2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT OVER 45 TO 50 MPH, IF I HIT A BUMP OR DIP IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT END/STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY. I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND SOMETIMES ALMOST STOP TO GET IT TO QUIT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING BEHIND ME ONE DAY WHEN IT HAPPENED AND SHE REPORTED THE TIRE/WHEEL LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING O LAY ON ITS SIDE. SHE WAS CONCERNED THE TIE ROD WOULD BREAK AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK, 2001, DASH IS FALLING APART AS I DRIVE. PIECES FALL TO INCLUDE THE GLOVE BOX AND THE SHELF WHICH IS A LARGE PART OF THE VEHICLE'S DASH. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IS HANGING ON AND I CAN'T SECURE IT BACK. DISTRACTING TO SAY THE LEAST. *TR

THE DASH PANELS ON MY 01 DODGE 1500 RAM QUAD CAB TRUCK HAVE CRACKED AND ARE FALLING APART. THE HOLES IN THE DASH HAVE EXPOSED WIRING AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. IT APPEARS THE MOLDED PLASTICS USED IN THE DASH PANELS ARE DETERIORATING OVER TIME DUE TO THE SUN'S HEAT AND RAYS. I SUSPECT, LIKE POLYPROPOLENE TUBING, ALL DASHES MADE OF THIS DEFECTIVE PLASTIC WILL DESINIGRATE. ANYWAY, AFTER SOME RESEARCH IT SEEMS THAT A AFTERMARKET DASH COVER IS THE BEST REMEDY, HOWEVER I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SHARP EDGES OF THE OLD DASH PANEL COULD CUT SOME WIRING OVER TIME AND CAUSE A VEHICLE FIRE. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 2001 DODGE 1500 TRUCK IS CRACKING AND BREAKING UP EXPOSING THE WIRING IN THE DASH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 SPORT(NA). WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO A LOWER GEAR AND THE SHAFT ON THE REAR END SPLIT AND DISCONNECTED; IT BEGAN DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. THE CONTACT INSPECTED AND NOTICED THAT A BIG NUT WAS HOOKED UNDERNEATH FOUR OTHER BOLTS WHICH WAS LOOSE FROM THE TREAD. HE RE-HOOKED THE NUT TO GATHER IN ORDER TO HAVE THE DRIVE SHAFT STAY INTACT. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 144,000.

MY DASH IS CRACKING INTO PIECES AND IT HAS SHARP EDGES. IN AN ACCIDENT THESE THICK SHARP PIECES OF HARD PLASTIC WILL CUT SOMEONE. THESE CAN POTENTIALLY PUT AN EYE OUT OR SEVERE THE ARTERIES IN THE NECK KILLING SOMEONE. THIS IS APPARENTLY A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN THE HOOD SUDDENLY FLEW UP AND SMASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD. WE WERE ABLE TO MANEUVER THE TRUCK TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT THERE BEING AN ACCIDENT. THE HOOD WAS BENT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, HOOD MOUNTS HAD TO BE STRAIGHTENED. A NEW HOOD LATCH WAS INSTALLED AS THE MECHANIC SAID THIS WAS THE PROBLEM THAT IT WAS STUCK OPEN, AND IN HIS OPINION, DEFECTIVE. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM CRACKED DASHBOARD. EDGES ARE SHARP, PIECES FALL UNDERNEATH AND EXPOSE WIRES AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. THE DASH COULD COLLAPSE AT ANY TIME AND WOULD BE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR CAUSING A WRECK. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND DODGE SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

THE DASH WAS CRACKED WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO. THERE WERE CRACKS RUNNING OVER THE AREA ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND OVER THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT, RUNNING INTO THE AREA OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. IT HAS STEADILY GOTTEN WORSE. JUST YESTERDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2010, THE FRONT COVER QUITE LITERALLY EXPLODED INTO FRAGMENTS. THE DASH IS CURRENTLY NOT ATTACHED, IT IS JUST HANGING. IT STAYS IN PLACE FOR THE MOST PART BUT CAN VERY EASILY BE LIFTED. I HAVE SEEN, HEARD AND READ OF MANY OTHER DODGE DASHBOARDS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. IF IT IS SO PREVALENT, THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. A SOLUTION TO THIS DEFECT, BE IT A RECALL OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS, IS SERIOUSLY PAST DUE. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 DASHBOARD HAS CRUMBLED TO THE POINT OF SHARP, POINTED EDGES COULD DESTROY OR CUT SOMEONE'S FACE OR BODY TO THE POINT OF DEATH IF A HEADON WRECK WERE TO HAPPEN. THIS IS DEFINITELY A PLASTIC DEFECT. I HAVE 1985 DODGE 150 AND THE DASH IS PERFECT IN IT. I ALSO HAVE A 2000 DODGE DURANGO AND THE DASH IS PERFECT IN IT AND THE DASH IN THE 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 IS DEFINITELY DANGEROUS TO ANYONE RIDING IN THE PASSENGER SEATS. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROADING FOR FUN AND IS STILL IN STOCK TIRES. *TR