2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART. ONE LARGE HOLE NOW ABOUT THE SIZE OF AN AVERAGE HAND IS VISIBLE IN MY DASH. CRACKS ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE DASH. *TR

2001 DODGE PICKUP . GOT IN ONE MORNING AND THE DASH WAS CRACKED. IT HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR A LEAST A WEEK . NO APPARENT REASON FOR THIS. GOT IN THE TRUCK ANOTHER DAY AND THERE WERE TWO MORE CRACKS. TO THIS DATE THE TRUCK STILL ONLY HAS 18,000 MILES ON IT. I THINK DODGE SHOULD REPLACE THESE DASHES. 8/11/09. *TR

IN JUNE OF 2006 I NOTICED A HAIRLINE CRACK IN THE DASH OF MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500, WHICH ONLY HAD 36,000 ON IT AT THE TIME. I DID NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED THINKING THE DEALER WOULD JUST TELL ME IT WAS USUAL WEAR AND TEAR. SINCE THAT DAY THE DASH HAS CONTINUED TO CRACK AND I NOW HAVE A SECTION WHERE THE CRACKS HAVE CONNECTED. IT APPEARS THERE WILL SOON BE AN AREA OF THE DASH THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL OR LARGER WHERE THERE WILL BE A HOLE. THIS HOLE WILL BE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE INSTRUMENTATION. I HAVE RECENTLY LEARNED THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF 1998-2002 DODGE TRUCKS. SOME OF WHICH HAVE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS THEIR HEADLIGHTS GOING OFF. THIS HAS LED ME TO VOICE A COMPLAINT WITH CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND THE NHTSA. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN MATERIAL AND/OR WORKMANSHIP AT THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION AND THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!! HEADLIGHTS SHUTTING OFF AS YOU DRIVE DOWN A DARK ROAD IS A SAFETY ISSUE!! IT IS A SHAME, BUT IT APPEARS IT WILL TAKE SOMEONE EITHER DYING OR GETTING SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE TO FORCE CHRYSLER TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP, THE DASH BOARD IS CRACKING ALL OVER. THERE ARE COMPLETE PIECES WHICH FELL THROUGH ONE IN THE LARGEST SIZE THE OF 8"X6, THERE ARE MANY MORE HOLES ALSO IN THE DASH. I KNOW OF NUMEROUS OTHER 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME DEFECT IN THERE VEHICLE. IF THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT A PIECE OF THE DASH COULD EASILY FLY UP AND INTO THE FACE OR EYE OF THE DRIVER OR FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES OR LIFE CHANGING (BLIND) EVENT.. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 WHIT DASHBOARD THAT HAS SEVERE CRACKING. I'M STARTING TO HAVE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ALSO.

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 AND SINCE LAST YEAR THE DASH START TO SHOWN A LOT OF DEEP CRACKS ON TOP AND IN A DASH TRIM LINE. I MADE SOME RESEARCH AND FIND OUT THIS IS COMMON IN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL AND YEAR, DEALERSHIP SAID IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT EXCEPT SELL ME A NEW DASH AND TRIM. IM AFRAID LIKE IN OTHERS PEOPLE SITUATION THE DASH WILL COLLAPSE WHILE IM DRIVING, THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH DUAL AIR BAGS AND THIS CAN ACTIVATE ANYTIME WITH THIS COLLAPSING NOISE ARE DEVELOPING FROM THE DASH DUE THE STRUCTURE UNSTABLE CONDITION. *TR

1. NO EVENTS, TOOK EXTRA SPECIAL CARE OF THE TRUCK, WAS PARKED IN A GARAGE 80% OF ITS LIFE 2. CRACKED UPPER DASHBOARD. GETS WORSE EVERY SEASON. IT IS IN PIECES, LARGE HOLES EXPOSING VITAL MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PARTS 3. HASN'T BEEN REPLACED. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM, 65000 ORIGINAL MILES AND DASH IS BADLY CRACKED. IF IT CONTINUES TO CRACK THE DASH IS GOING TO FALL IN. I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SHARP PLASTIC PIECES (WHICH HAVE CUT MY SKIN JUST TOUCHING) FALLING INTO DASH AND CUTTING WIRES (FIRE ISSUE) AND CRACKED DASHES MAY LEAD TO RIPPED AIRBAGS ON DEPLOYMENT(SAFETY ISSUE). THIS TRUCK HAS ALWAYS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND HONESTLY I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK NEW FROM THE DEALER. THE PLASTIC DASH HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE FRONT. THESE LARGE CRACKED PIECES CREATE A SAFETY ISSUE IN AN ACCIDENT OR AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. THE PLASTIC MATERIAL USED IN MANUFACTURING IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 VEHICLE DASH IS CRACKED TO WHERE IS LOOSELY ATTACHED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. DASH CONSTANTLY RATTLES. THIS SEEMS AS THOUGH IT WILL INTERFERE WITH THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SINCE THE DASH IS CRACKED AROUND IT. PLASTIC DASH TRIM RING IS ALSO BEGINNING TO CRUMBLE WHICH MAY BE A SAFETY ISSUE IN THE FUTURE. DASH HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT IS BEGINNING TO GROW WORSE AT A MUCH QUICKER RATE. *TR