Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | |||||
| 18-011-11 | 02/18/2011 | 10038104 | Ready | 06/09/2011 | |
| 18-011-11 | 02/18/2011 | 10038104 | Chrysler group: there are diagnostic enhancements for the fuel system. *rm | 06/09/2011 | |
| 1400706 | 09/02/2006 | 1400706A | 10020498 | Fuel and fuel filtering requirements for cummins 5.9l and 6.7l engines. *kb | 10/27/2006 |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | |||
| 11/22/2012 | 72000 | 1 | |
| 2006 ram 3500 with 5.9 cummins. nearly the same as all the other reports here. 9pm, major highway, entire family in cars, kids asleep, start smelling raw diesel fumes. big cloud of mist behind truck, about mile further check engine light came on. nearly made it home, but died suddenly and only place to go was median in 4 lane highway. huge cloud of steam out of engine compartment smelling like diesel. several gallons of diesel pumped all over hot engine, exhaust, entire underside of truck, body of truck, highway, major mess. vehicle just out of warranty. towed it home after a harrowing ordeal getting a wrecker there and trying to not get hit by cars. non-dealer mechanic diagnosed what appears to be a very common problem--cracked injector line-- despite only seeing a few complaints here (google cracked #4 injector line). he agrees, atomized diesel touching a hot turbo could ignite, and we would have had a vehicle fire and become a flaming bomb with the entire family in the car. dodge and cummins should be ashamed. they have ignored this, and it will take a death or serious injury before they get sued and fix things. consumers who bailed out dodge are left hanging with expensive repairs, and their families stranded in the middle of nowhere. nauseating. *tr | |||
| 09/04/2010 | 46700 | ||
| I was driving my 2006 dodge ram 3500 5.9 cummins turbo diesel pickup at approximately 60 m. p.h. when i started smelling diesel fuel fumes. i looked in my outside rear view mirrors and could see what appeared to be a mist spraying behind the vehicle. i began to look for a safe place to pull off the road as i was pulling a trailer behind me. just before i pulled off the road, the check engine light came on. when i stopped, i could see a mist coming from the ingine compartment. i opened the hood and noticed there was diesel fuel sprayed under the engine cpmpartment and also underneath the vehicle. there was fuel dripping from underneath the engine compartment where it sprayed heavily. upon looking further, i noticed there was a broken fuel line that caused raw fuel to be sprayed in the engine compartment including directly onto the engine and underneath the vehicle onto the exhaust system. it appears this is a common problem and is usually the #4 fuel line. i feel this is a fire hazard and could be very dangerous to the driver and/or passengers and other vehicles on the road. | |||
| 03/22/2010 | 82000 | 1 | |
| Fuel line ruptured while driving on the interstate at 75 mph. check engine light came on, but because it was dark driver was unaware of fuel leak until smoke was observed coming from engine. diesel fuel was spraying all over engine and was leaking down exhaust. smoke was rolling out of vehicle. police and fire dept. responded due to fuel leak. repair was covered under warranty, except for towing. parts were replaced by dealer. *tr | |||
| 10/01/2008 | 25000 | 1 | |
| My truck went in to dealer with fuel problems. they said there was contaminated fuel, water in fuel. i told them the water in fuel light never came on, but they denied my warranty claim. i noticed there was a recall on my truck for the defective water in fuel light. they still deny my claim and are charging me $9000. *tr | |||
| 09/29/2008 | 89000 | 1 | |
| 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 | |||