2001 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SHE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE ENTIRE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO PARK BUT THE SHIFTER WAS STUCK IN THE DRIVE GEAR. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SHIFTER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ENGAGING. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WHENEVER SHE WOULD DRIVE OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE. IN ADDITION, OFTEN WHEN THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION UNTIL AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER AN UNKNOWN RECALL AND THE FAILURES DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT RELATED TO THE FAILURE THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

2001 DODGE RAM DASH CRACKING AND A LARGE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DASH. FIRST CRACK APPEARED AFTER TURNING ON THE DEFROST, IN 2005. REPORTED IT TO DODGE. TOLD YOU ARE OUT OF WARRANTY COST TO REPAIR $1300.00 PLUS LABOR. I WAS STILL MAKING PAYMENTS. JUST LAST WEEK THE DASH MADE A POPPING NOISE AND A 11'WIDE HOLE FROM THE BEZEL TO THE WINDOW OPENED UP. DODGE WANTS $100.00 FOR DIAG AND COPAY TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE DASH. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKED ON OUR DODGE 2001 RAM TRUCK. DASH IS NOW LIFTING UP WHEN YOU DRIVE WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN. *TR

THE DASH IS CRACKED TO THE POINT THAT IT SURROUNDS THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IF IT WERE TO EVER BE USED THERE WOULD BE SHARP DEBRIS FROM THE DASH IN LARGE AND SMALL PIECES IT COULD SERIOUSLY INJURE SOMEONE PLUS YOU CAN NOT FIND A REPLACEMENT FROM THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

ON 8/19/2009, I WAS TRAVELING EAST ON RT 360 IN CHESTERFIELD CO, VA IN MY 2001 DODGE 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. AS I APPROACHED THE LIGHT AT TURNER RD, I APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THE TRUCK WAS NOT STOPPING AS NORMAL. I STRUCK THE NISSAN IN FRONT OF ME IN THE REAR. DAMAGE DONE TO BOTH VEHICLES BUT THANKFULLY THERE WERE NO INJURIES. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE STEEL BRAKE LINE THAT RUNS ALONG THE INSIDE OF THE FRAME RAIL HAD BURST CAUSING THE REAR BRAKES TO FAIL. THE INSURANCE COMPANY RESPONDED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND INSPECTED THE OLD BRAKE LINE. IT APPEARS FROM SEVERAL DODGE FORUMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SOME MODEL YEARS BUT DODGE REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AS THE NEXT VICTIM MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY AS I. *TR

THE DASH BOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKING AND FALLING OUT AND THE SHARP EDGES OF THE PIECES ARE A DANGER TO ANYONE IN THE VEHICLE, SHOULD IT BE INVOLVED IN A CRASH. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 PICKUP IN APRIL, 2009. APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS AFTER OWNERSHIP, I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON INTERSTATE 95 NEAR RICHMOND VA, AT ABOUT 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I CAME TO A STOP, AND TOOK A STATE ROUTE THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP, AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE VEHICLE FOR SOME OBVIOUS DEFECT. I COULD SEE NOTHING. A FEW DAYS LATER, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN ASE CERTIFIED REPAIR SHOP. THEY NOTICED SLIGHT PLAY IN THE LEFT FRONT U JOINT, SO I HAD BOTH REPLACED, KNOWING THAT COULD NOT HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSED WHAT I EXPERIENCED. I DROVE THE VEHICLE ABOUT ANOTHER 6 MONTHS AND HAD THE SAME INCIDENT OCCUR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND ASKED THEM TO INSPECT THE SUSPENSION, EXPLAINING THE VIOLENT SHAKING THAT OCCURRED. THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL 2 WEEKS AGO. AGAIN, WHILE DRIVING ON I95, AT ABOUT 70, OUT OF NOWHERE, WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. IT SHOOK MY BODY SO HARD IT BLURRED MY VISION. THE AC VENT COVERS SNAPPED OUT , MY COFFEE UP BOUNCED OUT OF A TIGHTLY SQUEEZED HOLDER, AND MY DASH BOARD TOP CRACKED INTO ABOUT 15 PIECES. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY DANGEROUS AND VIOLENT. I CAME TO A STOP. ONLY THEN DID THE SHAKING STOP. I LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND ALL ROUND FOR SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY WRONG, BUT SAW NOTHING. THAT EVENING, I GOOGLED DODGE TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND LEARNED ABOUT THE "DEATH WOBBLE". IF THE AUTHORITIES WOULD READ THE INTERNET, AND REPORTS ON THIS ISSUE, IT WOUL

