2006 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

2006 DODGE RAM 3500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE LEFT TIE ROD BALL STUD RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE LEFT AND RIGHT TIE ROD ENDS, AND HE BELIEVED THE RIGHT TIE ROD SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE RIGHT TIE ROD MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STEER ACROSS ON-COMING TRAFFIC, INTO A DITCH AND FINALLY CRASHING INTO AN EMBANKMENT. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000. UPDATED 3/5/14*CN THE TIE ROD WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 03/20/14

WHEN PURCHASED AT THE DEALERS DRIVEWAY, IDLE DROPPED EXTREMELY LOW THEN SURGED, SALESMAN SAID THAT WAS NORMAL FOR DIESELS, DROVE FROM THAT DEALERSHIP TO HOME WITH SAME PROBLEMS ALMOST AT EVERY STOP, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AGAIN, THEY CHANGED FUEL FILTER, NO CHANGE, THEN CHANGED FUEL PUMP, NO CHANGE, THEN SAID THEY THINK IT MIGHT BE INJECTORS OR FUEL RAILS, I HAD ENOUGH ASKED FOR THE KEYS THEY STILL MADE ME PAY $600 PLUS TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM, SHORTLY AFTER THAT I STARTED GETTING ALOT OF BLOW BY FROM NUMBER 6 CYLINDER, THE PCM STOPPED FUNCTIONING NORMALLY SO I HAD TO REPLACE THAT, SHORTLY AFTER THAT I HAD TO REPLACE THE TURBO CHARGER. RECENTLY I WAS DRIVING IT AND IT STARTED SMOKING EXTREMELY BAD AND JUST QUIT, I OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS OIL EVERYWHERE, HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME WHERE IT STILL SITS AS OF THIS DAY. I HAVE HEARD SO MANY BAD THINGS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 2006 AND 2007, I THINK IT ONLY FAIR THE DEALER SHOULD STAND UP FOR THEIR PRODUCT. *TR

NOTICED THE PROBLEM IN THE WARMER MONTHS, NOW THAT COLDER WEATHER HAS SET IN I AM UNABLE TO DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VISIBILITY LOW. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WITH THE HEATER DOORS ON THE PICKUPS. *TR

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SEVERE FRONT END SHAKING/WOBBLE WHEN TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND AFTER THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT OCCURS WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND HITTING A BUMP WHEN STEERING LEFT OR RIGHT. THIS CAUSES THE FRONT-END TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL TO RAPIDLY JERK TO THE LEFT/RIGHT. THE ONLY WAY FOR THIS TO STOP IS TO PULL OVER AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN RESUME DRIVING. I HAVE TAKEN MY TRUCK TO MY PERSONAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED EVERYTHING AND TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING NOTICEABLE THAT WOULD CAUSE THE TRUCK TO DO THIS. AFTER SOME MORE OCCURRENCES, I TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALER TO GET THEIR OPINION. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER AND THAT WOULD SOLVE MY PROBLEM. I THOUGHT THIS TO BE RATHER ODD DUE TO THE FACT THAT I JUST HAD IT REPLACE WITHIN THE PAST YEAR DUE TO IT LEAKING. I WAS ASSURED THIS WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE FRONT END WOBBLE. WELL, $144 LATER, IT WAS STILL HAPPENING. I WAS TOLD NEXT THAT IT COULD BE AN ALIGNMENT ISSUE, SO THEY DID AN ALIGNMENT ON THE TRUCK. THAT TOO DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO, AFTER A LENGTHY CONVERSATION, INFORMED ME THAT HE HAS SEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE TRUCKS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS TO REPLACE A NUMBER OF FRONT END PARTS THAT END UP TOTALING $2,370.16. I WAS INFORMED THAT THESE PARTS ARE NEW AND NOT OEM WHICH I COULDN'T EVEN OBTAIN ANYMORE. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THE FRONT-END SHIMMY/WOBBLE. THERE IS VAST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THE IGNITION KEY WAS TURNED WITHOUT THE CLUTCH ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL ON ITS OWN DUE TO THE FAULTY CLUTCH SAFETY SWITCH. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 09-26-13 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS ABNORMALLY LOOSE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP BUT THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL COULD INTERFERE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND LOCK TOGETHER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,763.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, HE WAS ALERTED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED EVEN WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER'S SIDE TURN SIGNAL FAILED TO FUNCTION WHEN ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,540.

I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE TRANSMISSION RAISED THE ENGINE RPM AND SHOOK THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL TO KEEP FROM SURGING FORWARD. IT ALSO SURGES IN REVERSE AS WELL, WHICH IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO IN REVERSE AND THEN TO NEUTRAL TO KEEP FROM SURGING BACKWARDS. THERE ARE NO ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION COMPUTER CODE READ OUTS. *TR

HAS WHAT THE DODGE MECHANICS LAUGHINGLY CALL THE "DODGE SHIMMY" LOCALLY. CAUSES LOSS OF CONTROL IN THE FRONT END, AND IS ESPECIALLY BAD AT HIGHER SPEEDS. *TR