general problems of the 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 - part 1

Steering linkage and tie rod issues. Steering not working properly. I see that my vehicle is not listed in the recalls. Although. I am having steering issues. Constant tail light replacing.

Truck does not want to stay in the road. It hops to the right with the steering not being turned. Cannot tell when it is going to do it.

We were driving down the highway and it started doing the death wobble.

Driving down the road and lost all steering.

Drastic front end vibration and uncontrollable steering. Two incidents.

The contact owns a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving at 70 mph and hauling a travel trailer, the vehicle wobbled, and the contact lost control of the vehicle when the front driver's and passenger's tires went in different directions. The contact was able to pull over and park the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and diagnosed with fractured linkages and damaged strut rods. The vehicle was not repaired and remained with the independent mechanic. Prior to the failure, the independent mechanic had replaced the stabilizer bar, tie rod end, steering ball joints, and linkages. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 148,000.

While driving at highway speed in my 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 truck, the truck's front wheels began to violently shake and wobble with incredible vibration and bumpy ride. I thought I would lose control of the vehicle. I slowed, turned on my emergency flashers and hit the brakes pulling off the interstate. After a few minutes I continued on only to have the same incident described happen again a few miles later. I contacted the local Chrysler dealership and made an appointment, detailing the incident. I was told my truck was not covered by a safety campaign.

The truck is currently at a service station as it developed a "death wobble" while driving down the freeway a shimmed so hard I couldn't control it but managed to get it to the side of the road and finally to a stop. I did not receive any type of warning. I am being told by the mechanic at the service station it is going to require a rebuild of the front suspension. After checking to see if this has been a recall issue, I found there had been 3 but I did not receive notification of this particular recall. Not sure if the age of the truck prevents me from going back to have Dodge resolve this issue. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Steering drag link break with a clean shear in the rod itself. Lucky, vehicle at low speed backing into driveway. All steering control lost. Would be a deadly situation on the road.

Drag link broke causing loss of steering. This was a duralast drag link p/n ds1463 purchased from autozone in 2018 to replace a bent oem part. Failure occurred at 35mph on a dirt road and I was able to safely stop. Drag link broke at upper end near steering box at the machined shoulder where the threads end. Beach marks and a dark area indicate existing crack at this location for some time prior to failure, however there was no indication of impending failure prior to event. Truck has experienced recent problem with death wobble at freeway speeds which was corrected by tire change and new shock absorbers.

Federal mogul issued a recall on moog branded steering components associated to the parts that have been installed on my 2006 Dodge Ram 2500. Waiting on resolution and the way ahead to fix current issues being the failure could be life threatening.

Tl the contact owns a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated while driving at approximately 25 mph, the steering linkage fractured. The vehicle was towed to carson city Dodge Chrysler Jeep (3059 carson st, carson city, nv 89701) but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact believed the failure was related NHTSA campaign number: 13v528000 (steering) and NHTSA campaign number: 09e-001000 (steering) which had not been remedied at this time on the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. Approximate mileage at the time of the failure was 164,000.

Death wobble on highway after hitting a bump in the road. The truck starts shaking and unable to control the vehicle while this is going on. Seatbelts will not release once this happens, even when seat belt is retracted all the way.

Front drivers side frame is cracked all the way through the frame beginning at the trac bar bracket. This makes steering extremely dangerous because the steering hardware binds. There was a recall (rcrit-15v541-5721) for trac bar bracket weld failures for vehicles from 2012 through 2014. I believe this is a related issue that seriously affects safety. I've attached five pictures.

Death wobble 11/28/17 you already know what the death wobble is. Uncontrollable shaking of the front end making it difficult to stop and steer truck.

Driving on busy pave road crossing bridge my right tire rod dislocated almost causing a bad accident.

Death wobble truck will start shaking violently and uncontrollably when you hit a small bump in the road.

Experiencing what people call death wobble. 18 months ago hit a bump on the highway and front end shook very hard, I thought I had a flat tire. Nothing found and didn't do it for about a year. This summer it started doing it and became a regular occurrence. Starts when hitting a bump above 60 mph. Only way to stop it is to slow down to below 30 mph. . . Very scary in highway traffic. Once had a tractor trailer veer off the road behind me. Had 2 shops look at it and can't find anything obvious. Replaced track bar, wheel bearing, stabilizer shock, regular shocks, steering gear and had front end realigned. Nothing is fixing it. Vehicle is stock height. . . No modifications.

Death wobble when hitting rough bridge on interstate at 65 mph, and slowing down to about 30 mph to get it to stop, very dangerous when you have to slow down to that speed on the interstate with tractor trailers behind me.

Multiple repairs to the front end suspension of the vehicle, to the point that we are now paying for the repairs and the dealership denying they replaced the most recent track bar on the truck and blame the tires on the truck. I am really tired of running off into a ditch after hitting a bump in the road or steer to miss a pothole. Just fix the truck correctly and stop making excuses telling us it is our tires when it is a 4x4 and they cannot put more sturdy parts on the front end or take blame for the steering shaft and gear box when these have been recalled under the death wobble. Hub assembly had to be replaced on this truck as well. Trying to turn the vehicle into a parking spot and constantly having to back into a space. This death wobble has gone too far. As far as the electrical they cannot find why the dashboard keeps flickering and we keep blowing fuses or bulbs. It is really getting annoying with this truck and all the repairs which we have had to do this vehicle, and yet take responsibility for it.

