2001 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

THIS PROBLEM IS ON A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK WITH ONLY 48,435 MILES ON IT. (BALL JOINT FAILURE) ONE LOWER BALL JOINT HAD .25 INCH OF FREE PLAY THE OTHER ONE HAD .10 INCH OF FREE PLAY, ONE UPPER JOINT HAD .07 INCH OF FREE PLAY . I REPLACED ALL 4 OF THE BALL JOINTS JUST FOR SAFETY. TOTAL COST WAS $780 . IF THESE BALL JOINTS HAD GREASE NIPPLES THIS FAILURE WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. I CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY WOULD ONLY COVER $110 OF THE REPLACEMENT COST. *TR

I HAVE INCURRED THE DASH OF MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKING FOR APPROXIMATELY THE LAST THREE YEARS. IT HAS VERY SHARP PIECES AND IS CONTINUING TO BREAK. MY DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT COULD BE FIXED AT A VERY EXPENSIVE COST. I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS UP TO THE CONSUMERS OF THE DODGE PICKUPS TO HAVE TO FIX THIS AT THEIR COST. I KNOW OF SEVERAL OTHERS IN MY HOME TOWN THAT ALSO DRIVE THE 2001 DODGE RAM AND THEY HAVE INCURRED THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH BOARD AND BEZEL HAVE SEVERELY CRACKED IT. *TR

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN TWO SEPARATE CRASHES ONE BEING HEAD ON AT 35MPH OVER $6000. IN DAMAGE TO TRUCK 2 ND TIME SAME TRUCK AFTER BEING ROLLED BECAUSE STEERING BOX GAVE OUT AGAIN 2ND TIME FOR THAT TOO. NO AIR BAGS COMPANY CLAIMS CRASH WAS NOT ENOUGH TO DEPLOY TRUCK WAS TOTALED AND MY HUSBAND IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A EVENING WITH HEAD TRAUMA. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 STARTED CRACKING AND LARGE PIECES OF DASH HAVE BEGAN TO BREAK OFF. THE MAIN CONCERN IS THAT PIECES OF DASH COULD FALL OFF AND DISABLE THE SOME OF THE VEHICLES ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (IE. HEAD LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS ECT..) ANOTHER CONCERN IS THAT IN A COLLISION A PIECE OF DASH COULD BREAK OFF AND HIT MY SPOUCE OR ONE OF MY CHILDREN CAUSING INJURY. *TR

I'VE NOTICED ON MY LOW MILEAGE 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 THAT THE DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING AND I BOUGHT A DASH MAT TO COVER THE PROBLEM AND NOW IT IS IN HORRIBLE CONDITION. I SEE THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND I WORRY IF I AM EVER IN A WRECK WITH A PASSENGER THAT THEY ARE GOING BE HARMED BY THE LARGE CHUNKS OF DASH THEY ARE VERY SHARP. I HAVE TAKEN GREAT CARE OF THIS PICKUP AND THERE IS NO REASON THAT THIS SHOULD BE HAPPENING! *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4. THE LAST 3 YEARS MY DASHBOARD HAS BEEN CRACKING. 3 YEARS AGO I WENT TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT TIDEWATER DODGE AND THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY AND I LEFT DISAPPOINTED. HE CLAIMED IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT. AT THE TIME I ACCEPTED HIS LOGIC UNTIL LATELY I FOUND OUT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. SINCE THEN I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME YEAR TRUCK. I THEN LEARNED THAT IF YOU GO ON A COMPUTER SEARCH ENGINE AND TYPE "DODGE DASHBOARD CRACKS" THERE ARE NUMEROUS CHAT ROOMS AND WEBSITES SET UP JUST FOR THIS PROBLEM. YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITHOUT CHRYSLER ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM IS THEIRS. YOU DON'T SEE THIS PROBLEM IN OTHER TRUCKS. WE NEED HELP PLEASE. MY CONCERN IS SAFETY. IT IS CRACKING SO BAD I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING IT BECAUSE IF I HAVE A MINOR ACCIDENT AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYS, IT WILL EXPLODE AND SEND SPLINTERS OF PLASTIC AT ME AND MY PASSENGERS. I CAN'T HELP BUT TO SHIVER THINKING OF SPLINTERS, PROPELLED UNDER PRESSURE, ENTERING MY EYES AND/OR NECK IN A SMALL FRONT END ACCIDENT THAT DEPLOYS THE AIRBAG. CAN YOU PICTURE THAT? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? HAS THIS HAPPENED AND SOMEONE THOUGHT IT WAS THEIR FAULT? I SHOULDN'T FEEL UNSAFE IN MY VEHICLE AND THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FAULTY EQUIPMENT. THE DEALER COST OF REPLACEMENT IS $1,000.00 - $1,200.00 EACH. THAT IS THE REASON THEY WON'T RECALL THE PROBLEM. IS IT A MONEY MAKER FOR A FAILING COMPA

