Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 Dodge Ram 3500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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.
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2006 DODGE 3500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL NOTICE 14V-795. *LD THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED INVOICES, PROVING THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, PRIOR TO THE RECALL. ALSO, THE OUTER AND INNER TIE RODS, FUEL PUMP AND BLOWER MOTOR WERE REPLACED
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THERE WAS SMOKE SEEN FROM THE HOOD AREA. THE CONTACT LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE NUMBER 4 INJECTOR LINE WAS CRACKED NEAR THE ENGINE SIDE OF THE FITTING, WHICH WAS LEAKING A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOA DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE NUMBER 4 INJECTOR LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 58 MPH, STEAM EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL LINES ERUPTED CAUSING A FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSE THAT THE FUEL LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,925.
WHEN PURCHASED AT THE DEALERS DRIVEWAY, IDLE DROPPED EXTREMELY LOW THEN SURGED, SALESMAN SAID THAT WAS NORMAL FOR DIESELS, DROVE FROM THAT DEALERSHIP TO HOME WITH SAME PROBLEMS ALMOST AT EVERY STOP, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AGAIN, THEY CHANGED FUEL FILTER, NO CHANGE, THEN CHANGED FUEL PUMP, NO CHANGE, THEN SAID THEY THINK IT MIGHT BE INJECTORS OR FUEL RAILS, I HAD ENOUGH ASKED FOR THE KEYS THEY STILL MADE ME PAY $600 PLUS TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM, SHORTLY AFTER THAT I STARTED GETTING ALOT OF BLOW BY FROM NUMBER 6 CYLINDER, THE PCM STOPPED FUNCTIONING NORMALLY SO I HAD TO REPLACE THAT, SHORTLY AFTER THAT I HAD TO REPLACE THE TURBO CHARGER. RECENTLY I WAS DRIVING IT AND IT STARTED SMOKING EXTREMELY BAD AND JUST QUIT, I OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS OIL EVERYWHERE, HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME WHERE IT STILL SITS AS OF THIS DAY. I HAVE HEARD SO MANY BAD THINGS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 2006 AND 2007, I THINK IT ONLY FAIR THE DEALER SHOULD STAND UP FOR THEIR PRODUCT. *TR
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
RUNAWAY ACCELERATION FIRST TIME ON ONRAMP, HIT CRUISE RESUME, ONCE THE SPEED HIT SETPOINT - THROTTLE WENT WIDE OPEN. SECOND TIME 7/5/2012 - NOT ON CRUISE, DOING ABOUT 65-70 ON HIGHWAY, PASSING - THEN THROTTLE WENT WIDE OPEN TO 90 IN NEXT 3-4 SECONDS. TO STOP IT - SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, ENGINE REVVED TO 3500,PULLED OVER AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, WAITED A MINUTE, RESTARTED, THEN VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO REDLINE. SHUT DOWN, 5 MINUTES, ON RESTART, GOT NORMAL IDLE ~700RPM. TOOK TO DODGE DEALER HW HUNTER IN LANCASTER CALIFORNIA ON JULY 9. THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE ALL OF THE 9TH, 10TH AND HALF OF THE 11TH. THEIR RAN DIAGNOSTICS FOR 2 1/2 DAYS TO DUPLICATE. THEY SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING ELSE (RAN ALL POSSIBLE TESTS). DROVE TO ALASKA FROM CALIFORNIA WITHOUT INCIDENT. NOW HAPPENED AGAIN. 7/24/12 IN ALASKA TO STOP, [XXX] LEFT CAR IN GEAR AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE) AND SLOWED WITH THE BRAKES (EILSON AFB) AFTER 1 MINUTE OFF - RESTART AND REDLINED. AFTER 5 MINUTES OFF, RESTARTED AND GOT NORMAL OPERATION. THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY DANGEROUS, AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS POSTS ON FORUMS WITH OTHERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM HTTP://WWW.DIESELTRUCKRESOURCE.COM/DEV/2006-2500-DIESEL-SPEED-RUNAWAY-T288211.HTML HTTP://WWW.CUMMINSFORUM.COM/FORUM/3RD-GEN-NON-POWERTRAIN/403179-2006-5-9-WANTS-RUN-AWAY-THROTTLE.HTML. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
NUMBER 4 INJECTOR LINE FAILS ON 5.9L CUMMINS CRD WHICH RESULTS IN SPRAYING FUEL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE CLAMPS ON THE SUPPORT FOR THE LINE COMING LOOSE AND ALLOWING THE LINE TO VIBRATE AND CRACK. THIS IS A WELL KNOW AND REPORTED PROBLEM ON THE CUMMINS FORUMS. HTTP://WWW.CUMMINSFORUM.COM/FORUM/3RD-GEN-POWERTRAIN/189520-GUYS-CHECK-YOUR-4TH-INJECTOR-LINE-STICKY.HTML THE REPLACEMENT LINE FAILED IN UNDER 6K MILES AFTER BEING REPLACED BY THE DEALER. *TR
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 ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED THERE WAS DIESEL FUEL SPRAYED UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT 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. *TR
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
# 4 FUEL LINE ON DODGE CUMMINS 5.9 L DIESELS CRACKS FORCING 5-6 GLS. OF FUEL IN 5 MILES ONTO ENGINE. BY ME GIVING THE AUTO DEALERS PARTS COUNTER THE TYPE OF ENGINE (5.9 L DIESEL) AND THAT IT WAS A FUEL LINE PROBLEM HE ALREADY KNEW WHICH LINE IT WAS. *TR
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
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500 MEGACAB. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE LOUD NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A DODGE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS CONTAMINATED FUEL IN THE FUEL TANK. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 56,000.
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
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