NHTSA Complaint #10486049 — 2006 DODGE RAM 3500

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