2003 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

IT HAS BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THIS TRUCK HAS A DEFECTIVE TAKATA AIR BAG, YET THE DODGE DEALER HAS STILL NOT CONTACTED ME TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAD CALLED THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE PAST, AND EVERY TIME I CALLED THEM, THEY STATED THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WILL CONTACT ME WHEN THEY GET THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. HOW MUCH LONGER IS THIS GOING TO TAKE?

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V312000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE MY 03 DODGE 1500 STARTED MAKING A WHINING NOISE. WE PULLED OVER AND CHECK THE REAR END FLUID. IT WAS FINE. GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT WAS STILL WHINING. MADE IT ABOUT 50 MILES DO THAT AND MY TRUCK SHUTS OF. NO POWER AT ALL. I PUT IT IN NATURAL AND GOT IT STARTED AND GOT OFF ON AN EXIT. IT BARELY HAD POWER TO MOVE. PULLED INTO A MOTEL AND POWER PICKED UP. I WAS 265 MILES FROM HOME. I HAD TO HAVE MY TRUCK TOWED THE 265 MILES NOT KNOWING THE PROBLEM AND AWAITED TO DRIVE IT ANY :* THAT. GOT HOME MY HUSBAND REPLACED THE BEARINGS AND SEALS IN THE REAR END. WELL THAT DIDN'T FIX IT. AS WE HAD THE COVER OFF THE PUNKIN OF THE REAR END WE FOUND A BROKEN PIECE IN THE BOTTOM. A FRIEND TOLD ME IT WAS A PART OF THE OPINION GEAR. I DON'T KNOW BUT A NEW REAR END COST 2500.00 IF NOT MORE. A USED ONE COSTS 350.00 TO 800.00. I'M STUCK AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.. I LOVE MY TRUCK BUT I CAN'T AFFORD THE REAR END AND I HAVE TO HAVE A WAY TO WORK. *TR

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 01/11/2017*CT CONSUMER STATED DEALER HAS THE PART, BUT WON'T INSTALL IT BECAUSE OF THE CRACK ON THE DASH AND COULD FALL APART. PALM AUTO MALL UPDATED 6/27/18*JB

THE DASH BOARD IS COMPLETELY FALLING APART , BREAKING INTO MANY PIECES THEY ARE FALLING INTO THE DUCT WORK AND RATTLING WHEN THE DEFROST IS TURNED ON. LOOKS LIKE THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD MAKE THIS RIGHT. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PART DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER FOR PASSENGER AIR BAG RECALL.I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT 3 DAYS ADVANCED, EVEN THOUGH I WAS THERE FOR 5 HOURS AND MY TRUCK WENT IN TO SHOP AND OUT RIGHT AWAY BUT WAS LEFT SITTING. AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS SITTING PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY WHERE WAITING FOR MY NEW PART; I ASKED IF IT WAS DONE AT HOUR 5 AND DEALER SAID THEY WHERE LOOKING FOR ME FOR THE LONGEST TIME AFTER I CLEARLY TOLD THEM I WAS GONNA WAIT. I WAS SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM FOR HOURS AND MY FEAR IS THAT DEALER NEVER INSPECTED AIR BAG AT ALL. HERES WHAT I GOT: R26 SAFETY RECALL R26- PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATOR (RECALL) INSPECT PASSENGER AIRBAG PART NUMBER AND CONDUCT SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM TEST. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED. I HAVE A FEELING THEY BS THIS INSPECTION, I DONT TRUST THEM AS FAR AS I CAN THROW THEM.

CURRENTLY MY 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS A HOWLING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END. AFTER READING NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM I FEEL LUCKY THAT MY REAR-END HAS NOT YET LOCKED UP ON ME. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE AS IF LOCK UP WERE TO OCCUR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SEVERE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH COULD RESULT.

DASHBOARD CRACKS - I AM THE 2ND OWNER OF THIS 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL VEHICLE FOR ME OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS WITH VERY MINIMAL PROBLEMS. IN JANUARY 2014, I DROVE OVER A SPEED BUMP AND WHILE DOING SO, I HEARD A "POP" SOUND FROM THE DASH AREA. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AT THE TIME. THE NEXT DAY, I NOTICED A CRACK IN THE MAIN DASH AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM THE FRONT TO THE SEAM (3/4 BACK TO THE WINDSHIELD). OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, AS YOU SEE IN THE PHOTOS, THE CRACKING HAS CONTINUED AND BECOME WORSE TO THE POINT LARGE SECTIONS BROKE OFF AND FALLEN DOWN INTO THE DASH. ONE PIECE HAD JAMMED AN A/C BLENDING DOOR ACTUATOR, WHICH I WAS ABLE TO PRY OUT AND FIX THE DOOR. MY CONCERN IS, IF I AM UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, WHERE ARE THOSE RAZOR SHARP SHARDS OF PLASTIC GOING TO HIT WHEN THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYS? I NO LONGER ALLOW MY GRANDCHILD TO RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE DASH CRACKS. IF AN AREA OF THE DASH IS PRESSED ON, A LARGE SECTION JUST BREAKS OFF AS IF THE PLASTIC IS THE CONSISTENCY OF A CRACKER. DODGE CREATED THIS DASH AND HAS PUT MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF ALL OTHER OWNER AT RISK. THIS SHOULD BE ON A PRIORITY LIST FOR A RECALL. I'VE OWNED VEHICLES FROM OTHER MAKERS OLDER THAN THIS ONE AND HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH PLASTIC DASH BOARDS CRACKING.