2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

POWER TRAIN NORTH STAR DODGE, CHRYSLER AUTO DEALER SAN PEDRO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -POWER TRAIN GRAPEVINE DODGE, CHRYSLER AUTO DEALER, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS- POWER TRAIN. *TR

DASHBOARD HAS COMPLETELY FRAGMENTED APART. IT HAS BEEN TAPED TO PREVENT PIECES OF HARD PLASTIC FROM DROPPING INTO ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. SHOULD AN ACCIDENT OCCUR, SERIOUS INJURY WILL RESULT FROM DASHBOARD BREAKING INTO MANY SHARP SHARDS. *TR

HOOD BECOME UNLATCHED AND FLEW UP AT ~ 50MPH AND HIT TOP OF TRUCK. IT COMPLETELY BENT BACKWARDS AND AFTER SAFELY MANEUVERING OFF THE ROAD, 2 PEOPLE HAD TO STAND ON TOP OF EACH TRUCK SIDE PANEL AND PULL REPEATEDLY TO BEND BACK DOWN AND LATCH SECURELY. METAL IS NOW BENT AND PEELED BACK AT THE JOINT/HINGE NEAR WINDSHIELD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKING AND DETERIORATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

THE HOOD FLEW OPEN. HOOD WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY USED, OR OPENED, AND WAS LATCHED NORMALLY. HOWEVER IT JUST FLEW OPEN, OBSTRUCTING MY VIEW. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO CRAWL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND DID NOT CRASH. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY RECALLED BY DODGE IN OTHER YEAR PICK-UPS, BUT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE EVER PROPERLY CORRECTED THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I CALLED DODGE TODAY AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD REPAIR MY TRUCK, BUT THEY SAID IT DID NOT HAVE A RECALL ISSUED, AND SO THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT AND IT WAS UP TO ME. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DODGE RAM TRUCK JAMMED OPEN THROTTLE BEGAN TO AN UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION THAT CAUSED VEHICLE TO ALMOST CRASH. A CALL WAS MADE TO DODGE DEALERSHIP @ 215 492 8600 HOWEVER I WAS INFORMED THAT MY TRUCK DID NOT FALL UNDER THIS RECALL PROBLEM. *TR

THE REAR BRAKE LINE BETWEEN THE GAS TANK AND FRAME BLEW OUT AS MY SON WAS PULLING IN THE DRIVEWAY. ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS. *TR

IN 2006, WE OBSERVED A LINE CRACK IN THE DASH. TOOK THE TRUCK TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WILL COST OVER $1000 TO REPLACE DASH. TOO EXPENSIVE, BOUGHT A DASH COVER TO COVER IT UP. MORE CRACKS DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS, AND THE DASH IS NOW BROKEN. THE DETERIORATION FROM DASH BEGAN TO WEAKEN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. CRACKS DEVELOPED IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND NOW THE PANEL IS BROKEN AS WELL. WE'VE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE WITH DASH AND PANEL BREAK APART LIKE THIS DODGE RAM.

THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKING AND HAVING LARGE PIECES FALL UNDER THE DASH ITSELF. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE INJURY TO DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT OR ACCIDENTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. OTHER ISSUES COULD COME FROM THIS PROBLEM DUE TO ALL THE WIRING AND OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE UNDER THE DASHBOARD. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKING AND HAVING LARGE PIECES FALL UNDER THE DASH ITSELF. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE INJURY TO DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT OR ACCIDENTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. OTHER ISSUES COULD COME FROM THIS PROBLEM DUE TO ALL THE WIRING AND OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE UNDER THE DASHBOARD. *TR