2001 Dodge Ram 2500 complaints

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED AND HUGE CHUNKS ARE FALLING OFF THE DASH IN TURN EXPOSING THE WIRING AND SUCH TO THE SUN. NOT SURE WHEN IT STARTED, I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE VIA EMAIL OFF AN DON SINCE THE PROBLEM STARTED. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MY POSSESSION AND WELL MAINTAINED SINCE 2003. THE DASH HAS STARTED TO CRACK AND IS NOW FALLING APART IN LARGE PIECES. THE DEALER REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE HE STATED IT WAS COSMETIC. DODGE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE DEALER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE PIECES OF THE DASH COULD CAUSE SEVERE LACERATIONS IN A COLLISION. THIS SEEMS TO BE A FLAW IN THE PLASTIC BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE PLASTICS COMPANY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS FLAW AND A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM DASH CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES. IN THE EVENT OF AN AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT/CRASH, DASH WILL EXPLODE AND CREATE EXTENSIVE INJURIES. REPLACED AT OWN EXPENSE BECAUSE DODGE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE ITS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

THE HOOD ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 HAS UNLATCHED AND FLEW BACK HITTING THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING TWICE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS DAMAGING THE HOOD AND HINGES. *TR

HOOD ON DODGE RAM PICKUP FLEW UP AS I WAS DRIVING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT DOWN AND BEAT IT BACK INTO SHAPE SO I CAN STILL USE THE TRUCK. *TR

DASHBOARD HAS COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED INTO SMALL AND LARGE PIECES THAT FALL ONTO THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS TO COMPLETELY DESTROY THE DASHBOARD. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARD. THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF MY PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 TURBO DIESEL. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THE SAME VEHICLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR DASHBOARD CRACKING THEN FALLING APART. CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR

DASHBOARD IS FALLING APART. WE PURCHASED THIS TRUCK FOR OUR 16 YEAR OLD AS HIS FIRST VEHICLE. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES. *TR

CRACKING DASH BOARD IN 2001 DODGE TRUCK. MY DASH IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES WITH LARGE HOLES DEVELOPING BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

CRACKING DASHBOARD, WILL NOT STOP. JUST KEEPS ADDING MORE AND MORE. *TR

- SINCE LAST YEAR ON MY PICK UP DODGE RAM 2001 THE DASHBOARD CRACKED. -UNTIL NOW ANY CORRECTION HAS DONE, AND ANY REPLACEMENT. *TR

CRACKED DASHBOARD LEADING TO DEFECTIVE WIRING AND STEERING COLUMN PROBLEMS. *TR

DASH CRACKING AND FALLING IN. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 CUMMINS TRUCK AND WITHIN THREE YEARS MY DASH STARTED FALLING APART. I APPROACHED THE DEALER WITH THIS ISSUE BUT UNFORTUNATELY MY WARRANTY WAS UP 1000 MILES AGO. I DIDN'T WANT TO PAY THE 600 BUCKS FOR THE REPLACEMENT DASH INSTALLED SO I PURCHASED ONE FROM THE DEALER AND INSTALLED IT MYSELF. I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLE SO I COULDN'T STAND HAVING MY TRUCK LOOK LIKE CRAP. WELL MY NEW DASH IS NOW EVEN WORSE THAN THE FIRST DASH. I JUST CANT BELIEVE DODGE WOULD LET SUCH AN INFERIOR PRODUCT BE USED ON THEIR TRUCKS. I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE RAM TUFF??? I HAVE HAD VEHICLES THAT WERE OVER 20 YEARS OLD AND THE DASH WAS FINE HOW COULD A 7 YEAR OLD VEHICLE GO THROUGH 2? *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM TRUCK, AND MY DASH IS NOT ONLY CRACKING, BUT LARGE CHUNKS OF THE DASH HAVE FALLEN INTO THE ELECTRONIC WIRING BENEATH. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 TRUCK AND MY DASH STARTED CRACKING. AND NOW IS FALLING IN. DODGE WONT FIX THERE PROBLEM. PIECES OF THE DASH IS FALLING INSIDE OF DASH WIRES. EVENTUALLY MIGHT RUB WIRES CAUSING A SHORT OR FIRE VERY UNSAFE. *TR

DASH HAS STARTED TO CRACK NEAR PASSENGER AIRBAG. NOT PARKED UNDER SUN. *TR

DASHBOARD IS FALLING APART. *TR

HEAD ON COLLISION AT 40 MPH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE,THEIR SPEED IS UNDETERMINED, THE DRIVERS FRONTAL AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY BOTH VEHICLES TOTALED. 1 MAJOR INJURY. *TR

DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING LENGTHWISE AND VERTICALLY AS WELL AS AROUND THE AIR VENTS NEXT TO THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 WHICH I TAKE GREAT CARE OF . I CLEANED, WAXED, DETAIL IT ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK . FIVE-SIX MONTHS AGO WHILE I WAS WIPING OFF MY DASH I GASHED ONE OF MY FINGERS REALLY BAD, AFTER I GOT THE BLEEDING TO STOP I WENT BACK TO CLEAN UP THE BLOOD AND FIND OUT WHAT I HAD CUT IT ONE. I WAS VARY UPSET TO FIND A LARGE CRACK IN MY DASHBOARD . I THOUGHT AT THAT TIME MAYBE IT WAS THE CLEANER I WAS USING SO I CHANGED BRANDS. NOW I HAVE AROUND 10 HUGE CRACKS THAT MAKES MY DASH LOOK LIKE A UGLY JIGSAW PUZZLE. WHICH MY 2 YR. OLD DAUGHTER THOUGHT LOOKED NEAT UNTIL SHE GOT HER FINGER PINCHED IN ONE OF THE CRACKS. AFTER THAT I STARTED THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIND A CHEAPER REPLACEMENT ON THE WEB BECAUSE CHRYSLER IS TRYING TO BECOME RICH OFF THERE REPLACEMENT DASH BOARD, I CAME ACROSS THIS SITE - HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2001/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/CRACKED_DASHBOARD.SHTML ) IT IS NOT RIGHT THAT CHRYSLER NOW KNOWS THEY INSTALLED DEFECTIVE PARTS THAT CAN CAUSE BODILY HARM AND EXPECT THEIR PAYING CUSTOMER TO PAY FOR THEIR LACK OF QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES. *TR

I HAVE A DODGE 2001 2500 RAM TRUCK THAT HAS DETERIORATED BEFORE MY EYES. IT HAS LARGE GAPING HOLES OVER THE WHOLE THING AND THE DASH CONTINUES TO CRUMBLE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN ANGLETON, TEXAS DIRECTLY OFF THE LOT, BUT HAVE RECEIVED NO HELP WITH THIS POTENTIAL DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I'M AFRAID THAT IT WILL DEVELOP ELECTRICAL AND VARIOUS PROBLEMS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE. *TR

THE DASH IS FALLING OUT AND HAS CRACKS ALL OVER IT. THE DASH HAS HAD A DASH COVER ON IT SINCE IT WAS DRIVEN OF THE DODGE LOT. THE DASH NEEDS REPLACING BY DODGE AS A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING BADLY. WE WERE TOLD IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CRACKS ARE VERY LARGE AND SPAN THE WHOLE DASHBOARD FROM DRIVER'S SIDE TO PASSENGER SIDE AND UP THE MIDDLE. THIS IS A 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP. *TR

I HAVE A MULTIPLE CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. I AM NOW STARTING TO GET CRACKING IN MY INSTRUMENT PANEL BEZZLE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, AND THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN IN A WRECK. NOT A BIG DODGE FAN AT THE MOMENT AND NEITHER ARE THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE A RIDE IN MY TRUCK. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 DASHBOARD CRACKING. CONSUMER STATED THAT HE SAW MORE COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS ON THE INTERNET. HE STATES THAT HIS DASHBOARD HAS COMPLETELY CRACKED. *KB

ONE DAY IN THE SUMMER OF 2007, I NOTICED A SMALL CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. LATER, MANY CRACKS APPEARED AND PORTIONS OF THE DASHBOARD HAVE ACTUALLY FALLEN THROUGH INTO THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND GAUGES. THIS HAS CAUSED A FEW INSTANCES OF THE LIGHTS AND GAUGES TO MALFUNCTION AT TIMES. *TR

