Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 Dodge 1500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 84 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 84, in the owner's own words
I was driving and the rear drive shaft fell out of the truck and the rear locked up making the truck undrivable. I heard this is a common problem in dodge rams and it is definitely a safety issue and there should be a recall to address this reoccurring problem that can cause a loss of life or life threatening accident
This truck gets the death wobble at random times at Highway speeds , its almost caused me to crash a few times , something is not right with the front end
9-02-2020, POWER STEERING FAILURE, VERY HARD TO STEER, CAN'T DRIVE LIKE THAT. WAS DRIVING WHEN HAPPENED. WENT TO REPAIR SHOP 9-04-2020 HAD POWER STEERING PUMP PULLEY REPLACED, FOR $186.42.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 09E001000 (STEERING), 13V528000 (STEERING), 14V779500 (ENGINE), 15V313000 (AIR BAGS), AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH NEUWIRTH MOTORS (219 S COLLEGE RD, WILMINGTON, NC 28403, 910-799-1815) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THE PARTS, WHICH COULD TAKE UP TO A MONTH. THE CONTACT THEN REACHED OUT TO NATIONAL DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (2223 N MARINE BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, NC 28546, 910-347-3777) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY COULD HAVE THE PARTS SENT TO HIM OVERNIGHT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
FRONT WHEEL BEARING NOISE/VIBRATION. IN MOTION CITY, HIGHWAY, STRAIGHT, TURNING INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE STATIONARY/ IN MOTION LOUD VACUUM/HUMMING NOISE FROM BEHIND GLOVE BOX STATIONARY/ IN MOTION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED APPROXIMATELY TWELVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOHN L SULLIVAN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (950 HARTER PKWY, YUBA CITY, CA 95993), BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,645.
AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE TRUCK CAN BEGIN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. IT IS A WIDELY KNOWN ISSUE CALLED "DEATH WOBBLE" I ALMOST WRECKED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLISION IF IT HAPPENED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING). THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
THIS VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND BOUNCING OF THE FRONT END CAN BE REPRODUCED AT ANY IMPERFECTION IN THE HIGHWAY AT 65+ MPH. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK BOUNCES AND SHAKES VIOLENTLY. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE OUT OF CONTROL SHAKING IS TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND ATTEMPT TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE TRAFFIC FOLLOWING MY TRUCK HAS BEEN FORCED TO TAKE ACTION TO AVOID PLOWING INTO THE BACK END OF MY TRUCK. DODGE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THE RUN AROUND AND MISDIAGNOSIS OF THIS LIFE THREATENING ISSUE. I WILL BE REPOSTING EACH OCCURRENCE HERE.
THIS VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND BOUNCING OF THE FRONT END CAN BE REPRODUCED AT ANY IMPERFECTION IN THE HIGHWAY AT 65+ MPH. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK BOUNCES AND SHAKES VIOLENTLY. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE OUT OF CONTROL SHAKING IS TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND ATTEMPT TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE TRAFFIC FOLLOWING MY TRUCK HAS BEEN FORCED TO TAKE ACTION TO AVOID PLOWING INTO THE BACK END OF MY TRUCK. DODGE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THE RUN AROUND AND MISDIAGNOSIS OF THIS LIFE THREATENING ISSUE.
THE STEERING LOCKS UP!!!!!!!!!!! MANY TIMES, I JUST REPLACED THE STEERING UMP AND FLUID AND STILL LOCKS UP. AIR BAG LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON, MECHANIC CANNOT FIX
THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SHAKES UPON ENCOUNTERING ANY BUMP AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 65 TO 75 MPH. SPEED MUST BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING. MOTOR FAILED PREMATURELY AT 87000 MILES. 5.7 HEMI.
WHILE DRIVING USUALLY ABOVE 60 MPH AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE. I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN SUDDENLY TO APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH TO GET IT TO STOP. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY.