DASHBOARD AND DASHBOARD BEZEL CRACKED. DASHBOARD AT THIS POINT CONSIST OF LARGE HOLES, VIRTUALLY DASH AND BEZEL NO LONGER ARE IN PLACE. THIS PROBLEM HAS AFFECTED NOT ONLY THE TRUCKS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BUT ALSO THE TRUCKS AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM. *TR

THE DASH BOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE 1500 IS CRACKED SO BAD THAT CHUNKS ARE STARTING TO FALL IN AND LEAVING BEHIND VERY SHARP EDGES. SOMEONE IS GOING TO END UP CUTTING THEMSELVES AND DODGE IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THEM AS A PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY, THE HOOD RELEASED IN AN UPWARD POSITION TOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE HOOD LATCH MECHANISM WAS DEFECTIVE. THE HOOD WAS SECURED WITH A PIECE OF MATERIAL IN ORDER FOR THE CONTACT TO REACH HIS DESTINATION. THE CONTACT WILL NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHEN THE CONTACT TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A YEAR AGO THE FRONT BRAKE LINES ON THE VEHICLE WERE REPLACED. THE REAR BRAKE LINES WERE BROKEN AND COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 84710.

SPARE TIRE IS NOT PROPERLY SECURED WHICH CAUSES YOU TO LOOSE YOUR SPARE TIRE WHICH HAS HAPPENED TO ME CAUSING DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTS CAUSE CABLE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO SECURE YOUR TIRE PROPER AND NOW I AM LIKE OTHERS I HAVE SPOKEN TO WITH THE SAME TRUCKS HAS HAPPENED TO THEM ALSO. NOW I HAVE TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER SPARE AND REAR BUMPER DUE TO DAMAGE DONE AND DENT TO REAR CORNER PANEL. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TO DODGE SO IT CAN BE REPAIRED RIGHT SO IT IS NOT A SAFETY HAZARD TO ALL OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN SHE NOTICED THERE WERE SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS IN THE PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD. . IN ADDITION, THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ALSO LEAKING COOLANT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE AIR CONDITIONER COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE DASHBOARD MUST BE REMOVED DURING THE AIR CONDITIONER SERVICE REPAIR. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE SEVERE DEFECTS OF THE DASHBOARD A REPLACEMENT WAS REQUIRED BEFORE THE AIR CONDITIONING REPAIR COULD BE PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

FROM AUG 08 TO PRESENT AT SPEEDS OF 40 MPH AND UP MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 WHEN HITTING A BUMP THE FRONT END DEVELOPS THE "DEATH WOBBLE" HAVE HAD TO TWO DIFFERENT DODGE DEALERS AND HAVE PAID TO HAVE ALL BALL JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS, STEERING BOX ETC REPLACED AND PROBLEM IS STILL THERE NOW I START LOOKING ONLINE AND I SEE I AM ONE OF MANY OUT THERE WITH THIS PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HAVE DODGE COME UP WITH AN ACTUAL FIX FOR THIS IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD THIS HAPPEN ON THE PA TURNPIKE AND NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS AND BEEN VERY CLOSE TO SOME DEADLY ACCIDENTS WITH IT. I HAVE ACTUALLY BOUGHT ANOTHER VEHICLE AND TRUCK IS SITTING IN MY YARD. THE ANSWER I GET FROM DODGE IS TRADE IT IN IF IT IS SUCH A PROBLEM BUT I REFUSE TO PUT ANOTHER FAMILY IN THAT POSITION. SO I SIT HERE LISTENING TO MY MONEY IN THE YARD WASTE AWAY. *TR

