2006 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

2006 DODGE RAM 3500 WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING UNTIL LEFT TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED. THIS HAPPENS REPEATEDLY CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN. *KB

AT PARKING LOT SPEED, STEERING CONTROL LOST. FRONT TIRES FOUND POINTING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND STEERING LINKAGE HANGING FROM TRUCK. AT GREATER SPEEDS OR IN PRESENCE OF PEDESTRIANS THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS: RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD BROKEN, LEFT & RIGHT SIDE UPPER & LOWER BALL JOINTS DEFECTIVE, DRIVE SHAFT REAR UNIVERSAL JOINT DEFECTIVE AND 1 FRONT DRIVE SHAFT UNIVERSAL JOINT DEFECTIVE. TOTAL PARTS COST 2142.71. THE TRUCK HAS 119,331 KILOMETRES (74,149 MILES) ON IT AND HAS ONLY BEEN USED FOR PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION. THE SEVERITY OF THE DEFECT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY IS ALARMING. FOUND SEVERAL RECALLS FOR DODGE RAM STEERING LINKAGE DEFECTS ISSUED BY NHTSA (SUCH AS 09E001000). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM3500 MEGACAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OVER BUMPY ROAD SURFACES, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STEER OFF THE ROADWAY. ALL OF THE COMPONENTS UNDER THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V350000 (STEERING: LINKAGES: TIE ROD ASSEMBLY). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE RECALL. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

INTERMITTEN SIGNAL/BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE ON 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. WILL BLINK RIGHT WHEN I AM MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH WHEN HE ENGAGED THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL BUT THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. WHEN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS ENGAGED, THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL LIGHT ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATED INSTEAD. THE FAILURE BECAME A SPORADIC RECURRENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I HAVE A 2006 DODGE RAM CUMMINS 3500 4 DOOR LONG BED 4X4. WHILE I AM DRIVING IN TOWN, I WILL GO TO USE THE TURN SIGNALS AND THE OPPOSITE SIDE THAT I INTENDED TO USE WILL COME ON, AND OFTEN BOTH BLINKERS WILL FLASH AT THE SAME TIME. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I TRY TO USE THE BLINKERS, THEY RARELY WORK CORRECTLY. WE HAVE NEVER DONE ANY MODIFICATIONS OR REPLACED ANYTHING, THEREFORE I KNOW I HAVE NOT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. THIS STARTED HAPPENING OVER A MONTH AGO. SINCE THIS HAS HAPPEND I HAVE BEEN IN ABOUT FOUR NEAR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. *TR

THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH MALFUNCTIONS AND THE SWITCH FOR A LEFT TURN IS INITIATED, THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS ACTUALLY BLINK. *TR

TIE ROD END FAILURE AT THE PITMAN ARM/ INNER TIE ROD CONNECTION ON A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500 QUAD CAB 4X4 TRUCK. THE TIE ROD STUD SHEARED OFF COMPLETELY UNDER LITTLE TO NO LOAD AFTER ONLY 23,000 MILES OF HAVING THE H46 RECALL COMPLETED. THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE TIE ROD END AND THE PITMAN ARM CONNECT IS TOO EXTREME. THE PITMAN ARM NEEDS TO BE BUILT WITH LESS ANGLE, THIS WOULD DECREASE THE LOAD ON THE TIE ROD END. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND AS A RESULT THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TIE ROD, STEERING LINKAGE, DRAG LINK, AND PITMAN ARM WERE DEFECTIVE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

I FIRST NOTICED MY HEADLIGHTS WERE HARD TO DIM OR CHANGE TO BRIGHT. A FEW DAYS LATER, MY WIPERS WOULD STOP WORKING. TO GET THE WIPERS TO WORK, I HAD TO USE THE "WASH" OPTION. THAT WOULD CAUSE THEM TO WORK FOR A WHILE THEN THEY WOULD GO OUT AGAIN. ABOUT THE SAME TIME, I NOTICED MY BLINKERS WERE ACTING VERY STRANGE. WHEN I TURNED THEM ON, THEY BOTH WOULD BLINK VERY FAST. NOW THE PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSED TO A POINT WHERE TURNING THE LEFT BLINKER ON ONLY TURNS ON THE RIGHT BLINKER. IT ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK THE OTHER DAY. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN TO THE LEFT BUT MY RIGHT BLINKER WAS ON. THE CAR BEHIND ME PASSED ME AT THE SAME TIME I STARTED TO TURN LEFT. *TR