2006 DODGE RAM 3500 Complaints

CAR MAKER PRODUCES AN INFERIOR PRODUCT; DODGE MEGA CAB VEHICLES HAVE INFERIOR BLOWER MOTORS CONNECTED TO THE A/C AND HEATING SYSTEMS. THEREFORE, IN THE SUMMER TIME IT TAKES AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME TO COOL THE VEHICLES INTERIOR. (SOUTHERN STATES...NORTH, SOUTH CAROLINAS, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, TEXAS..ETC) *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500 WITH A CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE OF 26,000 MILES. THE CONTACT WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE POWER STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD ONLY TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING BUT ALSO WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING. THE STEERING WHEEL COULD NOT BE TURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, DUTCHES DODGE, AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO FIX IT. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT IS THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED.*AK

BRAKE SYSTEM STAYS ENGAGED AFTER BRAKE PEDAL HAS BEEN RELEASED. BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT RETURN TO NORMAL POSITION MUST USE LEFT FOOT TO RETURN PEDAL TO NORMAL. ONLY HAPPENS AFTER EXTENSIVE USE (RUSH HOUR). CAUSED MY TRAILER TO COLLIDE WITH TRUCK AFTER BRAKES DID NOT DISENGAGE. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM MEGACAB 3500. THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WASA NOT FUNCTIONING. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. THE DEALER HAD NOT DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE.*AK

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. TRUCK (2006, 3500 QUAD CAB DUALLY) SOMETIMES ACTS LIKE THE BRAKES ARE NOT RELEASING OR THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT ENGAGING FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL DEALER (ORANGE PARK DODGE IN JACKSONVILLE, FL. WHO COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAD SOMEONE TELL ME THAT THEY KNEW SOMEONE IN LA. THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEIR DEALER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG AND AFFECTED REPAIRS. UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T REMEMBER WHO THAT WAS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEATING DEFROST DOOR HAS BECOME STUCK, DISALLOWING THE ABILITY TO HEAT, DEFROST OR COOL THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN ABOUT ONE IN EVERY TEN VEHICLES DUE TO A VACUUM OPERATED SYSTEM. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DETERMINED THIS WAS HOW THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED.

ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP DRIVING ON FREEWAY. INTERMITTENTTLY BLINKING OFF AND ON @ INSTRUMRNT PANEL. *NM

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

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60MPH, THE REAR WINDOW WAS ROLLED DOWN WHICH CAUSED BACK PRESSURE IN THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN BACK PRESSURE OCCURRED THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THIS CAUSED TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EAR PAIN TO THE BACK PASSENGERS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED AND ENGINEERED THIS WAY AND OPERATES CORRECTLY. THE CONTACT INSTALLED AIR DEFLECTORS ON ALL 4 WINDOWS; HOWEVER THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.