2001 DODGE PICK UP - HOOD FLEW UP DUE TO FAILURE OF SECONDARY SAFETY LATCH - PURCHASED REPLACEMENT HOOD HINGES @ COST $239.00 - DAMAGE TO HOOD ALSO WHICH I DID NOT REPAIR. *TR

CRACKS IN DASHBOARD ON TRUCK DURING ACCIDENT DASHBOARD THAT WAS CRACKED WITH LOOSE PIECES FLEW AND CUT MY PASSENGER MOST OF THE PIECES WERE SHARP AND WERE LOOSE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. *TR

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, HAS A COUPLE OF VERY SHARP PIECES OF PLASTIC PROTRUDING FROM DASH, COULD HARM A PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. THE TRUCK WAS KEPT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, ARMOR ALL'ED AND KEPT IN A GARAGE MOST OF ITS LIFE. THERE IS CURRENTLY A COVER MADE OUT OF A VERY LIGHT MATERIAL TO COVER THE DEFECT, HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT THE PLASTIC COULD EASILY PENETRATE THE COVER AND POTENTIALLY SEVERELY HARM A PASSENGER. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP. NOTICED WALKING AROUND MY TRUCK ONE DAY A CRACK IN MY DASHBOARD STARTING AT THE WINDSHIELD RUNNING TO THE DRIVER COMPARTMENT. A CLOSER LOOK REVEALED 5 MORE CRACKS. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS OLD ENOUGH FOR THIS TO HAPPEN BUT DECIDED TO GO ONLINE TO ORDER A REPLACEMENT DASH. I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO FIND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER DODGE RAM OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. A VIDEO OF A NEWS REPORT FROM A FLORIDA TV STATION IS WHERE I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS SITE. THEY URGED ANY RAM OWNER WITH THIS PROBLEM TO CONTACT YOUR SITE. I WILL MOST LIKELY PAY TO HAVE THIS FIXED. MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN MATERIAL FROM THE VENDOR DODGE USED FOR THE DASHBOARDS AND THEY WILL NOT OWN UP TO IT. THE NEWS REPORT MADE ME HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PIECES OF THE DASH FALLING IN ON THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OR CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLY SOME SAFETY ISSUES. *TR

HUGE CRACKS IN DASHBOARD AFTER ONLY 50,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. *TR

SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE DASHBOARD BEGAN CRACKING IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONDITION HAS CONTINUED TO WORSEN AS TIME GOES BY. LARGE PIECES ARE FALLING DOWN INTO THE DASH AREA AND MAY CAUSE SHORTING OUT OR EXPOSING WIRING. *TR

CRACKED DASH ON 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. *TR

CRACKED DASHBOARD. NO OFF ROAD USE OR ACCIDENT. MULTIPLE CRACKS ORIGINATING ON PASSENGER SIDE ON THE FRONT OF DASH BETWEEN VENT AND WINDSHIELD. SHARP, CRACKED PLASTIC ABOVE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AREA. *TR

JUST FILING THIS COMPLAINT OF THE DODGE RAM DASH. IT HAS FELL TO PIECES, SOME OF THE PIECES ARE FOOTBALL SIZED. IF YOU TYPE IN DODGE RAM DASH ON GOOGLE, YOU WILL FIND A TON OF FORUMS WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. TALKED TO DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT HELP ME WITH ANY THING. IT SEEMS WITH ALL THE PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, IT IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT IN THE PLASTIC. I HAVE A 2001 RAM 1500 NOW WITH 91,000 MILES. WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IT HAD 39,500 MILES AND A SMALL CRACK IN THE DASH. NOW THERE IS HARDLY A DASH LEFT. I JUST HOPE THAT A PIECE OF PLASTIC DOES NOT FALL THROUGH AND MAKE THE AIRBAG DEPLOY OR NOT DEPLOY WHEN IT SHOULD. THANKS, MAD DODGE OWNER. *TR

THE DASH BOARD HAD SPLIT AND BROKEN. OVER HALF THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED. *TR

DASHBOARD AND FRONT BEZEL CRACKED FOR NO REASON. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM CAVED IN LAST YEAR AND I REPLACED IT YESTERDAY FOR $548. I WAS TOLD IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2001. *TR

