2006 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN MOTION OVER 35MPH ON A HIGHWAY AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF. A YOUNG MAN TURNING LEFT FROM THE SOUTH LANE ACROSS THE NORTH LANE FAILED TO YIELD TO ME TRAVELING IN THE NORTH LANE. ALL AIR BAG RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS SHOWN ON THE ATTACHED FORM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WOULD SUDDENLY TURN OFF AND ON. THE LIGHT BULB WAS REPLACED ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE STEERING LINKAGE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CARSON CITY DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP (3059 CARSON ST, CARSON CITY, NV 89701) BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE WAS RELATED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 13V528000 (STEERING) AND 09E001000 (STEERING) WHICH HAD NOT BEEN REMEDIED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. APPROXIMATE MILEAGE AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE WAS 164,000.

IT IS A POWER BRAKE PEDAL THAT IS MADE TO MOVE BACKWARD AND FORWARD. THE BRAKE PEDAL MOVES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. NEVER MOVED AT ALL BEFORE. SOMETHING MUST HAVE BROKE. DOES NOT FEEL OR LOOK TO BE SAFE.

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE FRAME IS CRACKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FRAME BEGINNING AT THE TRAC BAR BRACKET. THIS MAKES STEERING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE STEERING HARDWARE BINDS. THERE WAS A RECALL (RCRIT-15V541-5721) FOR TRAC BAR BRACKET WELD FAILURES FOR VEHICLES FROM 2012 THROUGH 2014. I BELIEVE THIS IS A RELATED ISSUE THAT SERIOUSLY AFFECTS SAFETY. I'VE ATTACHED FIVE PICTURES.

THE GEAR SHIFT CAN BE MOVED FROM PARK WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE TO RELEASE THE SHIFT INTERLOCK.

I HAVE THE LARAMIE PACKAGE WHICH HAS ADJUSTABLE PEDALS AS OPTION. THERE'S IS A BUSHING THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL MOUNTS TO THE ARMTHIS BUSHING BREAKS OR WEARS OUT AND CAUSES THE PEDAL TO SWING LEFT AND RIGHT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH CAUSES YOUR FOOT TO SLIP OFF PEDAL AS IT SWINGS. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND THIS INCIDENT IS NOT ISOLATED TO MY YEAR MODEL. THERE ARE SEVERAL RIGHT UPS ON THIS SAME SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT AN EASY FIX AS THE STEEERING COLUMN HAS TO BE REMOVED. IT ALSO IS NOT CHEAP. THE PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER TO TO THE AMOUNT OF PEDALS FAILING. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK OR CONCERN. I HAVE READ SEVERAL FORUMS TO WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEM REPLACED ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. I WAS STOPPED AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF PEDAL. SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING AND GOING TO STOP, PEDAL MOVES TO THE LEFT AND I HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ON WHERE MY FOOT IS TO APPLY BRAKES. PLEASE LOOK INTO OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND HELP US GET THIS SERIOUS ISSUE FIXED.

DEATH WOBBLE 11/28/17 YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE DEATH WOBBLE IS. UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING OF THE FRONT END MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STOP AND STEER TRUCK.

DRIVING ON BUSY PAVE ROAD CROSSING BRIDGE MY RIGHT TIRE ROD DISLOCATED ALMOST CAUSING A BAD ACCIDENT.

TRUCK CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE A "DEATH WOBBLE" ISSUE EVEN AFTER REPLACING MOST OF THE SUSPENSION & STEERING PARTS AND EVEN ADDING AFTERMARKET "STIFFNER" AND "PROBLEM SOLVER" COMPONENTS TO THE VEHICLE. CHRYSLER HAD A RECALL R16 WHICH COVERED NEWER VEHICLES BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO THESE OLDER MODELS AS WELL. THE STEERING COMPONENTS AND GEOMETRY WERE LARGELY THE SAME AND THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN FLAW WITH THE GEOMETRY OF THE SUSPENSION. SYMPTOM: BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 45 & 70MPH, HITTING A LARGE POTHOLE OR A BRIDGE SEAM THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY DEVELOP A VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE FRONT END. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST CRASH A NUMBER OF TIMES SINCE I LAST FILED A COMPLAINT ON THIS SAME VEHICLE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. IT IS DIFFICULT TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND WHEN IT OCCURS IT OCCURS RAPIDLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN IT OCCURS AND APPLYING THE BRAKES TO SIGNIFICANTLY AND QUICKLY REDUCE THE VEHICLES SPEED IS THE ONLY WAY TO HALT THE VIBRATION. I HAVE ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS TRYING TO QUICKLY STOP THE VEHICLE OR TO KEEP IT FROM ENTERING OTHER LANES DURING THE VIBRATION. THE GEOMETRY ISSUE IS THAT THE VEHICLE CREATES A "TOED OUT" CONDITION WHEN THE SUSPENSION SUDDENLY COLLAPSES FROM A BUMP. AS THE VEHICLE SUSPENSION RETURNS TO THE NORMAL STATE IT ALSO RETURNS BACK TO THE "ALIGNED" POSITION BUT ENERGY BUILT UP AND STORED IN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STEERING COMPONENTS (STEEL STEERING BARS & ANY MOVEMENT IN THE TIE RODS) ACT LIKE A SPRING CAUSING THE ALIGNMENT TO GO PAST THE "TOED IN" POSITION WHICH THEN REPEATS ITSELF IN REVERSE. THE RESULT IS A CONTINUAL VIBRATION OF THE FRONT END UNTIL THE DRIVING CONDITIONS CHANGE (I.E. MASHING ON THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE). GOOGLE "DODGE RAM DEATH WOBBLE" AND YOU WILL SEE NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE.