2001 Dodge Ram 2500 complaints

DODGE 2500 4X4 DIESEL TRUCK DASH IS CRACKED IN ABOUT 5 PLACES. IT IS GOING TO FALL THROUGH PRETTY SOON. I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE VEHICLE EXTREMELY WELL WITH SUN SHADES WHEN EVER I PARK IT. STILL THE DASH HAS CRACKED AND WILL BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD. DODGE SHOULD REPLACE THIS DASH WITH A PLASTIC OR MATERIAL THAT WILL WORK EFFECTIVELY. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO LOSE POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE IS CALLED DEAD PEDAL, WHICH OCCURS WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS DEPRESSED AGAINST THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHILE IN MOTION. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS A FAULTY FUEL CONNECTOR AND STATED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAS HAD FUEL COMPONENTS REPLACED BEFORE BY A LOCAL AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,151 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,442.

DASH BOARD CRACKED LEADING TO A CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD. I WENT OUT TO MY TRUCK ON THE 4TH OF JULY AND FOUND THAT MY WINDSHIELD HAD A CRACK IN IT, UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED IN ABOUT 4 PLACES. I HAVE RECENTLY FOUND A NUMBER OF REPORTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT DASHBOARD FAILURE. *JB

MY DASHBOARD IN MY 2001 2500 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK BEGAN TO CRACK. THIS CRACK CONTINUED TO GROW UNTIL FINALLY LARGE CHUNKS JUST COLLAPSED INTO THE INSIDE OF THE DASH. I KEEP MY TRUCK GARAGED MOST OF THE TIME SO THIS REALLY SHOCKED ME. I WORRY ABOUT PIECES FALLING INSIDE THAT MAY CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS. *JB

DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING IN APRIL 07, NOW IT IS ACTUALLY BREAKING APART. WIRING IS NOW EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT. THERE ARE LARGE HOLES FORMING IN THE DASH. GETS WORSE EVERYDAY. NOW IS BREAKING APART NEAR PASSENGER AIRBAG AREA. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB FOR THIS PROBLEM. COULD LEAD TO SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH WIRING EXPOSED. TRUCK ONLY HAS 65K MILES ON IT. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 2500. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BOTH FRONT TIRES HAD A SLOW LEAK. *MC THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT ALL 4 RIMS WERE CRACKED. *JB

LARGE MULTIPLE CRACKS IN DASHBOARD AND HOLES. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL/ --DASH BOARD FALLING APART, CRACKING ALL OVER AND LARGE HOLES IN IT. *TR

WE PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. (CONSTRUCTION CO.) BY 2003 THE DASH WAS CRACKING. QUCIKLY FALLING APART WITH CHUNKS CAVING INWARD. EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO NEGLIGENCE ON OUR PART AND OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM, THE DODGE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT FIX IT FOR US. WE HAVE CALLED THE 800 NUMBER, SEEN ON TV BUT HAVE GOTTEN NO HELP. THE 2ND TIME WE CALLED THEY DID NOT EVEN RETURN OUR CALL. AS YOU CAN SEE, BY THIS COMPLAINT SITE, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM OF THE 2001 PICKUPS! WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT??

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM2500. THE DASH STARTED CRACKING JUST AS MY EXTENDED WARRANTY RAN OUT. NOW THE DASH HAS CRACKS ALL OVER IT AND SOME OF IT HAS FALLEN DOWN. I AM AWARE OF MANY, MANY OTHER DODGE TRUCKS MADE IN 2001 THAT ARE DOING THIS. EVENTUALLY THIS WILL LEAD TO ELECTRICAL FAILURES. DODGE SAYS THEY WILL NOT FIX THIS. IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS IF THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVE DODGES WITH CRACKED UP AND FALLING APART DASHES, IT IS A MANUFACTURERES DEFECT.

