2002 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE RAM PICKUP THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN CRACKED FOR A WHILE FROM THE DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL. THE OTHER DAY A PIECE OF THE DASHBOARD BROKE OFF. NOW THERE IS A REAL SHARP EDGE ON THE FRONT OF THE DASHBOARD AND IT WILL CUT SOMEONE IF THEY HAPPEN TO PUT THEIR HAND ON IT JUST RIGHT. GOD FORBID THAT SOME LITTLE CHILD SHOULD BUMP THEIR HEAD ON IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB AND IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 I NOTICED THAT A CRACK HAD FORMED IN MY DASHBOARD, THERE ARE NOW 6 CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DASHBOARD. I AM EXTREMELY WORRIED THAT IF THE TRUCK IS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION THAT THE PIECES WITH THE SHARP EDGES WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO THE OCCUPANTS BECAUSE THE DASHBOARD WILL BREAK INTO PIECES AND FLY THROUGH THE CAB. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED ON THE AIR CONDITIONING, HE NOTICED A NOISE WITHIN THE BLOWER. HE EXAMINED THE BLOWER HOUSING AREA AND FOUND BROKEN PIECES. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CRACKED WHEN HE REMOVED IT TO INSPECT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT BUT WAS OFFERED NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,993.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A 35MPH PAVED BUSY ROAD, THE RACK AND PINION UNDER MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 FAILS, LEAVING ME WITH A LOSS OF STEERING AND ALMOST CATCHING THE TRUCK ON FIRE FROM SO MUCH FLUID GETTING ALL OVER A HOT ENGINE BAY. NOW AFTER A MONTH AND A HALF I HAVE PAID FOR 4 MORE RACK AND PINION FAILURES AND NOW MY TRUCK IS STILL SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY BROKEN WAITING FOR THE 6TH ONE. EVERYTIME IT IS A TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING AND THERE ARE NO WARNINGS. *TR

PERFORMING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ON A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 A WET SPOT WAS LOCATED ON A CRIMPED FITTING PORTION OF THE FRONT BRAKE HOSS. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY LIGHTLY PRESSING AND PUSHING ON THE AFFECTED AREA RESULTED IN A TOTAL BREAKAGE AND FAILURE OF THE ASSEMBLY. THE FAILURE IS WHEN THE CRIMPED STEEL PORTION OF THE CONNECTION BREAKS DUE TO SEVERE RUST/CORROSION ON THE AFFECTED AREA. CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILURE COULD INCLUDE A LOSS OF BRAKING EFFORT RESULTING IN A CRASH OR LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO ITS SEVERELY COMPROMISED ABILITY TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHEN NEEDED. THE REPAIR TO CORRECT THE FAILURE INCLUDED REPLACING BOTH FRONT BRAKE HOSES, ALL ASSOCIATED HARDWARE AND BLEEDING THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE FAILED PARTS WERE SAVED FOR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES. *TR

CRACKING DASHBOARD ON 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. SAFETY ISSUES WITH SHARP EDGES AND LOOSE PIECES. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS THROUGHOUT INTERNET SITES OF SAME PROBLEM. DODGE HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. MODEL YEARS 1998-2006 INVOLVED. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500. DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING FOR LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND I JUST NOW STARTED RESEARCHING ON INTERNET FOR FEAR OF SOME ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SERIOUS INJURY. THIS IS AN APPARENT VERY COMMON DEFECT WITH DODGE, THAT DODGE DOES NOT WANT TO RECTIFY. I'VE ALWAYS USED A SUNVISOR AND TRIED MY BEST TO PROTECT THE DASH AND INTERIOR. 1. EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE - DEFECT IN MATERIALS USED BY DODGE. 2. FAILURE AND OCCURRENCE - DASH KEEPS CRACKING. 3. ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT - FILING COMPLAINT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO FEEL HEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE; ALL OF THE HEAT WAS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. FURTHERMORE, THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 146,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 .THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ENTERING HIS VEHICLE HE NOTICED CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAS FOUND OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS FAILURE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE. UPDATED EVOQ 03/22/11

