2006 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

HEADLIGHTS, ON LOW BEAM, WORK INTERMITTENTLY. OCCASIONALLY FINE, USUALLY ONE IS OUT. NO RHYME OR REASON. CANNOT LOCATE FUSE TO CHANGE. MECHANIC SAYS FUSE BOXES FAULTY ON DODGE VEHICLES. PART IS $800. SOME ON LINE DISCUSSIONS INDICATE THIS WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET JUST ABOUT TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN SO I TURNED ON MY LEFT SIGNAL WHEN I DID THAT MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING PLUS WITH MY LEFT SIGNAL ON IT WASN'T BLINKING TO THE LEFT IT WAS BLINKING TO THE RIGHT. SO WITHOUT MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS I HAD TO PULLOVER BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE. I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF THEN BACK ON AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED WORKING AGAIN. BUT EVERYTIME I USE MY LEFT SIGNAL MY RIGHT ONE BLINKS AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09E009000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. SM.

WHEN USING THE TURN INDICATOR, EITHER THE OPPOSITE INDICATOR COMES ON, OR NEITHER WORK. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK PROPERLY. THEY SEEM TO OPERATE RANDOMLY (E.G., WORK AT HIGH SPEED WITH THE SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION, OR DON'T WORK AT ALL WITH THE SWITCH IN ANY POSITION). IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH IS DEFECTIVE. THIS PROBLEM NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60 MPH)DURING A RAINSTORM AND THE WIPERS WOULDN'T OPERATE. I HAD TO DRIVE TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND SHUT OFF THE IGNITION SWITCH TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER MAY HAVE HAD MORE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR AND THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WAS NOT OPERABLE. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 182,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 184,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500 MEGACAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS WERE IN OPERABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE DEFECT. THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE DEFECT, BUT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR REPAIRS WERE ON BACK ORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS ENGAGED HOWEVER THE OPPOSITE TURN SIGNAL ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

BOUGHT THE 3500 MEGACAB CUMMINS WITH THE G56 6 SPEED MANUAL IN NOV 2005 AND BY THE WAY THIS WAS THE 3RD CUMMINS I'VE OWNED AND THE WORST, GREAT MOTOR BUT NOT HAPPY WITH MANUFACTURE THIS TIME. SO I BOUGHT IN NOV 05 AND DEC.25 STARTED IT UP AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON, SO I SHUT IT OFF AND CALLED DEALER NEXT DAY. THIS WAS THE START OF IT ALL. EVERY 3DAY THIS WOULD HAPPEN AND I HAD TO DRIVE 23 MILES TO DEALER TO HAVE THEM PLUG IT UP TO COMPUTER AND STILL COULD NOT TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG. THIS WENT ON FOR 14 MONTHS ENDED UP BUYING MY OWN MODULE TO RESET MYSELF. DURING ALL THIS FOUND THE ISSUE WITH VENTS AND BROKEN DAMPERS IN DUCTWORK AND STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER BACK WINDOW CABLE BROKE THEN NEW ONE[S] LEAKED, 3 OF THEM AND THEN THE WINDOW STOPPER FELL OFF SO I HAVE HAD 4 REAR POWER WINDOWS INSTALLED. AFTER ALL THAT AT 68000 MILES I LOST 2,4 AND 6TH GEAR 80 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AND HAD TO LIMP IT HOME HOLDING SHIFTER IN 6TH GEAR WHOLE TIME, BROKEN SHIFT TOWER THAT WASN'T CHEAP. THEN I STARED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING WHITE SMOKE ON STARTUP COME TO FIND I HAVE A INJECTOR ACTING UP AND THE DEALER SAID THE FIX WAS A 120.00 BOTTLE OF INJECTOR CLEANER AND DOG THE [XXX] OUT OF IT . AT ABOUT 75,000 MILES STARTED HAVING THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH PROBLEM TURN LEFT AND THE RIGHT SIGNAL FLASHED AND THE SHAKE IN THE FRONT END AND HAVE HAD 4 FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND NEW SET OF TIRES NOW HAVE 125,000 MILE STILL GET THE SHAKE AND PAST DO TO GIVE UP IN THIS BEAST. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND I ROLL OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT END SHAKES AND WOBBLES VIOLENTLY UNTIL I SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP FOR IT TO STOP THIS VIOLENT ACTION. THE VIOLENT WOBBLE HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY FRONT LEFT AXLE SEAL WHICH STARTED LEAKING AFTER THE VIOLENT WOBBLE. I'M VERY UPSET AND WANT TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER DODGE FOR THIS. MY TRUCK HAS RECENTLY GONE THROUGH THE NYS INSPECTION WHICH CHECKS FOR LOOSE AND WORN OUT STEERING COMPONENTS AND EVERYTHING PASSED THE INSPECTION. *TR

PUT LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON AND TRUCK SIGNALS ALTERNATES BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT TURN. *TR