2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKED DASHBOARD. I HAVE WIRES EXPOSED THE AIRBAG CAN BE SEEN, PIECES OF PLASTIC FALL AND FLY AROUND THE CAR DAILY. UPDATED 03/12/10

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH A DISINTEGRATING DASH. WE BOUGHT IT USED WITH A TINY CRACK IN THE DASH, HAD NO IDEA IT WAS SUCH A MAJOR PROBLEM. IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS, THE DASH HAS STARTED DISINTEGRATING BEFORE OUR EYES. LARGE JAGGED CHUNKS ARE BREAKING OFF, OPENING UP THE WHOLE DASH, EVEN AROUND THE AIR BAGS. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THERE IS A CRASH, THE AIR BAGS EITHER WONT WORK OR THE DASH WILL BREAK OFF INTO A MILLION SHARDS AND KILL US. THIS IS RIDICULOUS! MY SON ACTUALLY CUT HIS FINGER PICKING UP SOMETHING FROM THE DASH THE OTHER DAY! *TR

I OWN A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4. THE DASH BOARD IS CRACKING. IF THIS CONTINUES THE DASH WILL FALL DOWN. I BELIEVE DODGE SHOULD RECALL THESE TRUCKS & REPAIR THEM... *TR

LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHER DODGE RAM OWNERS, I HAVE A COLLAPSED DASHBOARD IN MY 2000 MODEL RAM. THE TRUCK IS IN ABSOLUTE PERFECT SHAPE WITH ONLY 45,000 MILES... EXCEPT FOR THE SHARDS OF PLASTIC THAT CUT MY WRIST WHEN I WAS RETRIEVING A PAPER OFF THE DASHBOARD. I SURE NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE INJURED WHILE SITTING IN A STATIONARY TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY. SURELY IT'S NOT A SAFE SITUATION TO HAVE A COLLAPSED DASHBOARD OVER SO MANY ELECTRICAL WIRES AND AIR BAGS. *TR

TRUCK PURCHASED IN 1999. MAINTAINED REGULAR RECOMMENDED SCHEDULED SERVICE. 2006, TCC TRANSMISSION SOLENOID NEEDED REPLACEMENT. 2007, TCC SOLENOID REPLACED AGAIN. 2007, TRANSMISSION WITH 84,000 MILES NEEDED REPLACEMENT. JAN 2007, CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP FOR SPLIT OF COST FOR NEW TRANSMISSION. (DENIED). 2007, SECOND NEW TRANSMISSION REPLACED. 2008, LONG CRACKS ON DASHBOARD. 2009, COMPRESSOR, CLUTCH FAN AND AC SYSTEM REPLACED. 2009, FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SPEAKERS INOP. 2010 SECOND TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, OD LIGHT AND TRAN TEMP LIGHT ON AT 33,000 MILES ON NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

DODGE DASHBOARD CRACKED AND DISINTEGRATED. 2000 RAM 1500 5.2 LITER. THE WHOLE DASH FELL APART. SAFETY ISSUES ARE THE SHARP JAGGED RAZOR SHARP EDGES, AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF DASH ASSEMBLY. FUNCTION OF AIR BAG IS IN QUESTION. I TOOK AFTER MARKET DASH COVER, USED IT FOR A MOLD AND LAID UP A NEW DASH WITH FIBER GLASS. WILL NOT PURCHASE NEW/USED DASH BOARD AS THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE CHRONIC, POOR QUALITY ABS IS THE CAUSE. WILL NOT RISK A REPEAT INCIDENT. *TR

WE OWE A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASHBOARD IS ALL CRACKED. WE HAVE TRIED TO STOP THE CRACKING USING GLUE BUT IT IS A WASTE OF TIME. IT GETS WORSE AND WORSE. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM TRUCK AND THE DASH IS ALL CRACKED. I CALLED DODGE CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY CANT DO ANYTHING ARE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING. IT ISTHERE FAULT THEY SHOULD FIX IT. *TR

PLASTIC DASH AND FACIA HAS CRACKED AND IS BREAKING OFF IN LARGE PIECES LEAVING VERY SHARP EDGES ON DASH AND FACIA. *TR

BOUGHT USED 2000 DODGE RAM 4X4 THIS PAST SUMMER. IT ONLY HAS 61,000 MILES ON IT. ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER BUYING IT, WE NOTICED A VERY LARGE CRACK IN THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD GOING FROM WINDOW TO EDGE OF FRONT. I HAD READ ABOUT THIS FAULT WITH THIS MODEL TRUCK, BUT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT, IT HAD NO CRACK. I AM AFRAID FOR OUR SAFETY NOW. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM! BUT, OF COURSE, DODGE WON'T RECALL ANYTHING.........LIKE THE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS, FRONT ENDS, ETC. *TR