2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WE HAVE A2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP AND THE DASH HAS SPLIT/CRACKED/BROKE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SO BAD THAT IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP EXT. CAB/SHORT BED. LIKE MOST OTHER DODGE RAM OWNERS OF THAT YEAR, MY DASH IS COMPLETELY FALLING APART. THERE ARE CRACKS ALL OVER IT AND TWO LARGE HOLES HAVE CAVED IN ON THE DASH. I HAVE ANOTHER HOLE GETTING READY TO CAVE IN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I HAVE NOTICED ON MANY WEBSITES THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 1996-2001 DODGE RAM TRUCKS AND DODGE WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT ISN'T A "RECALL ISSUE". *TR

WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE DAY, MY FIRST INDICATION WAS A HIGH VIBRATION FROM THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AT CERTAIN SPEEDS, AND A SLIGHT PULL TO THE LEFT. WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION (ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER I FIRST FELT THE VIBRATION) MY TIRE BLEW OUT ALL THE AIR INSTANTLY. AFTER I GOT THE TIRE CHANGED, I INSPECTED IT, AND FOUND SEVERAL SIDEWALL CRACKS RUNNING FROM THE EDGE OF THE TREADS PROGRESSING DOWN TO THE SIDEWALL ABOUT 2 TO 3 INCHES IN LENGTH. THEY RAN AT AN ANGLE THAT MATCHED THE ROTATION OF THE TIRE. THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO THE SIDEWALL AT ANY TIME. SOME OF THE OTHER TIRES SHOW SMALL LINES THAT COULD DEVELOP INTO CRACKS. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TIRES TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF IT IS A DEFECT I WANT THE PUBLIC WARNED AND PREVENT ANY TRAGEDY. THANK YOU. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE 1500 PICKUP WITH A DASHBOARD THAT IS BREAKING APART AND I'M CONCERN WITH THE SHARP EDGES IN THE CAB AND HOW EFFECTIVE MY AIRBAG WILL BE IF DEPLOYED. *TR

MAJOR CRACKS APPEARED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE DASHBOARD. THERE ARE TWO SIGNIFICANT CRACK IN THE DASH THAT EXTENDED WITHIN ONE DAY. YESTERDAY NO CRACK IN DASH, TODAY TWO MAJOR ONES. CONCERNED THAT THE DAMAGE WILL NOT CEASE AND MAY CRACK IN OTHER AREAS POSSIBLY EXPOSING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OR BECOME UNSAFE FOR PASS AGERS WHERE THERE ARE SHARP SHARDS. *TR

MY DASH IS CRACKING TO PIECES; FALLING APART. THE INSIDE OF THE DASH IS BEING EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS AND I FEAR THAT THE SUN OR THE BROKEN PIECES OF PLASTIC WILL DAMAGE THE WIRING. *TR

DODGE RAM TRUCK, 2001 DASH HAS CRACKED SO BAD THAT THERE IS ALMOST NO DASH LEFT ON TOP. *TR

HELLO: THIS COMPLAINT DEALS WITH THE CRACKING DASHBOARD ON THE 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT. THE CRACKS REALLY STARTED AND BECAME NOTICEABLE WHEN THE TRUCK HAD 30,000 MILES ON IT. NOW THERE ARE SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS AND A LARGE HOLE IN THE DASH. THIS TRUCK IS NOT USED OFFROAD.... IT MOSTLY SITS. RIGHT NOW IT ONLY HAS 42,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE CHECKED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL PROBLEM.... MANY OWNERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED THE MAIN DODGE WEBSITE....TWICE.... THEY ACT LIKE THIS IS NO PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF SUCH ISSUES. I CHECKED MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP.... THEY WAY THEY TALKED.... THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. I KNOW THERE IS NOT A LOT THEY CAN DO.... THE HELP WILL HAVE TO COME FROM HEADQUARTERS. TO ME.... DODGE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. ESPECIALLY IF THEY GET BAILOUT MONEY BASICALLY FROM ME AND OTHER TAXPAYERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP. GOD BLESS..... *TR

THERE IS A FUEL LINE LEAK ON MY TRUCK, 2001 DODGE RAM 1500, 5.9 LITER ENGINE, VIN (REMOVED). THE LINE CONNECTS THE TWO FUEL INJECTOR RAILS. IT IS INSTALLED WITH A BEND AND AT THE APEX IT FAILED . I CAUGHT IT THE FIRST TIME AND PURCHASED SOME HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE AND REPLACED IT. WHEN IT FAILED THE SECOND TIME I WAS IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC. BY THE TIME I COULD GET TO A SAFE PLACE I PROBABLY PUMPED GALLONS OF GAS ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. I DID NOT REALIZE IT WAS THAT BAD UNTIL I GOT OUT AND INSPECTED IT VISUALLY. I JUST HEARD THE HISSING SOUND AND SMELLED GASOLINE. THAT FAILED ABOUT A MONTH LATER. THIS TIME I PURCHASED SOME FUEL LINE TUBING. CUT AND FLARED IT TO ~3 INCH LENGTH. PUT A RADIUS ON IT SO THAT THE ENDS WOULD ALIGN UP WITH THE MALE RAIL BARBED CONNECTORS. PURCHASED NEW HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE AND CONNECTED THE BENT TUBING. I INSTALLED MALE BARBED FITTINGS ON THE TUBING SO THE FLEX TUBING WOULD BE INSTALLED TO COMPLETE THE CONNECTIONS. I'M HOPING TO ELIMINATE THE BEND STRESS ON THE TUBING SO THE FAILURE MECHANISM COULD BE ELIMINATED. I'M STILL CONCERNED THAT THE ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING MIGHT PUT STRESS ON THE FLEX TUBING AND CAUSE IT TO FAIL LATER. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN 2002 FROM A DEALER. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE FUEL LINE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE WAS ORIGINAL OR NOT. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 NOV 2004, EVERYTHING ON MY DASH WAS FINE. I WENT ON A DETACHMENT FOR TWO WEEKS AND WHEN I GOT BACK I NOTICED A SMALL CRACK IN THE MIDDLE OF MY DASH. I WENT TO THE DODGE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. SO I STARTED LOOKING FOR A NEW ONE AND NO ONE SOLD IT ONLINE EXCEPT FOR IN THE JUNKYARDS WHICH MOST OF THEM WERE WORSE THEN MINE. I WENT ON CRUISE AT THE END OF 2005. MY FATHER HAD MY TRUCK WHILE I WAS GONE. WHEN I HAD RETURNED NOT ONLY DID THE CRACK GET BIGGER BUT A HOLE GREW RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY DASH. MY DASH IS IN TWO PIECES NOW AND IS A HAZARD TO MY CHILD AND MYSELF. I CAN'T TURN MY AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IN FEAR THAT IT WILL KILL MY PASSENGERS IF I GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. *TR