2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH PAD IS CRACKED AND SEVERAL PIECES ARE MISSING. I ASK THE DEALER IF DODGE HAD ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD NO. I HAVE BEEN READING SEVERAL COMMENTS ON CORCOMPLAINT ABOUT DRIVERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM HAVING ADDITIONAL ISSUE SUCH AS HEADLIGHTS NOT COMING ON AND OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS...HAVING LARGE HOLES IN THE DASH AND HAVING THE SUN HEATING UP ELECTRICAL WIRES SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS MY REASON FOR FILING THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

PURCHASED 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 AS NEW. IN SUMMER OF 2009 DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK IN NUMEROUS AREAS. WE PLACED DUCT TAPE ON IT. HOWEVER, THIS DID NO GOOD, AS THE CRACKS HAVE GOTTEN BIGGER AND THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD HAS A BIG CRATER IN IT. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THE DASH LITERAL BREAKS TO PIECES. A $30K TRUCK SHOULD BE BETTER EQUIPPED WITH QUALITY MATERIAL. AT ONE POINT WILL THE INTEGRITY OF THE AIR BAG BE COMPROMISED! THIS IS A RISK TO ALL 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 OWNERS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED FROM FLYING PARTS. THIS IS ALSO A COSTLY REPAIR DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE, IT IS BETWEEN $900 - $2000. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) 2001 DODGE DASHBOARD FLEW APART WHILE GOING DOWN A DIRT ROAD AND CUT MY FACE! WHAT A PIECE OF [XXX]! AFTER I CHECKED AROUND LOOKS LIKE DODGE NEEDS A SAFETY RECALL ON THAT DEFECTIVE PLASTIC DASH. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE TRUCK IN WHICH WAS GARAGE PARKED AND THE DASH IS SEVERELY CRACKED AND WHICH I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE AIR BAGS GOING OFF AS THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE AND THE DASH CAVES IN. *TR

DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP - THE DASH IS CRACKING AND COLLAPSING; IT APPEARS THIS COULD EASILY INTERFERE WITH THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AND IS A VERY REAL SAFETY ISSUE YET THE MANUFACTURER IS IGNORING THE ISSUE WE NEED SOME ACTION. *TR

COIL SPRING BROKE FROM DRIVER SIDE. THE MECHANIC SAID HE HAS NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPENED ON DODGE 1500. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED UNDERNEATH THE WINDSHIELD, EXTENDED TO THE FRONT OF THE DASHBOARD; AROUND THE INDICATOR GAUGES AND TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS DESIGNED USING PLASTIC THAT WOULD CRACK AS THE VEHICLE AGES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB 4X4, ON SAT 4-17-10 MY FAMILY AND I WERE CAMPING IN NORTHER MICHIGAN, CLIMBED INTO MY TRUCK AND CLOSED THE DOORS. ONCE WE CLOSED THE DOORS THE DASH SHATTERED AND A PLASTIC SHARD FLEW ONTO MY 18 MONTH OLD DAUGHTERS LAP AND SHE PICK IT UP. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT AWAY FROM HER BEFORE SHE ATE IT. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR A CALL BACK FROM CHRYSLER ABOUT REPLACING THE DASH. I SHATTERED IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE DASH AND IN MANY DIRECTIONS. I ONLY HAVE 58,000 MILES ON MY TRUCK. I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE REPLACED!

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THE DASHBOARD SUSTAINED CRACKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE OWNER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERVICE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

DASH IN 2001 DODGE 1500 IT IS CRACKING FALLING APART SAFETY HAZARD SHOULD BE RECALL WE WILL HAVE NO DASH MY FRIEND HAS ONE TOO HIS HOLE DASH IS ALMOST GONE. *TR