2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD EXHIBITED EXTENSIVE CRACKING ON THE ENTIRE PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY INFORMED THAT THE DASHBOARD DEFECT WAS BEYOND REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 114,000.

ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 231 IN LAFAYETTE INDIANA, WHEN SUDDENLY I REALIZED I COULD NO LONGER USE THE BRAKES ON MY TRUCK. I TRIED TO SLOW MY VEHICLE BY BRAKING BUT MY BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING SO I JUST LET UP ON THE GAS. AT THIS POINT MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AS DID MY ABS LIGHT ON THE CONTROL PANEL. I WAS STILL ABOUT 40 MILES AWAY FROM MY HOME AND STILL HAD ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING TO DO BEFORE I REACHED MY DESTINATION. I DROVE ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON AND WAS PREPARED TO US MY EMERGENCY BRAKE IF I NEEDED TO. THANKFULLY THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT THE TIME ON PARTS OF HIGHWAY 231 AT THE TIME, SO PARTS OF HIGHWAY 231 WERE SLOW GOING ANYWAY. HOWEVER, THE LOSS OF MY BRAKE SYSTEM SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. I MADE IT SUCCESSFULLY HOME WITHOUT INJURING MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2010. HOWEVER, MY TRUCK IS ONLY 9 YEARS ONLY AND THIS INCIDENT SHOULD NEVER HAVE TAKEN PLACE. WHEN I RETURNED HOME ALL OF MY BRAKE FLUID WAS PORING OUT AND WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE MASTER TANK UNDER MY HOOD. FURTHERMORE, LOOKING AT THE BRAKE LINES, THE HARD LINES THAT LEAD TO THIS PROBLEM REVEALED THAT SEVERE RUST HAD LEAD TO THE TOTAL BREAKDOWN AND ACTUALLY CAUSED THE HARD LINES OF MY BRAKES TO BRAKE IN HALF, WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN A NINE YEAR ONLY VEHICLE, THAT IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED. I HAVE SINCE REPLACE MY BRAKE SYSTEM WITH ALL NEW PARTS AND BLEED THE BRAKE SYSTEM. I HAVE ALSO TOLD PEOPLE WITH WHOM I NOW HAVE OTHER DODGE'S ABOUT MY INCIDENT, TO AT LEAST CHECK THEIR BRAKE SYSTEM FOR POSSIBLE RUST SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I HAVE GONE THROUGH. I HAVE KEPT THE OLD PART, AT LEAST FOR A WHILE, IN CASE I NEED TO PROVE THAT THIS REALLY DID HAPPEN AND THESE WERE REALLY BAD PARTS THAT CHRYSLER INSTALLED ON THESE TRUCKS. MOST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THIS AFTER THERE WERE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME INCIDENT. *TR

DASH ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB IS FALLING INTO CHUNKS AND THEY HAVE FALLEN INTO MY TILT STEERING CAUSING IGNITION WIRES TO COME LOOSE CAUSING THE ENGINE AND ALL SYSTEMS TO FAIL ! NEAR COLLISIONS HAVE BEEN ON MANY OCCASIONS. PRESENTING DANGER TO MYSELF AND ALL ON ROADWAY! I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY WONT DO A THING. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME TRUCK THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. THANK YOU *TR

THE HARD PLASTIC DASH ON TOP AND FRONT STARTED CRACKING AND FALLING APART IN 2004. THE VEHICLE IS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 .I HAVEN'T REPLACED IT BECAUSE I THINK DODGE SHOULD,SINCE ABOUT EVERY TRUCK I HAVE SEEN IS LIKE THIS. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM DASHBOARD - I AM THE OWNER OF A 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP. MY DASHBOARD HAS CAVED IN AND APPARENTLY, THIS PROBLEM IS PRETTY COMMON WITH THIS YEAR AND MAKE. IN ADDITION TO THE WIRING ALL NOW BEING EXPOSED, I AM NOW CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE IN RELATION TO ITS' PROXIMITY TO THE AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. DUE TO THE TOTAL EXPOSURE IN THE AREA OF THE VEHICLES' PLACEMENT OF THE DASHBOARD, WHICH IS NOW NON-EXISTENT, IT COULD POSSIBLY ENDANGER A PASSENGER'S LIFE WHILE RIDING ON THAT SIDE, UNLESS I TURN THE AIRBAG FUNCTION OFF. THIS APPARENTLY IS A MAJOR DEFECT IN THE DODGE LINE. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WEBSITE, BUT ALSO SPECIFICALLY LISTING THAT THERE IS NO RECALL TO DATE. I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING WHEN I CONTACTED MY DODGE DEALER LOCALLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 40 MPH WHEN THEY WERE CUT OFF AND CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF AN ON-COMING VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS INSURANCE COMPANIES STORAGE FACILITY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAGS PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60000. UPDATED 12/15/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. UPDATED 12/27/10

THE FAILURE OF THE PLASTIC DASHBOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THERE WAS NOT ANY PARTICULAR EVENT LEADING TO ITS FAILURE. ONE DAY I WAS CLEANING THE INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND DID NOT NOTICE THE LARGE CRACK UNTIL I SLICED MY ARM ON IT. IT CONCERNS ME THAT THIS INJURY OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. I CAN NOT EVEN IMAGINE THE INJURIES THAT COULD OCCUR AT HIGH SPEEDS FROM THE FAULTY PLASTIC. THE FACT REMAINS THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE CURRENT PLASTIC AS WELL AS THE "REPLACEMENT DASH." I MEAN A REPLACEMENT DASH THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CRACK AND INFLICT THE SAME INJURIES AS BEFORE. *TR

MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING AND I HAVE TRIED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LOOSE PARTS OF IT AFTER THEY BREAK OFF BUT WHILE DRIVING LAST WEEK A PIECE BECAME LOOSE AND IN THE TURBULENCE INSIDE THE TRUCK, WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN, A PIECE OF THE DASH CAME OFF AND FLEW INTO MY RIGHT EYE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK STOPPED AND AFTER ABOUT 15 MIN I WAS ABLE TO GET THE PIECE OUT OF MY EYE AND CONTINUE DRIVING. *TR

DASH BOARD IS CRACKING INTO PIECES ACTUALLY DISINEGRATING. IF BY CHANCE CUTS ANY WIRING IT COULD CUT MY LIGHTS OUT OR SOMETHING ELSE I AM NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH THE ELECTRONICS OF AN AUTOMOBLBILE. THANK YOU *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AFTER SHE DEPRESSED IT. SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE PEDAL WAS STUCK. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND SHIFT INTO PARK AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A RELATIVE WHO STATED THAT THE GASKET FROM THE CARBURETOR BECAME STUCK INSIDE THE CARBURETOR WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 126,000.