2003 Dodge Ram 2500 complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROSTER WAS INOPERABLE. BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED MINIMAL AIR WAS EMITTING FROM THE DEFROSTER VENTS. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A HINGE THAT FRACTURED ON THE BLEND DOOR NOT ALLOWING THE AIR TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE WINDSHIELD PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE 144,000.

IN 3/05 BEGAN TO WOBBLE IN FRONT END WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. ASSUMED TIRE AND ALIGNMENT ISSUE, TIRES REPLACED COMPUTERIZED WHEEL BALANCE & FRONT-END ALIGNMENT. 8/05 VEHICLE IN FOR TIRE ROTATION WHEEL BALANCE AND ALIGNMENT PERIODICALLY WHEN TRAVELING HIGHER SPEEDS CONTINUED WOBBLE. 4/06 ROTATION AND ALIGNMENT DONE AGAIN. WOBBLE CONTINUED PERIODICALLY AT HIGHER RATES OF SPEED, CORRECTED SELF IF YOU SLOWED DOWN AND RESUMED TRAVEL. 1/07 WHEEL BALANCE, TIRE ROTATION AND ALIGNMENT DONE. IN 07 WOBBLE CONTINUED, END OF 07 OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY. 1/08 GOODYEAR FOUND STEERING STABILIZER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SERVICE PERFORMED ALONG WITH NEW TIRES, WHEEL BALANCE AND ALIGNMENT. ADVISED THIS SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE WOBBLE. END OF 08 WOBBLE BEGAN AGAIN. 5/09 TRUCK IN FOR TIRE ROTATION, WHEEL BALANCE AND ALIGNMENT. 6/09 WOBBLE CONTINUED TRUCK REPAIRED AT SUNRISE AUTO ALL UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS AND AXLE SEAL REPLACED AND ALIGNMENT. 9/09 TRUCK RECALLED FOR STEERING LINKAGE DONE AT DELAND CHRYSLER 9/10/09. 5/10 TIRE ROTATION WHEEL BALANCE AND ALIGNMENT DONE AS WOBBLE CONTINUED PERIODICALLY AT HIGHER RATES OF SPEED. 11/2/10 WOBBLE INCREASED TRUCK TO STEVE'S AUTO AND HAD U-JOINT, SHOCKS AND STABILIZER LINKS REPLACED. WOBBLE CONTINUED TO OCCUR PERIODICALLY. 2/26/11 REPLACED SHOCKS AGAIN WITH HEAVIER DUTY SHOCKS BALANCED TIRES. WOBBLE CONTINUES. 3/9/11 REPLACED RIGHT FRONT HUB ASSEMBLE. WOBBLE WORSENING - 10/11 SON-IN-LAW WAS USING VEHICLE AND WOBBLE SO BAD ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF

ALL DODGE RAM FROM 2000-2005 HAVE DASH PROBLEMS. THEY BREAK AND FALL APART. THEY COST AROUND $1500-1800 TO GET THEM REPLACED. THEY DON'T TELL YOU WHEN YOU BUY IT. SO WHY DOES THE NHTSA NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IF YOU HAVE WRECK AND THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY, THERE ARE SHARP EDGES IN BETWEEN YOU AND THE BAGS. THEY WILL CUT YOUR FACE, ARMS, OR WORSE KILL YOU. IS IT GOING TO TAKE INNOCENT PEOPLE GETTING MURDERED BY DODGE'S NEGLIGENCE FOR SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING. THEY ARE DEFECTIVE. MAKE DODGE RECALL THE DASH AND INSTALL A NEW SAFER ONE. I DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO BE KILLED, INCLUDING MYSELF AND FAMILY. *KB

DASH STARTED CRACKING AROUND 65,000 MILES AND KEEPS CRACKING. THE CRACKS HAVE CAUSED THE DASH TO SEPARATE CAUSING THE DEFROSTER VENTS NOT TO BLOW CORRECTLY ACROSS WINDSHIELD ( WILL NOT DEFROST). DASH IS STARTING TO DROP DOWN IN DIFFERENT AREAS WHICH MAY CAUSE ELECTRICAL FAILURES OR ELECTRICAL FIRE. TRUCK IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION ( OTHER THAN DASH) WITH ONLY 80,000 MILES. *TR

