2006 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

PUTTING ON THE LEFT DIRECTIONAL WILL SOMETIMES CAUSE THE RIGHT DIRECTIONAL BLINKER TO BLINK. OTHER TIMES, IT WILL START TO BLINK LEFT AND THEN GO BACK AND FORTH I.E. LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT ETC. I FIRST NOTICED IT WHEN A TRACTOR TRAILER CAME WITHIN INCHES OF PUSHING ME OFF THE ROAD . AFTER TAKING A MINUTE TO COLLECT MYSELF FROM A NEAR DISASTROUS COLLISION ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY, I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND MY INTENTION. AFTER THIS INCIDENT, I BEGAN HEARING AN ODD CLICK WHEN I WOULD PUT ON MY DIRECTIONAL. SHORTLY AFTER THIS, WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, I WAS WAITING TO TAKE A LEFT TURN. I HAPPENED TO LOOK DOWN AND NOTICE THAT MY RIGHT DIRECTIONAL WAS BLINKING. I IMMEDIATELY CHECK MY DIRECTIONAL LEVER AND VERIFIED THAT I DID IN FACT HAVE THE LEFT DIRECTIONAL ON AND THE RIGHT ONE WAS BLINKING. I HAVE HAD POLICE CARS FLASH THEIR LIGHTS AT ME BECAUSE I HAVE THE WRONG BLINKER ON. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME TO CHECK THE 4 PRONG TRAILER HITCH FOR CORROSION. I DID THIS. IT IN FACT WAS CORRODED. I CLEANED IT UP AND STILL HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED REPLACING. I ASKED IF CHRYSLER WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE REPAIR VIA RECALL. I WAS TOLD "NO" AND IT WOULD BE ABOUT $250 TO FIX IT. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT I FEEL A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE SHOULD WARRANT THEM PAYING FOR IT. AGAIN THEY SAID NOPE. NO MATTER THE REASON BOTH OF THESE COMPONENTS SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. I HAVE YET TO FIX IT DUE TO THE COST AND A FEELING THEY SHOULD PAY FOR IT. I ONLY REGRET THAT SOMEONE MAY GET INTO A FATAL ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO SAY " I DID HAVE MY LEFT DIRECTIONAL ON", AND THE OTHER PARTY NOT BEING BLAMED FOR SUCH AN ACCIDENT...I AM SURE YOU UNDERSTAND. I HAVE SINCE WATCHED MY DASHBOARD EVERY TIME I USE MY BLINKER. I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE THIS ON MY CAMERA ON ONE OCCASION IN A PARKING LOT WITH NARRATION. *TR

VEHICLE DIED ON ROAD WITH NO WARNING. DODGE WON'T REPLACE THE FUEL INJECTORS UNDER MY WARRANTY BECAUSE I HAD SEDIMENT IN MY GAS TANK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE 3500 ONE TON. WHEN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED, THE INDICATOR ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS MAKING A RIGHT TURN. THE FAILURE CAN ALSO BE SEEN FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN, VEHICLES IN THE REAR ARE MISLED BY THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL ILLUMINATING. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 58,000. UPDATED 10/03/08 *BF UPDATED 10/06/08. *JB

I HAVE 2 2006 DODGE DIESEL TRUCKS ONE 2500 AND ONE 3500. BOTH AC'S WENT OUT WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER BOTH TRUCKS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY STARTED BLOWING LESS AIR THEN STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND THEN STOPPED COOLING ALL TOGETHER. I TOOK BOTH TRUCKS IN AND WAS TOLD A DOOR TO THE VENTING SYSTEM HAD BROKEN OFF AND WAS HITTING THE AC FAN MOTOR. BOTH TRUCKS HAD AROUND 41,000MILES I HAD TO PAY FOR THIS OUT OF MY POCKET($744.00 EACH TRUCK) I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT THEY DIDN'T SEE A NEED TO ISSUE A RECALL. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY REPAIR ABOUT 10 OF THESE A WEEK. I CAN SEE IT HAPPENING TO ONE TRUCK BUT NOT BOTH. THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS. *TR

