2006 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED DUE TO THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). RESEARCH REVEALS THAT THE TIPM FAILED ON MANY OF THE DODGE VEHICLES. THIS SYSTEM FAILURE IS A SAFETY HAZARD.

2006 DODGE RAM 2500 4X4 DODGE DEATH WOBBLE - WHEN RIDING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60 MPH AND HIT A BUMB VEHICLE STARTS BOUNCING OFF OF GROUND AND WILL CONTINUE TO BOUNCEL UNTIL VEHICLE DROPS TO 35 MPH. VERY DANGEROUS. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED FOR OVER A YEAR. DODGE DEALER OF NO HELP.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, 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 MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

JULY 2016 WE RECEIVED NOTICE ABOUT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATOR MUST BE REPLACED. THIS IS TAKING WAY TOO LONG TO BE FIXED. WE ARE A CITY DEPT. IN CHESAPEAKE VA THAT PROVIDES MOSQUITO CONTROL.

MAY 2016 WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ABOUT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATOR MUST BE REPLACED. THIS IS TAKING WAY TOO LONG TO BE FIXED. WE ARE A CITY DEPT. IN CHESAPEAKE VA THAT PROVIDES MOSQUITO CONTROL.

TRUCK RANDOMLY AND WITHOUT WARNING SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION ON A BUSY CITY STREET. WOULD NOT RESTART. POPPED THE HOOD AND GOT STRONG SMELL OF DIESEL FUEL. DISCOVERED CYLINDER NUMBER FOUR HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE ( FROM RAIL TO FEEDER TUBE) LEAKING A LOT OF FUEL ONTO THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. TURNS OUT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINES AND HAVE BEEN KNOWN IN THE PAST TO CAUSE THESE TRUCK TO CATCH FIRE IN SOME INSTANCES. IT IS A $71 PART FROM THE DEALERSHIP BUT IT DOES AFFECT OTHER CYLINDERS AS WELL. ALL 6 HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINES SHOULD BE REPLACED AND SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE DEFECT I WILL BE PUTTING THE MONEY OUT TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM.

BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE. I HAVE A DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT MODULE THAT I INSTALLED IN 2007 WHICH STILL OPERATES BOTH LOW BEAMS AT A REDUCED POWER, SO THE BULBS ARE BOTH GOOD. BOTH HIGH BEAMS ARE OPERATIONAL. I NOTICED THAT WHEN I HAD THE LIGHT SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION ON 3/26/17 AFTER DARK AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE WITH THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH STILL ON, THAT THE LOW BEAMS WE'RE NOT ON, BUT THE OTHER LIGHTS WERE ON. THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT MODULE ONLY POWERS THE LOW BEAMS WHEN THE IGNITION IS IN THE ON POSITION. IN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ONLINE, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 MODEL SINCE IT HAS A TIPM WHICH CONTROLS THE LIGHT AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. THE TIPM DOES NOT HAVE REPLACEABLE RELAYS OR RESETTING CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR THE HEADLIGHTS WHICH ALLOW THE QUICK AND EASY REPAIR OR AUTOMATIC RESET OF THE HEADLIGHTS. SINCE ANY LITTLE GLITCH MAY CAUSE THE TIPM TO SHUT DOWN THE LIGHTS THERE IS SAFETY ISSUE SINCE BOTH LOW BEAMS MAY GO OFF AT ANYTIME FOR NO REAL REASON. I FEEL THERE NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES TO REPLACE THE TIPM WITH A UNIT THAT HAS A STANDARD DESIGN LIKE IS FOUND ON OTHER DODGE RAM YEARS. PLEASE RESEARCH THE NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THE TIPM INCLUDING LOW BEAMS, FUEL PUMPS TURNING OFF CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP UNEXPECTEDLY, ETC. IT'S TIME THAT DODGE IS MADE TO REPLACE THE TIPM WITH SOMETHING RELIABLE THAT DOES NOT POSE SAFETY ISSUES. A RECALL IS IN ORDER. IF I DID NOT HAVE THE DRL MODULE INSTALLED, I WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT LOW BEAMS WHEN I WAS DRIVING AND SWITCHED ON THE HEADLIGHTS.

TAKATA RECALL I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TODAY LITIA DODGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS ARE NOT AVALIBLE YET FOR THIS RECALL. REALLY? LIKE THE RECALL IS ALMOST A YEAR OLD AND WE ARE STILL WAITING ON PARTS? WHAT IS THE DEAL? I JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS PICKUP SO WHEN I TOLD THE SERVICE GUY THIS HE SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOTIFY ME. I AGAIN TOLD HIM THAT I JUST GOT THIS PICKUP SO HOW IS DODGE GOING TO NOTIFY ME? SO I JUST FIGURED THAT MAYBE IF I GO ON THIS SITE I CAN GET SOME ANSWERS AND NOTIFICATIONS BECAUSE IT WAS OBVIOUS MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP DIDN'T GIVE A RIP.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER 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 MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 05/17/17*LJ UPDATED 10/11/2017*JS

MY INTERMITTENT WIPERS FAIL, THEY STICK ON, OR WIPE RANDOMLY OR EVEN DON'T WORK AT ALL. THEY WILL STOP, TURN OFF AT ANY POINT DURING THE WIPE AT ANY POSITION, AND SOMETIMES WONT TURN OFF WHEN SWITCH IS OFF. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED OR DRIVING STYLE THAT THIS HAPPENS ON.