2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500, WHEN IT WAS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD THE DASH STARTED CRACKING. SINCE THEN, THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE DASH IS COLLAPSED AND CRACKS ARE APPEARING IN THE FRAME AS WELL AS THE LOWER DASH. SHARDS OF PLASTIC FROM THE DASH WENT INTO THE BLOWER FOR THE A\C AND CAME OUT OF THE VENTS. IF I DIDN'T WEAR GLASSES ANYWAY THE SHARDS COULD HAVE DAMAGED MY EYES. I HAD TO REPLACE THE FAN'S SQUIRREL CAGE DUE TO THE DAMAGE FROM PIECES OF DASH. SINCE THEN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT FELL OUT OF THE LOWER DASH AND LANDED ON MY SONS FOOT. NO SERIOUS INJURY BUT CUTS AND A BRUISE. DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND FIX THESE INSTEAD OF PRETENDING THAT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM. I LOVE MY TRUCK BUT IF THEY DON'T FIX THIS ISSUE, NEXT TIME I'LL BUY A FORD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FAST TRACK COMPANY STATED THAT THEY SERVICED THIS VEHICLE, AND 20 MINUTES AFTER THE CUSTOMER LEFT WITH THE VEHICLE AND WAS DRIVING ABOUT 50MPH, THE HOOD FLEW UP AND CRACKED HIS WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HOOD LATCH WAS STUCK IN THE OPENING POSITION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,261.

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM PU WHICH APPARENTLY WAS POORLY DESIGNED WITH CAR BRAKES---PER MY MECHANIC AND THE DEALER. IT'S MY OPINION THAT DODGE SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR THE SEVERAL BRAKE JOBS I'VE HAD TO DO SINCE PURCHASING THE TRUCK AND CREATE A RECALL TO HAVE THESE UNDERSIZE/UNSAFE BRAKES REPLACED. THANKS. *TR

DASHBOARD SEVERELY CRACKED CREATING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. PIECES BECOME DISLODGED WITH WINDOWS OPEN AND BECOME MISSILES BLOWN BY THE WIND. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500, AND THE DASHBOARD IS COMPLETELY FALLING APART FROM CRACKING. I HAVE HAD ERRATIC ELECTRIC PROBLEMS, WHICH IS PROBABLY DUE TO WIRES BEING SEVERED OR FRAYED BY DASH PIECES, AND MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS. WHO IS TO SAY THAT THE AIRBAG ISN'T DAMAGED, EITHER FROM SHARP DASH PIECES OR SUN EXPOSURE? THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 SPORT MODEL. THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK LAST SUMMER. IT ONLY HAS 83,000 MILES ON IT AND I KEEP IT UNDER A GARAGE. I BELIEVE IT WILL CONTINUE TO CRACK UNTIL IT FALLS IN. I AM AFRAID THIS COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEMS. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. AT THIS TIME DODGE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM. *TR

IT STARTED WITH A CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT WAS A SMALL CRACK, NOTHING BIG. THEN I HAD ANOTHER ONE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE. A YEAR LATER THERE WERE SO MANY CRACKS THAT MY DASHBOARD STARTED TO HAVE HOLES AND I WENT OUT TO BUY A DASHBOARD COVER AND NOW I DONT HAVE A DASHBOARD AT ALL. IT'S SO BAD THAT MY FRONT PLASTIC THAT GOES AROUND THE RADIO AND GAUGES ITS SO LOOSE THAT IM HAVING TO GLUE IT EVERY WEEK!!!! *CN

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM PICK UP. THE DASH BORAD STARTED CRACKING AND BREAKING APART AND NOW I ALMOST DO NOT HAVE A DASH BORAD. IT IS NOT LEGAL BUT UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON THE ROADS, CLAIMING CRACKS OF THE DASH BOARD HAVING LEFT WIRES EXPOSED TO THE HOT SUN AND DAMAGED MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TW

I BOUGHT A USED 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 EXT. CAB 1/2 TON PICK-UP TRUCK IN DECEMBER OF 2008 AND MY DASH BOARDS HAD NO CRACKS IN IT AT THAT TIME ,BUT MY DASH BOARD IS NOW CRACKING AND COLLAPSING. AS FAR AS I KNOW DODGE DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL AT THIS TIME. BUT THERE IS ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH BOARDS CRACKING AND COLLAPSING ONTO THE ELECTRICAL WIRING CAUSING SHORTS. FROM EITHER EXPOSURE TO SUN LIGHT OR THE PARTS OF THE DASH BOARDS FALLING ONTO THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IS CAUSING PROBLEMS DUE TO INFERIOR PRODUCTS BEING USED TO MAKE THE DASH BOARDS. IS THERE ANYWAY TO MAKE DODGE FIX THIS PROBLEM? *TR

2001 DODGE 1500 SLT BROKEN DASH !@#$% NEAR CUT MY WRIST OPEN FROM THE DASH. *TR