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500, AND MY DASH IS FALLING IN. MY DASH STARTED CRACKING SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND HAS RECENTLY STARTED FALLING TO PIECES WHICH ARE BEING LOST INSIDE THE DASH. WHEN I GOOGLED A REPLACEMENT DASH I FOUND COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. LOCAL 6 NEWS OUT OF FLORIDA DID A STORY ON THIS PROBLEM AND EVEN HAS A REPORT OF THE FALLING DEBRIS CUTTING INTO THE WIRING CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS TO TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED DODGE DIRECTLY. I DID GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ALL THEY OFFERED WAS TO SELL ME A NEW DASH AT APPX. $500. WHEN I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM, SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD COMPLAINED TO DODGE WERE GIVEN THE SAME FORM LETTER TELLING THEM IN SHORT THAT THIS WAS NOT A COMMON PROBLEM RESULTING IN A RECALL AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. I AM ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE LOOKING FOR DODGE TO CORRECT A PROBLEM THEY HAVE GIVEN US THAT IS NOT ONLY COSMETIC. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS BEING OVERLOOKED AND VIEWED AS COSMETIC. THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE OF BROKEN PIECES OF DASH BOARD FALLING IN AND CUTTING WIRES, EXPOSED JAGGED EDGES OF PLASTIC, BRITTLE PLASTIC PARTS FLYING AROUND IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK DURING THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, AND ALSO PIECES BEING PROPELLED AT THE DRIVER AND ALL PASSENGERS IN THE EVENT OF AN AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. WE ARE LOOKING FOR DODGE TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM AND ADMIT THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THEM PURCHASING SUB-PAR MATERIALS. *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON THE 2001 DODGE RAM WITH 49,000 MILES HAD CRACKS ALL OVER IT. PIECES STARTED TO COME OFF. IT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED YET, BUT I BELIEVED THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE SUBSTANCE ERRORS DUE TO WIRING UNDER THE DASH GETTING HOT. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY AND A POTENTIAL SHORT WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. A DASH SHOULD NOT CRACK AFTER 3-4 YEARS. IT STARTED WITH MINOR CRACKS AROUND 2005 AND KEPT GETTING WORSE. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE HAD ANY VECHILE DO THIS BUT THISWAS MY FIRST DODGE. *AK

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 DASHBOARD CRACKING . TV INVESTIGATION SLOT SHOWN ON INTERNET. MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM - PURCHASED NEW DASHBOARD PANEL FROM DODGE DEALER $200. IN THE PAST YEAR HAVE FRONT AXLE SEALS, WATER PUMP, POWER STEERING PUMP , FUEL INJECTION PUMP AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. REPAIRED OVER $ 6400 IN EXPENSE - THE DASH PROBLEM BROKE THE MONKEY'S BACK. *AK

I WENT OUT TO MY TRUCK THE OTHER DAY AND NOTICED A LARGE CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE COUNTLESS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS MYSELF. THIS PROBLEM COULD POTENTAILLY CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. IN AN ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAG COULD BE RIPPED BY THE FAILING DASHBOARD AS IT DEPLOYED. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 P/U QUAD CAB THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF. THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL IN 2002, BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. CHRYSLER SENT OUT AN INSPECTOR AND THEY DENIED THE CLAIM. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT SAFETY RECALLS HAD TO BE LISTED ON REGISTRATION SO AS TO BE DONE BEFORE YOU CAN RE-REGISTER. I RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT THEY DENIED THE CLAIM BUT NOT TOLD THE FACTS OF THE INVESTIGATION OR WHY IT WAS DENIED. THE RECALL STATED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *AK

DASHBOARD CRACKING, COLLAPSING, AND SPLINTERING. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP THAT THE DASH IS COLLAPSING IN ON ITSELF. NOW THE WIRING IS EXPOSED TO THE HARSH SUNLIGHT OF FLA. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUPS

THE DASHBOARD CRUMBLED AND COLLAPSED INTO ELECTRICAL AND AIRCONDITIONING EQUIPMENT.

