2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING. SHE NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER IN JULY OF 2006 AND THEY STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 67,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

A DASH BOARD COVER GLUED (WELL SILICONED OVER THE TOP OF OLD DASHBOARD. MAKE SURE THE ENTIRE SURFACE IS SEALED TO COVER BECAUSE DETERIATION WILL CONTINUE AND IT WILL COLLAPS E INTO LOWER DASHBOARD AREA. HINT: GENOSGARAGE.COM . TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER,"CHECK THE TIRE SIZE. IF NOT SAME AS ON THE DOOR POST YOU HAVE FOUND THE PROBLEM. IF NOT THE SAME THE SPEED SENSOR WHICH SHOULD BE REPLACE ANYHOW , AND YOU CAN DO THIS. ARE NOT READING INCORRECTLY BECAUSE OF TIRES BEING LARGER THAN ORIGINALLY SPECIFIED AND/OR TOWING SOMETHING IN OVERDRIVE. CHECK MANUAL. TORQUE CONVERTER NOT IN TOTAL LOCK UP CAUSING SLIRPAGE.NEED THE 'PROPER' COMPUTER CODE ANALYZER. SLIPPAGE WILL ALSO BE IN THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION, FLUSH IT AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER. REPLACE D STATED SENSORS, FILTER. THEN HAD COMPUTER FLASHED PROPERLY. NOTE: WHEN TIRES SEIZED CHANGED IT AND EFFECTED COMPUTER. THE SPEED SENSOR AND TPS GIVE WRONG SIGNAL. WEAR AND TEAR, IE; TIME AND TOWING, EVENTUALLY AN EIGHT SECOND SLIPPAGE WILL OCCUR AND TRIP THE COMPUTER THUS THE WARNING LIGHT. HARD ACCELERATION WILL CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO BANG IN AND OUT AND TRY TO DOWN SHIFT (TPS AND SPEED SENSOR). DODGE DID "NOT" FLASH COMPUTER PROPERLY WHEN THE TIRE SIZE WAS CHANGED, THEREFORE THE PROBLEM. MOST DODGE DEALERSHIPS CANNOT PROBERLY "FLASH" COMPUTER. IMPORTANT; NEED TO FIND SHOP THAT CAN FLASH IT WITH CORRECT TIRE SIZE NOT A GENERIC SETTING. DEALERSHIPS WILL NOT TELL YOU THIS DON'T KNOW. A SPECIALTY SHOP THAT DEALS IN ALL DODGE TRUCKSS. THIS IS NOT RESTRICTED TO JUST THE 1500. "FLASH WITH THE PROPER TIRE SIZE" IF THE SLIPPAGE CONTINUES AND LIGHT COMES ON AFTER HIGHWAY RUNS OR TOWING AGAIN, YOU VERY WELL MAY HAVE TO REPLACE THE TORQUE COMVERTER. *AK

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 CLUB CAB HAS A COLLAPSED DASHBOARD. IT STARTED OUT AS A SMALL CRACK THAT MULTIPLIED PRIOR TO COLLAPSING.

I OWN A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. I PURCHASED IT USED. WHEN I PUCHASED MY TRUCK THE DASHBOARD HAD TWO HIERLINE CRACKS IN IT AND I THOUGHT NOTHING ABOUT IT. OVER THE LAST 8 MONTHS, MY DASHBOARD HAS BEEN FALLING APART. NOW I HAVE CRACKS ALL OVER IT AND PIECES COMING OFF. THERE IS A 10" HOLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. IT IS CAVENING IN A LITTLE MORE EVERYDAY. I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. MY FATHER INFORMED ME OF AN ORLANDO, FL NEWS STATION (LOCAL 6) THAT HAS DONE AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS PROBLEM AND THOUGH THEIR WEBSITE AND NEWS ARTICLES I WAS DIRECTED HERE. I'M REPORTING MY PROBLEM SO I CAN HAVE IT DOCUMENTED.

DASHBOARD OF MY 2000 MODEL DODGE RAM TRUCK CRACKED, IT IS NOW A POSSIBLE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT SAFETY HAZARD, I WOULD LIKE FOR DODGE TO FIX IT SO THAT MY AIR BAGS DO NOT ACCIDENTLY DEPLOY.

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SPORT MODEL. IT HAS A CRACKED DASH. INFACE, THERE ARE LARGE HOLES EXPOSING WIRING. CHRYSLER SAYS THIS IN NOT A DEFECT. AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS AT LEAST 20 CRACKS IN IT WITH ONE LARGE HOLE FROM PIECES FALLING IN. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS BECOME A HUGE ISSUE WITH DODGE OWNERS, BUT DAIMER-CHRYSLER HAS DONE NOTHING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED A DEALERSHIP LOCAL TO ME AS I HAVE SEEN ALL TOO OFTEN THAT OWNERS ARE BEING REJECTED BY THEM. WHERE IS OUR PROTECTION AS CONSUMERS? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD IS FALLING APART. HE FEELS THAT IF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY, HE COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED A LOCAL AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR FREE. THE CORRECT VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 75,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

I OWN A 2000 DODGE 1500 PICK-UP AFTER ABOUT 4 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP THE DASHBOARD DEVELOPED A SMALL CRACK AT THE PASSENGER DEFROSTER VENT. THE CRACK INCREASED IN SIZE UNTIL THE TOP OF THE PASSENGER DASHBOARD WAS IN MANY SECTIONS. THIS MAY CAUSE A PROBLEM IF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS DEPLOYED BY SENDING FLYING PIECES OF DASHBOARD OUT WITH THE FORCE OF THE AIR BAG. AK

COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF PLASTIC DASHBOARD AND GAUGE BEZEL. THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD HAD SO MANY STRESS CRACKS THAT THERE WERE NO GAPING HOLES IN THE TOP. IT WAS POSSIBLE TO ACCESS ALL OF THE WIRING THROUGH THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD. THIS SEEMED TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE AS THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY TO THE DASHBOARD NOW IF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK