2006 DODGE RAM 1500 Visibility Problems

TURN SIGNALS FAIL TO WORK COMPLETELY, OR RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WILL ACTIVATE WHILE USING LEFT SIGNAL OR VISE-VERSA. HEADLIGHTS WILL FAIL WHILE THIS "MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH" SHORTS OUT. NO WIPERS, NO TURN SIGNALS, NO LIGHTS. *TR

WHEN U TURN THE SIGNALS ON THEY GO THE OPPOSITE WAY OR COMPLETELY GO OFF IT CAUSES THE BREAK LIGHTS TO GO OUT AS WELL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND CAN RESULT IN A CRASH THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED ALONG TIME AGO WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE ANYTHING I MY SELF FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IT GIVES EVERYONE A FALSE DIRECTION AND RESULTS "WRECK" I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS WITH THIS IT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY I HAVE REPLACED BULBS AND IT IS NOT THE PROBLEM THE PROBLEM IS IN THE FACTORY SCREW UP. *TR

TURN SIGNALS FAIL TO OPERATE CORRECTLY .WHEN LEFT TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IS OPERATED THE RIGHT SIGNAL FLASHES ..THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO OPERATE... *TR

WELL SOME TIMES THE WIPERS WILL NOT WORK OR DO NOT WORK PROPERLY AND THE SIGNALS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN CHOSEN IT DOES THIS MOST ALL THE TIME I CAN PRESS FORWARD ON THE SWITCH LEVER SOMETIMES AND GET IT TO WORK PROPERLY BUT SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. *TR

MY 2006 DODGE RAM TRUCK TURNS ON THE WRONG TURN SIGNAL, FOR INSTANCE IF I AM MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND I PUSH THE STALK UP, THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL TURNS ON. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND SOMETIMES MY TURN SIGNALS WORK AND SOMETIMES THEY DO NOT. I ALSO HAVE THE RELATED PROBLEM THAT I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS. WHEN I TURN THEM ON, THEY WILL STAY ON FOR MINUTES AT A TIME ON A HIGH SPEED AND NOT TURN OFF. OTHER TIMES THEY WILL ONLY GO ONE OR TWO TIMES AND SHUT OFF COMPLETELY WHILE IT IS POURING RAIN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TOWARDS FLAGSTAFF AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN, THE WIPERS WENT OFF. AFTER I PRESSED THE WASH CONTROL, THE WIPER FUNCTION, WASHED THE WINDOW AND WIPED IT ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO PULL OVER. THE WIPERS CONTINUED TO WORK SPORADICALLY ALLOWING US TO CREEP TO TOWN FOR THE NIGHT. NOW, THEY DO NOT WORK AT ALL AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE REPAIR SERVICE TO OBTAIN BACK ORDERED PARTS. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE AVOIDED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. SURELY THIS FUNCTION IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THE PROBLEM STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT I THOUGHT IT HAD CORRECTED ITSELF. THE PAST FEW WEEKS IT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM AND WILL NOT STOP. WHEN TURNING THE WIPERS ON MIST, THEY DO NOT WORK. I HAVE TO SWITCH IT TO THE NEXT SETTING TO MAKE THEM MOVE. THE BLINKERS ARE EITHER WORKING INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL. WHEN TURNING LEFT, THE RIGHT ONE COMES ONE, BOTH FLASH AND STOP OR IT WILL SWITCH FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. THE SAME THING HAPPENS WHEN TURNING RIGHT. TURNING ON THE BRIGHTS DOES NOT WORK EITHER. IT MAKES THE WASHER FLUID AND WIPERS WORK. *TR

THE BLEND DOOR ON MY TRUCK BROKE. THIS DOOR IS USED TO MIX OUTSIDE AIR FOR THE HVAC SYSTEM. THE DOOR PREVENTS AIR FLOW THROUGH THE VENTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND HAZARD LIGHTS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MULTI FUNCTIONAL SWITCH, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,200.

NO AIR FROM AC VENTS - DEFECTIVE DESIGN OF RECIRCULATING DOOR. *TR

I OWN 2006 DODGE RAM 1500 MEGA CAB THE TURN SIGNAL AND WIPER SWITCH WORKS AT BEST SOME OF THE TIME IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO USE THE TURN SIGNALS WHEN THEY ARE TURNED ON THEY JUST GO HAYWIRE AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE TO BE TURNED ON AND OF TO GET TO WORK THEN THEY STOP. TRYING TO GET DODGE TO FIX THE ISSUE.. *TT

I HAVE A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. MY A/C, HEAT, OR DEFROST HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE I BOUGHT IT USED IN 2008. I CAN HEAR THE FLAN BLOWING HARD BUT HARDLY ANY AIR COMES OUT OF ANY OF THE VENTS. MY CONCERN IS THAT IT DOES NOT DEFROST MY WINDOWS PROPERLY AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IN THE FUTURE. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE LIVING IN TEXAS FOR MOST OF MY MILITARY CAREER BUT AM PLANNING ON MOVING TO A COOLER CLIMATE AND I KNOW THAT NOT BEING ABLE TO DEFROST MY WINDOWS WILL BECOME AN ISSUE. IT ALSO BECOMES AN ISSUE ON LONG TRIPS WHEN I CAN'T GET THE CAB COOLED ENOUGH WHEN IT'S 110 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND CAN'T GET IT BELOW 95 DEGREES INSIDE MY TRUCK. *TR