THE DASH IN MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART (DEFECTIVE PLASTIC)AND DODGE/CHRYSLER WILL NOT STAND BEHIND IT'S PRODUCT. THE AIR BAG IS RIGHT BELOW & CONNECTED TO THE PLASTIC THAT HAS CRACKED. I AM WORRIED THAT IF THE AIR BAG IS DEPLOYED THAT THIS PLASTIC (WHICH IS VERY SHARP PIECES) WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TO ANYONE IN THE VEHICLE.I ALSO PICK UP MY GRANDCHILDREN EVERY DAY FROM SCHOOL AND THE DASH ON MY TRUCK HAS BROKEN IN SO MANY PLACES THAT IT IS NOW FALLING APART AND HUGE PIECES FALLING OUT.THIS PLASTIC IS VERY SHARP AND COULD SLICE OPEN ANYONE AROUND IT. I HAVE ALWAYS KEPT MY TRUCK PARKED IN A GARAGE SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT(2002)-SO THE SUN IS NOT THE PROBLEM-IT IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT THAT WAS INSTALLED ON MY VEHICLE WHEN BUILT. I HAVE CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP TWICE AND THEY TELL ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO ABOUT IT. *TR

DEFECTIVE DASH (DASH IS CRACKING ALL OVER AND COULD COME APART ). *TR

THE DASH IN MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 BEGAN CRACKING IN JANUARY 2010. IT IS NOW SEPTEMBER AND THE REAR TRIM SECTION HAS FOUR CRACKS WHICH HAVE ALLOWED THE CENTER GRILL TO FALL INSIDE THE DASH. THE FRONT OR MAIN DASH HAS A CRACK PERPENDICULAR TO THE WINDSHIELD OVER THE GLOVE BOX AREA. THE CENTER OF THE DASH IS CRACKED FROM THE REAR EDGE TO THE FRONT LEADING EDGE AND APPEARS TO BE GETTING WIDER. WHAT ONCE APPEARED AS A HAIRLINE CRACK NOW HAS WIDENED AND APPEARS AS THOUGH IT IS BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE. THIS TYPE OF DASH WHILE ATTRACTIVE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN USED. THE EDGES OF THESE CRACKS ARE A VERY HARD PLASTIC AND FEEL SHARP. GOD FORBID COMING IN CONTACT WITH THIS MATERIAL IN A WRECK. A PADDED TYPE DASH SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED. DID NOT DO ENOUGH RESEARCH BEFORE BUYING THIS VEHICLE. A RECALL BY THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE ORDERED. *TR

MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH IS CRACKING SEVERELY AND I AM WORRIED THAT PIECES OF THE DASH ARE FALLING INTO THE DASH WHILE, THAT WHILE DRIVING THE PIECES OF THE DASH WILL CUT VITAL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS INCLUDING THOSE FOR SAFETY. MY DASH HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE OVER TIME AND I AM AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF I AM DRIVING AND THE DASH FULLY COLLAPSES. *TR

TRUCK CRASHED INTO TREE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAME FACE WITH STEERING WHEEL DASH BOARD,CHEST HIT STEERING WHEEL AND DRIVER DOOR HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF NOSE MOUTH WASBUSTED UP AND HAVE PROBLEM WITH NECK AND BACK AND LARGE KNOT ON FOREHAD,,TRUCK WAS TOTAL OUT..,THIS IS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500,I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 4.7L- ONLY 60,000 MILES. DRIVING TRUCK AND THEN WITH NO WARNING, ENGINE LITE COMES ON, GAUGES ALL SHOOT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. PULLED OVER BUT TOO LATE, BLEW THE HEAD GASKET. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE DESIGN AND AFTER CHECKING THE WEB, THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR INDEPENDENTLY MOVED FROM PARK AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PLACE THE VEHICLE BACK IN PARK. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY START WHEN IN NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V555000 -POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: COLUMN SHIFT) BUT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

