2002 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING, ROADS WERE WET, TEMPERATURE WAS 23 DEGREES. WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE ROADWAY ABOUT 40 MPH. WAS ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH WHEN TRUCK STARTED TO FISH TAIL SLIGHTLY. REAR OF THE TRUCK SLID SLIGHTLY TOWARD DRIVERS SIDE. I TURNED THE WHEELS SLIGHTLY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SLIDE AND THEN STARTED TO TURN THE WHEELS BACK THE OTHER DIRECTION AS TRUCK STARTED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. AT THAT POINT I FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN THE FRONT END ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE TRUCK STARTED PULLING ACROSS THE CENTER LINE AND OFF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS HEADING STRAIGHT FOR A TELEPHONE POLE. I TRIED PUSHING THE BRAKES FULLY, BUT THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I CUT THE WHEELS ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT , JUST MISSING THE TELEPHONE POLE. MY FRONT FENDER STRUCK A STEEL POLE FILLED WITH CEMENT NEXT TO A SPLIT RAIL FENCE. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS LAYING UNDER THE TRUCK, ONLY HELD ON BY THE TIE ROD END. THIS WAS BY NO MEANS A VERY BAD CASE OF SLIDING AND OVER STEERING. THE UPPER BALL JOINT HAD JUST SEPARATED CAUSING THE TIRE TO BUCKLE UNDER. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE ESCAPED THIS ACCIDENT WITHOUT INJURY OR HAVING MY TRUCK ROLL OVER. I HAVE SEEN ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE DODGE DURANGOS WITH THE BALL JOINT SEPARATION AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IT IS THE SAME SUSPENSION PARTS USED IN THE DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 TRUCKS. THIS NEEDS TO BE CHECKED INTO BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

PINION GEAR FAILURE. REPLACED REAR END FROM A DIFFERENT VEHICLE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE REAREND WILL LOCK UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID TO A STOP,CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION,AND DRIVE SHAFT. NOT TO MENTION THE 'SAFETY HAZARDS' OF POSSIBLY CAUSING A WRECK,AND WORSE INJURING SOMEONE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. IN WARM WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM BECOMES INOPERATIVE. ALSO, IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE FAILURE CAUSES IMPAIRED VISIBILITY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V078000 (STEERING:COLUMN). THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO INSTALL A WIRING HARNESS OVERLAY AT THE COST OF $800. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER REFERRED HIM TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

I PURCHASED 2002 DODGE 1500 TRUCK NEW. NOW THE DASH BOARD IS CRACKED 3 DIFFERENT PLACES,AND THE DODGE DEALER WILL MOT REPLACE OR FIX THE PROBLEM WITHOUT CHARGING ME 1000$. THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM FACING DODGE TRUCK OWNERS FROM 1998 TO 2006. PLEASE HELP. THANKS MICHAEL *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK IS CRACKING. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN AN ACCIDENT? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYS? WILL PLASTIC FRAGMENTS ACT LIKE PROJECTILES AND HURT OCCUPANTS? CONTACTED MY DEALER AND CHRYSLER CORP. WITH NO HELP EXCEPT FOR AN OPTION TO REPLACE FOR $1,100. WHY SHOULD THE CONSUMER PAY FOR A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT? I DON'T HAVE $1,100 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND THEN HAVE NO GUARANTEE IF I'M NOT JUST BUYING THE SAME TYPE OF PRODUCT (JUNK). IF IT HAS BEEN REVISED, THEN CHRYSLER KNOWS IT DEFECTIVE. *TR

THE PLASTIC DASH FOR MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS CRACKS. WHILE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE CURRENTLY, IT COULD LEAD TO SHARP EDGES IN THE PLASTIC THAT CAN CUT SOMEONE OR CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

COOPER DISCOVERER AT TIRE,COMPLETELY SHREDDED, WHILE GOING UNDER 65 MPH,..."LT, 265/70,R17, DESIGN #9804,DOT.UP.AH.0414803/30480-2, R-15065, LOAD RANGE 112/1090-WAS ON A WELL-MAINTAINED 2002 DODGE RAM PICKUP, TIRE BOUGHT NEW. OWNER KEPT REQUIRED AIR PRESSURE CONSTANTLY- CHECKED AIR EVERY FEW DAYS,36,000 MILES ON TIRE-OCCUPANTS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN VEHICLE ROLLED 3X. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE RAM, I HAVE HAD IT SINCE 2004 AND EVER SINCE I'VE HAD IT, THE DASH CONTINUES TO CRACK. MORE AND MORE. I SPOKE WITH DODGE AND THE DAMAGE, FOR JUST THE DASH WHERE THE DEFROSTER IS LOCATED, WOULD BE MORE THAN $500. THAT IS RIDICULOUS AND ANY PROBLEM OF THIS CALIBER THAT OCCURS THIS QUICK SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF OR AT A REASONABLE PRICE. *TR

MY TRUCK IS 6 YEARS OLD I BOUGHT IN 2002 WITH 2 MILES ON IT. IT NOW HAS 100,000 MILES ON IT AND I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THE OTHER DAY AND PART OF DASH COLLAPSED IN ABOVE THE DRIVER SIDE STEERING WHEEL. I ALMOST WRECKED WHEN THAT HAPPENED. I CHECKED ONLINE AND NOTICED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DASH CRACKING AND DODGE WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASH IS FALLING APART AND CHRYSLER OR THE NHTSA WON'T RECALL OR FIX THIS ISSUE. IT INVOLVES THE 98-2005 MODELS. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER THROUGH THE YEARS. DOES SOMEONE NEED TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED TO RESULT IN A RECALL? I AM GOING TO DO MY BEST TO GO NATIONAL WITH THIS ISSUE TO GET RESULTS FROM CHRYSLER OR THE NHTSA. *TR