2002 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

DODGE SLT-1500 4X4, SHORT BEDSHOPS AROUND CURVES IF YOU HIT THE SLIGHTEST BUMP IN ROAR, BRIDGE OR WHATEVER. IT SEEM THE BACK END IS TO LIGHT OR SOMETHING IS WRONG BACK THERE. *TR

WIPER MODULE FAILURE/ LOSS OF VISIBILITY / SAFETY ISSUE FROM WATER INTRUSION INTO MODULE CAUSING CORROSION AND WIPER MODULE/ MOTOR FAILURE. *TR

MY DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK IS A 2002 MODEL. THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING SO BADLY THAT LARGE PIECES ARE FALLING DOWN INTO THE ELECTRICAL SECTION. IT GETS WORSE DAILY AND I'M AFRAID OF A FIRE. *TR

THE DASH HAS BEGUN CRACKING. LITTLE PIECES ARE FALLING DOWN INTO THE DASH THE LOWER DASH AND INTO AIR VENTS. THESE ARE NOT SMALL MINOR CRACK, THEY ARE LARGE CRACKS THAT COVER THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH DODGE RAM DASHBOARDS FOR YEARS. *TR

DASH IS CRACKING, ONE DEFROSTER VENT SCREEN HAS BROKEN OFF AND FALLEN INTO DEFROST VENT DUE TO BECOMING BRITTLE, ADDITIONAL CRACKS ARE BECOMING MORE EVIDENT AS THE DAYS GO BY. *TR

MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS CRACKED DASH AND IT IS VERY BRITTLE. WHILE RESEARCHING ONLINE I FOUND HUNDREDS MORE WITH SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THIS COULD CAUSE AN AIRBAG MALFUNCTION OR IF THE AIRBAG DOES WORK IT WOULD THROW PIECES OF THE DASH INTO THE PERSON CAUSING MAJOR INJURES TO THAT PERSON. I BELIEVE THAT DODGE SHOULD LOOK IN TO THIS. THEY SHOULD RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR INTO PARK AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS ON ITS OWN. HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, PLACED IT BACK INTO PARK, AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V460000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND HE NO LONGER DRIVES THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 35,000.

STALLING AND ROUGH IDLE. ENGINE WILL SURGE AT STOP AND FORCE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD VERY CLOSE TO OTHER VEHICLES. *TR

PURCHASED VEHICLE USED IN 2006 WITH 34,000 MILES. IN JUNE OF 2008 I NOTICED A CRACK APPROX. 2" LONG IN THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE STARTING IN THE TRAY, VEHICLE HAD APPROX. 53,000 MILES ON IT. BY SEPTEMBER OF 2008 THE ONE CRACK DEVELOPED INTO 3 CRACKS WITH 1 SPANNING THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE DASH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE VEHICLE. NOW IN MARCH OF 2009 WITH 69,000 MILE, THERE ARE 5 CRACKS TOTAL AND THE DASHBOARD IS SAGGING AND THE DEFROSTER VENTS ARE STARTING TO CRACK APART. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A ACCIDENT, THE ONLY PROTECTANT USED ON THE DASH WAS RECOMMENDED AND PURCHASED AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. *TR

THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN MANY PLACES ON MY 2002 DODGE 1500 4X4. FULL LENGTH CRACKS FROM WINDSHIELD TO DRIVER, ABOUT 4 LARGE ONES AND A FEW SMALL ONES STARTING. MAY BE MORE COSMETIC BUT IF CONTINUES, IT MY AFFECT DRIVING. *TR