DASH CRACKING DUE TO IMPROPER MOLDING TEMPERATURES OR MOLDING ADDITIVES. *TR

THE DASH BOARDS ON THE 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 IS MADE FROM AN INFERIOR PLASTIC THAT CRACKS,BUSTS,AND EVENTUALLY JUST FALLS INTO A GAPING HOLE. THIS RESULTS IN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS. I DID NOT REALIZE WHAT A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM THIS WAS UNTIL I DID SOME RESEARCH OF MY OWN. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF WEBSITES DEDICATED TO THIS VERY PROBLEM AND DODGE IS AWARE IT EXISTS BUT THUSFAR HAS NOT SUBMITTED A RECALL. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REPLACE MY DASH FOR THIS VERY REASON BUT THE COST IS VERY HIGH AND I FEEL AS A CONSUMER IT SHOULD NOT BE MY RESPONSIBILITY SINCE THE MATERIAL WAS INFERIOR TO BEGIN WITH. RIGHTNOW MY DASH IS GLUED TOGETHER AND I AM SURE THIS ISN'T A LONG TERM FIX BUT I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS I HAVE READ THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD ARE NUMEROUS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING IN DARK CONDITIONS. I AM AFRAID MY DASH TOO WILL COLLAPSE IF NOT REPLACED. PLEASE CONSIDER THE RAMIFICATIONS IF THIS PROBLEM ISN'T TAKEN CARE OF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT IN MAY 2010, THERE WAS A SMALL CRACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AS OF AUGUST 2010, THE CRACK BECAME BIGGER FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO OVER THE GAUGES. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS ALSO BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE DRIVESHAFT FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 124,000.

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE 1500 AND THE DASH BOARD IS CRACKING AND FALLING WHERE THE DEFROST BLOWS AND LAST WINTER I TURNED IT ON AND A SHARP PIECE OF THE DASH CUT MY FACE. I AIN'T SAYIN IT WAS BAD BUT IF IT WOULD HAD HIT ME IN THE EYE AND MADE ME WRECK AND DIE THEN MY FAMILY WOULD OWN DODGE. YALL SAY ITS NOT DANGEROUS AND I WOULD AGREE IF THAT WOULDN'T HAD HAPPENED TO ME BUT IT DID AND ITS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I THINK YALL SHOULD RECALL THEM AND MAKE DODGE REPLACE THEM AND START MAKING THEM BETTER. I HAD A 98 GMC AND IT HAD NO PROBLEM SO THEY NEED TO MAKE THEM LIKE GMC DOES AND STOP MAKING EVERYTHING SO CHEAP BEFORE THEY KILL EVERYONE. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE RAM WITH CRACKS ALL OVER THE DASH. RECENTLY A CAR PULLED OUT IF FRONT OF ME AND I HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES. MY YOUNG NIECE WAS RIDING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND EXTENDED HER ARMS OUT IN FRONT OF HER. THE SEAT BELT WORKED BUT HER HANDS AND WRIST WERE CUT BY SHARP EDGES IN THE DASH PLASTIC. ONE CUT WAS PRETTY DEEP AND REQUIRED 12 STITCHES. THE CRASH EXPOSED OTHER SHARP EDGES AND SOME FELL INTO THE VENTS. THEY RATTLE WHEN I GO OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A 74 SILVERADO WITH ORIGINAL DASH. *TR

