2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I DRIVE A 2000 DODGE RAM AND THE DASH IS FALLING APART. IT STARTED WITH A LITTLE CRACK AND HAS BECOME A HUGE PROBLEM. I TALKED TO DODGE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. IT SEEMS THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

DODGE TRUCK DASHBOARD HAS MANY CRACKS AND EXPOSES WIRING HARNESS TO SHARP BROKEN PIECES. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AND CAVING IN. THERE ARE LARGE PIECES OF THE DASH JUST CRUMBLING. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS BY OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY A FACTORY DEFECT WITH CHEAP PLASTIC. DODGE STATES THE DASH IS "UPHOLSTERY" AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. *TR

THE DASH IN MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKED AND FALLING APART. THE PIECES ARE JAGGED AND VERY SHARP. *TR

MY 2000 DODGE RAM 4X4 ALMOST KILLED ME NO AIR BAG AND I WAS BUCKLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN WILLIAMSBURG VA. I HAD A 2000 DODGE RAM AND WAS IN A REAR END COLLISION ACCIDENT ON ROUTE 60 WEST AT 55 MPH. I HIT A STATIONARY VEHICLE IN THE REAR MAKING A LEFT TURN. I HAVE 17 STITCHES IN MY NOSE , BROKEN NOSE, AND BRUISED RIBS. I WAS SEVERELY BRUISED BY THE SEAT BELT AND WHEN THE AIR BAG DID NOT GO OFF AT 55MPH TO ZERO DECELERATION MY FACE WAS SPLIT OPEN BY THE STEERING WHEEL. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND I WAS BUCKLED, I READ ABOUT ALL THESE PROBLEMS WITH DODGE AND THE AIRBAGS, I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THE TRUCK AND I AM VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH THE ORIGINAL OWNER HE AND I HAVE ALL SERVICE RECORDS THIS IS NOT RIGHT I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED NOW I AM SCARED FOR LIFE PLEASE ASSIST ME IN ANY POSSIBLE TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE MY SON SURE LIKED SEEING HIS FATHER LOOK LIKE BEAST IN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ON HIS FIRST FATHERS DAY. *TR

DASH ALL OVER A SUDDEN HAD LARGE CRACK THAT WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS SPREAD TO WHAT IS NOW MANY LARGE CRACKS AND A HOLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. AFTER PUTTING 400 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, IT BEGAN OVERHEATING WHILE DRIVING UPHILL AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION CAP. WHEN THE WINDOWS WERE ROLLED DOWN, THEY WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. IN ADDITION, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD DIM WHEN THE WINDOWS WERE ROLLED UP AND DOWN. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 5-10 MPH UPHILL, THE EXHAUST SYSTEM FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. THE BOLTS WERE NOT PROPERLY TIGHTENED. THE CD CHANGER HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER FAILING TWICE. THERE WAS ALSO A GRINDING NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN THE SHIFTER WAS PLACED INTO GEAR, AND THERE WAS A HESITATION WHEN PLACING THE GEAR INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT, BUT THE VEHICLE IS STILL GRINDING AND HESITATING WHEN PLACED INTO GEAR, DRIVE, OR REVERSE. ON MAY 22, 2008, THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE DRIVESHAFT TO BE REPLACED IN HOPES THAT THE GRINDING WILL CEASE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400.

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH CRACKING DASH. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. HE STATES THAT THE DASH IS CRACKING AND COLLAPSING. *KB

DASH DEVELOPED CRACKS AFTER SECOND YEAR AFTER PURCHASE, ONE ABOVE AIR BAG CHAMBER, AND THE OTHER ABOVE SPEED METER. ,AND EVENTUALLY FRACTURED INTO MULTIPLE PARTS DURING THE FOLLOWING YEARS.. DECIDED TO REMOVE IT, AS PARTS WERE FALLING DOWN INTO THE EMPTY SPACE UNDER THE DASH TOP, AND MAKING RATTLING NOISES. THIS MATERIAL IS DEFECTIVE. INTERNET SOURCES, TELEVISION NEWS BROADCASTS SITE THOUSANDS ACROSS COUNTRY HAVING SAME ISSUES. WHY HAS NO RECALL BEEN PERFORMED ON THIS DEFECTIVE PRODUCT? THE RISKS OF POSSIBLE INJURY, FROM MOISTURE FROM LEAKS OR OTHER SOURCES COULD CAUSE INTERFERENCE WITH ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS. I WILL TAKE STEPS TO REPLACE THIS DASH MYSELF, WITH SUITABLE PROTECTION, AS THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT SHOWED ANY CONCERN TOWARDS ITS CUSTOMERS, OR OFFERED A SOLUTION. BUYING THE SAME KIND OF DASH, MADE OF THE SAME DEFECTIVE MATERIAL IS NOT THE SOLUTION, AS MANY HAVE DONE THIS, AND HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED EXTREMELY BAD AND DODGE HAS NO INTEREST IN HELPING REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE MANY OTHER RAM OWNERS IN MY AREA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR