2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Driver assistance Problems

TWO TIMES I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ACCELERATOR STICKING AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO SLOW MY TRUCK DOWN TO GAIN CONTROL. BOTH TIMES IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN I WAS ON HIGHWAY 99 BETWEEN CORVALLIS, OR AND MONMOUTH, OR. BOTH TIMES IT WAS ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH. WHEN I WENT TO PASS, I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO GET SOME SPEED. I FLOORED IT. BOTH TIMES THE GAS PEDAL STUCK DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IT TO RELEASE. THE TRUCK KEPT ACCELERATING TO UP OVER 100 MPH BEFORE THE GAS PEDAL RELEASED AND I WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AGAIN. NOTHING I DID WOULD GET IT TO RELEASE. IT WAS EXTREMELY SCARY AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO WRECK, IF NOT DIE. I AM NOT SURE WHICH PART CAUSED THIS BUT IT IS CONNECTED TO THE GAS PEDAL. IT MIGHT BE AN INTERNAL COMPONENT, I JUST DON'T KNOW, SO IT IS UNKNOWN. IT SEEMS TO DO IT WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS FLOORED AS THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED BOTH TIMES TO ME. I WASN'T SURE IF I SHOULD LIST EACH TIME SEPARATELY SO YOU KNEW IT WAS MORE THAN ONCE. I WILL BE TAKING MY TRUCK IN TO BE CHECKED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SINCE THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TWICE AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

NHTSA ID

11194477

Incident

Apr 5, 2019

Mileage

137,000 mi

TRUCK WILL RANDOMLY HAVE NO THROTTLE RESPONSE EITHER WHILE DRIVING OR COMING FROM A DEAD-STOP. IT HAS ALSO SEEMED TO GET STUCK FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE ALSO, WHICH HAS ALSO HAPPENED TWICE. I WAS CROSSING A RAILROAD WHEN THE PEDAL LOST RESPONSE THEREFORE, I HAD TO ROLL OFF OF THE RAILROAD. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHILE I WAS CROSSING AN INTERSECTION WITH A TRAILER. I LOST ALL POWER AND THE THROTTLE WOULDN'T RESPOND. SOMETIMES, WHEN I RESTART THE TRUCK, IT WILL WORK FOR A LITTLE WHILE. OVERALL, IT IS CONSISTENT THEREFORE, IT WORRIES ME WHEN I DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING.

NHTSA ID

11031381

Incident

Mar 11, 2017

Mileage

200,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE STARTED DYING THEN TAKING BACK OFF, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEED ODOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO WOULDNT COME BACK UP WHILE I WAS STILL MOVING, THEN THE ABS LIGHT THE CHECK ENGING LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT AND WASHER FLUID LIGHT ALL CAME ON AND I LOST POWER TO THE TAIL LIGHTS HEAD LIGHTS AND THE WINDOWS STARTED ROOLING UP AND DOWN BY THEM SELVES. WHEN I GOT HOME AND TURNED OFF THE TRUCK I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE TIPM AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID THE TRAILER I WAS PULLING MUST OF HAD A SHORT AND THATS WHAT CAUSED IT. I TOLD THEM THAT I WASNT PULLING A TRAILER AND THEY CALLED ME A LIAR AND HUNG UP ON ME THE WINDOWS CONTINUED TO ROLL UP AND DOWN UNTILL THE BATT WAS DISCONNECTED. THE NEXT MORNING I THEN HOOKED THE BATTERY BACK UP AND IT ALL WORKED FINE. NO PROBLEM A COUPLE WEEKS LATER IT STARTED AGAIN FINALL FOUND A SHORT IN THE LIGHT CONTROL ON THE RIGHT TAIL LIGHT REPLACED THE PART THAT HOLDS THE BULBS AND THE PROBLEM CORRECTED ITSELF. NOW IT HAS SINCE STARTED DOING IT ALL AGAIN BUT WILL NOT RESET ITSELF I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE TIPM WOULD RESET ITSELF FIVE TIMES THEN WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEH WAS NOT PULLING A TRAILER WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND THE ONLY TRAILER I PULL WITH IT HAS THE LIGHTING PACKAGE WORKING FINE ON ALL TRUCKS I HOOK IT TO BUT NOT THIS ONE. PLEASE GET THE DODGE COMPANY TO RECALL THESE PEICES OF JUNK IM TIRED OF PAYING 1200 DOLLARS TO REPLACE A BUNCH OF PARTS TO FIND OUT ITS THEIR PIECE OF JUNK TIPM CAUSING ALL THE PROBLEMS.

