2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP TRUCK THAT I BOUGHT NEW. I STARTED TO HAVE CRACKS APPEAR IN THE DASH. I REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER WHILE THE TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER THE FACTORY EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEY LISTED IT AS FOLLOWS, CUSTOMER STATES CRACK IN DASH, VERIFIED CONCERN, FOUND FAULTY DASH PAD, $665+TAX TO REPLACE, CUSTOMER DECLINED AT THIS TIME. THIS WAS IN JULY OF 06, NOW IN JANUARY OF 2010 I HAVE BIG HOLES IN THE DASH AND CRACKS ARE SPREADING TO GAUGES. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM DASH PARTS FALL OUT THAT ARE SHARP AND MY CAUSE PROBLEM WITH INTERNAL DASH COMPONENTS OR HURT SOMEONE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. THE PIECES FALL OUT ABOUT EVERYTIME I DRIVE THE TRUCK . I HAVE A 5 YEAR OLD SON THAT I CANNOT LET RIDE IN THE TRUCK BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF AIRBAG FAILURE OR HIM TOUCHING THE DASH AND GETTING CUT BY SHARP EDGES FROM PIECES THAT HAVE CRACKED OUT. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BY ME OR DEALER . I FEEL THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND THEY SHOULD BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS ONLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO ... *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM THE DASHBOARD IS FALLING APART THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE PIGMENT USED TO MAKE THIS AND OTHER YEARS PLASTICS RESEARCHING A LOT I NOTICED THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM!!!!!FOR ALOT OF PEOPLE THIS MATTER NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION WHEN I HIT A BUMP ITS LIKE ITS GOING TO SHATTER LIKE GLASS WONT BE GOOD DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND GETTING PLASTIC SHARDS IN MINE AND PASSENGERS EYES!!!! *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM AND THE DASH BOARD IS CRACKING AND CAVING IN ON THE WHOLE DASH LEAVING BIG HOLES NEAR THE CLUSTER THERE ARE JAGGED PIECES FALLING IN BEHIND THE DASH BOARD HITTING WIRES THEY WANT 460.00 FOR DASH AND 500 TO INSTALL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE FIXED BUY DODGE AT NO CHARGE THIS IS DEFINITELY A BIG SAFETY ISSUE AND WITH ALL THAT GOV MONEY THE GOT THEY NEED TO REPAIR THE PAST WITH SOME OF IT MINE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED . *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH, WHEN THE HOOD OF MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 POPPED OPEN. IT BENT THE CORNERS OF THE HOOD, I WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE HOOD DOWN, WITH THE HELP OF 2 OTHER GUYS. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING FASTER, I BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE SMASHED MY WINDSHIELD. IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, BUT I AM SCARED THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. WE HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO FIXING IT, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. WE ARE HOPING TO AT LEAST GET IT LOOKED AT THIS SPRING, UNLESS IT HAPPENS AGAIN. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH CRACKING REALLY BAD MY TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON THE CLOCK AND IS GARAGED. *TR

LIKE MANY OTHERS, THE DASH FELL APART...YOU AREN'T DOING A THING ABOUT IT UNTIL WHAT? SOMEONE DIES? 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. EVERYONE I TALK TO KNOWS SOMEONE WHOSE TRUCK DID THE SAME THING. IF WE ARE IN A WRECK AND THE AIRBAG DOESN'T DEPLOY DUE TO THE SUPPORT SYSTEM BEING MISSING....FALLING APART TOTALLY....THEN IF WE DIE, WILL SOMETHING BE DONE TO MAKE CHRYSLER STAND GOOD FOR THE REPAIRS? I HAVE CONTACTED THEM AND THEY WANT US TO PAY 800 FOR OUR PART. NO...IT IS THEIR WIDESPREAD DEFECT AND WE WILL NOT PAY A PENNY. WE HAVE HAD A FIRE IN THE DASH AS EVERYTHING IS OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS NOW....WE HAD TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CRAWL UP UNDER AND FIND THE WIRES BURNING. WHENEVER YOU TURNED ON THE KEY, IT SMOKED AND BURNED. FINALLY, AFTER THE TRUCK WAS TOWED HOME, HE TRACED THE WIRE TO THE HEATED MIRRORS AND REMOVED IT. WAITING FOR THE NEXT FIRE, I GUESS. WHAT A SHAME FOR CHRYSLER TO TAKE BAILOUT MONEY AND NOT HELP CUSTOMERS AND ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE STEP UP????? *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 CLUB CAB. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED WITH ONLY 2,000 MILES ON IT. WITH IN APPROX. 3 YEARS THE DASH STARTED TO CRACK, THESE CRACKS HAVE BECOME HOLES, TO THE POINT THAT MY WHOLE DASH HAS COLLAPSED. THE FRAME AROUND THE FRONT OF THE DASH HAS ALSO CRACKED TO THE POINT THAT ONLY ONE AREA AT THE BOTTOM IS HOLDING IT ON THE VEHICLE. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT ONE DAY, AND AM ASKING THAT YOU LOOK INTO HAVING CHRYSLER CREATE A RECALL ON THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME! *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 REGULAR CAB SPORT. MY DASH HAS SEVERAL CRACKS WHICH MANY INTERSECT CREATING SHARP POINTS. I HAVE ABOUT AN 8-10" HOLE IN MY DASH. MY DASH BEGAN CRACKING ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO AND HAS CONTINUED GETTING WORSE. THERE ARE 2 OTHER DODGE RAM 1500 REGULAR CABS, 1 BEING A 1999 AND THE OTHER A 2001 AND THEY ARE BOTH CRACKED AS WELL. NO HOLES IN THEM, BUT ARE GETTING WORSE. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 THAT I'VE OWNED 6 YEARS. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR THE DASH STARTED TO CRACK ON ITS OWN. I PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE TO THE POINT THAT LARGE PIECES WERE FALLING UNDER THE DASH FRAME. I'VE TAKEN THE TRUCK IT THE DODGE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD COST ME AROUND $800 TO HAVE IT REPLACED. TO ME THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN THAT THE ALREADY LOOSE PIECES AS WELL AS OTHER THAT WOULD BRAKE OFF IN A WRECK COULD CAUSE BODILY HARM, MOSTLY TO THE FACE AND EYES. *TR