2002 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NO PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC TETHERS ON BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS WERE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TETHERS WERE BEING USED TO HOLD A CHILD SAFETY SEAT ONLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 136,000. *TR

RETAINING CLIPS FROM THE LIMITED SLIP CLUTCH PACKS IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, FRACTURED AND FELL INTO THE GEARS, LOCKING THE REAR END. THE TRUCK SLID ON A DIRT ROAD INTO A GATE CAUSING MINOR BODY DAMAGE. THIS IS THE 9.25 INCH RING GEAR AXLE WITH A DANA TRU-TRAC LIMITED SLIP. *TR

I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH MY POWER TRAIN AND WHEEL TWICE,THE FIRST INCIDENT THE FRONT WHEELS BROKE APART COMPLETELY, I WAS DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED SO NO INJURIES EXCEPT TO THE HIGHWAY I HAD IT REPLACED AND LESS THAN THREE YEARS HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. MY DASH IS CRACKED SO BAD IT LOOKS JUST AWFUL.I HAD NO IDEA SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE POWER TRAIN. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT. I HAVE SEVERAL GRAND KIDS THAT RIDES WITH ME. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED, AND SEND A REPLACEMENT LETTER. THE UNKNOWN OR OTHER IN THE AFFECTED PARTS IS MY DASH. *TR

DASHBOARD ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM IS COMPLETELY CRACKED AND IS FALLING APART. THERE ARE SEVERAL JAGGED EDGES WHICH ARE A SAFETY RISK THAT COULD CAUSE SEVERE INJURY IF VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. DODGE WILL NOT REPLACE OR FIX THE PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS IT IS A DEFECT WITH THEIR MATERIAL WITHIN THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

DASHBOARD ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM IS COMPLETELY CRACKED AND IS FALLING APART. MANY SPOTS ON THE DASH THAT COULD SEVERELY INJURE AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THESE CRACKS WHEN DEFROST IS TURNED ON PIECES OF FOAM AND PLASTIC SHOOT OUT. DODGE WILL NOT REPLACE OR FIX THE PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS IT IS A DEFECT WITH THEIR MATERIAL WITHIN THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

DASHBOARD ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM IS COMPLETELY CRACKED AND IS FALLING APART. THERE ARE SEVERAL JAGGED EDGES WHICH ARE A SAFETY RISK THAT COULD CAUSE SEVERE INJURY IF VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. DODGE WILL NOT REPLACE OR FIX THE PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS IT IS A DEFECT WITH THEIR MATERIAL WITHIN THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IN MY TRUCK HAS DISINTEGRATED TO THE POINT THAT I HAD TO REMOVE IT BECAUSE I WAS SCARED THAT ONE OF MY KIDS WOULD GET HURT OR EVEN KILLED IF WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I BELIEVE CHRYSLER CO. SHOULD INITIATE A FULL RECALL AND REPLACE THE PLASTIC DEATH TRAPS THEY INSTALLED IN THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING BADLY---POSSIBLE SHARP SHREDS IF ACCIDENT OCCURS--POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH DEFROST IF PIECES OF DASH CLOG DEFROST VENTS--VEHICLE WAS GARAGE KEPT FOR MOST OF IT 9 YRS---VEHICLE IN LIKE NEW CONDITION OTHER THAN DASH FALLING APART---THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.