2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK AROUND 2003, AND IS STILL CRACKING NOW. I HAD THE TRUCK INSPECTED, AND WHEN THE TECH PUT THE STICKER ON THE WINDOW HIS HAND WENT THROUGH THE DASH BOARD, AND NOW THERE IS A BIG FIST SIZED HOLE IN MY DASH BOARD. WHEN IT IS COLD MY WINDSHIELD FOGS UP SO BAD THAT I NEED TO PULL OVER AND STOP. THIS IS DUE TO THE BIG CRACKS, AND HOLES IN MY DASH BOARD. I ALMOST ORDERED A MOLDED DASH CAP, BUT I THOUGHT GLUING THIS CAP TO A BAD FOUNDATION (DASHBOARD) IS A BAD IDEA. DODGE NEEDS TO REPLACE MY DASHBOARD, BECAUSE I THINK EVENTUALLY SOMETHING WILL GO WRONG. THIS IS A DEFECT BECAUSE THERE IS EVIDENCE OF MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2001 DODGE RAM TRUCK DASHBOARD HAS BEEN CRACKING OVER LAST FEW YEARS AND NOW IS BASICALLY IMPLODING. I'M AFRAID THAT THE PIECES WILL GET STUCK INTO CRITICAL MECHANISM OR DAMAGE THE AIRBAG. ALSO, IF I WAS TO GET INTO AND ACCIDENT THERE WILL BE SHARP PLASTIC FLYING EVERYWHERE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE TOLLWAY FROM THE AIRPORT IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM WHEN THE HOOD FLIPPED UP AND SMASHED INTO MY WINDSHIELD. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND GET TO THE SIDE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE IN FRONT OF ME. NOW MY HOOD IS DAMAGED, MY WINDSHIELD SHATTERED, AND DAMAGE TO MY ROOF. I INVESTIGATED OF PAST CONCERNS AND FOUND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO 2000 AND 2001 DODGE RAM TRUCKS, A REPORT WAS EVEN DONE BY THE NHTSA BUT WAS FOUND NOT THAT IMPORTANT APPARENTLY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS INCIDENT AND WAS VERY LUCKY TO GET OUT OF IT UNHARMED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD HAD A SMALL CRACK IN IT HAD BECOME LARGER WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD CAUSING IT TO SHATTER. THE CONTACT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO PURCHASE A DASHBOARD; HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL SINCE THE FAILURE WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE RAM FROM LOCAL DEALER, AND DIDN'T HAVE IT 6 MONTHS AND NOTICED THE DASH CRACKED AND CAME APART. TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND ASKED TO FIX. THEY REFUSED, STATING IT WAS NOT A RECALL AND IT WAS DUE TO SUN. I TRIED TO TELL THEM THAT THE WINDOWS ARE TINTED AND IT IS GARAGE KEPT WHEN NOT IN MOTION, BUT THEY REFUSED TO ANSWER. NOW IT IS ON SEVERAL AUTOMOTIVE BLOGS AND SITES ALL OVER THE US WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME YEAR TRUCK PACKAGE. IT IS NOW BROKEN SO BADLY ITS CAUSING FAILURE TO DEFROST THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND SEVERAL ELECTRICAL ISSUES INCLUDING THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING, SPEAKERS CUTTING OFF AND INTERIOR LIGHTS GOING OUT RANDOMLY. IT HAS NOW CRACKED SO THAT THE HEAT AND AIR IS NO LONGER ROUTED CORRECTLY AND IS CAUSING POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. MY WIFE BACKED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS... THEY WANT 1000 DOLLARS TO FIX AND PARTS ARE HARD TO FIND. *TR

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED. THE CRACKING HAS CONTINUED WITH TIME - THERE ARE NOW CHUNKS MISSING LEAVING SHARP EDGES. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEZEL HAS ALSO CRACKED AND IS PARTLY DETACHED. I AM INVESTIGATING REPLACEMENT PART OPTIONS. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS COMMON (IT IS IN THE TOP TEN ISSUES IN CARCOMPAINTS.COM). *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 THE DASH ON THE VEHICLE IS CRACKED AND HAS QUITE A LARGE PIECE MISSING FROM IT. IT HAS CAUSED SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITHIN THE VEHICLE. *TR

DASH ON TRUCK IS CRACKED AND BROKEN AND IS SO BRITTLE YOU CAN CRUMBLE IT IN YOUR HAND LIKE A CRACKER. I ALSO OWNED AN 00 RAM THAT DID THE SAME THING. PLEASE GET US SOME HELP!!

DASHBOARD AND CAP IS CRACKING UP INTO JAGGED PIECES. SHOULD THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY, SEVERE INJURY COULD RESULT FROM BEING PUNCTURED FROM PLASTIC SHRAPNEL MUCH MORE THAN THE CAUSE OF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. I FEEL THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD IMPLEMENT A REPLACEMENT AT NO EXPENSE. *LN

DASH BOARD HAS FORMED LARGE CRACKS IN IT. WE KEEP THAT TRUCK IN THE GARAGE. MANUFACTURES DEFECT. *TR