONTACT ME. THE LEVEL TWO DID CONTACT ME AND TOLD ME TO SUBMIT THE REQUEST ONLINE AND AS OF THIS DATE I HAVE NOT GOT A RESPONSE. I CALLED ON 2/8/2010 TO SEE WHEN I COULD EXPECT THE LETTER AND THEY ARE NOW OFFERING TO HAVE SOMEONE CONTACT ME TO SEE WHAT CAN BE WORKED OUT. STILL NO ANSWER AS TO WHEN THE RESPONSE WILL COME. *CN

THE TURN SIGNALS FAIL TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY, INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES, WHEN PUTTING ON THE RIGHT OR LEFT TURN SIGNAL, THE OPPOSITE SIGNAL GOES ON; SOME OTHER TIMES, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. RELATED, BUT LESS SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS: THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO WORK; THE WINDSHIELD WASHERS FAIL TO WORK; AND THE HIGH BEAMS DO NOT COME ON. *CN

WHILE DRIVING ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. ONCE THE SHAKLING BEGAN THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL. ONCE I SLOWED TO 45 MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED HOWEVER DURING THIS TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING ITSELF. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO CRASH AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE NEXT DAY DURING MY COMMUTE THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPEN. A CHECK OF THE VEHICLE REVEALS NO WORN PARTS INCLUDING THE TIRES AND TIE RODS. A CHECK OF THE INTERNET SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND REFERRED TO AS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AND WAS EVEN THE SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION ON THE NEWS. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND WILL LEAD TO ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES. THIS MATTER THAT CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF NEEDS MORE ATTENTION AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED. I AM TOLD THAT THE TRACK BAR IS THE PROBLEM AND WILL BE REPAIRED ASAP *CN

2006 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL. PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD END FALLING OFF OF BALL. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS VEHICLE. ONE AT AROUND 60000 MILES. AND THE OTHER WAS AT AROUND 135000 MILES. TIE ROD ENDS HAD RECENTLY SERVICED BY DODGE FACILITY AND ANOTHER ALIGNMENT SHOP NO ONE DETECTED ANY PROBLEMS. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND CAUSES LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND IN THE SECOND INSTANCE CAUSED ME TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY OUT OF CONTROL. NO INJURIES WERE CAUSED BUT I LIVE IN A MOSTLY RURAL AREA AND NO ONE WAS AROUND AT THE TIME OF EITHER INCIDENT. I WOULD ADD THAT MY FAMILY HAS 4 MORE OF THE SAME VEHICLE AND ALL HAVE HAD THIS SAME FAILURE. *CN

DODGE RAM HAS A PROBLEM THAT CAUSES THE DIRECTIONAL LIGHTS TO WORK IN REVERSE. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TILTED AND THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL IS TURNED ON THE RIGHT FLASHES AND WHEN THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL IS USED THE LEFT FLASHES. THIS CAUSES OTHER DRIVERS TO THINK YOU ARE TURNING RIGHT WHEN YOU REALLY ARE TURNING LEFT! *TR

I OWN A 2006 DODGE PICKUP THAT HAS APPRO. 82,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT END OF THE DODGE WILL SHAKE WHEN A BUMP IS HIT ON THE HIGHWAY. CHECKING CURRENT TALK ON THE INTERNET THIS IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE. HOW COME DODGE IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND NOT FIXING THE DEFECT. I HAVE ASKED SEVERAL SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND THEY ALL SAY THEIR IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE FRONT END. SO WHY DOES THE PROBLEM KEEP OCCURRING AND HOW COME I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. I HOPE THIS COMPLAINT WILL HELP, BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

THIS IS AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH MY 2006 DODGE RAM 2500 . WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SWITCH THE HEADLIGHT FROM LOW BEAM TO HIGH BEAM THEY WILL COMPLETELY GO OUT OR ONE SIDE WILL GO OUT. ALSO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU TURN ON YOUR LEFT BLINKER YOUR RIGHT BLINKER WILL COME ON. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS FROM HAULING TRAILERS WITH BAD WIRING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A TRAILER THAT IS NOT CONNECTED TO MY TRUCK CAN EFFECT THE LIGHTS. MY TRUCK IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THERE IS NO WAY FOR ME TO DIAGNOSE THIS PROBLEM. (YOU MUST HAVE A CHRYSLER COMPUTER TO SEE WHAT THE CONTROLLER IS DOING) I THOUGHT THERE WERE LAWS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM MANUFACTURERS OF CARS THAT PREVENTED THEM FROM MAKING CONTROL SYSTEMS THAT CONSUMERS COULD NOT ACCESS. *TR