DASHBOARD HAS CRATERED AND PIECES BREAK OFF TO THIS DAY. HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CUTS AND WIRING ISSUES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROBLEM AND WORRIED THAT AIR BAG MIGHT BE INVOLVED WITH THE ISSUES. HAVE PLACED A COVER OVER GAPING HOLES WHILE WAITING FOR A RECALL REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AND HAS GAPPING HOLE. I HAVE REPLACED THE DASH ONCE ALREADY AND NOW I CAN NOT GET REPLACEMENT ARTS. THE PIECES ARE FALLING IN THE DASH AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT ELECTRICAL ISSUES. MY SPEAKERS ARE SHORTING OUT SOMETIMES. *TR

ACCORDING TO TWO MECHANICS, ONE BEING A DEALER, MY TRUCK HAS BRAKES THAT WERE MADE FOR A PASSENGER CAR, NOT A TRUCK. THE RESULT IS HAVING TO REPLACE THEM ABOUT ONCE A YEAR OR MORE, OFTEN HAVING TO REPLACE THE ROTORS, WITH SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. I HAVE PUT ABOUT 4000 WORTH OF BRAKES INTO THIS TRUCK OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND DODGE SHOULD BE FORCED TO REPLACE THESE BRAKES WITH HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT. *TR

INSPECTED VEHICLE, FOUND DEEP GROOVE WORN INTO CORD LEVEL OF SIDEWALLS OF BOTH LEFT-SIDE TIRES. FOUND LEFT FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER SUPPORT BRIGHT, SHINY, POLISHED. THERE IS NO, OR MISADJUSTED, STOP SO LEFT FRONT TIRE AND SHOCK SUPPORT ATTEMPT TO OCCUPY SAME SPACE DURING SHARP LEFT TURNS, GOUGING TIRE. INTERFERENCE HERE EXISTED FOR AT LEAST 10,000 MILES GIVEN TIME OF LAST TIRE ROTATION THAT PUT DAMAGED TIRE ON REAR. SEVERE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWOUT EXISTS. HAVE SEEN OTHER REPORTS OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS THROUGH DODGE RAM 1500S. THIS IS 6 CYLINDER MODEL. PROBLEM WILL IMMEDIATELY RECUR IF TIRES REPLACED AND TURN SHARP LEFT PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AS NOT YET REPLACED. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH PAD IS CRACKED AND SEVERAL PIECES ARE MISSING. I ASK THE DEALER IF DODGE HAD ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD NO. I HAVE BEEN READING SEVERAL COMMENTS ON CORCOMPLAINT ABOUT DRIVERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM HAVING ADDITIONAL ISSUE SUCH AS HEADLIGHTS NOT COMING ON AND OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS...HAVING LARGE HOLES IN THE DASH AND HAVING THE SUN HEATING UP ELECTRICAL WIRES SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS MY REASON FOR FILING THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKED SO BAD IT'S NOT SAFE. *TR

PURCHASED 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 AS NEW. IN SUMMER OF 2009 DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK IN NUMEROUS AREAS. WE PLACED DUCT TAPE ON IT. HOWEVER, THIS DID NO GOOD, AS THE CRACKS HAVE GOTTEN BIGGER AND THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD HAS A BIG CRATER IN IT. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THE DASH LITERAL BREAKS TO PIECES. A $30K TRUCK SHOULD BE BETTER EQUIPPED WITH QUALITY MATERIAL. AT ONE POINT WILL THE INTEGRITY OF THE AIR BAG BE COMPROMISED! THIS IS A RISK TO ALL 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 OWNERS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED FROM FLYING PARTS. THIS IS ALSO A COSTLY REPAIR DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE, IT IS BETWEEN $900 - $2000. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) 2001 DODGE DASHBOARD FLEW APART WHILE GOING DOWN A DIRT ROAD AND CUT MY FACE! WHAT A PIECE OF [XXX]! AFTER I CHECKED AROUND LOOKS LIKE DODGE NEEDS A SAFETY RECALL ON THAT DEFECTIVE PLASTIC DASH. *TR

DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP - THE DASH IS CRACKING AND COLLAPSING; IT APPEARS THIS COULD EASILY INTERFERE WITH THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AND IS A VERY REAL SAFETY ISSUE YET THE MANUFACTURER IS IGNORING THE ISSUE WE NEED SOME ACTION. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE TRUCK IN WHICH WAS GARAGE PARKED AND THE DASH IS SEVERELY CRACKED AND WHICH I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE AIR BAGS GOING OFF AS THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE AND THE DASH CAVES IN. *TR

COIL SPRING BROKE FROM DRIVER SIDE. THE MECHANIC SAID HE HAS NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPENED ON DODGE 1500. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED UNDERNEATH THE WINDSHIELD, EXTENDED TO THE FRONT OF THE DASHBOARD; AROUND THE INDICATOR GAUGES AND TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS DESIGNED USING PLASTIC THAT WOULD CRACK AS THE VEHICLE AGES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THE DASHBOARD SUSTAINED CRACKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE OWNER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERVICE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB 4X4, ON SAT 4-17-10 MY FAMILY AND I WERE CAMPING IN NORTHER MICHIGAN, CLIMBED INTO MY TRUCK AND CLOSED THE DOORS. ONCE WE CLOSED THE DOORS THE DASH SHATTERED AND A PLASTIC SHARD FLEW ONTO MY 18 MONTH OLD DAUGHTERS LAP AND SHE PICK IT UP. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT AWAY FROM HER BEFORE SHE ATE IT. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR A CALL BACK FROM CHRYSLER ABOUT REPLACING THE DASH. I SHATTERED IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE DASH AND IN MANY DIRECTIONS. I ONLY HAVE 58,000 MILES ON MY TRUCK. I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE REPLACED!

DASH IN 2001 DODGE 1500 IT IS CRACKING FALLING APART SAFETY HAZARD SHOULD BE RECALL WE WILL HAVE NO DASH MY FRIEND HAS ONE TOO HIS HOLE DASH IS ALMOST GONE. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING AND CAVING IN. RIGHT NOW THERE IS A MASSIVE HOLE WITH SHARP PIECES THAT CONTINUALLY BREAK OFF AND POSE A DANGER EVERYTIME I NEED TO REACH ON THE DASH. MY WIRING IS EXPOSED AND STARTING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. THIS IS A DEFECT FROM DODGE AND I NEED TO HAVE IT FIXED BEFORE AN INJURY TO MYSELF OR MY FAMILY OCCURS. *TR

DASH IS CRACKED AND FALLING IN. VEHICLE STOPS RUNNING DUE TO WIRES BEING EXPOSED.

WHEN ARE YOU FOLKS GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS HAZARD? ARE YOU JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET HURT?? IT IS IRRESPOSNSIBLE TO CONTINUE TO NEGLECT THIS. YOU HAVE 802 COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE AND MOST ARE THE FOLLOWING ISSUE!!DODGE RAM DASHBOARD MANUFACTURER DEFECT; FALLING APART CREATING A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD IN NUMEROUS WAYS. UPDATED 04/12/10

MY DASH STARTED CRACKING BEFORE I BOUGHT IT BACK IN 3/2009 BUT NOW THE CRACKS ARE "HOLES". THE DASH IS LITERALLY CAVING IN. WHAT IS LEFT IS SHARP EDGED PIECES THAT CAN EASILY CUT YOU. ALSO, THE WIDE OPEN CRATERS ARE ALLOWING THE HOT TEXAS SUN TO BAKE THE WIRING AND HAS TO BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE RANDOM INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT SEEM TO BE CROPPING UP PERIODICALLY.