AS SOON AS VEHICLE RAN OUT OF BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY THE DASH BOARD STARTED TO CRACK AND IS FALLING OUT. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD IF YOU GET INTO A ACCIDENT AS PIECES OF DASH WILL BE GOING EVERYWHERE. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM AND THE TOP OF THE DASH HAS CRACKED BADLY AND HAS SUNKEN INTO THE WIRING. *TR

2001 DODGE 2500 WITH MULTIPLE CRACKS IN DASH WITH PIECES FALLING OUT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE PIECES FALLING OUT COULD CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE, OR DAMAGE WIRING THAT COULD CAUSE ONE OF THE REQUIRED VEHICLE SYSTEMS TO FAIL AND CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. ADDITIONALLY, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE BROKEN PIECES COULD HURT A PASSENGER IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURS DUE TO THE JAGGED SHARP EDGES OR PIECES BEING THROWN BY AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. AFTER READING FORUMS, I AM SURE THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DODGE TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I HAVE DESCRIBED, AND FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT REQUIRES A RECALL OF THE DEFECTIVE PARTS BEFORE ANYMORE PEOPLE ARE HURT OR KILLED. *TR

DODGE 2500 2001 MODEL DASH IS FALLING OUT TO THE POINT IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN WIRES ARE BEING EXPOSED AND KIDS CAN GET HANDS AND FINGERS CAUGHT IN HOLES IN DASH. DEALER SAYS IT IS AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. DON DAVIS DEALERSHIP. *CN

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 CUMMINS DIESEL DASH BOARD CRACKING AND BREAKING APART. I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS VEHICLE FOR IT TO START FALLING APART ON ITS OWN. IT SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM ACROSS THE DODGE RAM CUMMINS ARENA I HAVE SEEN IT IN 17 DIFFERENT DODGE RAMS WITH THE CUMMINS IN FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA ALONE. LOOKING AROUND ON THE INTERNET FOR ANSWERS TO MY PROBLEM ONLY INDICATES THAT THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON IN THIS VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE CUMMINS ENGINE. THE ONLY RECOURSE IS TO BUY A STOCK REPLACEMENT FOR ABOUT 1,000.00 DOLLARS OR BUY A CAP TO COVER THE OLD ONE. *TR

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND SINKING IN MULTIPLE PLACES. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 CUMMINS DIESEL. THE DASH HAS CRACKED IN IT. THE CRACKS ARE UNSIGHTLY. ONE SPOT WHERE THE DASH CRACKED A PIECE ACTUALLY FELL IN TO THE DASH CAVITY, THIS HAS TO BE A FIRE HAZARD. ANYWAY, I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH, AND IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. *TR

DASH PAD CRACKING, ABOUT 5-6" LONG IN FRONT OF WINDSHIELD TOWARD AIRBAG. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 IS CRACKED. IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN LARGER. I VEHICLE IS KEPT IN A GARAGE SO THERE IS NO SUN DAMAGE. I CAN HEAR IT VIBRATE SOMETIMES. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM TWO YEARS AGO AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I DON'T BELIEVE I SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 2500, DIESEL 4WD CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF BRAKE SYSTEM. FAILURE CAUSED BY FAILURE OF DRIVER SIDE, OUTBOARD BRAKE LINE. LINE FAILED DUE TO DESIGN DEFECT THAT RESULTS IN THE LINE CHAFING AGAINST ITSELF UNTIL A HOLE APPEARS AND ALL BRAKE PRESSURE IS LOST. LINE CHAFES IF DURING HARD LEFT TURN. VISUAL INSPECTION OF RIGHT SIDE LINE SHOWS IT MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO THIS SORT OF FAILURE. ISSUE SEEMS TO BE KNOWN TO DODGE COMPANY. NO REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE AVAILABLE IN US FROM DODGE DUE TO NATIONAL BACKORDER. *TR

THE DASHBOARD SUB STRUCTURE (MOULDED PLASTIC) ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 HAS MYSTERIOUSLY BEGUN TO CRACK AND COME APART. RECENTLY THE RADIO ALMOST FELL OUT OF THE DASHBOARD BECAUSE THE MOUNTING POINTS IN THE DASH HAVE CRACKED AND BROKEN. BEHIND THE DASH, LARGE PIECES OF PLASTIC HAVE BROKEN AND ONE BEGAN TO FRAY THE AIR BAG SELECTOR SWITCH WIRING. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE UNACCEPTABLE. THE MATERIAL CHOSEN FOR THE DASHBOARD WAS OBVIOUSLY INFERIOR. IT WILL SOON BE A SAFETY HAZARD IF THE DASHBOARD COMPLETELY FAILS. *TR