WHEN TURN LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON RIGHT TURN SIGNAL COMES ON AND VICE VERSA. WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES WILL ONLY WORK ON LOW SPEED. *TR

RECIRCULATION DOOR ON HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM BROKE OFF INSIDE DUCT WORK AND WAS RESTING ON THE BLOWER FAN OF 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. CANNOT USE DEFROST MODE BECAUSE BROKEN DOOR IS RESTRICTING AIR FLOW. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2003-2008 DODGE RAM TRUCKS. TRUCK HAS 26,000 MILE AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY. DEALER WANTS 850-1,000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. *TR

BLEND DOOR ON THE HVAC SYSTEM HAS FAILED. UNABLE TO GET HEAT UP TO THE WINDSHIELD FOR PROPER DEFROST/DEFOGGING. DEALERSHIP STATES THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR THE 2006 RAM 1500 AND THAT THE 2007 RAM 1500 FEATURED A DESIGN CHANGE THAT CORRECTED THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH TURN SIGNALS AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. IF THE LEFT SIGNAL WAS ENGAGED THE RIGHT SIGNAL WOULD COME ON. WHEN THE RIGHT WAS ENGAGED THE LEFT SIGNAL WOULD COME ON. WHENEVER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ON THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH TO A HIGH OR LOW MODE INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

2006 DODGE RAM 1500 BLOWER DOOR BROKEN CAN'T CONTROL WHERE HEAT IS DIRECTED, CANT DEFROST WINDSHIELD. *TR

THE RECIRCULATION DOOR BROKE FOR THE HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONING. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES A LOW FLOW RATE BECAUSE THE DOOR BLOCKS THE FAN OPENING, WHICH LEADS TO FOGGED WINDOWS AND SNOW BUILDUP ON THE WINDSHIELD. DODGE IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS REENGINEERING THE DOOR ASSEMBLY, BUT IS NOT FIXING VEHICLES WITH THE PROBLEM IF THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, INSTEAD THEY ARE CHARGING CUSTOMERS FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT, BUT DODGE IS NOT REPAIRING VEHICLES WITH THE PROBLEM, INSTEAD THEY ARE CHARGING CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR MISTAKE. MY TRUCK IS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH ONLY 35,000+ MILES ON IT, BUT OUTSIDE OF DODGE'S 3 YR OR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. PLEASE MAKE THEM RECALL THIS ISSUE. GOOGLE "2006 DODGE RAM 1500 RECIRCULATION DOOR" AND YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

THE VEHICLE IS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 70 MPH THE WINDSHIELD BECAME FOGGED UNEXPECTEDLY AND WOOD NOT CLEAR. NO AIR WOULD EXIT THE DEFROSTER VENTS AND THE SYSTEM WAS STUCK IN THE VENT MODE. THE RESULT WAS A NEAR HIGH SPEED COLLISION AS I WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES THIS SEASON AND THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER STATES THAT DODGE IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM INDICATING THAT THE SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE A NEW HOUSING AND HEATING DOOR. THE ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR IS BETWEEN $800 AND $1000. I HAVE SPENT $85 TO HAVE THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT AND ESTIMATED. AT THIS TIME THE VEHICLE HAS NO FLOOR HEAT, AND THE DEFROSTER WORKS ONLY INTERMITTENTLY AND COMPROMISES VISIBILITY IN CERTAIN WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS PROBLEM FIRST PRESENTED ITSELF WITH 65,000 MILES ON...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE DEFROSTING IN THE VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO OBSCURE HER VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FRACTURED RECIRCULATION DOOR AND PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,000. UPDATED 02/23/11 *BF

I HAVE A 2006 DODGE 1500 AND MY BLINKERS AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN I SIGNAL TO TURN LEFT THE RIGHT BLINKER COMES ON. AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON LOW START GOING REALLY FAST. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING. IT STARTED AT ABOUT 69,000 MILES. *TR

PURCHASED A NEW 2006 DODGE QUAD CAP AT 33,000 MILES THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED (IF YOU SIGNAL TO TURN RIGHT THE LEFT SIGNAL WOULD COME ON, AND VISE-VERSA, HIGH BEAM WOULD NOT TURN OFF AFTER GETTING IT TURNED ON, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WOULD TURN WHILE SIGNALING, AND STOP PERIODICALLY DURING RAIN STORMS). THE DEALER REPLACED THE FAULTY SWITCH, AND AT 54,000 MILES THE SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN, AND IS DOING SAME THINGS. *TR

MY 2006 DODGE RAM 1500 IS HAVING ISSUES WITH THE SIGNALS AND WIPERS. SERIOUS PROBLEM WHEN I AM DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND MY LEFT BLINKER SAYS I'M TURNING RIGHT AND VICE VERSA. WIPERS NOT WORKING AT ALL. I WAS CAUGHT IN THE RAIN TODAY AND MANUALLY HAD TO FLIP MY WIPERS AND SIGNALS ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB AND RECENTLY THE TURN SIGNAL / WIPER SWITCH HAS BEEN ACTING UP. QUITE OFTEN WHEN I PUSH DOWN TO TURN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON THE RIGHT COMES ON AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN NO TURN SIGNAL COMES ON AT ALL. I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED BECAUSE OF THIS. ALSO SOMETIMES THE WIPERS WILL NOT COME OUT OF INTERMITTENT NO MATTER WHAT SETTING I HAVE THEM ON. AGAIN THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM ALL THAT I COULD GET TO WORK WAS INTERMITTENT. I HAVE READ ONLINE OF OTHER 2006 DODGE RAM OWNERS HAVING THESE SAME ISSUES. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

HEATER DOOR BROKEN AND MADE DEFROSTING VERY SLOW. THIS APPEARS TO BE A CONSTANT PROBLEM ON DODGE TRUCKS ETC. *TR

AIR NO LONGER BLOWS OUT OF DEFROSTER. WINDOWS FOG UP. *TR

HVAC SYSTEM BLEND AIR DOOR FAILED. PREVENTING CONTROL OF AIR TO WINDSHIELD DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS. *TR

1) THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE ASSEMBLY AND FLUID FROZE. THAT IN TURN SHORTED OUT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (MAIN COMPUTER) WAS TOLD FCM INTERNAL FAULT NEEDS TIPM. DO NOT HAVE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID. 2) 1-27-10 HEATER/DEFROSTER QUIT WORKING. HAD TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR ASSEMBLY. WHEN REPLACING FOUND A BROKEN DOOR IN THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY. HAVE NOT REPLACED THE DOOR. 3) VERY BAD FRONT END VIBRATION. WAS JUST TOLD THAT BOTH BEARINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED. 4) CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH CODE NEED EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM VALVE. *TR

2006 DODGE RAM 1500 WINDOWS HAVE FROST,ICE,OR FOG ON THEM MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE TO DRIVE SAFELY. THE DEALERSHIP'S ESTIMATE IS FOR $850.00 TO REPLACE A BLENDER DOOR WITH A NEW 2007 DOOR BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL UNIT BREAKS TO EASILY.

A RECALL IS DEFINITELY IN ORDER HERE FOR THE CABIN AIR BLEND DOOR BREAKING, 2006 THROUGH 2002 MODELS HAVE HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FILED AND IN 2006 HAD THE MOST FILED YET IN 2007 ZERO COMPLAINTS FILED FOR THIS PROBLEM , LET ME EXPLAIN WHY. I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER FILED A COMPLAINT AND GOT NOWHERE, THEY JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR BAD DESIGN, OR STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT!! I WILL NEVER BUY A PRODUCT FROM THEM AGAIN. THE AIR BOX HAS AN OPENING WITH ONE TAB PROTRUDING OUT SO WHEN THE BLEND DOOR CLOSES IT STOPS AT THE TAB, WELL THE TAB ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO RECEIVE THE IMPACT OF THE DOOR SLAMMING IT AND BREAKS OFF THUS JAMMING CLOSED OR FALLING OFF, THE ENGINEERS AT DELMAR CHRYSLER FIGURED THIS OUT AND ENGENDERED A NEW BOX WITH TWO TABS SO IT WONT BREAK YET THE SERVICE DEPT AT...

THERE HAS BE A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT PROBABLY 100 TIMES BUT PAID NOT MUCH ATTENTION UNTIL THIS WINTER. THE TURN SIGNAL LEVEL IS ALSO USED TO TURN ON THE WIPERS ON THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM ARISES WHEN THE VEHICLE LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON, THE WIPERS ARE ON, AND THE TURN SIGNAL ARE TURNED ON. FOR NO REASON THE TURN SIGNAL FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IS THE ONE THAT OPERATES. NORMALLY WHEN YOU ARE TURNING TO THE RIGHT THE TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT TURN ON AND THE LEFT SIDE SIGNAL TURN ON. IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM I HAVE TO TURN THE WIPERS OFF COMPLETELY. THIS CAUSES A PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS IMPAIRS VISIBILITY AN ALSO IS GIVING OTHER DRIVERS THE WRONG SIGNALS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THIS ISSUE BUT SINCE I RESIDE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA IT IS A REQUIREMENT...

ALL CONTROL OF DEFROSTER, HEAT AND A/C WAS LOST. FAN CONTINUED TO OPERATE WITH NO WAY TO CLEAR WINDSHIELD, HEAT OR COOL TRUCK. DODGE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF FAILURE AND UPDATE TO CORRECT. THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE FACTORY WARANTEE AND IS A SAFTY ISSUE AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED. YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SEE THRU THE WINDSHIELD TO DRIVE.

2006 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH SEVERAL PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLES MAIN REAR ENGINE SEAL BLOWN. MULTI HEMI MOTOR HAS NO POWER. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL, PLUS OTHER RECALLS WERE FIXED. *KB THE ABS HAD A MINOR VIBRATION WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED HARD. THE CONSUMER HAD AIR CONDITION, STEREO AND HEATER PROBLEMS. *JB