THE PLASTIC DASH CRACKED RESULTING IN THE AIR CONDITIONER AND DEFROSTER NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY. PIECES OF FOAM ARE COMING OUT OF THE A/C REGISTERS AND BLOWING INTO MY FACE ALMOST HITTING ME IN THE EYE ON OCCASION. THE PLASTIC DASH IS OBVIOUSLY MADE OF DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A DASH CRACK INTO PIECES THIS BADLY. *TR

DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK A FEW MONTHS AGO, JUST HAIRLINE CRACKS AT FIRST. NOW THERE ARE LONG CRACKS EVERYWHERE & THE DASHBOARD MAY FALL IN & DISRUPT WHATEVER ELECTRIC CIRCUITS ARE UNDERNEATH. LOCAL DODGE DEALER WOULDN'T TAKE ACTION UNLESS I PAID FOR IT. HE SAID "DON'T USE ARMOURALL" WHICH I DON'T. DODGE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE WAS NO HELP EITHER. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE MATERIALS USED TO MANUFACTURE THE DASHBOARD. THE CRACKS CONTINUE TO EXPAND. AFRAID TO DRIVE IT! *TR

TRUCK GETS A SEVERE WOBBLE WHEN IT GOES OVER ROUGH SPOT IN ROAD AND THE WOBBLE IS SO SEVERE THAT IT IS ALL A PERSON CAN DO TO HANG ON WITHOUT WRECKING TO GET THE TRUCK SLOWED AND STOPPED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED AND SHARP EDGES WERE EXPOSED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

I HAVE A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500,AS OF THIS EVENING I HAD ALL THE MAJOR STEERING COMPONENTS REPLACED, AT A COST OF NEARLY $2500.00 TO SOLVE WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE DODGE DEATH WOBBLE, THE FIRST EXPANSION JOINT IN THE ROAD, AFTER I PICK MY TRUCK UP, CAUSED MY TRUCK TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, AND NEARLY OUT OF CONTROL AGAIN. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, DODGE WONT ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND KEEPS SELLING ME REPLACEMENT PARTS WITHOUT ANY RESOLVE. THE VIOLENT SHAKING CONTINUES. I CAN NOT EVEN CONTEMPLATE SELLING THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE MY CONSCIENCE WONT ALLOW ME TO PUT ANOTHER PERSONS SAFETY IN JEOPARDY PLEASE HELP US!!! DODGE WON'T!!!!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, HE WAS UNABLE TO ENGAGE THE POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A SAFETY HAZARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE ON A 2004 RAM 2500 AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED AND THAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

DASH CRACKED AND FALLING APART. STARTED WITH ONE CRACK AND NOW HAVE MULTIPLE CRACKS AND IS FALLING APART. PIECES MAY CAUSE INJURY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *TT

AFTER PURCHASING MY 03 RAM 2500 IN JUNE OF 2010 I HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED OVER 65MPH AND HITTING THE SMALLEST BUMP IN THE ROAD. I'VE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO JUST BE TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. THEY REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS IN NOV OF 2010 AFTER I INSISTED THAT SOMETHING HAS TO BE WRONG WITH THE FRONT END, BUT THIS DIDN'T HELP. I REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPER AND TIE ROD ENDS AND IT DIDN'T HELP. I VE LOOKED AT THE FORUMS ONLINE AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. SO WHAT CAN I DO WITH A TRUCK I OWE MONEY ON THAT I NEED TO TRAVEL CAUSE OF MY JOB BUT DON'T FEEL SAFE IN IT? WHO DO I CONTACT? *TT