UNEXPECTED ENGINE STALL, PARTICULARLY WHILE DRIVING. WOULD DRIVE AT NORMAL SPEEDS WITH NO UNUSUAL ACCELERATION OR LOADS (50 MPH MAX WHERE I LIVE), AS FOOT IS REMOVED FROM ACCELERATOR, RPM'S DROP OFF TO ZERO (STALL) WHILE IN MOTION, SOMETIMES AT SPEEDS UP TO 50 MPH CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, WITH LAST INCIDENT OCCURRING ON A LONG TURN ON HIGHWAY CAUSING A SURPRISING AND SUDDEN LOSS OF REASONABLE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, FURTHER CAUSING ME TO CROSS CENTER LINE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. FURTHERMORE, HAD DIFFICULT TIME PULLING OVER AND NEARLY OVERRAN SAFE STOPPING AREA DUE TO POWER BRAKE LOSS, CAUSING ME TO REACH A DITCH NEAR SHOULDER, THUS NEARLY CAUSING ROLLOVER THAT WAS AVOIDED BY ATTEMPTING TO RIDE OUT OF DITCH PRIOR TO REACHING UTILITY POLE WHICH BY DOING SO, CAUSED VEHICLE TO SWERVE BACK INTO TRAFFIC (NOT ONCOMING), ALL WHILE HAVING TO WRESTLE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES TO GET VEHICLE TO RESPOND ENOUGH TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO PULL SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. ENGINE STALL DOES NOT OCCUR EACH TIME AND IS INTERMITTENT WITH NO REAL INDICATION AS TO WHY. AFTER DODGE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM, I RESEARCHED MYSELF AND FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM RELATED TO SLUDGE. ASKED MECHANIC TO VERIFY, AND LATER CONFIRMED WAS THE CASE, BUT, SAYS WAS MY FAULT!?! (I CHANGE OIL EVERY 2.5K - 3K WITHOUT FAIL AS PER MFG REQUIREMENTS). ULTIMATELY HAVE LEARNED OF POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW BY DODGE REGARDING POOR OIL FLOW THROUGH ENGINE PORTS, ETC, OF WHICH CORPORATE READ

RECENTLY I HAD TO REPLACE THE MAJOR FUSE BOX IN MY 2002 DODGE RAM1500. THE OLD BOX SHORTED OUT AND AS A RESULT I LOST MY PARK LIGHTS, DRIVING LIGHTS, AS WELL AS MY LICENSE PLATE LIGHTS. I WAS FIRST MADE AWARE OF IT BY THE POLICE WHEN I WAS OUT DRIVING WITH NO TAIL LIGHTS. IT WAS A GOOD THING I WAS STOPPED OR I COULD HAVE BEEN REARENDED OR IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT BEFORE I NOTICED THEY WERE NOT WORKING. I ENDED UP REPLACING THE FUSE BOX AT A COST OF 600.00. I GUESS THIS WAS A CONCERN OF DODGE BECAUSE THEY HAD FUSE BOXES ONHAND AND AVAILABLE. *TR

FOR TWO YEARS MY DASHBOARD HAS BEEN CRACK IN MY 2002 DODGE RAM PICK UP TRUCK. WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THE DASH BOARD IS FALLING APART. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE HOW MUCH DOES A DASH BOARD COST AND I FIND OUT ABOUT THOUSANDS OF DODGE RAM OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WHICH ENDED UP IN ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I WILL LIKE TO KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. I HATE TO KEEP DRIVING THE TRUCK AND END UP IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS REALLY A SAFETY HAZARD TO SAY THE LEAST AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH IS CRACKING. HAS POTENTIAL TO COME DISLODGED IN THE CAB AND PRODUCE A FLYING OBJECT IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, OR TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF THE DASH FALLS APART WHILE DRIVING. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKING APART. MAKING ME WONDER ABOUT HOW SAFE VEHICLE WILL BE IN A CRASH. AM I GOING TO HAVE PROJECTILE, POSSIBLY SHARP, PIECES OF PLASTIC FLYING ABOUT INSIDE THE VEHICLE? WILL AIR BAGS OPERATE PROPERLY? IE: WILL AIR BAGS BLOW BACK INTO THE DASH INSTEAD OF OUT TO PROTECT OCCUPANTS? *TR

DASHBOARD ON 2002 DODGE RAM HAS CRACKED FROM FRONT TO BACK. AFTER READING ALL COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM, I BELIEVE SOMETHING (RECALL) NEEDS TO BE DONE. LOCAL DEALERSHIP STATED A COST OF $2,550 TO FIX. AFRAID THAT THIS WILL CAUSE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AS HAS SO MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS READ SO FAR. IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THE GOVERNMENT MAKE DODGE STEP UP AND PAY FOR THE CHEAP PARTS THEY PUT IN THEIR VEHICLES. GOT A SUGGESTION. SINCE THE GOVERNMENT OWNS DODGE, WHY DON'T YOU PUT SOME OF MY TAX DOLLARS TOWARDS FIXING MY TRUCK. I KNOW I CAN'T AFFORD $2,550. *TR

