2006 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TRUCK WILL RANDOMLY HAVE NO THROTTLE RESPONSE EITHER WHILE DRIVING OR COMING FROM A DEAD-STOP. IT HAS ALSO SEEMED TO GET STUCK FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE ALSO, WHICH HAS ALSO HAPPENED TWICE. I WAS CROSSING A RAILROAD WHEN THE PEDAL LOST RESPONSE THEREFORE, I HAD TO ROLL OFF OF THE RAILROAD. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHILE I WAS CROSSING AN INTERSECTION WITH A TRAILER. I LOST ALL POWER AND THE THROTTLE WOULDN'T RESPOND. SOMETIMES, WHEN I RESTART THE TRUCK, IT WILL WORK FOR A LITTLE WHILE. OVERALL, IT IS CONSISTENT THEREFORE, IT WORRIES ME WHEN I DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING.

TAKATA RECALL. JUST GOT MY 3RD PHONE CALL FROM CHRYSLER TODAY. THE RESULT OF THE FIRST 2 CALLS I'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST WERE THAT NO PARTS WERE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE. THE RESULT OF THIS PHONE CALL WAS 3 LOCAL DEALERSHIPS PUT THE CHRYSLER CALLER ON HOLD AND THEN HUNG UP ON HER. I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO GET MY TRUCK IN FOR THIS RECALL. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT CHRYSLER AND THEIR DEALERS ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT THIS SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN.

WHEN I DRIVE MY DODGE RAM 2500 ON ANY ROAD THAT THE SPEED IS 50 OR HIGHER, ANY ROUGH AREA THAT HAS PATCH WORK OR ANY POT HOLES OF ANY SIZE. THE TRUCK WILL SHAKE AND WOBBLE TO THE POINT OF CONTROL IS VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN, I HAVE TO LIGHTLY BRAKE TO SLOW IT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL ! OVER 500 DOLLARS IN TIRE'S & SHOCK REPAIR ! THEN A MONTH OR SO IT STARTS AGAIN, A LITTLE AT FIRST , THE TRUCK IS UNSAFE FOR WHAT WAS MADE TO DO! THE TUCK HAD 95,000 MILES ON IT THE FIRST TIME ON I-40 FROM CAL TO AZ, THE LAST REPORT OF THE WOBBLE WAS SEP-10-17, NOW WITH ABOUT 102,500 MIL ,MY SON WHO IS 40 , WAS ON HIS WAY HOME ON HWY-93 WHEN MY RAM 2500 STARTED TO WOBBLE ON HIM, EVEN WHEN HE SWITCHED LANES ,THE HOLE WHERE THE HIGHWAY REFLECTOR IS PLACED IN MADE IT START TO SHAKE !

DEATH WOBBLE TRUCK WILL START SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN YOU HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A FREEWAY AND ON OUR WAY TO THE BEACH AND SUDDENLY THE TRUCK VIBRATED VIOLENTLY AND WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE, WE WERE ABLE TO PULL ALMOST TO THE SHOULDER WHEN THE TRUCK CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. WE TRIED TO RESTART IT BUT IT WON'T RUN, THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF THE TRUCK AND WAS LYING ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, THE REAR WHEEL WAS LOCKED. WE WERE LUCKY THAT WE WERE DRIVING EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRAFFIC, IF NOT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS IF NOT FATAL ACCIDENT. WE HAVE 4 PEOPLE IN THE TRUCK TOWING A BOAT AND MY WIFE IS 3-MONTH PREGNANT. WE WERE THANKFUL THAT THERE WAS A SHOULDER THERE FOR US TO REACT IN ABOUT 3 SECONDS WE GOT BEFORE IT BROKE DOWN COMPLETELY. WE COULD HAVE LOST OUR BABY OR OURSELVES IF THERE WERE A LOT OF TRAFFIC MOVING FAST. USUALLY A LITTLE LATER IN THE DAY. WE WAITED ALMOST 5 HOURS FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO COME, AND HAVE TO ASK FOR HELP TO TAKE US HOME. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO AAMCO NEARBY AND HAS BEEN THERE FOR 12 DAYS WAITING FOR THEM TO ORDER PARTS. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE U-JOINTS WERE BAD AND NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY THAT CAUSED THE DRIVE SHAFT TO FELL AND DESTROYED THE WHOLE REAR END BOTTOM. THE REPAIR COST IS ALMOST $2000. FROM MY RESEARCH, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AS A COMMON PROBLEM IN DODGE RAM, AND DODGE HAD A RECALL ON THIS BUT ONLY ON CERTAIN MODELS AND YEARS AND OURS IS NOT INCLUDED WHICH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, TO PREVENT A DEADLY ACCIDENT. I CONTACTED A DODGE DEALER AND THEY JUST SAID IT'S CAUSED BY WEAR AND TEAR, BUT WEAR AND TEAR SHOULDN'T BE A REASON IT CAN CAUSE A DEADLY ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE RAGLAND CHRYSLER DEALER LOCATED IN BAY CITY, TEXAS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO PAPA'S CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (585 E MAIN ST, NEW BRITAIN, CT 06051) WHO STATED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND PLACED THE CONTACT ON A WAITING LIST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 11/27/2017*JS

"TAKATA RECALL" WE RECEIVED THE NOTICE IN MAY 2016, TOOK THE TRUCK TO ARRIGO DODGE; THEY WOULD HAVE TO CALL US WHEN THEY GOT THE PARTS IN. IN NOVEMBER WE CONTACTED THEM, REGARDING A DIFFERENT RECALL (TIE ROD) ONCE AGAIN HAD TO WAIT BUT THEY DID THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG. MARCH 2017 THEY DID THE AIR BAG.....2 DAYS LATER THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK AND THEY REFUSE TO REPAIR IT; STATING THAT IT IS THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG. IN OUR ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THEM FIX IT THEY REFUSED AND WERE NASTY ABOUT IT. WE ATTEMPTED TO REACH A LOCAL DODGE REPRESENTATIVE AND NO ONE KNOWS WHO THAT MAY BE.

BEGINNING TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH INTERIOR LIGHTING SHORT CYCLING, SHUTTING OFF EARLY. SUSPECT THE TIPM IS GOING OUT.

TURN SIGNALS FAIL TO OPERATE AT TIMES. OTHER TIMES THEY FLASH WRONG SIDE. HAPPENS MOVING IN TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY CHANGING LANES OR TURNING.