RECENTLY I NOTICED THAT THE DASH HAD CRACKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT WAS NOT VERY NOTICEABLE FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND A PASSENGER POINTED IT OUT. SINCE FIRST NOTICED, THE CRACK (TEAR) HAS CONTINUED TO GROW. *TR OTHER THAN THE CRACK IN THE DASH, THE TRUCK LOOKS BRAND NEW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT OF HIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER COIL WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HEATER COIL WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 232,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 245,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AT 65-70MPH. I HEARD A LOUD "SNAP" NOISE AND NOTICE THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD A 8-12" CRACK ON THE TOP AND ABOUT A 4-7" ON THE FRONT, DIRECTLY IN THE AREA OF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. THIS CAN NOT BE SAFE! IT ALSO DISPLAYS SOME POOR INTEGRITY OF CONSTRUCTION AND/OR MATERIALS USED. SINCE THE INCIDENT, THE DASH HAS CONTINUED TO CRACK AND SPLIT FURTHER. THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TURNED ME AWAY AND EXPLAINED IT "WASN'T THEIR PROBLEM".... *TR

PILLAR HANDLE BROKE AND DASH CRACKING. ALMOST FELL TO THE PAVEMENT WHEN HANDLE PULLED OFF PILLAR. CAN BELIEVE ITS PLASTIC HANGERS. ALSO DASH CRACKED RIGHT ABOVE AIRBAG ON PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

"DEATH WOBBLE" IF THE TRUCK HITS A DIP OR BUMP IN THE ROAD THAT IS UNEVEN/ANGLE THE FRONT END STARTS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THE ENTIRE TRUCK WILL SHAKE. THE SHAKE IS SO VIOLENT THAT ANYTHING IN THE TRUCK GOES FLYING THROUGHOUT THE TRUCK. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SHAKE IS TO HIT THE BRAKES AND BRING THE TRUCK TO 10-20 MPH. THERE IS NO CONTROL OVER STEERING DURING THIS SHAKING AS THE STEERING WHEEL TAKES TWO HANDS ALL YOUR STRENGTH TO HOLD ON TO. THERE ARE NO FRONT END PARTS DEFECTIVE OR WORN WHICH WOULD CAUSE THIS ISSUE. THE SHAKE CAN OCCUR AT SPEEDS FROM 30 ON UP. I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC AND THERE IS NO CAUSE OTHER THAT A BAD DESIGN. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM AND THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF "DEATH WOBBLE" AND STATE THEY HAVE NO COMPLAINTS. I HAVE REPLACED BALL JOINTS WHICH DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. SHAKING IS ALSO BECOMING MORE FREQUENT TO THE POINT TRUCK CAN'T GO ON THE EXPRESSWAY ANYMORE. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE LOOSES CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TIE ROD AND BALL JOINT WAS REPLACED, BUT FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE CONTACT CONTINUES TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER TOOK A REPORT 21276257 AND ADVISED THE FAILURE WAS NOT RECALLED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 WITH COOPER TEMPRA TRAIL CUTTERS LT265/70/R17 (DOT UTAHRDA0409) TIRES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING NEAR THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ASKED THE CONTACT TO MAIL THE TIRE SO THEY COULD INSPECT IT. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 3 MPH WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE ROD DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FRACTURED TIRE ROD END. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:11V350000 (STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 84,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROSTER AND HEATER DOOR FRACTURED AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO USE EITHER COMPONENT AND THE WINSHIELD WOULD BECOME EXTREMELY FOGGED WHENEVER IT WOULD RAIN. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS AT 20000 MILES, (DEATH WOBBLE), IT DID NOT HAPPEN FOR ANOTHER YEAR. SINCE THEN IT HAS GOTTEN MORE FREQUENT, VIRTUALLY EVERY TIME I GET ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE UPGRADED STEERING LINKAGE TO 09'.,NEW TRACK BAR, STEERING DAMPNER , BALL JOINTS AND ALSO THE GEARBOX FRAME BRACE W/PITNAM ARM BEARING KIT. I STILL HAVE THE DEATH WOBBLE. I NOW HAVE AROUND 58000 MI. I LOVE MY TRUCK, JUST NOT THE WOBBLE, I WOULD NOT FEEL RIGHT BY SELLING IT LIKE THIS.