NHTSA ID

10775487

Incident

Feb 18, 2015

Mileage

102,512 mi

UPON RESTARTING MY 2006 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL, MY ABS LIGHT AND PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER DRIVING A FEW SHORT MOMENTS ,I ALSO NOTICED THAT SPEEDOMETER INDICATOR WAS NOT WORKING BUT THE VEHICLE RPM INDICATOR WAS. CAUSING MYSELF SOME CONCERN I CHECKED MY BRAKES AND NOTICED I HAD A HARD BRAKE PEDAL WHEN APPLIED BUT WAS STILL ABLE TO STOP. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE FOR THIS ISSUE AND RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THE DRIVERS AIR BAG INFLATOR. I WAS CONTACTED BACK BY MY SERVICE ADVISER, ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONAL TWO HOURS OF DIAGNOSES TIME DUE TO THE FACT HIS MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM.I WAS NOTIFIED AT END OF THE DAY THAT THE ISSUE WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER, OUTPUT FAILED FOR CIRCUIT F202 UNABLE TO RECOVER TIPM THRU RECONFIGURATION. NO PDC AVAILABLE THRU PARTS AT THIS TIME, FABRICATED JUMPER LEAD TO TO CIRCUIT F202 FROM FUSE 28 IN PDC. THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX CUSTOMER ADVISED TO REPLACE PDC ASAP CURRENT PRICE $917.00 ADDITIONAL 1.5 HRS LABOR TO INSTALL AND PROGRAM UNIT . TOTAL HOURS FOR DIAGNOSIS WAS 3 HOURS AT A COST OF $315.00 TO CUSTOMER. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD INVESTIGATED BY THE NHTSA AS A ON GOING CONCERN AND FOR CONSIDERATION OF A ISSUING A NEW SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE.

NHTSA ID

10758802

Incident

Aug 20, 2015

Mileage

62,778 mi

11/21/2013 5:00PM WHILE LEAVING LAKE CASTAIC, I NOTICED ABNORMAL EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE STEERING OF MY TRUCK. I WAS TOWING MY BOAT AND I ATTRIBUTED THIS TO POSSIBLY BEING TIRED AFTER A LONG DAY ON THE LAKE. I PULLED OVER AT CALGROVE EXIT OFF THE I 5 TO VISUALLY INSPECT MY TIRES AND ANYTHING NOTICEABLY WRONG WITH MY TRUCK. EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT OK, SO I REDUCED MY SPEED AND TOOK PRECAUTION. JUST PRIOR TO BANDINI EXIT (S) 710 WE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND WITHOUT WARNING MY TRUCK VEERED INTO TRAFFIC. THE WHEELS WERE LOCKED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN TO THE RIGHT AND THE WHEEL WOULD TURN FREELY TO THE LEFT, WITHOUT TURNING THE WHEELS. I HAPPEN TO BE A VERY STRONG INDIVIDUAL AND IT TOOK EVERY OUNCE OF STRENGTH TO MAINTAIN STABILITY AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT. A PERSON WITH LESS STRENGTH, WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE. TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF A FULL SIZE TRUCK, WHILE TOWING A BOAT ON THE 710 FREEWAY IS A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE. WITH A STROKE OF LUCK AND A BLESSING, I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND SAFELY EXIT THE FREEWAY. I HAVE SINCE BEEN INFORMED BY CERRITOS DODGE , SERVICE ADVISOR DANIEL MORENO THAT THAT THE STEERING BOX BROKE RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE AND WILL OFFER NO ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRING MY VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THE REPAIRS WOULD COST $1,689.00 AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THIS AMOUNT AND THEN CONTEST CHRYSLER FOR REIMBURSEMENT. I HAD MY TRUCK TOWED OUT OF CERRITOS DODGE AND CURRENTLY SITS IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S DRIVEWAY.

NHTSA ID

10568448

Incident

Nov 21, 2013

Mileage

133,608 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 78 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES AND HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY VISIBLE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. ON THE FOURTH RECURRENCE OF THE FAILURE THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE FRONT FENDER WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,056. UPDATED 5/9/11 *CN

NHTSA ID

10393053

Incident

Mar 25, 2011

Mileage

144,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK WHEN IT WAS ENGAGED. THE CONTACT WAS ONLY ABLE TO LOOSEN THE PEDAL BY PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. THE FIRST TIME THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE SECOND TIME THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAUSE OF A THROTTLE MALFUNCTION. AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP BEING EVALUATED AGAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,400. UPDATED 3/22/11 *CN UPDATED 04/29/11

NHTSA ID

10384719

Incident

May 12, 2010

Mileage

23,400 mi

2006 DODGE RAM 2500, JULY 20, 2009, POWER CONTROL MODULE FAILURE ON HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL AT 70 MPH. CAR WOULD NOT STOP, CRUISE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. DEPRESSED THE BRAKES SO HARD THAT THEY SMOKED AND BURNED. TOWED TO DEALER AND POWER MODULE REPLACED. IS THIS NOT THE TOYOTA PROBLEM? SAW 5 COMPLAINTS HERE OUT OF 81 THAT COULD BE RELATED TO THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10330893

Incident

Jul 20, 2009

Mileage

33,490 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WOULD IDLE, THE RPM MILES WOULD ALSO INCREASE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING 35 MILES PER HOUR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOT STUCK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE SHE HAD TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT ALSO HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,700.

NHTSA ID

10316771

Incident

Oct 13, 2009

Mileage

10,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO REVERSE. THERE WAS A HIGH ENGINE IDLE, WHICH LED TO UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. IMMEDIATELY, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. THE DRIVER STEERED TO THE RIGHT AND CRASHED INTO A SNOW BANK IN ORDER TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. THERE WERE DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE AND THE TRAILER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FROM THE SCENE AND TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 37,890. UPDATED 03-06-09 *BF UPDATED 03/12/09.*JB

NHTSA ID

10256461

Incident

Jan 10, 2009

Mileage

37,890 mi

THROTTLE-BODY STUCK. ACCELERATES FOR APPROX. 2 SECONDS THEN RELEASES. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. ONLY HAPPENS IN COLD TEMPS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10218257

Incident

Feb 14, 2008

Mileage

13,000 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK, THE BACK UP ALARM SOUNDED AS IF TO INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED.

NHTSA ID

10174679

Incident

Nov 29, 2006

Mileage

22,275 mi