DASHBOARD CRACKED AND FELL OFF FIREWALL.BIG HOLES WHERE THE DASHBOARD NO LONGER EXISTED.*AK

INSTRUMENT PANEL TOP SHOWS SEVERE CRACKS. FALLING PIECES HAVE BROKEN ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS IN OTHER CASES. *AK

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING, VERY LARGE CRACKS RUNNING FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE FRONT OF THE DASHBOARD. *AK

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 WHERE THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED AND PIECES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE DASHBOARD. AT THIS TIME THE ONLY ELECTRICAL PROBLEM I HAVE EXPERIENCED WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT ALWAYS WORK , BUT DID NOT KNOW IF THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE PIECES FALLING INTO THE DASHBOARD.

DASHBOARD HAS NUMEROUS LARGE CRACKS. TRUCK WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND ONLY HAD 35000 MILES ON IT WHEN CRACKING STARTED. I AM WORRIED THAT THE DASHBOARD MY COLLAPSE WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE IS A 2001.5 DODGE RAM PICK UP. *AK

DASHBOARD CRACKING AND FALLING ON ELECTRICAL WIRE, SHORTING OUT THINGS, KEEPS BLOWING THE ABS FUSE. *AK

AS PART OF A NEWS REPORT IN FLORIDA ON 2001 DODGE RAM DASHBOARDS I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT. I KNOW OF 3 PEOPLE ,NOT INCLUDING MY SELF THAT HAVE THESE TRUCKS, AND ALL OF THEM ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF FAILURE, FROM MINOR CRACKS IN MY TRUCK TO A DASHBOARD THAT WAS COMPLETELY FALLING APART IN A FRIEND'S TRUCK. *AK

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND CAVING IN ON THE 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP. *AK

DODGE RAM 2001 - CRACKED DASHBOARD *TR

THE DASH IS SEVERELY CRACKED. THIS IS HAPPENING TO SEVERAL DODGE RAM'S OF THE 2001 YEAR THAT I KNOW OF. IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THE BROKEN DASH FALLING DOWNWARD AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIRING, OR EVEN GETTING STUCK ON THE GAS PEDAL, POTENTIALLY CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *JB

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM AND THE DASHBOARD HAS MANY CRACKS IN IT. MY LOCAL NEWS HAD A STORY ON THE MANY OTHER DODGE RAMS THAT HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. SOME EVEN SAY IT HAS LED TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS YET, BUT AM CONCERNED IT MAY LEAD TO THAT. *JB

I OWN 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK THAT DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AND HUGE HOLES IN IT. *TR

DASH BOARD ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM HAS CRACKED. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 AND MY DASHBOARD HAS SHATTERED. I NOW HAVE A LARGE HOLE IN MY DASH. I CALLED DODGE AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO NOTHING. SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND ONE OF THEM HAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS FROM THIS, HER HEADLIGHTS DON'T WORK SOMETIMES. *TR