THE DASH BOARD ON MY 2003 DODGE RAM IS CRUMBLING ON SOME PARTS AND CRACKING VERY BADLY ON OTHERS. IF I SHOULD BE IN AN ACCIDENT THE DASH IS SO BAD THAT IT WOULD CUT THE AIRBAGS NO MATER WHAT CHRYSLER SAYS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF ASAP. BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED NOT AFTER. *TR

WHEN I TRIED TO SWITCH THE AC TO DEFROST, IT WOULD NOT WORKED. KEPT HEARING A "THUNK" FROM INSIDE THE DASH. DEFROST WOULD NOT SWITCH OVER AND AIR CONTINUED BLOWING FROM VENTS. CREATED AN EXTREME VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT. *TR

DASH IS CRACKING IN SEVERAL PLACES. *KB

I WAS REPAIRING A PART UNDER THE DASH, THE DASH SHATTERED. WE FOUND SEVERAL OTHER STATEMENTS ONLINE THAT STATED THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. I FEEL THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE I COULD SHATTER AND INJURE THE DRIVER OR PASSENGERS. *TR

MY 2003 2500 DODGE RAM 4X4 SHAKES VIOLENTLY BAD WHEN I HIT BUMPS ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 60 MPH. I HAVE TO ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO MAKE IT GO AWAY. IT FEELS LIKE I AM GOING TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND CRASH. I HAVE SPENT ABOUT $2000.00 TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT NO SUCCESS. HELP PLEASE! *TR

I HAVE A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 . WE HAVE BEEN NOTICING OUR DASHBOARD CRACKING MORE AND MORE. IT SHOULD NOT BEEN DETIORATING BEFORE WE GET IT PAID OFF. I FEEL AS THOUGH IT IS A DEFECT IN THE MODEL. AND I THINK DODGE COMPANY SHOULD RECALL THIS ISSUE AND FIX THIS AT NO COST TO ME. *KB

NOTICED LARGE CRACK ON DASHBOARD, THEN COVERED DASH WITH A DASH MAT AND STARTED NOTICING MULTIPLE CRACKS

I OWN A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 HD WITH CUMMINS 5.9L VIN C ENGINE AND WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OVER 70 MPH AND HIT A BUMP ON THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE IT ENTERS A DEATH WOBBLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND THE VEHICLE IS UNCONTROLLABLE UNTIL I SLOW DOWN TO A SPEED OF LESS THAN 35 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND I HAVE GONE OFF THE ROAD DUE TO THE INABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE. I HAVE REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER, FRONT SHOCKS. TIRES AND STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. OTHER DRIVERS HAVE WITNESSED THE TIRE SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND REPORTED THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE WHEEL IS GOING TO FALL OFF. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE A-PILLAR, WHICH HELD THE WINDSHIELD IN PLACE, BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE DASHBOARD ALSO SUFFERED DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BOLTS FOR THE A-PILLAR WERE KNOWN TO BREAK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,900. UPDATED 08/24/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HIS FATHER GRABBED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD PILLAR HANDHOLD TO ASSIST HIM ENTERING THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE WAS HALFWAY UP THE HANDHOLD, IT GAVE WAY AND HE FELL BACK AGAINST THE DOOR WHICH KEPT HIM FROM FALLING COMPLETELY ON THE PAVEMENT. WHEN THE CONSUMER EXAMINED THE DAMAGE, HE FOUND THE HANDHOLD WAS FORMED WITH THE WINDSHIELD PILLAR TRIM. IT WAS MADE OF PLASTIC WHICH WAS HELD ON WITH TWO 8MM BOLTS. THE BOLTS WERE RECESSED, ONE AT THE TOP OF THE HANDHOLD AND ONE AT THE BOTTOM. BOTH BOLTS WERE STILL ATTACHED; THE TOP BOLT TRIM BASE HAD BROKEN AWAY FROM THE TRIM/HANDHOLD AND STILL HAD THE PLASTIC TRIM BEHIND THE HEAD OF THE BOLT. THE BOTTOM BOLT HAD PULLED COMPLETELY THROUGH THE TRIM/HANDHOLD BASE. THE TRIM/HANDHOLD PULLED SO FAR OUT, THAT IT ALSO BROKE THE DASHBOARD TOP. UPDATED 04/19/12

2003 DODGE RAM 2500 CRACKED DASH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL EXHIBITED A FRACTURE THAT INTERFERED WITH THE GAUGES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED BUT NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

THE DASH ON MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 PICKUP HAS STARTED CRACKING,AS HAS THOUSAND OF OTHER DODGE PICKUPS,WHICH WHEN THE CONDITION WORSENS TO WHERE THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO THE OCCUPANTS.I ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER DODGE PICKUP OWNERS WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO FORCE THE CHRYSLER CORP.TO MAKE RECALL ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES NOTABLY YEAR MODELS 2000-2004. DEALERS WANT UP TO $1,500.00 TO REPAIR THEN IN A FEW YEARS THE NEW DASH STARTS CRACKING.PLEASE HELP DODGE TRUCK OWNERS! *KB

DODGE RAM 2500 DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THE MAIN CRACK IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE RIGHT BY THE AIRBAG. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE DASHBOARD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DURING THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT LOST CONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO A MEDICAL ISSUE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS HOSPITALIZED AND SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 92,000. UPDATED 8/29/11 *CN UPDATED 09/28/11

I OWN A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE DASH BOARD HAS ONE LARGE CRACK/HOLE AND MULTIPLE LITTLE CRACKS THROUOUT FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND FRONT TO BACK. THE PLASTIC IS BRITTLE AND I AM CONCERNED THAT DURING A CRASH THE PIECES WILL BECOME PROJECTILES AND SHARDS THAT COULD PUNTURE AIRBAGS AND PEOPLE CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. I CHECKED INTO REPLACING THE PART ONLY TO FIND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OF THE TRUCK LINES OF DODGE FROM 1998 THROUGH 2006 AND THE REPLACEMENTS ARE OF THE SAME MATERIAL AND WOULD BE PRONE TO CRACK IN SHORT TIME JUST AS THE ORIGINAL DASES HAD. AS A FORMER FIREFIGHTER HAVING RESPONDED TO MANY ACCIDENTS I SEE THIS AS A TIME BOMB TO A DEATH THAT IS NOT NECCESSARY IF IT HASN'T ALREADY HAPPENED. THE DASH, I THOUGHT, WAS SUPPOSED TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS BUT INSTEAD WILL BE SHATTERED BY THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND BE BLOWN RIGHT INTO THE FACE OF THE VERY PERSON THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT CAUSING IN ALL LIKELYHOOD SEVERE INJURIES. *TR

DASH HAS CRACKED FROM WINDSHIELD TO TOP OF AIRBAG, PASSENGER SIDE LEFT OF AIRBAG. NOW HOLE IN TOP OF DASH THE SIZE OF GOLF BALL AND DASH CONSTANTLY CREEKS AND POPS WHILE DRIVING.

DODGE 2500 SLT HAS A SEVERELY CRACKED DASH WITH MULTIPLE VERY SHARP AND JAGGED EDGES... ITS MADE OF VERY POOR AND BRITTLE PLASTIC AND BECAUSE ITS IN THE DASH POSES A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND OR PERSONS THROWN FORWARD ONTO THE DASH. DODGE KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM AND HASN'T HAD A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

DASH STARTED CRACKING AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME AND NOW THE DASH IS BREAKING INTO SHARP PIECES AND FALLING DOWN BEHIND DASH WHICH IS RUBBING AGAINST ELECTRICAL WIRES BEHIND DASH CONSOLE. *TR

MY 03 DODGE 2500 DIESEL RAM TRUCK OCCASIONALLY GETS AN EXTREMELY VIOLENT FRONT END VIBRATION AFTER HITTING BUMPS OR RUTS IN THE ROAD. FAILURE HAPPENS ANYWHERE FROM 500 MILES TO 7000 MILES APART. *LN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS HAVE FAILED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. WHENEVER THE LEFT SIGNAL WAS TURNED ON THE RIGHT ONE WOULD COME ON AND VICE VERSA FOR THE RIGHT SIGNAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. UPDATED 03/17/11*LJ UPDATED 12/30/11*CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND BEGAN TO VIBRATE BACK AND FORTH. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED SHAKING WHEN THE SPEED DECREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 66,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NO HEAT OR DEFROST ON MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. ALL AIR BLOWS OUT DASH. PROBLEMS DEFROSTING WINDOWS AND KEEPING CLEAR. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT IS NOT COVERED AND WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF MY POCKET. AT LEAST $1000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MPH, THE FRONT SUSPENSION FRACTURED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE ROD WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT PURCHASED A NEW TIRE ROD AND REPLACED THE TIRE ROD HIMSELF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE TIRE ROD HAD BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES PRIOR TO THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,452.

