2006 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

BACKUP LIGHT ON ONE SIDE WENT OUT. TRIED REPLACING THE BULB, BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE WHOLE MECHANISM THAT HOLDS ALL THREE REAR LIGHTS. SEEMS LIKE A DEFECT TO ME, MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 40K ON IT. WANTED TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE REPORT ON HERE TO MAKE IT A RECALL AND MAKE THE DEALER PAY FOR THEIR FAULTY EQUIPMENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND ENGAGING THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL IT ACTIVATED THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL INSTEAD. OCCASIONALLY, THE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS COMPLETELY FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ALSO SHUT OFF WHEN THE WIPER SWITCH WAS ENGAGED FROM HIGH TO MEDIUM SPEED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 192000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 194000.

2006 DODGE MEGA CAB 3500 (4) WHEEL DRIVE DUALLY STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING WHILE DRIVING ON THE 215 IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA. AFTER HITTING A SLIGHT BUMP THE TRUCK THREW ME AND MY WIFE SIDE TO SIDE IN OUR SEATS WHILE GOING ABOUT 68MPH FOR NO APPARENT REASON. MY WIFE HAD HIT HER HEAD AGAINST THE TRUCKS WINDOW DUE TO THE TRUCK MOVING SO VIOLENTLY. I LATER TOOK TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THESE HEAVY DUTY DODGE TRUCKS HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ITS STEERING. MY TRUCK HAD PAST THE WARRANTY BY 5000 MILES AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $1000.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE WITH MORE HEAVY DUTY COMPONENTS. IF THIS IS A MANUFACTURES PROBLEM, THEN WHY ARE PEOPLE PAYING FOR THIS? AND IS DODGE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BE KILLED BEFORE THEY CATEGORIZE THIS AS A RECALL? MY TRUCK WHICH IS BRAND NEW IS CURRENTLY IN OPERABLE, AND IS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY UNTIL I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GIVE UP A $1000.00 DOLLARS TO FIX A MANUFACTURES DESIGN FAULTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. SHE RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE NUMBER 09E001000 (STEERING:LINKAGES), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING LINKAGE DAMPER AND THE TIE ROD FRACTURED, WHICH CAUSED HER TO LOSE VEHICLE CONTROL. CONSEQUENTLY SHE CRASHED INTO A LAWN AND ONTO THE PORCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. SHE WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT BECAUSE SHE HAD NOT THE LINKAGE REPLACED ACCORDING TO THE RECALL, THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 84,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 83,500.

TURN SIGNAL MALFUNCTION 06 DODGE MEGA CAB. WHEN TURNING LEFT BLINKER ON, SOMETIMES BOTH COME ON OR NOT AT ALL. HAVE NOT FIXED PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. *TR

PARTS FAILURE DODGE 3500 4WD, 6 SPEED. FAILURES OCCURRED SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW, FIRE ON ENGINE SIDE OF ROAD, 25,000, LEAKING FLUID FROM NEW UNTIL 08, TRANSMISSION FAILURE 08, TIE ROD FAILURE CAUSING ACCIDENT 09, 09 PART RECALL, CHRYSLER WILL NOT PROVIDE US RECALL ASSISTANCE, DID NOT HONOR POWER TRAIN EXTENDED WARRANTY 100,000 AND PAY FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NEVER REPAIRED FLUID LEAK ALTHOUGH IN SHOP SINCE NEW, MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REFUSED EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR POWER TRAIN, SAID TRANSMISSION WAS NOT INCLUDED. TWO OTHER FRIENDS HAVE EXACT TRUCK BOTH TRANSMISSIONS HAVE FAILED. *TR

I TURNED LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON PRIOR TO TURNING AND A CAR BEHIND ME ALSO HAD LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON. THE CAR BEHIND ME PASSED ME ON THE LEFT ALMOST HITTING ME IN THE SIDE AS I BEGAN A LEFT TURN. I SWERVED OFF THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT AND NOTICED THAT EVEN THOUGH MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL HAD BEEN APPLIED, THE RIGHT FLASHER WAS BLINKING. I SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND : NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : PE08059. DEALER CLAIMS THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS, NOR ARE THEY AWARE OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE WITH OTHER VEHICLES. *TR

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WILL BLINK FOR THE WRONG SIDE THAT WAS INTENDED. SIGNALS WILL BOTH FLASH AT TIMES AS WELL. CONFUSES APPROACHING TRAFFIC OR TAILING TRAFFIC ON WHICH WAY YOUR GOING TO TURN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATES THAT WHEN HE SWITCHES THE TURN SIGNAL TO THE LEFT THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL COMES ON. HOWEVER IF THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL IS TURNED ON THEN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS WILL SWITCH ON AT THE SAME TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE TEPIM MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE IS STILL EXPERIENCING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE BEFOREHAND. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 12000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75000. UPDATED 12/01/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING LINKAGES WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL. HOWEVER, AS HE WAS BACKING UP TO A TRAILER, IT SNAPPED IN TWO. UPDATED 12/14/10

BRAKE PEDAL HAS DEVELOPED 3/4" LATERAL MOVEMENT. PRESENTS UNCERTAINTY DURING EMERGENCY BRAKING, HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF "CLOSE CALLS" WHERE DUE TO THE LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL BRAKING WAS DELAYED. LOCAL DEALER BRIEFLY EXAMINED PEDAL AND VERIFIED THIS LATERAL MOVEMENT IS ABNORMAL AND A PROBLEM EXISTS WITH THE MECHANISM IN THE ADJUSTABLE BRAKE PEDAL. CSR STATES PART IS ON "NATIONAL BACK ORDER" AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL SOME TIME IN SEPTEMBER. *TR