DASH BOARD IN 2001 DODGE RAM IS COMPLETELY FALLING APART. STARTED ONLY 3 YEARS AFTER OWNING TRUCK. THIS IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS! TRUCK HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD OTHER THAN DASHBOARD, BUT I FEEL LIKE DODGE NEEDS TO DO A RECALL ON THESE THINGS. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 - DASH HAS PRACTICALLY DISINTEGRATED - CRACKS AND HUGE HOLES IN THE DASHBOARD AND SHARP EDGES ON THE PIECES THAT ARE LEFT. UNSAFE SINCE ELECTRICAL WIRING AND AIR BAGS ARE UNDER DASH. NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED AS OF YET. *TR

DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKED DASHBOARD. *TR

FLASHING LIGHT ON ODOMETER READS, "NO BUS" AND THE GAUGES DO NOT WORK. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS TRUCKS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM? *TR

I, LIKE MANY OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING CRACKED DASH PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD MY 2000 RAM 1500 AND NOW MY 2001 RAM 1500 DASHES CRACK AND FALL APART. THE DEALERSHIPS TELL ME THAT DODGE DOES NOT SUPPORT REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE DASH. THEY NO LONGER STOCK AND BACK ORDERS ARE IGNORED THE DASH AND THE INSTRUMENT BEZEL THAT CRACKS OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE 2000 TRUCK WAS TOTALED IN A WRECK AND I WAS INJURED BY THE DASH DEBRIS AND NOT THE ACCIDENT. *TR

DASH BOARD ON MY 2001 DODGE 1500 CRACKED REPLACED WITH NEW DASH BOARD AND RECRACKED WITHIN A MONTH IN A DIFFERENT AREA. *TR

DASH IS CRACKING IN SEVERAL PLACES. ONE HUGE CRACK DOWN THE CENTER, ITS BASICALLY IN 2 PIECES RIGHT NOW. SEVERAL OTHER PLACES, THE DASH IS CAVING IN, BREAKING INTO PIECES AND FALLING INSIDE. *TR

I ALONG WITH OTHER OWNERS OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM TRUCK THAT HAS THE WHOLE DASH CRACKING AND FALLING APART. THE DEALERS/ CHRYSLER IS OF NO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS AN APPARENT DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL OR THE WAY THE DASHES WERE MADE. *TR

DASH CAP ON 98 -2002 1500- 3500 DODGE TRUCKS DASH CAPS START CRACKING AL OVER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT MADE OUT OF PLASTIC THESE ARE FAULTY AND DODGE KNOWS IT OR THEY WOULD NOT STOCK THEM. AND CHARGE YOU 460.00 FOR THAT PIECE OF PLASTIC SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. MY DASHBOARD BEGAN COLLAPSING. MY WIFE CALLED DODGE AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THIS IS HAPPENING A LOT, THERE IS NO RECALL. THEY FURTHER ADVISED HER TO CALL LOCAL DEALERSHIPS TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP. THE DEALERSHIPS ADVISED THAT THERE WOULD A $100-$200 DEDUCTIBLE AND THEY WOULD GET BACK TO US, TO DATE THEY HAVE NOT. SHE CALLED STEVE COOPER AT LOCAL 6 NEWS WHO DID A STORY ON THE ISSUE. *TR

2ND TIME DASH HAS CRACKED, THIS TIME GLOVE BOX HAS FALLEN OFF DO TO HINGE BRAKING. I REPAIRED THE GLOVE BOX WITH A KITCHEN CABINET HINGE AND THE NUMEROUS CRACKS ARE BEING COVERED WITH EPOXY TO KEEP THE PIECES FORM BLOWING UP IN MY FACE AS I DRIVE. *TR

MY 2001 DODGE RAM TRUCK HAS CRACKED DASHBOARD THAT HAS LITERALLY FALLEN APART. A QUICK SEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT DODGE REFUSES TO FIX. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK HAS CRACKS ALL THROUGH THE DASHBOARD AND PARTS OF IT HAVE BROKE OF INTO DASH. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 STARTED DEVELOPING CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD IN 2007 STARTING NEAR THE WINDSHIELD. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2001 AND NOW HAS 95,000 MILES. *TR

