2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH IS CRACKED AND FALLING THROUGH. IT STARTED WITH SMALL CRACKS NOW ITS CRACKED BAD AND FALLING THROUGH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND ON PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE PIECES ARE VERY SHARP. COULD CAUSE A FIRE OR DEPLOY THE AIRBAG. *KB

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4WD PICKUP. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THE DASHBOARD IS FALLING APART, IT HAS HUGE CRACKS AND AM AFRAID TO PUT ANY PRESSURE ON IT BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL CAVE IN. THE DASH STARTED CRACKING ABOUT THREE AGO AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS SUCH A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE UNTIL I DID A SEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE GOTTEN THE RUN AROUND FROM MY DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THAT IS WHY I'M FILING THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP THAT HAS A MYSTERIOUSLY CRACKING DASH PANEL. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A FRONT-END COLLISION OR ANYONE POUNDING ON THE DASH, AS I AM THE SECOND OWNER. I NOTICED A SMALL CRACK IN 2006 WHEN THE TRUCK WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD AND HAD ABOUT 63,000 MILES. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW WIDESPREAD THIS ISSUE IS UNTIL THE LAST YEAR OR SO WHEN I STARTED SEEING DIFFERENT WEBSITES WITH TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS, PARTICULARLY CHRYSLER PRODUCTS AND MORE SPECIFICALLY - PICKUP TRUCKS BETWEEN '97 - '02. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUES THAT COULD ARISE DUE TO BROKEN PIECES DAMAGING ELECTRICAL WIRING OR COMPONENTS SUCH AS AIRBAG WIRING. ALSO, IT SEEMS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT THIS PLASTIC COULD BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTED SHRAPNEL, IF YOU WILL, IN THE CASE OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS PLASTIC IS VERY BRITTLE AND SEEMS TO BE AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURE DEFECT IN THAT MAYBE THE PLASTIC WAS NOT CURED AT AN APPROPRIATE TEMPERATURE CAUSING THE BRITTLENESS. I AM NOT SURE IF THE PANEL WAS PURCHASED FROM A SUPPLIER OR WAS MANUFACTURED BY CHRYSLER. MY PARTICULAR TRUCK WAS ASSEMBLED IN MEXICO, JUST IN CASE THAT IS A COMMON THREAD. *KB

MY DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING 5 YRS AGO. I PUT A DASH BOARD COVER OVER THE DASH TO TRY TO PREVENT IT FROM CRACKING MORE,BUT IT DID NOT HELP. IT CONTINUES TO CRACK AND NOW HAS SOME PIECES MISSING BC IT HAS CRACKED SO BAD. *KB

DASHBOARD STARTING CRACKING ABOUT A YEAR AGO. NOW IT KEEPS GETTING BIGGER AND WHEN I PUT THE HEAT ON MY WINDOW FOGS UP FROM THE CRACKED DASHBOARD. *KB

OUR DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING FOR A WHILE NOW. NOW BIG CHUNKS HAVE BEGUN TO BREAK OFF. JUST HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD WILL BREAK IT OFF. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG WILL GO OFF AND THE REST OF THE DASH WILL EXPLODE AND CAUSE INJURIES FROM FLYING PLASTIC SHARDS. WE TAKE VERY GOOD CAR OF OUR TRUCK. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. *TT

DASH HAVE BROKEN TO PIECES. AT TIMES A GOOD BUMP IN THE ROAD WILL CAUSE A PIECE TO BREAK AWAY. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE AIR BAG GOING OFF IN AN ACCIDENT AND CAUSING SHARDS OF THIS PLASTIC TO CAUSE WORSE INJURIES TO A PASSENGER THAN THE ACCIDENT ITSELF. THIS STARTED WITH A SMALL HOLE AND GROWN TO ALMOST THE ENTIRE DASH GONE. *TR

THE BRAKE LINE ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 BLEW OUT ABOVE THE GAS TANK. I'VE DISCOVERED THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG OWNERS WITH SIMILAR MAKES. DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. I'M AT JUST ABOUT 160,000 MILES. *TR

THE DASH OF MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKED AND BROKEN SO BADLY THAT IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN IN A CRASH. DURING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, OR THE FORCES INCURRED DURING A CRASH, SHARDS OF PLASTIC FROM THE DASH CAN STRIKE THE OCCUPANTS CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AMONG DODGE RAM TRUCKS OF THIS DATE RANGE. IT IS SUCH A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM, IN THE INTEREST OF OCCUPANT SAFETY, DODGE SHOULD RECALL AND REPLACE THE DASHES. *TR

DODGE RAM 1500 LST CRACKING DASH VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY AND NOW CHUNKS OF IT FALLING THROUGH. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AND SAFETY ISSUE! IT IS ALSO A NATIONWIDE ISSUE AS NOTED BY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF LODGED COMPLAINTS AND QUESTIONS AS TO HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS ON MULTIPLE FORUMS ON THE INTERNET. TOOK MY TRUCK IN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT DETAILED AND VACUUMING DUST OUT CAUSED MORE CRACKS AND ACTUALLY PIECES FELL THROUGH SO I HAVE JAGGED EDGES. ANYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO VACUUM THEIR DASH! DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL THIS DASHBOARD ACROSS NUMEROUS MODEL YEARS BEGINNING 2000. THE JAGGED EDGES ARE A SAFETY ISSUE AS WILL BE THE EXPOSED WIRING WHEN THE OTHER CRACKS CAVE IN. I WANT THIS REPLACED AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR $1000 FOR IT. *TR