2006 Dodge MAGNUM problems and owner complaints
Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.
Key facts
321 owner complaints analyzed
5 distinct recall campaigns
80,000 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 2006 model year. Data snapshot: . 253 complaints include usable failure mileage.
Most common problems
Engine is the most frequently named component, appearing in 85 of 321 complaints (26.5%). A complaint can name multiple components.
| Topic | Matching reports | Share of complaints |
|---|---|---|
| Engine operation | 128 | 39.9% |
| Fuel system concerns | 62 | 19.3% |
| Transmission and shifting | 43 | 13.4% |
| Braking behavior | 30 | 9.3% |
| Steering behavior | 25 | 7.8% |
| Electrical and battery issues | 7 | 2.2% |
Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.
Component breakdown
Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Engine | 85 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 62 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 51 |
| Air Bags | 48 |
| Power Train | 47 |
| Electrical System | 29 |
| Steering | 20 |
| Power Train:Automatic Transmission | 18 |
Engine: 85; Fuel/Propulsion System: 62; Fuel System, Gasoline: 51; Air Bags: 48; Power Train: 47; Electrical System: 29; Steering: 20; Power Train:Automatic Transmission: 18
Reported problems by failure mileage
Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Under 25,000 | 19 |
| 25,000 to 49,999 | 38 |
| 50,000 to 74,999 | 56 |
| 75,000 to 99,999 | 66 |
| 100,000 to 149,999 | 57 |
| 150,000 and above | 17 |
Under 25,000: 19; 25,000 to 49,999: 38; 50,000 to 74,999: 56; 75,000 to 99,999: 66; 100,000 to 149,999: 57; 150,000 and above: 17
75,000 to 99,999 miles has the most reports with usable mileage (66). 68 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.
Complaints over time
Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 16 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 9 |
| 2011 | 23 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 57 |
| 2014 | 64 |
| 2015 | 40 |
| 2016 | 25 |
| 2017 | 20 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 |
2005: 1; 2006: 4; 2007: 8; 2008: 16; 2009: 10; 2010: 9; 2011: 23; 2012: 8; 2013: 57; 2014: 64; 2015: 40; 2016: 25; 2017: 20; 2018: 11; 2019: 15; 2021: 3; 2022: 1; 2023: 3; 2024: 1; 2025: 2
Pattern summary
Engine leads the component reports. Engine operation appears in 128 complaint narratives. Fuel system concerns appears in 62 complaint narratives. Transmission and shifting appears in 43 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.
Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.
Complaint evidence
Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.
Owner report 10149529 · 2006-02-06 (February 6, 2006)
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT NO PARTICULAR SPEED, THE THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL, HOWEVER THE RPM'S NEVER EXCEEDED 1800. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR NEEDED REPLACED. AFTER THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED, ANOTHER PROBLEM AROSE. DRIVING AT NO SPECIFIC SPEEDS, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE CONTACT DESCRIBED THE SOUND AS A MUFFLED EXPLOSI…
Owner-reported narrative. 1,800 miles reported. Look up ODI 10149529 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10201492 · 2007-08-28 (August 28, 2007)
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MISFIRING JUST DAYS AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATES AND THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE POWER IS UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE COILS TO BURN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BURNED ENGINE COILS AT THE COST OF $400, HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE LOSS OF FIRE. THE DEALER ALSO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC ON THE VEHICLE, BUT LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, THE FAILURE REC…
Owner-reported narrative. 48,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10201492 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10415682 · 2011-07-22 (July 22, 2011)
FAILED FUEL TANK CONTROL VALVE HAS CAUSED THE GAS TO CONTAMINATE THE VAPOR CANISTER AND PURGE VALVE. AFTER EVERY FILL UP WHEN I PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC THE CAR WILL DIE OUT IN FRONT OF ON COMING CARS.