DASH IS CRACKED AND FALLING APART. CAN PRODUCE SHARP PROJECTILES DURING CRASH OR HARD STOP. *TR

I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WITH MY 2001 DODGE 1500 WITH A CRACKED DASH BOARD. THE AIR BAG LODGED PIECES OF DASH 4 INCHES INTO MY PASSENGER SEAT. I THANK GOD NONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS WERE SITTING THERE. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH HAS STARTED CRACKING AND CAVING IN FOR NO REASON, I KNOW ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2001 DODGES. IT IS A DANGEROUS RISK WITH EXPOSED WIRES AND SUCH AND SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DODGE DEALERS TO FIX. *TR

THERE IS A LARGE CRACK IN THE DASH BOARD. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, ELECTRICAL ISSUES MAY ARISE, ALONG WITH SPEAKER FAILURE AND DASHBOARD LIGHT FAILURE. THE CRACK RUNS FRONT THE FRONT WINDOW TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DASHBOARD. MY 16 YEARS OLD DRIVES THIS TRUCK. IT IS NOT SAFE. DEALER SAYS NOT A RECALL ITEM, NOTHING TO DO. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE TO 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 FOR THIS MODEL YEAR, THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND REPLACED BY DODGE. SHOULD THIS VEHICLE BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY, ELECTRICAL ISSUES MAY ARISE FROM THE VIBRATING OF THE DASHBOARD. DASHBOARDS DO NOT CRACK. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. A FEW YEARS AGO, I NOTICED THAT THE DASH ON MY TRUCK WAS CRACKED. FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS AND IT'S BUSTED INTO A DOZEN OR MORE PIECES. I JUST THOUGHT IS WAS JUST MY BAD LUCK UNTIL I WENT TO THE INTERNET TO SEE ABOUT GETTING A REPLACEMENT AND DISCOVERED THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY 2001 DODGE TRUCK HAS THIS SAME PROBLEM, SOME WORSE THAN MINE. IT APPEARS THAT DESPITE ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, CHRYSLER REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OR DO ANYTHING TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW IT THIS QUALIFIES AS A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT THE AIRBAG IS INSIDE THE DASH ALONG WITH ALL THE WIRING, A/C, ETC. THAT IS NOW EXPOSED. PERHAPS THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE EXCEPT NOT BUY THEIR POORLY MADE PRODUCTS IN THE FUTURE. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. MY DASH BOARD HAS STARTED TO CRACK SEVERELY. AFTER REVIEWING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER OWNERS OF DODGE TRUCKS ON THE INTERNET I FELT THAT I TO SHOULD IN FROM SAFERCAR.GOV. THERE ARE CONCERNS OF LARGE PIECES OF THE DASH BOARD CRACKING AT ONCE AND SEVERING ELECTRICAL WIRING THAT CAN CAUSE ELECTRICAL SHORTS AND MAYBE FIRE. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOUR DEPARTMENT COULD HELP ALL THE DODGE OWNERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU *TR

CRACKING AND DISINTEGRATION OF COMPLETE DASH COVER EXPOSING ELECTRICAL AND OTHER CRITICAL COMPONENTS. *TR

CRACKED DASHBOARD. *TR

THE BRAKE STEEL LINE WHICH RUNS DOWN THE FRAME ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ROTTED OUT LUCKY MY WIFE HAD JUST PULLED OUT THE DRIVEWAY AND WAS NOT AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *TR

DEFECT AMONG MULTIPLE OWNERS!!!! WHEN I BOUGHT MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 V6 PICKUP, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. IT HAD A CLEAN ENGINE, CLEAN BODY, NO SCRATCHES, EXCEPT UNDER THE BED COVER, AND THERE WAS NO CRACK IN THE DASH!!!! *TR NOW ONE YEAR LATER, I HAVE THIS HUGE CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, THAT RUNS FROM THE WINDSHIELD ALL THE WAY TO THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT! I HAD NO IDEA WHERE IT CAME FROM, SO I CLICKED ON THIS SITE, FOR A DASH COVER, AND LUCKILY, I FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY OF US WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM, THAT DODGE NEEDS TO FIX, FOR FREE! THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD BE ANYTHING BUT A FACTORY FLAW, AND DODGE NEEDS TO DO A RE-CALL AND FIX THEM. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO, TO UNITE AND GET THIS PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF ASAP? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME BY EMAIL...I LIVE IN DARLINGTON, SC...EMAIL ME AT: [email protected] LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH ABOUT THIS VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND HOW WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT POST #: 1