DASH OF VEHICLE (2002 DODGE RAM 1500) CRACKING LEAVING VERY SHARP EDGES. THE DASH HAS BEEN CARED FOR AS PER DEALER RECOMMENDATIONS. DODGE HAS THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS BUT HAS FAILED TO TAKE ANY ACTION. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB DASH IS CRACKED AND LOSING LARGE PIECES BEYOND REPAIR AND IS AFFECTING WIRING, WINDOWS ,DOOR LOCKS AND GAUGES. SPEEDOMETER IS OFF AND CAUSED US TO GET A TICKET. *TR

2002 DODGE 4X4 1500 4.7L V8. TONS OF OWNERS OF THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND ENGINE SIZE HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 4.7L V8. AN ISSUE THAT HAPPENS ALL OF THE SUDDEN AND LEAVES US STRANDED. OIL SLUDGE, IS THE CAUSE OF OVERHEATING, RODS AND LIFTERS TICKING AND KNOCKING IN THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF THE ENGINE. WHAT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM IS POOR DESIGN OF THE BLOCK, AND POOR COOLING FOR THE ENGINE. THERE ARE LITERALLY TONS OF COMPLAINTS ON LINE AND IN DEALERSHIPS ON THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND ENGINE SIZE. AND DODGE WILL NOT OWN UP TO THIS ISSUE. IT IS EXTREMELY UN SAFE FOR THIS ENGINE TO BE DRIVING AROUND. THERE ARE LITTLE CHILDREN AND ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO COULD BE LEFT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ADDRESSED. *TR

REPLACED RACK AND PINION FOUR TIMES ALONG WITH THE UPPER CONTROL ARM, UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS, AND TIE ROD ENDS. THIS LAST TIME THE BOOTS ON THE RACK AND PINION BUSTED POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LOST CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK UP. THE SEVERE UNDERLYING ISSUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE RACK AND PINION IS THE LEFT AND RIGHT STEERING KNUCKLES ARE FAULTY CAUSING THE TIRES TO TURN TO FAR WHICH IS CAUSING THE DAMAGE TO THE RACK AND PINION BUSTING WHICH IS CAUSING THE DRAINAGE OF POWER STEERING FLUID AND LOCKING UP THE STEERING. *TR

JAN. 10, 2010 A VERY LARGE CRACK APPEARED IN THE DASH ON MY 2002 DODGE 1500 PICKUP AT FIRST IT WAS JUST A COSMETIC THING ,BUT NOW ALL THE WIRING IS EXPOSED THE VEHICLE TURN INDICATORS DO NOT WORK WHEN IT IS BAD WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK AND THE DEFROSTERS WILL NOT CHANGE FROM COLD TO HOT. I WENT TO THE DEALER THEY ADVISED ME IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM ,BUT I HAVE LEARNED THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS HAS AFFECTED AND MY PROBLEM IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

DRIVE SHAFT. *TR

CRACKED DASHBOARD JUST FLAKING AND REALLY SHARP EDGES. *TR

COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID RESULTING IN SEVERE DIFFICULTY IN STEERING VEHICLE. THIS IS A 2ND OCCURRENCE AFTER HAVING REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR ON THE SAME VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES EARLIER. I HAD THE STEERING GEAR REPLACED NEW FOR A 2ND TIME. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKED. *TR