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AND BUSTED. I DO NOT WANT A DODGE REPLACEMENT. IT WILL JUST DO IT AGAIN. I FOUND ONE FOR 300 DOLLARS FROM SANDKINDUSTIES.COM. ALL I WANT FROM DODGE IS THE 300 DOLLARS TO ORDER THE DASH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SUSTAINED SEVERE CRACKING THROUGHOUT THE SURFACE. THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY LARGE CRACK ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE NEAR THE AIR BAG. THE MOST SEVERE CRACKS BEGAN TO PEEL. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 05/10/10 *BF UPDATED 07/16/10*JB UPDATED 09/20/10

HAVING NOTICED A LOSS IN BRAKE FLUID, IT BECAME A RUST OUT BRAKE LINE. THIS TRUCK, HAS 107K MILES. AND THIS BRAKE LINE IS IN THE REAR PORTION OF THE GAS TANK AREA, THAT CONNECTS TO THE REAR SYSTEM. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THESE DODGE TRUCKS. AS HAVE FOUND OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES. *TR

MY DODGE RAM PICK UP DEVELOPED THE "DEATH WOBBLE" 3 YEARS AGO AND IT IS NOW SO BAD, I WON'T TAKE IT ON THE FREEWAY SINCE IT DOES THE WOBBLE AT 50 MPH. IT IS VERY FRIGHTENING AND I DON'T TRUST THE TRUCK ANYMORE. *TR

MY DASH BOARD BEGAN CRACKING AND FALLING APART. FINALLY, JUST CAVED IN WHEN HEATER CORE WAS BEING REPLACED. I CUT MYSELF AND NEARLY BURNT MYSELF BY THE HEATER CORE TRYING TO GET THE PIECES OUT. THIS IS A MAJOR HAZARD!! *TR

WE OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM CLUB CAB. MY HUSBAND BOUGHT THIS TRUCK USED BUT IN GREAT CONDITION FEBRUARY 2006. WHEN PURCHASED IT HAD A TINY CRACK IN THE DASH UP NEAR THE WINDSHIELD NOTHING WORTH MAKING A BIG DEAL OF. OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS SO MANY CRACKS HAVE APPEARED YOU CANT TELL IT USED TO BE ONE PIECE! ONE TIME I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A NOISE, TURNING OFF THE RADIO AND STOPPING THE TRUCK I LOOKED UP TO FIND THE DASH LITERALLY BREAKING APART BEFORE MY EYES. THESE CRACKS ARE THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE TRUCK. DRIVER SIDE TO PASSENGER SIDE. DODGE NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR PRODUCT. SINCE WHEN ARE THEY EXEMPT FROM HAVING TO OWN UP TO THEIR FAILURES. IT IS A SHAME THAT THEY ARE RUINING THEIR OWN NAME BY TURNING THEIR HEADS TO THIS OBVIOUS PROBLEM. THEY MAKE SOME GREAT TRUCKS, SO WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO RUIN THEIR OWN REPUTATION BY NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS? *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500, WHEN IT WAS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD THE DASH STARTED CRACKING. SINCE THEN, THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE DASH IS COLLAPSED AND CRACKS ARE APPEARING IN THE FRAME AS WELL AS THE LOWER DASH. SHARDS OF PLASTIC FROM THE DASH WENT INTO THE BLOWER FOR THE A\C AND CAME OUT OF THE VENTS. IF I DIDN'T WEAR GLASSES ANYWAY THE SHARDS COULD HAVE DAMAGED MY EYES. I HAD TO REPLACE THE FAN'S SQUIRREL CAGE DUE TO THE DAMAGE FROM PIECES OF DASH. SINCE THEN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT FELL OUT OF THE LOWER DASH AND LANDED ON MY SONS FOOT. NO SERIOUS INJURY BUT CUTS AND A BRUISE. DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND FIX THESE INSTEAD OF PRETENDING THAT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM. I LOVE MY TRUCK BUT IF THEY DON'T FIX THIS ISSUE, NEXT TIME I'LL BUY A FORD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FAST TRACK COMPANY STATED THAT THEY SERVICED THIS VEHICLE, AND 20 MINUTES AFTER THE CUSTOMER LEFT WITH THE VEHICLE AND WAS DRIVING ABOUT 50MPH, THE HOOD FLEW UP AND CRACKED HIS WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HOOD LATCH WAS STUCK IN THE OPENING POSITION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,261.

