2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

SINCE DEC OF 2004 I HAVE HAD MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED 3 TIMES ON THIS VEHICLE, THE LAST TIME I WAS ON A HIGHWAY WHEN IT "BLEW" AND WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL PPL THAT I WAS VERY "LUCKY" IT DIDN'T CATCH FIRE, L KNOW OF MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE OWNED THESE TRUCKS AND HAVE HAD SIMILAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS!! I ALSO HAVE HAD MY SPARE TIRE CABLE BREAK WHILE THE TRUCK WAS ON A ROADWAY, AND MY SPARE TIRE WHEN ROLLING DOWN THE ROAD BEHIND ME, BY THE GRACE OF GOD...NO CARS WERE COMING, IN ADDITION, I HAVE A SEVERELY CRACKED DASH, I AM HAVING TO HAVE THE HEATER CORE REPLACED...SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE VENTS...WHEN THE CORE IS REPLACED, THE DASH WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED ALSO, DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE DASH!! DODGE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE VEHICLES! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRAILER HITCH FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAD A COVER ON MY DASHBOARD AND TOOK IT OFF TO CLEAN UNDER IT A FEW YEARS AGO. I NOTICED CRACKS ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE DASH. AFTER A YEAR OR SO I LOOKED UNDER THE COVER AGAIN & NOTICED THERE WERE BIG OPEN SPOTS WHERE THE DASH ACTUALLY WAS FALLING APART. I PULLED PIECES OUT THAT WERE LARGE IN SIZE & NOW HAVE HOLES IN THE DASH EXPOSING WIRING AND DUCT WORK AND THERE ARE CRACKS THAT ARE NOW EXTENDING TO THE FACE OF THE DASH. I HAD A CHIP ON MY WINDOW & HAD IT REPLACED. WHEN THE WINDOW TECH CAME TO REPLACE THE WINDOW I TOLD HIM ABOUT IT SO HE DIDN'T LEAN ON IT & GET HURT. HE SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR DODGE TRUCKS. I FOUND THIS WEBSITE & WAS REVIEWING ALL THE COMPLAINTS & CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ISN'T A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE WITH ALL THESE COMPLAINTS. *TR

TL -THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD FRACTURED AND THE HEATING WIRING SYSTEM WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE DASHBOARDS FRACTURED PIECES PENETRATION. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO KEEP THE AIR BAG IN THE OFF POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000. RK

VEHICLE'S DASH BOARD IS CRACKING, PRESUMABLY DUE TO SUNLIGHT AND POSSIBLY LACK OF UV INHIBITORS IN THE PLASTIC. THERE ARE SEVERAL CRACKS AND OPEN HOLES ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS CAUSES A HAZARD BECAUSE VARIOUS WIRING AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INCLUDING AIRBAG SYSTEMS, ARE LOCATED UNDER THE DASH PANEL. SUNLIGHT COULD CAUSE HARM TO THE WIRING AND INADVERTENT SPILLS BY OCCUPANTS COULD COMPROMISE THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS CONTAINED IN THE DASHBOARD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE SPARE TIRE DETACHED AND BECAME JAMMED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE CORD THAT WAS HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE WAS CORRODED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. *TR

REMOVED MY FRONT DASH MAT TO CLEAN MY TRUCK AND I FOUND THE DASH IS CRACKED IN MULTIPLY SPOTS. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER DODGE OWNER. SOME EVEN STATED THAT THE SMALL PIECES COULD BREAK OFF AND DAMAGE WIRING ON THE INSIDE OF THE DASH AND CAUSE A FIRE. *LN *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AND DETACHING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO AN DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN CRACKING FOR OVER 2 YEARS. LARGE PIECES ARE BREAKING OFF AND FALLING INTO THE DASH AREA WHERE THERE ARE MANY ELECTRICAL WIRES AND VACUUM HOSES. THE PIECES THAT ARE BREAKING OFF ARE LARGE AND HAVE SHARP EDGES THAT MAY CUT INTO THE WIRES AND HOSES AND MAY START FIRES OR ELECTRICAL FAILURES/SHORTS. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE IN THIS VEHICLE YEAR DUE TO MANUFACTURING. SOMETIMES AS I'M DRIVING, THE BROKEN PIECES POP OUT TOWARDS PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE. I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT A SHORT MAY DEPLOY THE AIRBAGS. *TR

THE 01 RAM 1500 "T" BONED A MID SIZED PASSENGER CAR AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *TR