While driving down the road my vehicle died. Once I pulled over the truck was engulfed in a cloud of white smoke. Popped the hood and there was diesel fuel sprayed all over the engine bay. In order to determine the issue I cranked the engine over for a moment and found that the #4 fuel line had cracked and was spraying fuel everywhere. How the vehicle did not catch fire surprises me. It turns out the bracket which isolates the fuel line had fallen off. When I purchased the new part (~$75.00), I noticed how they redesigned the line so it would not have this issue in the future. So obviously cummins/ chrysler are aware of the issue, but have not taken any step to at least let their customers know that they have redesigned the part. After further research on the internet, there are hundreds of discussion threads about this, and how it has happened to many other dodge cummins owners with vehicles built from 2004.5-2007.5.
2006 Dodge RAM 2500 fuel system complaints
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Dodge truck, 2500 with 6.1 liter cummins. Fuel rail broke at 112,000 miles. Diesel fuel was pumped out onto exhaust manifold. Extreme smoke, but no fire. Truck has been excellently maintained per manufactures booklet.
I was driving approximately 65 MPH when I noticed a strong smell of fuel and a trail of white smoke coming from my vehicle. I pulled off the highway at the next exit and I lost all power. I was barely able to pull over and stop because I lost my power steering and power brakes. It took a lot of effort just to get stopped and I was lucky I was pulling off the highway in s straight line and I was not on a hill or a curvy road. Once I got pulled over and stopped I noticed an extreme amount of diesel fuel dripping from the engine compartment and the whole under carriage of the truck. The firewall insulation was completely saturated with fuel. The number 4 fuel line had ruptured a leak at the seam behind the coupling nut and spewed diesel fuel all over the engine compartment, probably two to three gallons worth. I have read several complaints about this year and model of this vehicle having the same issue with the number 4 fuel line but no other fuel lines on this model. I feel I was very lucky that the fuel did not ignite or the whole vehicle would definitely of caught on fire and the out come would of been catastrophic for my family that was in the vehicle.
Upon entering the freeway and just getting up to freeway speed, the right (driver-side) rear tire separated from the tread causing the vehicle swerve violently. Driver was able to recover and stay on the road. Extensive damage to wheel well, right rear quarter panel, bumper, taillight, and tailgate. No other vehicles involved.
Driving my 06 dodge ram mega cab 2500 5.9l diesel, the #4 fuel line cracked directly behind the nut on top of the engine. This happened in dec 09 and happened again in jan 11. This caused a few gallons of fuel to leak onto the hot engine which could have caused a fire due to the distance I had to drive (no services near for 15 miles in the middle of alaskan winter). Truck was towed to the local dodge dealer and part was replaced since engine was still under warranty. This time the part is 64.00 dollars and labor is 130.00.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 dodge ram 2500. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the contact noticed that the check engine light illuminated. The dealer was notified and the contact was awaiting a response. The manufacturer had not been notified. The vehicle had not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were 59,249. Updated 01/24/11 *cn according to the invoice, the dealer found a fuel leak under the hood. Updated 03/23/11
#4 fuel injector line failure, 2006 dodge 2500 diesel, one owner,never wrecked. Sprayed fuel all over under hood and on exhaust with a lot of smoke and strong diesel smell. According to dodge parts department, this part, cummings part #508674ab, goes bad so often that it is the only fuel injector line out of a possible six lines that they keep in stock. The potential for a fire,with this failure,is, in my opinion,is very high. A recall is in order. I am a retired auto mechanic with about 40+ years experience.
Faulty fuel filter system on dodge diesel trucks. I have a 2006 dodge 2500 ram diesel truck with 19000 miles on it. I had an issue of it losing power, replaced the filter, then within 3000 miles it happened again. I replaced the filter again, but it still did not help much. I drove to the dealer, and it died within a few hundred yards. Finally got it to the dealer, they had to tow it in. The dealer said it was bad diesel that plugged the fuel injectors and ruined the injection pump. The insurance company sent a lab for tests, they say the fuel is normal. Now I'm stuck with a $10,000.00 repair bill that should have been under warranty with dodge. If the fuel is normal, why wouldn't the filter do it's job. I've seen some reports on the internet that some dealers are adding a second filter onto their trucks to prevent this. The service tech said they see this often, but the insurance will usually pay. If they see it often, isn't this a faulty design????
There is an intermittent long start time on the 06 dodge cummings diesel (10 to 15 seconds). After first 400 miles the truck was brought back to dealership and in formed that approximately 1/3 of the time the truck has a starting time of 10 to 15 seconds, was told they had a computer fix. Installed update and problem persisted. Took back to dealer and was told dodge is aware of problem but has no fix. It is june of 06 and they have known of problem should have made me aware of this before I bought truck.
Have a 2005 dodge cummins, and a 2006 dodge cummins. They were built with an upgraded injection system, that has a one micron injector.. After a short time the injectors become plugged the computer system reacts by sometimes decelerating and other times the engine tries to run away or accelerate without your foot on the pedal, the times that happened was fortunately at a light with engine idling. This has happened to both the 2005 and 2006 trucks repaired by dodge no warranty repair at great cost they say bad fuel that is their standard line, met a guy yesterday who had 2004 his did this eleven times, bad fuel bad fuel he said all his friend were buying diesel at the same place, no problem. I own five dodge cummins pickups have never had this problem before they upgraded their injection system....
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