While driving at 70< hit a small bump and the truck started shakinv violently. Only way to stop it was bring the vehicle to a complete. Started back out and it worked fine. This has happened several more times. I have went as far as to having the torque convertor replaced with no luck. It does this to me at the speed os 65 to 75 mph. I have been reading and learned its refererd as the death wobble and is caused by faulty suspension and steering components.

After hitting a road imperfection, transition, or bump while driving at freeway speeds (50 to 70 mph), the front end and steering shakes violently. The only solution to stop the violent shake is to rapidly slow my truck to 35 mph or slower and hopefully be able to pull to the side of the freeway. I have nearly been in or have caused accidents on about a dozen occasions. I have replaced tires, shock absorbers, and the steering box and the problem continues to where I believe the truck is not longer safe to operate at freeway speeds. This violent front end / steering shake event has occurred on more than 2 dozen occasions.

The contact owns a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500. While driving 15 mph, the contact heard a popping noise from the front of the vehicle and the steering wheel became extremely loose. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the steering gear box fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 340,000.

Huge front end wobble @ highway speed, small road bumps starts the vehicle shaking vilantly , very hard to control. Feels like your front wheel is falling off.

The contact owns a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 15v313000 (air bags) and 13v528000 (steering) however, the parts were unavailable to perform the repairs. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

While traveling on the freeway at normal speed of 65 mph in the number 2 lane, my vehicle started to develop a dangerous steering wobble sensation. The wobble was so violent and uncontrollable that I feared for my safety. I let off the gas pedal and applied the brakes as my hands were being almost pulled off of the steering wheel from the force of the wheel being jerked back and forth against my will. I was able to get the truck back under control only after getting the speed down below 40 mph and pulling over. The incident caused an aggravation to an existing injury to my left shoulder which caused me great pain for up to 1 week. I inspected the vehicle thinking I had run something over or something had broken from my steering system. But I found nothing out of place. I have an appointment set to take it to the dealer on Friday July 31st 2015 at cerritos Dodge. This is the fourth time this has happened to my truck and scared me and my family while driving. My truck has always made a "click" noise while turning as well with no one able to diagnose the noise. I am getting nervous and scared to drive my truck at freeway speeds at this point.

I was cruising down a 4 lane highway at approximately 75 mph and hit a minor bump in the road. The vehicle started shaking violently (felt like a vertical motion and not side to side) I had to apply the brakes and quickly reduce speed to keep from losing control of the vehicle. Upon some research with similar complaints I would best describe my experience as one associated with the "death wobble". This issue has occurred more than once while driving at speeds around 75 mph. The shaking was violent enough that it shook everything off of the seats before I was able to stop. The source of the shaking I believe has to do with the front axle. I thought it may be a faulty tire or unbalanced tire so I had all of the tires inspected, rotated, and balanced. There were no issues found with the tires.

The contact owns a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500. While driving approximately 20 mph, there was a complete loss of steering. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road and then towed to the residence. The contact was a certified mechanic, who informed that the steering gear box shaft fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 63,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact received a notification for NHTSA campaign id numbers: 09e001000 (steering) and 13v528000 (steering) stated that the parts needed were unavailable to repair the vehicle. The dealer was unable to inform when the parts would become available. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Djr.

2006 Dodge Ram 2500. Consumer writes in regards to NHTSA recall #13v528. * ld the consumer stated the dealer refused to honor the recall. The dealer informed the consumer, the recall did not apply to her vehicle.

Failure to complete recall notice n62 / NHTSA 13v-528 dated December 2013.

Tl- the contact owns a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated that the Chrysler corporation stated that even though a recall notification letter was mailed to the contact for NHTSA campaign number 13v528000 (steering)the vehicle was out of warranty and they would not repair vehicle. The contact stated that while driving 35mph, when the left tire rode broke with out warning,and caused the contact to loss all control over steering and ended in a ditch. There were no injuries or police called to the scene. The vehicle was towed into a repair shop and no repairs had been made at this time. The failure mileage was 60,000. Lnc.

Continuously leaking power steering gear box. This is the 2nd replacement in less than 3500 miles and 3 months. When the vehicle is turning, it will squirt power steering out of the adjustment screw on top of the gearbox. Going 15-19 mph, the front end begins to vibrate; I can feel it in steering wheel but do take notice in the front end shaking. Not bad now but seems to be getting worse. The sound of coins can be heard in the ashtray/coinholder. Is there something going on here that needs to be looked at. Dodge dealership advises I need to buy a new steering gear box. How many do you have to buy? I am getting ready to buy my 3rd one in 4 months!!!! does this help steering? Dodge will not even look at this; I feel all they want to do is sell parts.

The contact owns a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated that the steering wheel made a popping sound when turned. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 13v528000 (steering); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 250,000.

Owner had a head on collision with a tree. Although there were brake marks, there seemed to be a loss of steering control. Alchol was not a factor in the incident. The vehicle was deemed a total loss and remains on hold for inspection by Dodge (which will hopefully done in a timely manner-ASAP). There were many documents of repairs to the vehicle which I disposed of before finding this recall notice. It was purchased in 2014 by current driver.