Owner-reported narrative. 60,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10415682 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10500678 · 2013-02-27 (February 27, 2013)
V8 ENGINE REPEATEDLY AND UNPREDICTABLY STALLS AND LOSES POWER DURING DRIVING AND TURNING SITUATIONS. RECOVERS AFTER 1-2 SECONDS IN SOME INSTANCES, STALLS COMPLETELY AND IS DIFFICULT TO RESTART IN OTHERS. PRODUCES EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN TRAFFIC AND AT INTERSECTIONS. LOCAL DODGE DEALER (HALL DODGE) HAS HAD CAR FOR SIX WEEKS+ AND HAS FAILED TO CORRECTLY DIAGNOSE & REPAIR. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM INVOLVES FUEL TANK VALVE, AS IT IS MORE PREVALENT (SEE MANY ONLINE POSTS OF IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS…
Owner-reported narrative. 74,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10500678 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10170854 · 2006-10-15 (October 15, 2006)
THE VEHICLE SURGES BETWEEN 1500-3500 RPM'S AND SOMETIMES AT IDLE. THE PROBLEM COMES AND GOES AND IS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. SOMETHIMES AT A STOP THE TRANS WILL NOT DOWN SHIFT AND WHEN I ACCELERATE AGAIN IT IS STUCK IN A HIGH GEAR WHICH HAS MANY TIMES CAUSED ME TO BE PUT IN DANGER WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, THE CAR WON'T ACCELERATE TO SPEED PROPERLY. IT IS UNERVING TO NEVER KNOW IF IT WILL DRIVE PROPERLY WITHOUT SHIFTING OR SURGING PROBLEMS. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 15,000 MILES AND I HAVE TAKEN IT INO…
Owner-reported narrative. 21,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10170854 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10173757 · 2006-11-17 (November 17, 2006)
I PURCHASED A 2006 MAGNUM FROM LITHIA OF FAIRFIELD IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, 2006. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS (MAY-OCT) WITH THE ONLY DISTRACTION BEING ONE OF THE REAR WINDOWS OPERATED FINE FROM BOTH POWER SWITCHES FOR 90% OF THE TIME. I TOOK IT IN DURING ROUTINE WARRANTY SERVICE AND EXPLAINED TO ONE OF THE SERVICE MANAGERS BUT BECAUSE THE POWER WINDOW SWITCHES WERE OPERABLE THAT DAY I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO (THAT DIDN'T SIT TO WELL WITH ME, BUT I SHRUGGED IT OFF AND SAID OK). IN OCTOBER, A FEW OT…
Owner-reported narrative. 12,500 miles reported. Look up ODI 10173757 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10223197 · 2008-04-02 (April 2, 2008)
1. DANGEROUS! ENTIRE CAR SHAKES WHEN TRAVELING AT 40-80+ MPH. THE SHAKE SHOWS UP IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH MAKES THE CAR UNSAFE TO HANDLE AT SPEEDS OF 65MPH. IT IS SIMILAR TO THE SHAKE WHEN YOU BRAKE AND THE ROTORS ARE WARPED ONLY THIS SHAKE IS NOT PRESENT WHEN BRAKING, ONLY UNDER ACCELERATION AND USUALLY ONLY WHEN YOU GO OVER 40MPH. IT GETS SO BAD THAT PEOPLE IN THE CAR ALWAYS ASK WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR, ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE ONLY HAD IT 11 MONTHS. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE TIE RODS WERE REPLACED AS AN ATTEMPT …
Owner-reported narrative. 5,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10223197 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10240052 · 2008-08-28 (August 28, 2008)
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AUTOMATICALLY. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD STILL ACCELERATE TO SPEEDS HIGHER THAN 70 MPH. HE HAD TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT A FUEL INDUCTION CLEANING SERVICE WAS NEEDED. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES BEFOREHAND. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 42,000.
Owner-reported narrative. 42,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10240052 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10210431 · 2007-11-30 (November 30, 2007)
THE TIRES ON MY 2006 DODGE MAGUNUM RT MAY BE SUSPECT. HOWEVER, WHEN THE CAR WAS GIVEN A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT AT ABOUT 6000 MILES, IT WAS FOUND TO NEED MAJOR ADJUSTMENT AT ALL FOUR WHEELS. THIS CAR HAD NOT HIT ANYTHING TO KNOCK THE WHEELS OUT OF ALIGNMENT SO I HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THE CAR WAS POORLY ASSEMBLED. I NOW HAVE ABOUT 21000 MILES ON THE CAR AND I STILL FEEL THAT THE CAR HAS VERY UNPREDICTABLE STEERING. I HOPE THAT THE CAUSE IS TIRES WHICH I CAN REPLACE (MUCH TOO EARLY). BUT I FEAR THAT THERE MAY BE A STEERING RACK PROBLEM. *TR
Owner-reported narrative. 5,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10210431 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10219549 · 2008-02-28 (February 28, 2008)
I HAVE NOT OWNED MY DODGE FOR MORE THAN A YEAH AND I AM ENCOUNTERING TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND VARYING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. *TR
Owner-reported narrative. 33,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10219549 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10263768 · 2009-03-31 (March 31, 2009)
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM. THE CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL FAILURES WITH HER VEHICLE AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WAS INOPERABLE AND FAILED TO MOVE WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO PULL AND SECURE IT OVER HER BODY. SHE WOULD HAVE TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND PLAY WITH THE BELT FOR A WHILE BEFORE IT WOULD OPERATE PROPERLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENTIRE SEAT BELT MODULE, BUT THE SEAT BELT FAILED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE RELATED TO THE C…
Owner-reported narrative. 28,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10263768 at NHTSA ↗