2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

ENGINE FAILED AT 66000 MILES, MAIN BEARINGS, DEALER TEAR DOWN SITES LACK OF LUBRICATION OIL WAS CHANGED AS REQUIRED, THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED, A PRIOR VIN # CHECK REVELED THIS WAS OWNED BY A RENTAL CO[EG] HERTZ/ ENTERPRISE. *NM

DASH IS CRACKED BY BLOWER DUCT CREATING POSSIBLE HAZARD DURING AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. *JB

PURCHASED A 2000 1500 QUADCAB DODGE RAM FOR 15,000. THREE WEEKS LATER HAD TO REPAIR FRONT BRAKES FRONT ROTORS AND FRONT BALL JOINTS. COST $700. DEALER REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *NM

THE DASH IS CRACKED IN NUMEROUS PLACES NEAR THE DEFROSTER ON MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4. I WAS TOLD THIS MAY INTERFERE WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. I AM JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT MANY OTHER DODGE RAM OWNERS HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR DASH AND IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON DEFECT. *JB

I BOUGHT A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 IN AUGUST OF 2002. IN JANUARY 2003 ON A FAIRLY COLD MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK, I DROVE OVER A SMALL SPEED BUMP AND MY DASHBOARD CRACKED FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. THE CRACK HAS SPREAD ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS JUST BY HITTING SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD. *NM

MY DASH HAS A GIANTIC CRACK IN IT, AND IT'S BECOMING WORSE. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT B/C OF THE AIRBAGS. THEY CAN GET RIPPED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30MPH THICK DUST BLEW OUT FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER. AFTERWARDS THE AIR CONDITIONER ONLY WORKED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE QUITTING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THE HEATER CORE HAD RUPTURED. THE DUST THAT CAME FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS THE FREON. BOTH THE HEATER CORE AND FREON NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE.

2000, 1500 DODGE RAM, HOOD FLEW UP TRAVELING ABOUT 40-45 MPH ON HIGHWAY 125. BODY SHOP STATED THAT IT WAS DO TO FAULTY HOOD LATCH. VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND CARED FOR.*AK

NOTICED REDUCED DIRECTIONAL STABILITY, BRAKING DEGRADATION AND VEHICLE PULLED UNDER BRAKING CONDITIONS. THIS LEAD ME TO TAKE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. WHILE ON THE VEHICLE RACK IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS HAD CRACKED IN THE EXACT SAME LOCATION ON BOTH SIDES. ADDITIONALLY, CRACKS WERE DISCOVERED DUE TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE POOR WELDS ON THE FRONT AXLE. ON 01-16-2006, I AUTHORIZED THE FOLLOWING WORK TO BE DONE AT MY OWN EXPENSE: 1) REPLACEMENT OF CRACKED LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND WELDING OF THE CRACKED FRONT AXLE RECALL 00V007000). REPLACEMENT CONTROL ARMS WERE REINFORCED IN THE AREA THAT FAILED ON BOTH STOCK OEM CONTROL ARMS. THE REPLACEMENT ARMS WHERE ALMOST TWICE AS HEAVY AS THE ORIGINALS. WITH THIS INFORMATION, I CONTACTED DODGE DAIMLER/CHRYSLER TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION AND REQUESTED A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PARTS REPLACED. CHRYSLER DENIED THE REQUEST AND SAID THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE ABOVE LISTED ISSUES. ALL REPAIR WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND I HAVE THE ORIGINAL LOWER CONTROL ARMS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. PICTURES OF THE BOTH PARTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.*AK

THE HOOD LATCH FAILED. WE WERE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE GOING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND THE HOOD FLEW UP AND SLAMMED INTO THE WINDSHIELD, CAUSING ZERO VISIBILITY. THE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED, AND HOOD WAS DESTROYED, A MAJOR ACCIDENT COULD HAVE EASILY OCCURRED. NO PERSONAL INJURIES, BUT APPROXIMATELY $3,000 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK