Consumer Complaints
Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
02/02/2009 | 40000 | ||
The problem started in 2009. went to drive the truck and could not get the truck to drive over 20 mph. was able to get it to a dearler close by and had to have the throttle body positioning sensor replaced. since that date i have had to have this same sensor changed 8 more times. each time the private mechanic talks to chrysler and they recognize there is a faulty problem with this part and will not recall the item. when this sensor goes out it will not let you drive more than about 20mph. also had to replace the accelerated pedal positioning sensor 4 times. blicker problems noted by many other consumers i have also had. where you turn on the left blinker and the right blinker comes on. as well as the a/c problem many consumers have mentioned the door breaks and then all you have is outside air coming in. my mechanic has tried to get replacement parts from chrysler to repair the problem and chrysler does not sell this part (please explain to me how they can make the vehicle and not sell the part to repair it when it breaks knowing it breaks often). tie rods have also been a problem with my truck. no matter how tight they are they continue to come loose even after being replaced and then the truck will shake. my main concern at this point is it intermitenly will die while driving down the highway. it will start right back up but will die again and then it wont duplicate the problem for 2 or 3 days and then will do it again. have not been able to diagonse thi sproblem yet. if anyone knows any suggestions to look at please advise | |||
02/12/2012 | 83000 | ||
My blinker lever does not work properly. when i use the left turn signal it started to blink to the right. throughout the rest of the day it would do this intermittently. i was going down a heavy traffic area and used my left turn signal. a car two lanes over slightly behind me starting honking their horn at me because it was attempting to go one lane over to the right. we both tried to go into the middle lane at the same time and i initially thought it was the other driver's fault. i looked at my blinker lever and i did have it in the correct position for a left signal. i then looked at my light display for the blinker and it was flashing to the right. my wife told me about this happening before without me in the vehicle but this i finally got to experience it myself. if it wasnt for my awareness and the other vehicle honking their horn, then we would have collided. ever since that day i experienced it myself, i have noticed it happening more frequently now. sometimes i use the blinker lever and i get no turn signal at all anymore except for pressing the lever harder down or up. i am now more concerned about correct turn signals coming from the lever and it takes away from my situational awareness while driving. | |||
09/16/2009 | 65000 | ||
Recirculation door on heating/cooling system broke off inside duct work and was resting on the blower fan of 2006 dodge ram 1500 2x2 mega cab. cannot use defrost mode because broken door is retricting air flow. seems to be a common proble with 2003-2008 dodge ram trucks. truck has 65,000 mile and is out of warranty. dealer wants 1,200.00 dollars to repair. i had another policy that covered the whole cost of repair. policy runs out 2013 or 125,000 miles which ever comes first. love my truck though! | |||
07/04/2011 | 70000 | ||
No air from ac vents - defective design of recirculating door | |||
04/21/2011 | 65000 | ||
I own a 2006 dodge ram quad cab 1500 4x4 that has been having repeated problems with the multi-function switch that controls the wipers and the turn signals. several times while driving in the rain this issue has happened to were i have had my children in the truck with me and had to pull off the road because of not being able to see because of the wipers not working and in doing so drove into the median causing me to puncture the left front tire. i had to do this because i didn't want to have or cause an accident. my vehicle has been in the shop twice over this problem and it still isn't fixed. what does it take to get something done about this! there has been several, and i mean several complaints over this same part. does it take someone being killed or seriously injured before someone is held liable. i spent several thousand dollars on this truck, along with an extended warranty, but there is no price tag for loss of life do to someone not being held accountable for their equipment. please, we need something done to remedy this problem that millions of dodge owners are being forced to deal with. please don't let loss of life be the reason for a change because then it's too late. | |||
12/13/2010 | 69000 | ||
Truck was involved in pass side front crash, resulting in pass wheel seperating from truck, since truck was repaired heater deflector does not work correctly to blow heat and or defrost correctly, ins wants proof it happened in accident. no inside of truck damaged dealer say can not prove. deflector broke during collision with tree, was working before accident, maybe deployment of airbag caused ? there is a problem with deflectors now windows ae steaming up vision is impaired, and no heat on feet are, very dangerous situation. | |||
03/09/2011 | 124000 | ||
The turn signal on 2006 dodge ram 1500 fails on daily basis. turn signal to left and it turns on right signal. push indicator forward for bright lights and it turns on windshield washer and wipers. this issue has been going on for approximately two months, daily. | |||
11/22/2010 | 34000 | ||
The recirculation door broke for the heater and air conditioning. this problem causes a low flow rate because the door blocks the fan opening, which leads to fogged windows and snow buildup on the windshield. dodge is aware of the problem and has reingineered the door assembly, but is not fixing vehicles with the problem if the vehicle is out of warranty, instead they are charging customers for the parts and labor to fix the problem. this is an obvious defect, but dodge is not repairing vehicles with the problem, instead they are charging customers for their mistake. my truck is a 2006 dodge ram 1500 with only 35,000+ miles on it, but outside of dodge's 3 yr or 36,000 mile warranty. please make them recall this issue. google 2006 dodge ram 1500 recirculation door and you will see how many people have had this same problem. | |||
11/23/2010 | 40000 | ||
2006 dodge ram 1500 big horn edition hemi yesterday i went to pass a truck and floored the pedal, i went to let up and noticed the pedal was stuck. so i slightly hit the brake but that didnt do much at 85 mph and accelerating. was late at night and no 1 on the road so i let it accelerate and tried mesiing with the gas pedal with my foot but nothing woukld pop it out. so with the speedometer buried past 120 i put it into neutral came to a stop on side of the road. tried messing with the gas pedal with my hand but nothing would pop it out. so siting with rpms maxed out in neutral and no way to disengae the acceleration i turned the truck off and immediately the gas pedal poped out. i started the truck back up and drove home 50 miles with no incidents i just didnt floor the gas pedal. but next day wanted to see if i could recreate the incident. so on a safe road to try it i floored the pedal and same exact thing it got stuck only way to unstick is turn truck off. i did this 5 times and evry time it happens. there is no mats or anything catching on pedal and no way to manually pull the pedal out it is really stuck when this happens. only thing to get it unstuck is turn truck off and it pops out like instantly. truck is siting in my driveway and i am able to recreate the problem at any time. im posting this for some suggestions on what i should do? possible lawsuit? report it to who? or just take it to dealership and get charged to fix it and no report of malfunctioning truck? if this had happend the first time during daylight or comute traffic not late night who knows what would have happened. and there are few reports of same thing happening to similar dodge trucks on the various dodge forums. | |||
11/14/2010 | 77969 | ||
The heater in my truck does not blow in the direction that the control knob is directing it to. this is an ongoing problem according to carcomplaint.com with this make, model and year. i had it repaired on 03/02/2010 at a cost of almost 800.00 dollars. the problem has returned again on 11/14/2010. in order to repair the problem the vent deflector door must be replaced, which involves removing the entire dash. that is what i'm told by the dealer. my windows fog up while driving and the driver cannot change the direction of the airflow, the floor will get ice cold, all at unknown times......please look into this issue. | |||
08/10/2010 | 69000 | ||
I have a 2006 dodge 1500 and my blinkers and my windshield wipers are not working properly. when i signal to turn left the right blinker comes on. and the winshield wipers on low start going really fast. this is very frustrating. it started at about 69,000 miles. | |||
09/03/2010 | 77204 | ||
When the cruise control is turned on and set (above 30 mph) it continues to increase in speed until reaching over 100 mph. i took the vehicle to greenbrier dodge in chesapeake virginia, and they were unable to fidn anything wrong with the vehicle based on their computers. when driven, they had the same problem, but could not find a problem on their computers. the problem was then brought to dodge and assigned a case manager. on 23 sept 10, i was informed that this is not a safety concern by my case manager tina, and advised that dodge could be of no further assistance with this issue. | |||
05/10/2010 | 29400 | ||
While driving on the interstate a few weeks ago, my windshield fogged over. unbeknownst to me the recirculation door on my '06 dodge ram 1500 truck had broken. because the broken door blocked the airflow for the defroster, i could not clear the fog from the windshield. i was extremely lucky that i was able to roll the driver's side window down in time to keep from rear-ending the car in front of me. when i took the truck to the local dodge dealer, they indicated that this is a very common problem for certain ram trucks. as a matter of fact, the dealer also said that they keep the newly designed housings in stock to ensure that they can meet the demand for the repairs. | |||
11/18/2009 | 45000 | ||
My husband has a 2006 dodge ram 1500. he is in iraq and only home every 4 months. i do not drive his truck except to the mail box and back once a week to keep the battery going. about 6 months ago the wipers did not want to work. it was not all the time. we thought maybe a glitch. then it was the blinkers. sometimes they would not come on at all and others the opposite blinker would come on. but since he is only home for 2 weeks and it would only hapen once or twice we didn't think about it. now the wipers will not come on at all and when you turn the left blinker on the right one comes on. i did not realize it until i was nearly hit by some one trying to pass me on my left while i was trying to make a left turn. i got online to see if there was already a recall for this and saw there are many people with this same complaint. the only tsb i can find is for the dodge ram 3500. also when driving over 50mph the truck will shake violently when you press the brakes. the harder you have to press the brakes the harder the truck shakes. we have replaced the brake pads, calipers, and had the rotors turned. this is costing too much money for maybes and it is scary when you are on the high way in rush hour traffic when this strarts happening. | |||
04/06/2009 | 40000 | ||
A recall is definitely in order here for the cabin air blend door breaking, 2006 through 2002 models have had a large number of complaints filed and in 2006 had the most filed yet in 2007 zero complaints filed for this problem , let me explain why. i contacted daimler chrysler filed a complaint and got nowhere, they just don't care about their bad design, or stand behind their product!! i will never buy a product from them again. the air box has an opening with one tab protruding out so when the blend door closes it stops at the tab, well the tab isn't strong enough to receive the impact of the door slamming it and breaks off thus jamming closed or falling off, the engineers at delmar chrysler figured this out and engendered a new box with two tabs so it wont break yet the service dept at the dealers keep replacing the doors and not the entire box (because it's a bigger more expensive job) and that's why some people have had it fixed several times, because they are not fixing it correctly so in turn you then are out of warranty and now it cost the consumer to fix this expensive poorly engineered box that they know is a design flaw.sad, very sad. daimler chrysler put this newly designed box in their 2007 and newer models and have not one complaint, so why wont they recall these bad design boxes and broken blend doors (which are the number one biggest problem with the 2006 trucks) and put their newly engineered boxes-blend doors in the trucks at their expense not the consumer, delmer chrysler knows they have a bad design and still wont own up to it, we the consumer need to flood their phones until they fix this poorly engineered very expensive problem that they created until they recall it. this problem is a safety issue because you cannot control where the air flow is going like the windshield for visibility in foggy or snowy conditions,forced to pul over cant see, thank you in advance for taking the time and effort putting pressure on them to correct their mistake. |