AT JUST ABOUT ANY SPEED , IF YOU HIT THE RIGHT BUMP, THE LEFT FRONT SHAKES OUT OF CONTROL HAVE SPENT $1000'S OF MY OWN MONEY TRYING TO CORRECT , THE DEATH WOBBLE.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 13V528000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FCA WHICH STATED THE PARTS REQUIRED WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND THEY WOULD CONTACT ME WHEN THE REMEDY PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. I HAVE HEARD NOTHING.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS), 13V528000 (STEERING), AND 09E001000 (STEERING). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
I WAS COMING OUT OF THE HILLS AFTER A DAY OF HUNTING AND AS I MADE IT BACK TO TOWN LUCKLY GOING SLOWLY I TURNED THE CORNER AND MY DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD END BROKE. LEAVING MY TRUCK STRANDED IN A SMALL TOWN ABOUT 5 MILES FROM MY CAMP. TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE LOCAL SHOP THE NEXT DAY CAUSE THIS HAPPEND ON A SUNDAY AND GOT IT FIXED. THE MECANIC AT THE LOCAL SHOP TOLD ME THIS WAS A RECALLED PART. SO AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM MY HUNTING TRIP I LOOKED IT UP AND IT IS A RECALLED PART ON MANY DODGE VEHICLES. WHY WAS I NOT NOTIFIED? IF THIS HAPPEND AT 65 MILES AN HOUR MY 4 KIDS PROBLEY WOULDENT HAVE A FATHER TODAY. I HAVE A RECITE FOR THE WORK DONE. NOT ONLY DO I WANT MY MONEY BACK AND COMPENSATION FOR MY TIME I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED OF ANY OHTER RECALLS. THIS DODGE OF MINE IS A PAVEMENT POUNDER. IT DRIVES FREEWAYS ONLY MOST OF THE YEAR AND ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR DRIIVES MOUTAIN ROADS DURING HUNTING SEASON TO GET ME TO AND FROM MY LOCATIONS TO GET OUT AND HIKE BEHIND CLOSED GATES. IT HAULS NOTHING OTHER THAN A FEW ANIMALS AND A SMALL 19 FT TRAVEL TRAILER DURING HUNTING SEASON.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000. UPDATED 12/10/15*LJ UPDATED 02/02/16*LJ UPDATED 03/23/16*LJ THE CONSUMER REQUESTED AN UPDATE INTO THE INVESTIGATION. *JS *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A USED CAR DEALER IN CLANTON, ALABAMA IN APRIL 2014. I WAS DRIVING TO MY MOM'S, WHO LIVES IN MISSISSIPPI WHEN I CAME UPON A BRIDGE ON THE INTERSTATE WHILE PASSING A 18 WHEELER. WHEN ENTERING THE BRIDGE THERE WAS A SMALL BUMP UP AND WHEN THE FRONT WHEELS OF THE TRUCK HIT THE BUMP THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK STARTED BOUNCING (DEATH BOUNCE OR ROLL) UNCONTROLLABLE. I HAD TO CUT OFF THE 18 WHEELER THAT I WAS PASSING AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP FOR IT TO STOP. IT HAPPENED 4 MORE TIMES BEFORE I GOT TO MY DESTINATION AND IT HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE AND CAUSING ME TO ALMOST WRECK EACH TIME. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE STEERING WHILE IT IS DOING THIS IT JUST BOUNCES YOU ALL OVER THE ROAD. I HAVE TALKED TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT WAS THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF ALL DODGE TRUCKS THAT WAS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I WISH TO HAVE AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS MATTER, PLEASE. WITH ONLY 82K MILES ON THIS TRUCK THE ENTIRE FRT END SHOULD NOT BE BAD!! THIS PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC WAS A DEFECT FROM FACTORY AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON THE ENTIRE FRT SUSPENSION NOT JUST THE TIE ROD, BECAUSE THE TIE ROD IS NOT CORRECTING THE DEATH BOUNCE/ROLL PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCKS. I HAVE A YOUNG SON AND A GRAND BABY WHO HAS TO RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS TRUCK WITH MY SELF IN IT. I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHEN DRIVING OVER UNLEVELED LAND, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT AND WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000. UPDATED 11/25/15*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE TRANSMISSION POPPED LOUDLY. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS UNRELIABLE. THE TURN SIGNALS, EMERGENCY FLASHERS, HIGH BEAMS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS ALL OPERATE UNINTENTIONALLY. UPDATED 2/12/16 *JS *CN
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH WHEN STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING. STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT AND HIT CURB. COULD NOT GET VEHICLE UP TO SPEED AND STEER PROPERLY. TOOK TO SHOP WHO INDICATED LEFT FRONT TIE ROD HAD COME LOOSE DUE TO THE BALL STUD BEING CRACKED. PAID TO HAVE REPLACED.
MY HUSBAND'S DODGE RAM 1500 HAS HAD 2 POWER STEERING PUMPS REPLACED. THE LAST PUMP WAS REPLACED IN LESS THAN 39 DAYS. WITHIN THE LAST WEEK WE HAVE HAD 4 DIFFERENT EPISODES OF THE POWER STEERING GPOES OUT. WHEN THE POWER STEERING DOES GO OUT THERE IS A HARD JERK TO THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. THIS PAST TIME MY FAMILY AND I WAS PULLING A 27 FOOT CAMPER BEHIND US WHEN THE STEERING WENT OUT. WE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE STRUTS ON THE TRUCK. THIS IS RIDICULOUS TO KEEP HAVING THESE DANGEROUS PROBLEMS. I WILL NO LONGER LET MY SON RIDE WITH HIS FATHER BECAUSE OF THE PARENTAL OF THE STEERING GOING OUT. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
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