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS WITH AIRBAGS IN DODGE 2500 TRUCKS IN WHICH THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED. I AM REPORTING THAT MY DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES. THIS IS NOT DUE TO ANY ACCIDENTS, ETC. TO THE TRUCK. *TR

2 DIFFERENT BRAKE LINES FAILED THE SAME DAY.. BOTH RUSTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE LINES NEAR THE BOOSTER AND THE ANTI LOCK ARE ALL RUSTED ALSO... TRUCK HAD NO MORE THAN A FEW WEEKS IN SNOW AND NEVER ON THE BEACH....I LIVE IN FLA... *TR

I WAS DRIVING A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 4X4 V-10 ALONG INTERSTATE 50 IN SACRAMENTO, CA IN THE FAST OR LEFT LANE AND HAD INSTALLED BRAND NEW SUPER SWAMPER SSR 305/70/16 TIRES W/4,000 MILES ON THEM AND WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE LEFT REAR TIRE FLEW APART. THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE STEEL CORD IN 2 LARGE PIECES AND FLEW BACK AT THE CAR BEHIND ME CAUSING A MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT INVOLVING 3 CARS NOT INCLUDING MINE. IT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK (APPRX. $3,000.00) THE POLICE DID AN ONSITE REPORT AND AFTER SPEAKING TO EVERYONE HAD DECIDED TO LET ME GO WITHOUT A CITATION OR USING MY INSURANCE BECAUSE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PERSON BEHIND ME CAUSED THE ACCIDENT BY TRYING TO SWERVE AND MISS THE FLYING DEBRIS HITTING HER CAR. I TRIED TO TAKE THEM BACK TO THE STORE WHERE I PURCHASED THEM AND RECEIVED A RESPONSE OF CALL THE MANUFACTURER WHICH I DID WITH NO LUCK. ALL I HAVE AT THIS POINT IS PICTURES BUT NO DOT#. *JB

CRACKED DASH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD BUMPING SOUND AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STAY STRAIGHT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OR GREATER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

2001 DODGE RAM DASH IS CRACKED, STARTING TO SINK AND CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THERE ARE LOOSE PIECES OF DASH THAT COULD BECOME AIR BORN IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. HAVE ALSO HEARD THIS CONDITION IS CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE POTENTIAL OF A FIRE. *JB

WE BOUGHT 4 BRAND NEW TIRES AND THEY SHAKE REALLY BAD WE TOOK THEM BACK TO THE STORE WE BOUGHT THEM FROM AND THEY RE-BALANCED THE TIRES SAYING THAT WAS ALL THEY COULD DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT IT IS NOT FIXED AND NOW WE ARE STUCK WITH THESE TIRES THAT WE DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH. *JB

LOSS OF POWER WHILE ENTERING HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC, CAUSING HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTIONS TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. FAILURE OF TRANSFER PUMP CAUSING FAILURE OF INJECTION PUMP ON NUMBEROUS OCCASIONS, THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AT THE TIME OF THE LAST REPAIR THEIR WAS NO REPLACEMENT FOR TRANSFER PUMP AVAILABLE, SO AN AFTER MARKET ELECTRIC PUMP WITH PROPER FLOW RATE AMD PRESSURE WAS INSTALLED AND HAS BEEN IN SERVICE FOR OVER 1 YEAR. THE INJECTION PUMP STILL FLAGS AS BAD AND HAS LOSS OF POWER UNTIL ENGINE IS AT FULL RUNNING TEMPERTURE AND WILL EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKING APART NOW HAS A HOLE IN IT. I'M AFRAID THE SUN WILL MELT THE WIRING AND POSSIBLY CAUSE THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY OR OTHER DAMAGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMALL CRACKS ON THE TOP PART OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, WHICH HAVE TURNED INTO LARGE HOLES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 131,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND FALLING OUT OF THE TRUCK. *TR

ANOTHER CRACKED DASH BOARD . DEALER SAID THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BEFORE!! VARY LARGE CRACKS RUNNING FROM THE LEADING EDGE TO THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

FUEL TRANSFER PUMP REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. *TR