2002 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

MY 2002 DODGE CARAVAN HAS NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE PASSENGER AND BACK WINDOWS ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE INSIDE DOOR PANEL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS ALSO BECOMING LOOSE. THE AIR CONDITIONER STARTED ONLY WORKING ON HIGH SPEED. THEN IT WOULDN'T WORK AT ALL UNLESS YOU GIGGLED THE KEY A CERTAIN WAY. NOW IT WON'T WORK AT ALL. THESE TRUCKS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. "THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEERING COLUMN CONTAINS AN UNDER-SIZED TERMINAL FOR THE HVAC BLOWER MOTOR CIRCUIT." PER THE RECALL "'DEALERS WILL INSTALL A WIRING HARNESS OVERLAY TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION" I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE MONSTROSITY AND HE WAS RUDE AND CLAIMED THIS TRUCK WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THAT RECALL. I ALSO CALLED THE NATIONAL NUMBER AND THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR THEIR DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. WE LIVE IN FLORIDA AND IT IS DANGEROUS TO HAVE TO RIDE IN A VEHICLE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. OUR DODGE CARAVAN ALSO HAS A DEFECTIVE AIR CONDITIONER. I RUE THE DAY I EVER BOUGHT A DODGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. IN 2006, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED IN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. WHEN HE STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE HEADLIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND THE TURN SIGNALS, HORN, AND BRAKE LIGHTS NO LONGER WORKED. HE CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TAIL LIGHTS DID NOT WORK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. HE FEELS THESE ARE ALL SAFETY ISSUES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 138,844 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

THE DASHBOARD OF MY TRUCK JUST STARTED CRACKING AND PIECES ARE FALLING OFF. I'M AFRAID ITS GOING TO SHORT SOMETHING OUT. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 HAD A LEAK IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND CAUGHT FIRE. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE FIRE DAMAGED THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE TRUCK, AND MELTED THE GAS TANK AND BED LINER. *JB

2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE POWER STEERING QUIT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND I WAS IN A CURVE AND ALMOST WRECKED. I HAVE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. I THOUGHT SAFETY WAS NUMBER ONE. BUT I GUESS THIS WILL NOT BE A RECALL UNTIL SOME ONE FROM YOUR OFFICE OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS KILLED IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. I HAVE READ THAT PEOPLE HAVE RAN OF THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED OR HAVE STRUCK A ROADSIDE OBJECT TRYING TO STOP. COME ON PEOPLE LETS FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES DUE TO DEFECTIVE PLASTICS. I UNDERSTAND I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS ISSUE. WHERE THIS HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE IS THE SHARPNESS OF THE PARTS. MY SON AND I HAVE BOTH SLICED OUR HANDS OPEN WHEN CLEANING THE DASH, EVEN TRYING TO BE CAREFUL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY CHRYSLER. SEE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE AS I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.DODGEPROBLEMS.COM/CRACKED-DASHBOARD.SHTML. *TR

FOR NO APPARENT REASON MY DASHBOARD HAS SEVERAL CRACKS WHICH APPEARED SUDDENLY RUNNING THE LENGTH OF THE DASHBOARD FROM FRONT TO BACK. THERE IS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS AND THE VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED. THE CRACKS ARE PRIMARILY OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASH BUT THERE ARE ALSO A FEW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I WOULD HATE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, IT WOULD PROBABLY TURN THE DASH INTO A PLASTIC GRENADE SENDING SHRAPNEL AROUND THE CAB AND INTO THE OCCUPANTS. *TR

SEVERE CRACKING OF UPPER TWO-PIECE DASH BOARD. MULTIPLE CRACKS RUNNING THROUGH DASH, LEAVING OPEN HOLES TO WIRING. CRACKED DASH SHIFTING, COULD INTERFERE WITH PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR

MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT 4X4S DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AND IS GETTING WORSE. TRUCK IS VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND CAN THINK OF NOTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS AS A FAULT OF MINE. *TR

LOST ALL STEERING CAPABILITY WHILE DRIVING: ALMOST RAN INTO A HOUSE. THERE IS POWER STEERING FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NO COLLISIONS IN THIS VEHICLE OTHER THAN A MINOR REAR END FENDER BENDER. PREVIOUSLY I HAD THE HIGH PRESSURE PWR STEERING HOSE REPLACED AND THE SYSTEM FLUSHED. *TR