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2006 Dodge Ram 1500 body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 17 complaints for the 2006 Dodge Ram 1500, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
17 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
78,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 78,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 78,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 31% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 16 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 78,000 miles, and 31% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was on my way to work when I crashed into a dump truck and my car was pretty much totalled the accident was horrible and the air bag did not deployed. I constantly suffer back pain and although I was told by the hospital to get the treatment I lost my job due to the pain I get plus I did not have any transportation. And now I see that there is a recall for this vehicle for the air bag.

Reported at 106,000 miles, April 2015 CrashInjury

While driving my 2006 dodge 1500 megacab truck at 70 MPH, the truck started shaking violently and out of control. I held it as straight as I could and applied the brakes. The shaking finally stopped at about 20 MPH. This was especially dangerous, because it was in the fast lane of traffic during rush hour. I later read some forums on the internet that labeled this problem the "death wobble." it appears, from the many experiences described on the forums, that this is a common problem with dodge.

Reported at 44,000 miles, October 2009

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