CRACK IN DASH AS REPORTED BY OTHERS. 2001 DODGE RAM *TR

I OWNED A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 5.9L DIESEL 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION FOR A TIME UNTIL I HAD THE PROBLEM I AM REFERRING TO ABOUT THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK REFUSED TO SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR ANYTIME I WENT TO TAKE OFF, AND SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE PRESSURE PLATE FINGERS WERE BENT, AND THE TOTAL COST WAS GOING TO BE OVER $1000 TO REPLACE EVERYTHING. I ALSO PERSONALLY TALKED TO THE MECHANICAL WHO STATED THE PROBLEM WITH THE PRESSURE PLATE ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY MYSELF AND MUST HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURER DEFECT. DODGE REFUSED TO WARRANTY ANY OF THE WORK BECAUSE IT HAD 40000 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND WAS OVER THEIR 36000 MILE WARRANTY LIMIT. THEY ALSO SAID I DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THEIR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER EXPLANATION. I KEPT ALL THE REPLACED PARTS AND STILL HAVE THEM TO THIS DAY. I HAVE SENT SEVERAL LETTERS TO DODGE, CHRYSLER, AND DIAMLER CHRYSLER IN DETROIT MICHIGAN AND GERMANY, INCLUDING PICTURES, WITH ONLY ONE RESPONSE BASICALLY SAYING THEY DIDN'T CARE. I BELIEVE THIS IS ABSOLUTE FRAUD AND DECEIT ON PART OF CHRYSLER AND IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS THE AMERICAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IS IN THE SHAPE IT'S IN. I HAVE KEPT EXTENSIVE RECORDS REGARDING THIS MATTER AND HAVE COPIES OF EVERY LETTER I'VE SENT TO DODGE ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IF ANY OF THIS WILL BE OF ANY HELP TO YOU IN ANY WAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER. AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL TRANSFER PUMP LOCATED AND BOLTED ON THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE ABOVE THE STARTER WAS LEAKING DIESEL FUEL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61916. THE DEALER ALSO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY NO LONGER MAKE THAT TYPE OF PUMP. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO REACH THE MANUFACTURER TO FILE A COMPLAINT AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CONTACT WAS NEVER NOTIFIED THAT THE PARTS WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE, AND WAS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62015. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HAS THE OLD PUMP. THE DEALER IS PUTTING A PLATE OVER WHERE THE OLD PUMP WAS BOLTED ON THE BLOCK. UPDATED 4/9 *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 REG CAB LONG BED PICKUP. VEHICLE HAS 26,000 ORIGINAL MILES AND AFTER MAJOR FRONT END REPAIRS( UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, STABILIZER BAR LINKS, STABILIZER SHOCK AND BOTH WHEEL BEARINGS) FOR STEERING PROBLEMS, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE TRUCK IS ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE AND WANDERS INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC IF CONSTANT ATTENTION AND OVER CORRECTION OF STEERING IS NOT ADHERED TOO. DRIVING IS A TASK AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL WITH THE ENGINE ON, 30 SECONDS AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE IT ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POLE. THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE MUST NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE PARK POSITION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *AK

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 INJECTION AND TRANSFER PUMP WAS REPLACED. *TS AT THE TIME OF REPAIR THE TECHNICIAN DID NOT INSTALL THE RETROFIT TRANSFER PUMP, INSTEAD HE PUT IN A CHEAPER PUMP. AT THE TIME THE MILEAGE WAS 47810. A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER THE LED LIGHT FOR THE FUEL PRESSURE ILLUMINATED. THE TRANSFER PUMP HAD FAILED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WARRANTY AND THE PART WARRANTY BOTH HAD EXPIRED THEREFORE THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. *NM

I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA RECENTLY AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM YOU. I DID NOT WRITE THE NUMBER DOWN SO I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT AGAIN. MY HUSBAND HAS A 2001 DODGE DIESEL THAT WE BOUGHT IN 2002. WE WENT TO PUT NEW TIRES ON THE TRUCK AND TOTTEN TIRE WOULD NOT LET US LEAVE WITH THE TRUCK WITHOUT PUTTING NEW RIMS ON IT. THEY SAID THE RIMS WERE DANGEROUS. 3 OF THE 4 RIMS HAVE CRACKS UP TO 3/8 INCH WIDE, ONE HAS 10 CRACKS. I BELIEVE THE RIMS ARE DEFECTIVE. THE TIRE PLACE SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN RIMS LIKE THIS BEFORE. I AM ATTACHING A PICTURE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT MORE DODGE TRUCKS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. IF ONE OF THESE RIMS WOULD HAVE BROKE APART GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS AND THEY ARE DOING NOTHING TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE $700.00 WE HAD TO PAY FOR RIMS. THEY SAID THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. RIMS SHOULD NOT FALL APART IN 4 YEARS TIME. THE VIN # ON HIS TRUCK IS 387KF23651G8XXXXX. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME, AND PERHAPS SAVE OTHER PEOPLE FROM THIS SAME PROBLEM. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THE RIMS ON THE DODGE RAM DIESEL PICK UPS ARE ALL CRACKING THIS BADLY MANY PEOPLE MAY BE INJURED. I WILL MAIL COPIES OF THE CRACKED RIMS WITH A COPY OF THIS COMPLAINT FOR YOUR REVIEW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *NM UPDATED 12/15/06. *JB