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM PU WHICH APPARENTLY WAS POORLY DESIGNED WITH CAR BRAKES---PER MY MECHANIC AND THE DEALER. IT'S MY OPINION THAT DODGE SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR THE SEVERAL BRAKE JOBS I'VE HAD TO DO SINCE PURCHASING THE TRUCK AND CREATE A RECALL TO HAVE THESE UNDERSIZE/UNSAFE BRAKES REPLACED. THANKS. *TR

DASHBOARD SEVERELY CRACKED CREATING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. PIECES BECOME DISLODGED WITH WINDOWS OPEN AND BECOME MISSILES BLOWN BY THE WIND. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500, AND THE DASHBOARD IS COMPLETELY FALLING APART FROM CRACKING. I HAVE HAD ERRATIC ELECTRIC PROBLEMS, WHICH IS PROBABLY DUE TO WIRES BEING SEVERED OR FRAYED BY DASH PIECES, AND MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS. WHO IS TO SAY THAT THE AIRBAG ISN'T DAMAGED, EITHER FROM SHARP DASH PIECES OR SUN EXPOSURE? THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 SPORT MODEL. THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK LAST SUMMER. IT ONLY HAS 83,000 MILES ON IT AND I KEEP IT UNDER A GARAGE. I BELIEVE IT WILL CONTINUE TO CRACK UNTIL IT FALLS IN. I AM AFRAID THIS COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEMS. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. AT THIS TIME DODGE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM. *TR

IT STARTED WITH A CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT WAS A SMALL CRACK, NOTHING BIG. THEN I HAD ANOTHER ONE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE. A YEAR LATER THERE WERE SO MANY CRACKS THAT MY DASHBOARD STARTED TO HAVE HOLES AND I WENT OUT TO BUY A DASHBOARD COVER AND NOW I DONT HAVE A DASHBOARD AT ALL. IT'S SO BAD THAT MY FRONT PLASTIC THAT GOES AROUND THE RADIO AND GAUGES ITS SO LOOSE THAT IM HAVING TO GLUE IT EVERY WEEK!!!! *CN

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM PICK UP. THE DASH BORAD STARTED CRACKING AND BREAKING APART AND NOW I ALMOST DO NOT HAVE A DASH BORAD. IT IS NOT LEGAL BUT UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON THE ROADS, CLAIMING CRACKS OF THE DASH BOARD HAVING LEFT WIRES EXPOSED TO THE HOT SUN AND DAMAGED MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TW

I BOUGHT A USED 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 EXT. CAB 1/2 TON PICK-UP TRUCK IN DECEMBER OF 2008 AND MY DASH BOARDS HAD NO CRACKS IN IT AT THAT TIME ,BUT MY DASH BOARD IS NOW CRACKING AND COLLAPSING. AS FAR AS I KNOW DODGE DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL AT THIS TIME. BUT THERE IS ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH BOARDS CRACKING AND COLLAPSING ONTO THE ELECTRICAL WIRING CAUSING SHORTS. FROM EITHER EXPOSURE TO SUN LIGHT OR THE PARTS OF THE DASH BOARDS FALLING ONTO THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IS CAUSING PROBLEMS DUE TO INFERIOR PRODUCTS BEING USED TO MAKE THE DASH BOARDS. IS THERE ANYWAY TO MAKE DODGE FIX THIS PROBLEM? *TR

2001 DODGE 1500 SLT BROKEN DASH !@#$% NEAR CUT MY WRIST OPEN FROM THE DASH. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP TRUCK THAT I BOUGHT NEW. I STARTED TO HAVE CRACKS APPEAR IN THE DASH. I REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER WHILE THE TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER THE FACTORY EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEY LISTED IT AS FOLLOWS, CUSTOMER STATES CRACK IN DASH, VERIFIED CONCERN, FOUND FAULTY DASH PAD, $665+TAX TO REPLACE, CUSTOMER DECLINED AT THIS TIME. THIS WAS IN JULY OF 06, NOW IN JANUARY OF 2010 I HAVE BIG HOLES IN THE DASH AND CRACKS ARE SPREADING TO GAUGES. *TR