2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE PICKUP. THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN CRACKING IN SEVERAL LACES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT. I CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY TOLD ME TO GET AN ESTIMATE FROM MY LOCAL DEALER. WHEN I CONTACTED THEM BACK WITH THE ESTIMATE I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A RECALL AFTER THEY GET THERE BAILOUT MONEY. *TR

DASH IS CRACKING ON MY 2000 DODGE TRUCK 1500 ,WOULD LIKE MY DASH REPLACED DON'T WANT A HOLE IN MY DASH CAUSING HEADLIGHT TO GO OUT THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP JUST STARTED CRACKING FOR NO REASON A WHILE BACK AND HAS NOW DEGRADED TO THE POINT THAT A LARGE PIECE OF THE DASHBOARD FELL OFF EXPOSING THE INNER DASH AREA. MY RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THIS TO BE A LARGE SCALE ISSUE WITH DODGE RAM PICKUPS AND OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES. *TR

MY DASHBOARD ALSO IS SEVERELY CRACKING WE ALL KNOW THERE IS A AIR BAG IN THERE AND WHEN MINE GOES OFF I'M SUING THE HELL OUT OF DODGE. THIS IS A EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKING AND FALLING IN. IN APPROXIMATELY LATE 2006, MY DASHBOARD DEVELOPED MINOR CRACKS. SOON THE CRACKS GOT LARGER UNTIL PIECES STARTED FALLING INTO THE DASH CAVITY. I WENT TO MY DODGE DEALER WITH THE CONCERN ABOUT A RECALL, BUT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THIS SYMPTOM. DODGE SAID IT WOULD PAY 1/2 OF THE REPAIR, A TOTAL OF ABOUT $2,000 OF WHICH I WOULD HAVE TO PAY ABOUT $1,000. I COULD NOT AFFORD THIS AT THE TIME. SINCE THEN, THE DASH HAS CONTINUED TO CRUMBLE APART. NOW, THE AIR CONDITIONER UNIT HAS A HOLE IN THE EVAPORATOR CORE. TO REPAIR THIS, THE DASH WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED. YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE DASH WOULD BE REMOVED IN PIECES. I BELIEVE THE CRUMBLING DASH HAS CAUSED THE HOLE IN THE EVAPORATOR CORE. DODGE SHOULD REPLACE THE DASH AND REPLACE THE EVAPORATOR CORE TOO. WHAT'S NEXT? THE HEATER CORE, ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, HEADLIGHTS ON A DARK BACK ROAD SOMEWHERE? DODGE NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF IT'S CUSTOMERS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES FELT LOW. HE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLY WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID FROM THE FRONT BRAKES. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V038000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC FOUNDATION COMPONENTS: HOSES, LINES PIPING, AND FITTINGS); THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY PARKED AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,089. UPDATED 04-17-09 UPDATED 04/20/09.*JB

I PURCHASED A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK IN THE SUMMER OF 2007. SINCE THEN IT HAS DEVELOPED LARGE CRACKS IN THE DASH AND SOME OF THOSE CRACKS HAVE LED TO BIG HOLES. ON THE OUTSIDE IT LOOKS LIKE A COSMETIC PROBLEM, BUT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, IT COULD POSE A SAFETY RISK WITH PIECES OF DASH FLYING EVERYWHERE. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED COMPLAINT, I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM FROM CHRYSLER/DODGE PRODUCTS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DONE THE ROAD AT 45 MPH, HOOD UNEXPECTEDLY OPENED, BLOCKING MY VIEW OF THE ROAD AND CAUSING MY WINDSHIELD TO SMASH. IMMEDIATE INSPECTION OF SAFETY LATCH SHOWED THAT IT WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY DUE TO BUILT UP RUST. WINDSHIELD AND HOOD WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH SAFTEY LATCH. (ALL DAMAGED PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR NOW). *TR

AS THE TRUCK WAS BEING DRIVEN DOWN THE ROAD, APPROX. 40 MPH THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK FLIPPED UP AND OFF. THE HOOD WAS HANGING OFF THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK. *TR

CRACKED DASHBOARD ON PASSENGER SIDE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A LARGE COMPLAINT FROM MANY DODGE OWNERS FOR 2000 AND 2001 DODGE RAM'S. ALTHOUGH MY DASH HAS NOT YET "SUNK IN" AS OTHERS HAVE REPORTED I FEAR THAT IF THE CRACKS DEVELOP FURTHER IT COULD DAMAGE THE WIRING AND CONNECTIONS BELOW. THE CURRENT CRACKS ARE RIGHT ABOVE THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. *TR