2006 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

AT 15 MPH, I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. AT THAT TIME THE PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD END AND CROSSOVER STABILIZER BROKE AND ALL STEERING CONTROL WAS LOST. THE VEHICLE THEN CROSSED LEFT OF CENTER BUT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO COLLIDING WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FOR REPAIRS. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHILE IT WAS RAINING AND WINDSHIELD WIPER JUST STOP WORKING HAD 30 MILE TO GET HOME WITHOUT WINDSHIELD WIPERS . HAD TWO KIDS IN THE CAR . I WORK FOR THE FIRE DEPT AND NEED MY TRUCK . TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT IT WAS THE TIPM AND THERE WAS NO QUICK FIX AND THAT THEY FAIL ALL THE TIME . COST IS OVER A 1000. BUCKS. *TR

RUNAWAY ACCELERATION FIRST TIME ON ONRAMP, HIT CRUISE RESUME, ONCE THE SPEED HIT SETPOINT - THROTTLE WENT WIDE OPEN. SECOND TIME 7/5/2012 - NOT ON CRUISE, DOING ABOUT 65-70 ON HIGHWAY, PASSING - THEN THROTTLE WENT WIDE OPEN TO 90 IN NEXT 3-4 SECONDS. TO STOP IT - SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, ENGINE REVVED TO 3500,PULLED OVER AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, WAITED A MINUTE, RESTARTED, THEN VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO REDLINE. SHUT DOWN, 5 MINUTES, ON RESTART, GOT NORMAL IDLE ~700RPM. TOOK TO DODGE DEALER HW HUNTER IN LANCASTER CALIFORNIA ON JULY 9. THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE ALL OF THE 9TH, 10TH AND HALF OF THE 11TH. THEIR RAN DIAGNOSTICS FOR 2 1/2 DAYS TO DUPLICATE. THEY SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING ELSE (RAN ALL POSSIBLE TESTS). DROVE TO ALASKA FROM CALIFORNIA WITHOUT INCIDENT. NOW HAPPENED AGAIN. 7/24/12 IN ALASKA TO STOP, [XXX] LEFT CAR IN GEAR AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE) AND SLOWED WITH THE BRAKES (EILSON AFB) AFTER 1 MINUTE OFF - RESTART AND REDLINED. AFTER 5 MINUTES OFF, RESTARTED AND GOT NORMAL OPERATION. THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY DANGEROUS, AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS POSTS ON FORUMS WITH OTHERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM HTTP://WWW.DIESELTRUCKRESOURCE.COM/DEV/2006-2500-DIESEL-SPEED-RUNAWAY-T288211.HTML HTTP://WWW.CUMMINSFORUM.COM/FORUM/3RD-GEN-NON-POWERTRAIN/403179-2006-5-9-WANTS-RUN-AWAY-THROTTLE.HTML. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500 MEGACAB. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK VIOLENTLY AND THEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COLLAPSED TO THE GROUND. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL DETACHED COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

WHILE STARTING MY VEHICLE I PUSHED ON THE CLUTCH AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ROD CONNECTED TO THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH DIAPHRAGM BROKE APART. THE PLASTIC PIECES WERE DISCOLORED AND BRITTLE. I BELIEVE THE CLUTCH FLUID STARTED LEAKING PAST THE DIAPHRAGM AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PLASTIC CLIP THAT CONNECTS THE ROD TO THE DIAPHRAGM. BECAUSE THIS PLASTIC CLIP IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE BRAKE FLUID IT BECAME BRITTLE AND FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DODGE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND QUOTE FOR REPAIR. UNIT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH A DODGE SERVICE CONSUMER REPRESENTATIVE. DODGE COVERED THE REPAIRS EXCEPT THE FIRST $100.00. I AM THANKFUL THIS PART FAILED IN THE PARKING LOT AND NOT MOMENTS LATER WHEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN ENGULFED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. IF THIS PART FAILED WHILE DRIVING, BRAKING DISTANCE WOULD HAVE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT LEADING TO INJURY OR POSSIBLY A FATALITY. ESSENTIALLY, THIS FAILURE IN SAFETY QUALITY BY CHRYSLER CORPORATION COULD HAVE LED TO DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES HAD IT NOT SIMPLY BEEN FOR LUCK. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY AS THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A POPPING SOUND FOLLOWED BY SMOKE, BURNING PLASTIC ELECTRICAL FIRE SMELL, PULLED OVER AND FOUND THE ORANGE WIRE NEXT TO THE 100 PIN POWER DISTRIBUTION BLOCK UNDER THE DASHBOARD SMOKING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND THAT THE HARNESS RESTS AGAINST THE METAL EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE HOLDER AND HAD CHAFFED THROUGH, AS WELL AS THE BLUE WIRE NEXT TO IT. THIS ORANGE WIRE IS A CONSTANT HOT AND HAD BEGAN TO GROUND ITSELF OUT ON THE BRACKET. I HAD ELECTRICAL TAPE WITH ME AND I HAVE TAPED IT UP AS A TEMPORARY FIX TO KEEP THE TRUCK FROM CATCHING FIRE. *TR

CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO CHRYSLER RECALL L16 REPAIR DENIAL *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED CHRYSLER DENIED HIS REIMBURSEMENT CLAIM, BECAUSE THE RECALL WAS NOT MET BY THE REQUIRED DATES FOR COMPLETION. *JB

MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES OF MODE DOOR/BLEND DOOR/ RECIRCULATION DOOR FAILURE. DIVERTS AIR TO FLOOR AND WILL NOT ALLOW FOR DEFROSTING/ DE-ICING OF WINDSHIELD. WINSHIELD WILL ACCUMULATE ICE AND CAUSE WIPERS TO CEASE FUNCTION OR FOG WITHOUT ABILITY TO REMOVE OR WITHOUT WARNING. CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS A "REVISED BLEND DOOR" DESIGN THAT ADDRESSES THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER, RETROFIT IS NOTY COVERED BY RECALL AND EARLY REPLACEMENTS SIS NOT UTILIZED REVISED DOOR DESIGN. DOOR FOR RECIRCULATION WILL FALL OFF AND OBSTRUCT FAN MOTOR. IF FAN MOTOR IS ON, OBSTRUCTION CAN CAUSE FAN OVERHEAT AND POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FIRE/ OR MELTING OF HOUSING CAUSING SMOKE AND NOXIOUS FUMES. MODE DOOR FAILURE PROHIBITS USE OF DEFROST/ DEFOG OF WINDSHIEL AND CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING.

VERY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. DRIVING MY 06 RAM 3500 ON A SURFACE STREET NEXT TO A UPS TRUCK APPROX 25 MILE PER HOUR. JUST GONE THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND REACHED A BUS STOP AREA WHERE PEOPLE WERE WAITING FOR A BUS ON CURB. MY TRUCK RIGHT SIDE TIE ROD SNAPPED, AND MY TRUCK STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY PULLING ME TO THE CURB WHERE THE PEOPLE WERE STANDING. I COULD NOT STEER TO THE LEFT VERY MUCH BECAUSE OF THE TRUCK NEXT TO ME. I HAD TO BRAKE VERY HARD TO KEEP ME FROM GOING UP ONTO CURB AND KILLING PEOPLE. LUCKILY MY TRUCK JUST SKINNED THE CURB AND BOUNCED BACK ON THE ROAD JUST MISSING THE PEOPLE AND THE BACK END OF THE UPS TRUCK NEXT TO ME. I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK SHAKING AFTER HITTING SMALL POT HOLES OR UNEVEN ROADS AT MOST SPEEDS. I HAVE HAD 4 ALIGNMENTS SINCE I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK. GONE THROUGH 2 SETS OF FRONT TIRES BEFORE BUYING REAR TIRES. WELL I INSTALLED NEW STEERING LINKAGE AND BOUGHT A DOUBLE STEERING DAMPENING SHOCKS TO HELP WITH THE SHAKING. HAD TRUCK REALIGNED AFTER ACCIDENT. WELL 3 MONTHS LATER TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AGAIN AND MY TIRES ARE WEARING UNEVEN AGAIN. HAD ALIGNMENT CHECKED AGAIN AND WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. I DON'T USE TRUCK FOR OFF ROAD DRIVING, JUST EVERYDAY DRIVING TO WORK AND TOWING SMALL ITEMS. GOT A EMAIL THE OTHER DAY FROM CHRYSLER SAYING MY TRUCK STEERING LINKAGE WAS ON RECALL. MY REPAIR SHOP THINKS ITS MORE THEN THE STEERING LINKAGE, MAYBE THE PIT-MAN ARM TOO. THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PLAY IN IT ALSO. HE BELIEVES ITS A DEFECT ALONG WITH THE STEERING LINKAGE. WILL BRING TRUCK IN FOR INSPECTION AT DEALER. *TR