2006 Dodge Ram Pickup Ram from North America - Comments

Brake trouble, Computer trouble, Dealer has trouble with front end and tires are wearing on inside. Seats springs are making popping noises.

I made a mistake and purchased my first Dodge truck in 2006 because the price was CHEAP little did I know the whole truck was CHEAP. I can't trade it because I would never get in trade for what I now owe! The resale value of this truck stinks, I paid 20,000 in 2006 and in 2007 the Ford dealer would only offer me 13,000 in trade and all car lots say 13,000 is the NORM for this Dodge. So today I'm reading the paper and notice the 10 worst cars and trucks of 2007 were published, Dodge vehicles made the "FIRST 5"! Lessons learned the hard way!

Another factor is gas was also cheaper in 2006. no dealership can push big used gas guzzling trucks so therefore you can buy them cheap and consequently lose more money on a trade-in.

Yeah I see where you are coming from, Dodge trucks have the lowest resale value of all trucks and it has been that way for about 60 years. The Kelley Blue Book trade in value of a Dodge 2006, SL, truck with the 4.7 V8 and 20,000 miles today is only $10,115; a huge loss from what most people paid at the dealer. If you take a look on ebay, people are getting triple for Chevys and Fords compared to the Dodge trucks. You could take a 2003 Chevy S-10 to a dealer and get more for your trade than a 2006 Dodge... it stinks, but that is reality.

The Chrysler Sebring has the lowest resale value of all vehicles, I read an article in Car & Driver magazine about it, and it said if you paid like 28,000 in 2005 for a new Sebring today, it would be worth about 7,000 in trade in value... that's why you can go to a dealer and buy a 2005 or 2006 Sebring for around 10,000 to 12,000 easy.

Dodge had a good run for a few years, back in the 90's when they gave the dodge trucks that "freigtliner" looking grill sales went up. As of today Dodge is going back down quickly, the hemi is not all it was made out to be... in an attempt by dodge to use the name "hemi" to bring back memories of the good ole days only made people pissed when they purchased a new dodge to find out its nothing like the "old" hemi. Dodge quality has never been up to par compared to ford and chevy. Back when I was a kid in 1974 we had a dodge 1 ton dually with 4 doors, back in those days dodge used a long wheel base truck bed and attached some silly fiberglass fender flares over the dual wheels... if any of you ever saw a 1974 dodge dually it was a horrible site that was so ugly. The fenders would get loose and fall off.

I would disagree about historic Dodge quality. I think Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth made better cars than Ford or Chevy in the 1960's and 1970's, and even into the 1980's. But something did happen in the 1990's.

I never heard of a Dodge 727 or 904 Torqueflite transmission failing, but in the 1990's the minivan and Ram transmissions started to get that reputation. And in the old days, I never heard of a Mopar small block V-8 or a 225 Slant-6 seizing up, and yet the 4.7 Liter in the Durango, and the 2.7 Liter in the Intrepid seems notorious for being junk.

I maintain that Mopars from 1963 to 1975 were the best of their day. But in modern times, it's true, they haven't had much to offer me and so I've gravitated to Ford.

Here are a few things that keep me from buying a dodge, In 2004 I was very close to buying a crew cab 1/2ton, but backed out at the last minute. #1 The interior and dash on the dodge trucks is nothing, but cheap plastic. #2 Dodge seems to change the body style of their trucks about every 12 years, all they have done recently is change the headlights! Dodge should update their vehicles more often with better design changes. #3 I checked around online on dodge reviews and most of them had complaints about brakes and transmissions on Dodge trucks. #4 RESALE VALUE! #5 When I was going to buy the Dodge truck and backed out I was curious why the price was low, at the end of the year Dodge had so many trucks left over that did not sell, the sticker price was $28,000 on the truck I looked at, but the price had been lowered to $18,995. To some that would have been a good thing, but to me that was a red flag.

Been there done that! Had a dodge truck and danced with joy when I was finally able to trade it in on a new GMC. Took a big loss, but did not care. Will never buy another dodge.

Resale value tells you a lot about vehicles and the public is what sets the retail value of a vehicle, GM has the highest resale value of all trucks, then Ford. Dodge trucks have had low resale values for years due to poor quality, poor performance and lots of mechanical problems. The public will pay for quality and Dodge has yet to prove itself so the resale on dodge trucks is low.

I saw the article about the 10 worst cars of 2007 but it was not Dodge Ram, it was Dodge cars and that Dodge Nitro thing. Still Dodges, and that kind of sucks to know.

My 2006 has less than 5000 miles on it, and my last trip to the dealership will have been 4 weeks long if they actually finish their work early next week as they've promised. Even if it never has another problem, it will be the least reliable car that anyone I've ever known has had. (If they manage to finally fix it, I'm trading it off as soon as possible.) My troubles have all been electrical, and since they started out intermittent, they would keep the truck for a couple days and send me home until it got worse. So much for the "fix it the first time" promise that all the Dodge dealers seem to have posted in their shops. Won't be buying any Chrysler stuff for a while.

I have to disagree. Dodges have been the only good ones for me. Tried the Ford, it was decent, but required quite a bit of work. The Chevy. Can't even begin. First, I had a 2002 Silverado which was a complete nightmare from DAY 1! Now I have a 2004 Chevy Impala that decorates my driveway because water leaked into the engine and destroyed the heads (Or so I'm told) I'm now driving a 2007 Durango and my wife drives a Charger. Could not be happier with either.