2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I OWN A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. IN 2005 THE DASHBOARD STARTED WITH SOME FINE LINE CRACKS WHICH HAVE GOTTEN LONGER AND LARGER UNTIL THIS YEAR . THE DASHBOARD HAS TOTALLY CAVED IN AND BROKEN INTO SEVERAL LARGE PIECES. MY CONCERN IS WITH THE AREA BENEATH THE DASHBOARD THAT WAS NOW EXPOSED ALONG WITH THE CONDITION OF THE DASHBOARD. I HAVE EXPERIENCED A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM OF THE TRUCK , NOT STARTING. LIKE THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY AT LEAST TWICE AND THE STARTER AND ALTERNATOR PROFESSIONALLY CHECKED BY 3 DIFFERENT MECHANICS TRYING TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. ALSO, WE HAVE TRIED TO TRACE THE SYSTEM FOR A SHORT. I WAS WONDERING IF THE CAVED IN DASHBOARD HAS EXPOSED SOME WIRES TO THE ELEMENTS. WE LIVE IN FLORIDA AND TRY TO AMOUR ALL MOISTURE THE DASHBOARD AND USE A SUN SCREEN FOR PROTECTION. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT MIGHT JUST BE MY DODGE TRUCK, BUT MY DAUGHTER HAS A 2001 DODGE 1500 AND THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING FOR NO REASON. IS THIS A DODGE PROBLEM? I HAPPENED TO CATCH A NEWS STORY ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE, THAT THIS SEEMED TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE DODGE TRUCKS ALONG WITH POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. YOU CAN CONTACT [email protected] FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE DATA HE HAS COLLECTED CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. IF WOULD SEEM DODGE NEEDED TO LOOK IN TO THE PROBLEM. *AK

I OWN A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500, THE DASHBOARD WAS SEVERLY CRACKING, AND HAD A FEW PIECES BREAK LOOSE. LUCKLY THE PIECES DIDNT HIT ME. THESE CRACKS APEARED ABOUT 3 YRS AGO, AND HAVE GOTTEN ALOT WORSE. I COULD FIND NO SOLUTION BUT TO REPLACE THE TOP PART OF THE DASHBOARD THAT WAS CRACKING AT A COST OF $850.00 INSTALLED. *AK

DASHBOARD CRACKING BECOMING SEVERE. MANY CRACKS OVER THE COMPLETE DASH BOARD TOP SURFACE. THIS MAY BE RELATED..... POSSIBLE CHEMICAL REACTION - PER DEALER. FUMES FROM THE TRANSMISSION OVERFLOW SEEP INTO DRIVER COMPARTMENT. THE DASHBOARD ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON PERIODICALLY. TRANSMISSION FUNCTIONS FINE BUT DEALER SAYS THE TORQUE CONVERT IS SLIPPING AT LOCK UP CAUSING A NO-LOCKUP SLIPPAGE CONDITION AFTER 8 SECONDS. DEALER SAYS I PROBABLY SHOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY AND REPLACE THE DASH AT MY COST. TOTAL WOULD BE ABOUT WHAT THE VALUE OF THE 1500 BOOK IS WHEN THEY GOT DONE. I HARDLY TOW ANYTHING BUT A SMALL BOAT. IT SPITS OUT FLUID OUT THE OVERFLOW OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. HAVE INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION COOLER BUT CONDITION, SLIGHT ODOR AND SPILLING CONTINUED. REPEATED FLASHING THE COMPUTER ONLY POPPED UP THE ACCELERATION A LITTLE BUT HAS NOT MADE ANY OTHER CHANGES. GAS MILEAGE IS WAY DOWN 10.4 MPG HIGHWAY. *AK

ON MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 QUAD CAB MY DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK AND IT CREATED HOLES IN THE DASHBOARD. NOW, THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED ALL THE WAY TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG , AND I WAS AFRAID THAT THE AIRBAG WILL RIP UPON DEPLOYMENT. ALSO, ELECTRICAL FAILURES; HEADAD LIGHTS/TAIL LIGHTS/ DASH LIGHTS AND MIRRORS WON'T WORK ONCE THE HEAT GOT TO THE WIRES UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD IS BEGINNING TO CRACK. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,230.

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK SINCE 2000 AND TAKEN IMMACULATE CARE OF IT. OVER THE COARSE OF THE PAST 2 YEARS THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN STEADILY CRACKING AND WAS GETTING WORSE. I WAS TOLD TO SEND THIS REPORT FROM STEPHEN COOPER WHO WAS A TV REPORTER IN FLORIDA. *AK

EXCESSIVE CRACKING OF THE DASHBOARD AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BEZEL MATERIAL. NUMEROUS CRACKS HAVE DEVELOPED COMPLETELY THROUGH THE MATERIA, L LEAVING SHARP EDGES EXPOSED. CRACKS FIRST APPEARED IN 2005. THEY QUICKLY PROPAGATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD AND BEZEL AREA.*AK

DASH CRACKING ON 2000 DODGE RAM PICK UP. I PURCHASED THE 2000 DODGE PICK UP IN NOV. 1999. AROUND JUNE OF 2003 I STARTED HAVING CRACKS IN THE DASH AND I TOOK IT BACK TO CRYSTAL DODGE FOR REPAIR BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND IT WOULD COST APPROX. 1500.00 JUST FOR THE PART NOT INCLUDING LABOR. SO I DID NOT GET IT FIXED. LAST WEEK I SAW A REPORT ON LOCAL NEW CHANNEL 6 OUT OF ORLANDO REFERENCING THE SAME ISSUES THAT I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING WITH MY DASH AND THEY RECOMMENDED E-MAILING THIS REPORT. I HOPE DODGE IS GOING TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS OF THIS GROWING PROBLEM. *JB

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 DASHBOARD CRACKED AND IS COLLAPSING EXPOSING THE WIRES BELOW. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP AND IT DEVELOPED A LONG CRACK IN THE DASH. ACCORDING TO A LOCAL NEWS STATION IN ORLANDO (LOCAL6) THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE YEARS, MAKE AND MODEL. THIS IS DEVELOPING INTO A SAFETY HAZARD AS THE PIECES WILL GET LOOSE IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT BUT ALSO THE DASH HOLDS THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. OTHER PEOPLE CLAIM ELECTRICAL FAILURES ALSO (DASH LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS AND HEAD LIGHTS) IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CAVING-IN DASH THAT MAKE ME SCARED DRIVING THIS CAR. *JB