2006 Dodge RAM 2500: harsh or hard shifting

5 of the 670 complaints about the 2006 Dodge RAM 2500 describe harsh or hard shifting.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 1%
typical mileage: 33,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 8 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Harsh or hard shifting by model year

2012
3
2011
2
2009
2
2008
4
2007
1
2006
5
2005
1
2004
1
2003
4
2001
3
1999
1
1998
3
1997
2
1996
1
1995
1

What owners say

Filed Dec 4, 2013 · Steering · 105,000 miles · WI · crash

While driving 55 MPH on a rural road without any warning (shaking, clunking, noise of any kind, or some kind of steering issue) the tie rod end on the passenger side front wheel separated causing the passenger side front wheel to turn to the right and I lost all steering control. The truck pulled suddenly to the right, and into the ditch unexpectedly with myself and my 2 yr old son on-board. Luckily we were on a rural road if this had happened on the highway it could have killed someone. This is a serious safety issue, a tie rod should not separate without warning.

Filed Jun 14, 2013 · Steering, Suspension · 88,000 miles · FL

I was traveling highway I-95 near jax , fl. While crossing an overpass expansion joint between bridge and pavement the front end of my truck began violently shaking - so bad I could barely keep control. I slowed as fast as possible and headed for the median out of the way from traffic following. Truck completed an entire "donut " in median causing all traffic to stop. I immediately thought a blown tire. I had previously replaced tires, shocks and fresh alignment less than 500 miles prior to incident. I called dodge care and they said there was a recall on steering linkage. I took truck to gator dodge in melbourne florida for the recall. Service manager mike said the truck didn't apply to recall. He blamed the violent "death wobble" on my brand new tires and non mopar shocks. Shocks are aftermarket direct fit for my truck from monroe. He also said that I needed an alignment and tires rebalanced. I did what he asked and brought truck back to gator dodge for a new diagnosis. He then blamed the violent shaking on " glazed rotors". Oddly the problem does not happen when braking. He then talked with his service manager and replaced the pittman arm, stabilizer shock and some kind of control arm with new adjustment clamps for free. Did nothing to correct the problem. The truck still makes "clunking noises " from somewhere behind firewall when just crossing over the white stop lines on the road or even my garden hose in the driveway. Death wobble can be duplicated at high speeds but he refused to drive to highway to show him the problem. I am going to install a new steering gearbox and aftermarket stabilizer tomorrow and see what happens. I have a feeling it will be wasted money. I believe the truck needs recalled before I kill someone on the road. I cant afford a new truck and will not let my kids ride in this one.

Filed Oct 15, 2012 · Transmission · 2,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge ram 2500 megacab. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the entire vehicle began to vibrate severely and a metal-on-metal clunking noise emitted from the transmission. The failure recurred continuously. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on ten separate occasions for the same defect. The four tires were rotated but the failure continued. The technician informed the contact that there was not a remedy available to correct the malfunction. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 2,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Aug 9, 2011 · Steering, Suspension · 33,000 miles · CA

Violent shaking in front end...otherwise known as the "death wobble." also has a clunk in steering wheel. Have replaced upper and lower ball joints, tie rods, and track bar. Have replaced tires, balanced, and rotate/balance ever 5000 miles. Issue still keeps occurring. Has occurred with two separate sets of tires(load e and load d)shop now saying to replace steering shaft, steering box, shocks, and steering stabilizer. Shop also says dodge trucks are their best customers.

Filed Sep 2, 2010 · Transmission · 30,000 miles · PA

Front axle u joints at only 38,000. Miles although I believe they were bad before under 36,000 three years. But didn't show that bad only slight clunk when shifting to 4 wheel drive and sharp tight turns there are no grease fitting on these parts it is a sealed unit(the u joint) so it couldn't be maintained.