I OWN A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. RECENTLY THE DASH CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE DASH IS NOW COMPROMISED. IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION I FEAR THAT THE DASH WILL NOW TURN INTO LITTLE PROJECTILES CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO MY OCCUPANTS. *TR

TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK ON I-65 NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN, KY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE WENT TO 90 MPH WITHIN SECONDS. I FIRST TRIED TO HIT THE BRAKE TO TAKE OFF THE CRUISE, THAT DID NOTHING, I THEN PUSHED IN THE CLUTCH AND THE ENGINE SCREAMED AND THE SPEAKERS BLEW, STILL GOING 90 MPH I MANUALLY TURNED OFF THE CRUISE AND THAT SLOWED IT DOWN. THERE IS A RECALL, BUT DODGE/CHRYSLER WILL NOT HONOR BECAUSE THE ECM NEEDS REPLACED NOT REPROGRAMMED. DODGE WANTS $3,473.00 FROM ME TO FIX. MY TRUCK ACCORDING TO DODGE HAD THE RECALL DONE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. I DON'T WANT TO DIE OR KILL SOMEONE IF MY TRUCK GOES OUT OF CONTROL AGAIN. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD MATTER IF IT NEEDS REPROGRAMMED OR REPLACED. A RECALL IS A RECALL AND ADMITS TO A PROBLEM. THIS RECALL REFERS TO VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL RECALL#69118 CALLED CHRYSLER 18007638422 SPOKE TO BRIAN BO52 AND LOCAL DEALER SWOPE DODGE IN E-TOWN THEY RAN A TEST TO FIND THE PROBLEM WHICH IS THE ECM NEEDED "REPLACED". THIS WOULD NOT NEED REPLACED IF THE SPEED CONTROL WORKED PROPERLY. THANK YOU

I DRIVE A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 WITH 113,00 MILES. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH I HIT A SLIGHTLY ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD. THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT OF COMPLETELY LOOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING COULD BE REPRODUCED ANY TIME I DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE SHOCKS, STEERING DAMPENER AND STEERING BOX THAT WAS LEAKING. HE STATED THAT NONE OF THESE PARTS WERE WORN TO THE POINT THAT HE FELT THEY SHOULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM THAT HE EXPERIENCED AND TERMED "AN UNACCEPTABLE SAFETY HAZARD". THE SHAKING HAS BEEN REDUCED WITH THESE REPAIRS BUT NOT ELIMINATED. THE MECHANIC NOW FEELS THE BALL JOINTS MAY BE THE NEXT APPROACH TO A FIX ALTHOUGH THESE AGAIN ARE NOT THAT WORN. *TR

MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 P\U TRUCK HAS A SEVERE SHAKE IN THE FRONT END, NOT JUST A VIBRATION THE WHEELS ARE SHAKING SIDE TO SIDE VIOLENTLY. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, I WENT OVER A BRIDGE AND WHERE THE ROAD MEETS THE END OF IT , AND ALL OF SUDDEN MY FRONT END JUST WENT OF CONTROL, I LET MY TRUCK SLOW ON ITS OWN UNTIL IT WAS MAYBE 45-50MPH THEN IT WENT AWAY. I NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME AND I HAVE OWNED DODGE TRUCKS MY ENTIRE LIFE. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ABOUT 6 TIMES. I AM NOW AWARE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS GOING BACK TO THE 1990 MODELS. I HAVE READ SO MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS ON THEIR OWN AND SPENDING UP TO $3000 BUT IT'S NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY! DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM, BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR INJURED. *TR