UNSURE WHAT CAUSED THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS THE FAILURE AND OR UNCERTAIN ACTION OF THE TURN SIGNALS AS WELL AS THE HAZARD LIGHTS. THE TURN SIGNALS AT TIMES WILL NOT FUNCTION AT ALL OR WILL SIGNAL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAT THE SWITCH WAS INDICATED. THE FAULT STARTED TO OCCUR AT AROUND 60K MILES. TRUCK HAS 107K MILES NOW AND FAILURE HAS INCREASED FREQUENCY AS THE MILES HAVE INCREASED. I HAVE FOUND THAT IF I LEAVE THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH ALONE WHILE IT IS MALFUNCTIONING AND ADJUST THE TILT STEERING THE TURN SIGNAL ISSUE MAY OR MAY NOT RESOLVE ITSELF. *TR

TURN SIGNAL SOMETIMES SHOWS OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS SELECTED. PHONE INTERVIEW UPDATE (8/26/2008): MR. MADISON WAS ON THE LEFT TURN LANE WAITING TO TURN LEFT WITH THE TURN SIGNAL ON. THE MOTORIST BEHIND HIM HORNED AND TOLD MR. MADISON THAT HIS PICKUP HAD THE RIGHT SIDE TURN SIGNAL FLASHING. MR. MADISON WAS PUZZLED BECAUSE HE HAD MOVED THE TURN SIGNAL STALK DOWN TO TURN LEFT. ON THAT DAY AND THAT DAY ONLY, THE TURN SIGNALS WERE FLASHING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO WHAT MR. MADISON HAD SELECTED. THE TURN SIGNAL ERRORS APPEARED ON THE DASH INDICATORS AS WELL AS THE EXTERIOR INDICATORS. *TR

THE OTHER VEHICLE WENT LEFT OF CENTER AND HIT MY VEHICLE HEAD ON. NEITHER OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR

MY TRUCK HAS 30,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION HAD A VIBRATION, I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT CARMEN DODGE IN DELAWARE AS THE DEALER I BOUGHT THIS FROM IS OUT OF BUSINESS. I STARTED OUT TO TAKE IT THERE AND THE CLUTCH WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE THEY CAME AND GOT IT . THEY DETERMINED IT WAS THE CLUTCH, BUT THE CLUTCH LOOKS BRAND NEW WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR. THE PRESSURE PLATE BROKE IN HALF CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS IT COULD HAVE CAME THROUGH THE BODY AND KILLED SOMEONE. ANYWAY IT CLEARLY IS A DEFECT AS THE RIVETS THAT HOLD THE PLATE TOGETHER CLEARLY SHEARED OFF, THERE IS NO WEAR ANYWHERE AND YOU CAN SEE IT DID NOT OVER NEAT OR BURN. THEY MUST HAVE USED INADEQUATE SOFT RIVETS TO CAUSE IT TO COME APART LIKE THAT. I CALLED DODGE SEVERAL TIMES THEY LIED TO ME AND SAID THEY CAME OUT TO LOOK AT IT. THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED NO ONE FROM DODGE SHOWED UP. I HAVE THE PARTS, FOR REVIEW AND TESTING AND AS PROOF THAT THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT AND DODGE SHOULD PAY FOR ITS REPAIR. *TR

TURN SIGNALS FLASH ERRATICALLY. LEFT TURN SIGNAL SOMETIMES SIGNALS RIGHT AND VISA VERSA. *TR PHONE INTERVIEW UPDATE (6/26/2008): MR. LLARENA SAID THAT HE HAD NOTICED A TOTAL OF ABOUT FIVE OCCASIONS THAT THE DASH TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS HAVE FLASHED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAN HE HAD INTENDED. TWO OF THE FIVE OCCASIONS HAD OCCURRED IN THE MONTH SINCE HE REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO NHTSA. THE TURN SIGNALS HAD ALSO CAME ON BY THEMSELVES. WHEN THAT HAPPENED, HE JIGGLED THE TURN SIGNAL STALK TO TURN THE SIGNAL OFF. HE C0ULD NOT THINK OF ANY COMMON THREAD OR CIRCUMSTANCE IN ALL THOSE OCCASIONS WHICH MAY HAVE TRIGGERED THE TURN SIGNAL ANOMOLIES. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED BECAUSE HE COULDN'T DUPICATE IT.

WHITE SPRINTER VAN WITH 28,000 WITH PREMATURE RUSTING ON SIDES AND REAR DOOR. VEHICLE HAS TO BE SPRAYED OFF DAILY TO KEEP THE SMALL METALLIC BRAKE DUST FROM ADHERING TO VAN. THE PAINT IS TOO THIN WITH NO CLEAR COAT. *TR