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY TRUCK REPEATEDLY GO OUT. INITIALLY THIS ONLY HAPPENED WHEN I SWITCHED FROM HIGH TO LOW BEAM. WAITING A COUPLE SECONDS THEN SWITCHING BACK TO HIGH AND THEN TO LOW WILL ALLOW ME TO USE LOW BEAM. HOWEVER, RECENTLY THEY HAVE FAILED TO COME ONE AT ALL AND GONE OUT WITHOUT ANY CHANGING FROM HIGH TO LOW. THIS WAS ALSO AN ISSUE WITH MY 1995 2500 RAM, WHICH DODGE EXCLUDED FROM ITS RECALL (99V024)

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THE POWER STEERING RACK WAS REPLACED. THE POWER STEERING RACK HAD FAILED. UPDATED 10/25/06. *JB

MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 39K MILES AND WAS HAVING SEVERE ISSUES WITH STEERING WOBBLE AND STEERING WANDERING. THE STEERING STABILIZER AND TRACK BAR WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER BUT STILLS HAS PLAY IN THE STEERING. ALTHOUGH NOT CURRENTLY UNDER WARRANTY THESE PARTS SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 39K MILES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING. *JB

2001 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB ALL FOUR (4) DOORS RUSTING OUT VEHICLE HAD 32,000 MILES WHEN FIRST NOTICED BUT WAS OUT OF FACTORY WARRANTY DEALER SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $6-9,000 TO REPAIR CONTACTED MANUFACTURER THEY SAID DEALER HAS A GOOD FAITH REPAIR ACCOUNT, DEALER SAID NO NOW ONE YEAR LATER TRUCK LOOKS LIKE ITS 25 YEARS OLD AND THE DEALER CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I WON'T BUY ANOTHER. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BALL JOINTS ARE WORN THEREFORE THE VEHICLE CANNOT PASS THE STATE INSPECTION. THE DEALER ALERTED THE CONTACT THAT VEHICLES OF THE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE BALL JOINTS. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE IN REGARDS TO STEERING. *AK

MY BRAKES AND STEERING HAVE FAILED FOUR TIMES ON MY DODGE RAM. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AT CHRYSLER AND IN BOTH CASES THE REPRESENTATIVE REFUSED TO ASSIST ME. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT I HAVE HAD MY BRAKES FAIL FOUR TIMES ON MY DODGE RAM 3/4 TON TRUCK. THEY SAID MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND THAT I AM 2700 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY THAT IS ALL THAT CAN BE DONE. *JB

THE DASH ON MY 01 DODGE RAM STARTED CRACKING AT 37K MILES AND IS NOW ABOUT TO COMPLETELY FALL IN. DODGE SAID IT WAS NOT THERE PROBLEM. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE DRIVER SIDE FENDER WAS DAMAGED. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE ABS SYSTEM, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, #01V153000, REGARDING THE AIRBAGS. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER. THERE IS NOW A PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. WHILE TRAVELING 60-65MPH, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND ALL FOUR TIRES LOCKED RESULTING IN TIRE SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHERE IT IS NOW BEING INSPECTED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE WITH A UTILITY TRAILER IN TOW, THE TRAILER HITCH BRACKET FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION, THE HITCH BRACKET WAS FRACTURED IN SEVERAL AREAS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE TRAILER HITCH BRACKETS WERE MANUFACTURED USING A MATERIAL WITH INSUFFICIENT STRENGTH AND THE BRACKETS NEEDED TO BE REINFORCED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 00V107000, REGARDING THE TRAILER HITCHES. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FUEL AND INJECTOR PUMPS WERE REPLACED.

DODGE 2500 RAM P U - FAULTY TRANSMISSION STAYING IN GEAR. *NM