2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

THE DASH BOARD ON MY TRUCK STARTED TO CRACK AND PIECES HAVE FALLEN DOWN INTO THE ELECTRICAL WIRING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE WIRES COULD BE SHORTED AND IN AN ACCIDENT SHARP PIECES OF PLASTIC COULD FLY INSIDE THE CABIN INJURING PASSENGERS. DODGE SHOULD INDICATE A WORK ORDER TO REPLACE THE DAMAGED DASHES. *TR

THERE WAS NO SINGULAR EVENT THAT CAUSED THIS FAILURE. THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART. NEW CRACKS APPEAR IN PLACES RANDOMLY AND PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE OVER TIME. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE- DODGE OFFERED TO REPLACE THE PART FOR $600 PLUS LABOR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. DURING AN ACCIDENT CHUNKS FROM THE DASH CAN FLY OUT AND BE PROPELLED BY THE AIRBAG. DODGE MUST REPLACE THIS PART FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK A FEW MONTHS AGO. I DON'T DRIVE MY TRUCK VERY OFTEN, I ONLY USE IT FOR PERSONAL USE. SO THEREFORE IT IS NOT ABUSED IN ANYWAY. IT HAS ONLY 94,000 MILES AND WAS KEPT UNDER A CARPORT FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE. THE ONLY REASON I AM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT IS TO HOPE THERE WILL BE A RECALL. I DID SOME WEB SURFING AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS COUNTLESS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME PEOPLE SAID THAT DODGE RESPONDED TO THERE PROBLEMS WITH IT NOT BEING A SAFETY ISSUE. I BEG TO DIFFER, I READ ON ONE ACCOUNT THAT A WOMAN WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN HER DASH FELL AND SHORTED OUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO HER LIGHTS. JUST THE SHEER FACT OF THE DASH FALLING WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT LET ALONE THE LIGHTS GOING OUT ON HER AT NIGHT. I SURE HOPE THAT DODGE DOES THE RIGHT THING AND DOES A RECALL. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE 1500 RAM PICKUP. IT IS GARAGE KEPT AND HAS BEEN SINCE 2001. I BABY THIS VEHICLE. IT ONLY HAS A LITTLE OVER 60,000 MILES ON IT TO DATE. FOR NO REASON THE DASH STARTED TO CRACK, THEN A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THE DASH EXPLODED LEAVING A HUGE CRATER IN MY DASH. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND IT SCARED ME TO DEATH. I THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD HIT ME. MY HUSBAND HAS A 2001 2500 DODGE RAM PICKUP AND THE DASH HAS NOW STARTED CRACKING IN HIS TRUCK. THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS HAPPENING TO THE DODGE TRUCKS, BUT BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A RECALL THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS HAPPENING TO SO MANY OF THESE TRUCKS, AND THIS CAN BE A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK-UP TRUCK AND THE DASHBOARD HAS COMPLETELY FALLEN IN. IT BEGAN WITH MINOR CRACKS AND THEN BIGGER CHUNKS THEN IT FELL IN. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM TRUCK. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK USED FROM A DEALERSHIP WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT. ONE WEEK LATER THE TRANSMISSION BLEW. I HAD TO PAY $1500 TO GET IT FIXED. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK SINCE I BOUGHT IT. NO BODY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. IM OUT ALL THIS MONEY AND THE TRUCK IS WORTHLESS TO ME. EVERYONE I TALK TO THAT OWNS ONE OF THESE TRUCKS HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS "EVERYONE". I THINK THE CHRYSLER CORP. SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS! *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON THE DODGE RAM 2001 TRUCK IS CRACKED AND KEEPS CRACKING MORE AND MORE. I AM AFRAID THAT SOON IT WILL CRACK COMPLETELY LEAVING ME WITHOUT A DASHBOARD AT ALL. AS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS EXACT TRUCK. THIS IS STARTING TO BECOME A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IF IT CRACKS AND FALLS INTO THE ELECTRICAL COMPARTMENT, A FIRE OR DEVICE SHORTAGE COULD OCCUR. THE DASHBOARD REPLACEMENT PLUS LABOR IS $600-$700. DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL THIS ITEM SO THAT EVERYONE CAN BE SAFE OUT ON THE ROAD AND NOT WORRY THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A WRECK OR FIRE. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2001 DODGE RAM NEW AND IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS IT BEGAN TO CRACK. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS PIECES BEGIN TO BREAK OUT. NOW I HAVE NO DASH CAP LEFT. WHEN IT BEGIN CRACKING, ABOUT 15 MONTHS. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DODGE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED AND SHOULD NOT GET WORST. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASH STARTED CRACKING ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. I WAS DRIVING DOWN HE ROAD AND HEARD THIS LOUD POP AND PULLED OVER THINKING A ROCK HIT THE WINDSHIELD. I NOTICED THEN THE DASH WAS CRACKED AND SEPARATED. NOW I CAN STICK MY ARM IN PARTS OF MY DASH. I HAVE HOLES AND CRACKS ALL OVER THE DASH AND PIECES KEEP FALLING OUT WHILE I DRIVE. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP AND THE DASH IS CRACKING IN SEVERAL PLACES. SPOKE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THESE ARE SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS ONE COMES FROM DEFROST VENT TOWARDS DRIVER AND HAS STARTED TO CURVE DOWN TOWARD INSTRUMENT PANEL, ONE OTHER HAS GONE BEHIND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. AT WHAT POINT IS CHRYSLER GOING TO DO RECALL WHEN SOMEONE IS KILLED? *TR