2006 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 65MPH AND HIT A SMALL BUMP AND THE FRONT END OF TRUCK (2006 DODGE RAM 2500) STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY UP AND DOWN AND FROM SIDE TO SIDE. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL TO RIGHT LANE AND BRAKE TO GET OFF THE ROAD (LUCKILY NO CAR TO THE SIDE OF ME AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT). ONCE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO APPROXMIATELY 30 MPH THE SHAKING STOPPED. I HAVE LOOKED THIS UP ONLINE AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM - CALLED THE "DEATH WOBBLE". THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY AND CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE THE FIX. I DID NOT HAVE MY CHILDREN IN THE TRUCK AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT, BUT IT IS USED AS A FAMILY VEHICLE. I CALLED THE DODGE DEALER AND OF COURSE THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM - FIND THIS VERY HARD TO BELIEVE. I THEN CALLED THE TRUCK CENTER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (NOT AFFILIATED WITH CHRYSLER) - THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE HAD MANY CUSTOMERS COMPLAIN OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL. THERE WAS NOT A CRASH THIS TIME, BUT THERE VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500 MEGA CAB. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE FAILED. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD HAD FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT SELL HIM THE PART SEPARATELY BECAUSE THE TIE ROD WAS RE-DESIGNED AND THAT IT WAS SOLD AS A UNIT. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE PART WAS A COMMON FAILURE DUE TO S MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 59,000.

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I DROVE OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT, THE TRUCK BEGAN SO SHAKE SO VIOLENTLY THAT I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO COMPLETE STOP TO GET THE SHAKING TO STOP, THIS HAPPENED 8 MORE TIMES ON A 300 MILE TRIP. UPON SEARCHING ONLINE THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON AND SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE. *TR

2006 DODGE 2500 TURN SIGNAL ISSUES. MALFUNCTIONING TURN SIGNALS TURN LEFT SIGNAL ON,AND RIGHT SIGNAL COMES ON AND VISE VERSA AND SOMETIMES NEITHER WILL COME ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE PASSENGER SIDE STEERING KNUCKLE FRACTURED; WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING. HE WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 59,024. UPDATED 11/12/09 *CN UPDATED 11/16/09

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE TWO FRONT WHEELS BEGAN TO SHAKE; WHICH ALMOST CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIANS COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE OR PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 56938.

WHEN SHIFTING MY TRUCK INTO PARK IT HANGS UP AND THE INDICATOR EITHER READS PARK OR NOTHING BUT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START DUE TO STILL BEING ENGAGED IN GEAR. I T IS ALSO DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF PARK WHEN IT DOES GO IN. I SPOKE TO MY DEALER ABOUT IT AND HE SAID IT WAS COMMON AND A VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED SINCE MY WARRANTY WAS OUT DUE TO MILEAGE IT WOULD RUN AROUND $600. I DID NOT SEE IT AS THAT BIG OF A PROBLEM SO I DID NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED. I LEFT MY TRUCK RUNNING AT A GAS STATION ONE MORNING WHICH I RARELY DO AND WHILE I WAS INSIDE PAYING FOR A CUP OF COFFEE MY TRUCK TOOK OFF IN REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLL. US 287 WAS RIGHT BEHIND THE POLL WITH VERY BUSY TRAFFIC. ALSO THE FUEL PUMPS WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE. I KNOW SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MODEL TRUCK AND THE SAME STICKY VALVE. I WILL NEVER LEAVE MY TRUCK IDLING OR WITHOUT THE BRAKE SET. WHAT IF IT WAS IN MY DRIVE WITH MY KIDS PLAYING BEHIND ME. I WENT INTO MY DEALERSHIP AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND MY DEALER WAS UNCONCERNED. *TR

BOUGHT A USED 2006 DODGE RAM 2500 TRX4 WITH THE 5.9L CUMMINS. DRIVING HOME FROM THE USED CAR DEALERSHIP, MY TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT WOULD VARY FROM WHEN I HAD IN THE LEFT TURN POSITION, SOMETIMES THE RIGHT BLINKER WOULD FLASH TOO, OR NOTHING WOULD BLINK. SOMETIMES, WHEN I MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND INITIATE THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL, NOTHING FLASHES OR IF I PUT IT IN THE LEFT TURN POSITION, THEN THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL FLASHES. I PURCHASED IT USED ON SEP 1, 2009; AND THIS IS MY FIRST DODGE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, A LIFE-THREATENING EQUIPMENT FAULT/MALFUNCTION. I HAVE READ ONLINE SEVERAL ARTICLES OF THIS AFFECTING SEVERAL YEAR MODEL DODGE RAM 2500/3500 TRUCKS. IF THIS IS KNOWN, WHY ISN'T A "RECALL" INITIATED AND I AS A USER/CONSUMER, NOW HAS TO PAY ANOTHER $100 FOR A MULTI TURN SWITCH, FROM WHICH I READ, MAY MALFUNCTION WITHIN A YEAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD ST/SLT. HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN DECEMBER OF 2006. DURING A ROUTINE WHEEL ALIGNMENT APPOINTMENT, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT COMPLETE THE ALIGNMENT SINCE THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE. IN JUNE OF 2009, HE HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE RIGHT AND LEFT WHEEL BEARING AND AXLE JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THE ESTIMATED REPAIR COST WAS $1,100. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED WITH AFTER MARKET WHEEL BEARINGS AND A DRIVE AXLE U JOINT. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED IDENTICAL FAILURE WITH A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD ST/SLT WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS DUE TO THE TIRES. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 56,000.

DRIVING ALONG A BUSY INTERSTATE AT 65MPH, AFTER GOING OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD THE STEERING BECAME SO VIOLENT AND UNCONTROLLABLE. LATER READ IT IS KNOWN AS THE DODGE DEATH WOBBLE. SEEMS IT HA HAPPENED TO MORE THAN JUST THIS DODGE OWNER ON A STOCK TRUCK. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL, IS CHRYSLER WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE BEFORE THEY REACT? WHY BE REACTIVE WHEN YOU CAN BE PROACTIVE WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOTED. *TR