HUGE CRACK IN THE DASH CAUSE DRYROTTING IN THE WIRING AND CAUSED HEADLIGHTS TO GROUND OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE BUT DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE I HIT A DITCH AND IT CAUSED A MINOR INJURY TO MY BROTHER. THIS COULD HAVE VERY EASILY BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BEFORE> DODGE REFUSES TO EAT THE COST AND FIX THIS SUBSTANDARD DASH PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH HAS STARTED CRACKING REALLY BAD. MY ONLY REAL PROBLEM WITH THAT, THAT IF I HAPPEN TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG IS DEPLODE IS THERE A CHANCE THAT IT WILL EITHER BECOME AIRBORN AND FLY WITH THE AIR BAG AND BECOME EVEN MORE OF A DANGER OR IF IT WILL CUT THE AIRBAG AND MAKE IT NON USABLE .I'VE TALKED WITH A FEW FRIENDS AND ALL THERE DASHES ARE THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD THINK THAT DODGE WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BUT I GUESS NOT..THANKS *TR

MY DASH CRACKED SEVERAL YEARS BACK WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS WIPING IT DOWN AND SLICED MY HAND OPEN AND GOT TO LOOKING AT WHAT IT WAS THAT CUT MY HAND AND NOTICED SEVERAL CRACKS IN THE DASH BOARD. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM AND THEY HAD A REP. LOOK AT IT AND HE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS NOT A DEFECT. SO I PROCEEDED HIGHER UP THE CHAIN BUT TO NO SURPRISE I DID NOT GET ANY HELP FORM THEM EITHER. THEY SAID THAT THERE REPS WORD IS THE FINAL DECISION. NOW AFTER 7 YEARS OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH A CRACKED DASH OR SHOULD I SAY NO DASH. I MEAN I PRACTICALLY HAVE NO DASH LEFT IT HAS ALL JUST FELL IN. LEAVING MANY IMPORTANT EXPOSED WIRES DIRECT TO THE SUNLIGHT. ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS UNDER THERE (WIRES SHORT OUT CAUSING A FIRE OR HEADLIGHTS NOT TO WORK AT NIGHT OR SOMETHING TO THAT AFFECT) WHILE IM DRIVING AND CAUSES ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I FEEL THAT DODGE SHOULD PICK UP THIS TAB TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AS IT HAD HAPPENED TO MANY DODGE VEHICLE OWNERS ACCORDING TO ALL THE POSTING ON THE INTERNET FORUMS REGARDING THIS SUBJECT. I WISH SOMEONE WOULD STEP UP AND MAKE THEM PICK UP THE TAB FOR ALL THESE POORLY DESIGNED DASHBOARDS. *TR

THE DASH STARTED CRACKING FROM THE DEFROSTER AREA, I NOW HAVE NO DASH, HAVE A DASH COVER. NOW THE CONTROL PANEL IS CRACKING. DEALER HAS REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO FIX, PEOPLE I KNOW THAT HAVE REPLACED OUT OF POCKET AND THE NEW DASHBOARDS CRACKED AS WELL. I BELIEVE THAT MY PASSENGER AIR BAG IS COMPROMISED THAT COULD CAUSE INJURY IF DEPLOYED. *TR

LARGE CRACKS BEGAN APPEARING ON THE DASHBOARD AT 57,000 MILES. TWO OF THESE CRACKS RUN ACROSS THE ENTIRE SURFACE LENGTH (FROM FWD BACK). VEHICLE NOW HAS 95,000 MILES. I AM UNSURE OF THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE DASHBOARD COMPONENTS THAT ARE NOT VISIBLE, AND THE HAZARD THEY MAY POSE TO VITAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LOCATED THERE IN. *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM IS CRACKING AND CRUMBLING. I CONTACTED DODGE'S (LACK OF) CUSTOMER SERVICE (THEIR REFERENCE NUMBER 1Z256049, REPS NAME WAS JESSICA). THEY TOLD ME (IN SO MANY WORDS) THAT IT IS MY PROBLEM NOT THEIRS. OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE MY MONEY NOW AND ARE NO LONGER CONCERNED WITH MY RETURNING AS A CUSTOMER. SO THIS IS HOW THE "NEW DODGE" IS IMPROVING THE COMPANY??? IF THEY DO NOT STEP-UP TO THE PLATE AND DO THE HONORABLE THING, SHAME ON THEM. THEIR REPUTATION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD THUS THEY WILL CERTAINLY PAY FOR THEIR SHAMEFUL METHODS IN THE END. REGARDS, JOSH *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK AND THE WHOLE DASH IS CRACKED AND FALLING IN. I DO KNOW THAT THIS SITUATION WAS ON THE NEWS ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO AND I DID FILE MY REPORT BUT I STILL DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT DODGE PLANS TO DO WITH THIS SITUATION. *TR