DASHBOARD HAS TWO VERY LARGE CRACKS ALL THE WAY THRU IT FROM THE FRONT BY THE WINDSHIELD ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF IT, AND A THIRD CRACK IS NOW STARTING TO FORM. I'VE OWNED THIS TRUCK SINCE IT WAS NEW AND HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF IT AND BELIEVE THAT DODGE INSTALLED AN INFERIOR PRODUCT IN THEIR 2002 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCKS. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH CRACKING. THE DASH ON MY TRUCK IS CRACKING TO COLLAPSE. THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT ON THIS MODEL TRUCK. PIECES ARE FALLING DOWN INSIDE THE DASH WHICH IS SURELY BOUND TO DAMAGE OTHER COMPONENTS INSIDE THE DASH, POSSIBLY CAUSING ELECTRICAL OR MECHANICAL FAILURE. ALSO HAVE TO WONDER HOW DANGEROUS BRITTLE PLASTIC SHARDS WOULD BE IN A COLLISION. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 4DR 4WD.I JUST HAD MY TRUCK INSPECTED AND ALL LIGHTING WORKED FINE. I WAS PULLED OVER EASTER EVENING BY A NEW YORK STATE TROOPER AND NOTIFIED THAT MY REAR LIGHTS WERE OUT INCLUDING PARRKING, RUNNING, AND LICENSE PLATE LIGHTS, AS WELL AS FRONT RUNNING LIGHTS.I WAS INFORMED TO TURN 4 WAY FLASHERS ON WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT TO MY DESTINATION. AFTER CHECKING ALL FUSES,B BULBS, RELAYS AND WIRING ARE ALL GOOD. WHEN I CHECKED FOR SIMILIAR PROBLEMS VIA INTERNET AND MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND A DODGE DEALER I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE FUSE BOX WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE. THIS IS A PART THAT SHOULD NOT GO BAD AS YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE WHOLE BOX FOR JUST LIGHTS GOING OUT,WHICH DODGE SAYS IS AN UNSERVICEABLE PART THAT CORRODES WITHIN A SEALED BOX?AND THAT HAS TO BE CHANGED AS A WHOLE UNIT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS VIA INTERNET ETC OF THIS PROBLEM AND THAT DODGE WILL NOT BUDGE TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE VERY AWARE OF OCCURING.THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR ESTIMATES ARE ANYWHERE FROM $250 TO OVER A $1000 DOLLARS JUST TO REPLACE THE DEFECT.AND ALSO THAT DODGE HAS A BACK ORDER OF THESE BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THEM. THE CONSEQUENCES ARE THAT THE LIGHTS WILL GO OUT WITHOUT NOTICE OR A BULB OUT LIGHT BEING SIGNALLED THEEBY CAUSING ANOTHER VEHICLE TO REAREND OR SERIOUSLY INJURE SOMEONE WITHOUT THESE LIGHTS AT NIGHT. THE TROOPER STATED ALSO THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE ON DODGE TRUCKS. *TR

MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS A CRACKED DASH. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONDITIONS OR ABNORMAL EVENTS PRIOR TO THE DASH FALLING APART. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DODGE OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I OPENED A CASE DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CHRYSLER GROUP LLC. TO CORRECT THE ISSUE AND THEY REFUSED TO HELP ME. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A PLASTIC DASH THAT IS CRACKING SO BADLY THAT THERE ARE SHARP EXPOSED EDGES AROUND THE AIRBAG IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN. I WOULD LIKE THE NHTSA TO FOLLOW UP WITH CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE IS INJURED BY SHRAPNEL FROM A DEFECTIVE DASH.

DASBHBOARD BEGAN CRACKING AT 103,000 MILES. WITHIN WEEKS AFTER INITIAL CRACK WAS NOTICED, THE CRACKS EXTEND FROM THE WINDSHIELD ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT EDGE OF THE DASH. MULTIPLE CRACKS ARE RUNNING OVER THE TOP AND EDGE OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG, CAUSING SAFETY CONCERNS IF THE AIRBAG WAS TO BE DEPLOYED.

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 WHEEL HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY SEPARATION / WHEEL SEPARATION, WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 35 -40 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND PULL TO THE RIGHT AND THEN THE WHEEL RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO BECOME DISABLED DURING A SNOW STORM. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 RACK AND PINION GOING OUT ONLY 60,000 MILES....ALSO, THEY REPLACED A/C FAN MOTOR ONCE...I PAID SEVERAL TIMES...ABOUT TO GO OUT AGAIN (LOW HUMMING NOISE IS INDICATOR - AS NOISE INCREASES, MOTOR FAILS). I AM SO DISAPPOINTED; AS A SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER I DEPEND ON THIS VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT ME SAFELY TO AND FROM MY WORK....CANNOT DEPEND ON IT. I HATE IT...IT'S BEEN A PAIN SINCE FIRST PROBLEM WITH 18 MILES ON IT!!! PLEASE, HOLD DODGE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR MISTAKES.... *TR

ORIGINALLY WITH NO WARNING THE TRUCK WOULD JUST DIE AT INTERSECTIONS. NOW IT IS STARTING TO DIE WHEN DRIVING, EVEN WHILE TURNING. MY TEENAGE SON USUALLY DRIVES THIS TRUCK AND I AM TRULY AFRAID HE IS GOING TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT. WITH THE VEHICLE ONLY HAVING ONLY 73,000 MILES ON IT, I WOULD NOT EXPECT SUCH A DANGEROUS THING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE SEEN MANY POSTS FROM OTHERS INDICATING THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO THEM. I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD BE FIXING THESE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. ALSO HAVE THE CRACKED DASH. *TR

AFTER CROSSING A RAILROAD TRACK A CLICKING NOISE BECAME EVIDENT FROM REAR OF 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. I CHECKED U JOINTS THEN WENT TO WHEEL BEARINGS, THEY SEEMED SLIGHTLY LOOSE SO I BEGAN CHANGING. AFTER PULLING DIFFERENTIAL COVER I FOUND CURVED CHUNKS OF METAL IN BOTTOM OF DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING. I TOOK OUT 4 BOLTS AND CAPS THAT HOLD DIFFERENTIAL IN, I FOUND MAJOR WEAR IN ALUMINIUM HOUSING RIGHT WHERE BOLTS SCREW IN ON PASSENGER SIDE. I COMPARED TO DRIVERS SIDE OF DIFFERENTIAL AND FOUND A HALF MOON SHAPED CUP THAT APPEARS TO BE A DIPPER TO COLLECT OIL IT JUST SLIDES IN AND OUT AND THE CUP ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE MUST HAVE SLID OUT AND GROUND ON THE HOUSING UNTIL IT CAME OUT. I FEEL THIS COULD CASE A MAJOR ACCIDENT AS EVENTUALLY THE WHOLE REAR END COULD COME OUT OR LET AXLES COME OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TW

CRACKED DASH BOARD. DASH BOARD IS FALLING APART. HUGE CHUNKS ARE FALLING OUT. *TW

DASHBOARD CRACKING ON 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. VENT AND SPEAKER COVER BEGAN CRACKING TWO YEARS AGO. THE FULL DASH PANEL BEGAN CRACKING SHORTLY AFTER. DASH IS BECOMING WORSE AND WORSE. I BELIEVE THAT THE PIECES OF THE DASH COULD CAUSE INJURY IN AN ACCIDENT. ALSO THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE DASH IS BECOMING COMPROMISED AND MAY BE A HAZARD. *TR

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DASHBOARD OF A DODGE RAM 1500 2002. MY DASHBOARD IS CRACKED UP IN 9 PIECES. THE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE ABOUT $800.00 AND THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. SO IN LESS THAN A YEARS I'M GOING TO END UP WHERE I STARTED OR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AND AGAIN. THIS COMPLAINT IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT DODGE IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THEY HAVEN'T FIXED THE REPLACEMENT PART WHICH MEANS THAT IF I GO THERE RIGHT NOW AND BUY THIS PART I'M GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN LESS THAN A YEAR. *TR

CRACKED DASH BOARD ON A DODGE RAM 1500 IM CONCERNED THAT IF I WERE TO GET INTO ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT NO MATTER THE SPEED AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS THAT THE PIECES OF THE DASH WILL ALSO FLY OFF CAUSING INJURY TO MY PASSENGERS. *TR