2002 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WE OWN A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASHBOARD HAS SEVERE CRACKED. THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND WE COULD NNOT AFFORD AND DO NOT FEEL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. RESEARCH DONE ON THE INTERNET SHOWED THAT IT IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM.*AK

OIL PAN WAS REPLACED DUE TO RUST. COVERED BY WARRANTY, WITH $100 DEDUCTIBLE. APPARENTLY CHRYSLER CAN'T BUILD A PAN THAT WILL LAST A FULL FIVE YEARS. ALSO, ON THIRD SET OF BRAKES AT 81K MILES. APPARENTLY, AS SOON AS I TRADED MY TOYOTA, I STARTED DRIVING LIKE AN OLD LADY. EITHER THAT, OR THE BRAKES ON THE TRUCK ARE SUBSTANDARD. EMERGENCY BRAKE HANDLE BROKE IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR. ETC..........

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB (NEW BODY STYLE) DEVELOPED LARGE CRACKS IN THE DASH. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS OR BEEN TAKEN OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLE HAS 38,000 MILES AND IS ONLY DRIVEN THREE TIME A WEEK FOR 15 MILES. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 VERY WELL KEPT AND CLEAN, DASH HAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES AND IS NOW SEPERATING AND IS VERY NEAR AIRBAG ON PASSENGER SIDE! I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SAFE ANYMORE! THE AIRBAD MY BE DEPLOYED AND HURT SOMEONE! I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH THIS SITUATION AND ALSO OWN ANOTHER DODGE (MAGNUM) BUT WILL GLADLY SWITCH TO ANOTHER MANUFACTURER IF THIS ISN'T LOOKED INTO AND SOMETHING DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM!! THERE ARE MANY OF THESE CRACKED DASHES OUT THERE NOW AND DODGE IS LOOKING AT MANY UNHAPPY CUSTOMERS AND MUST DEAL WITH THIS AND SOON!!!!

I OWN A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. APPARANTLY, I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT HAS CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS IS NOT A RECALLED ITEM, BUT WITH AS MANY COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE SEEN ON LINE, IT IS A PROBLEM THAT CAN BECOME SERIOUS AND DESTROY OTHER PARTS UNDERNEATH.*AK

DODGE RAM 1500 DASHBOARD - FIRST BEGAN CRACKING IN 2006. DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF PROBLEM AND REFUESED TO DO ANYTHING. IN SEPT EMBER 2006 THE DASHBOARD COMPLETELY CRACKED INTO 3 PIECES. AGAIN TOLD ME IT WAS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBLILITY. THE ENTIRE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE DASHBOARD WAS LOOSE AND VIBRATED. AFTER SEEING RECENT NEWS STORIES ON THIS I REALIZED THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY 'VICTIM. THE DEALER MAD ME FEEL LIKE I HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG AND WAS RESPONSIBLE. THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY DODGE - AT DODGE'S EXPENSE.*AK

THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKS THAT DEVELOPED OVER TIME. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY DAMAGE OR ACTION TAKEN TO CAUSE THE CRACKS.*AK

CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THE DEFOGGER TO DIRECT TOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD TO ENABLE THE CLEARING OF THE WINDSHIELD. *JB

FLORIDA REPORTS MANY CRACKED AND COLLAPSED DASHBOARDS PRIMARILY ON DODGE RAM TRUCKS. ONE LADIES DASH COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING WITH HER CHILD AT NIGHT WHICH SHUT OFF ALL LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. MANY PROBLEMS SUBMITTED RO [email protected] WHO HAS COMPILED MANY COMLAINTS. DEMNSTRATION SHOWED PIECES OF DASHBOARD CUTTING PAPER LIKE A RAZOR. THIS MAKES IT A SAFETY DEFECT AS WELL AS INFERIOR MATERIEL USED FOR THESE DASH BOARDS.. SO FAR DODGE HAS ACCEPTED NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT. MY OWN 2002 DODGE RAM HAS SUCH CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. I BELIEVE THAT FURTHER RESEARCH WILL SHOW THIS TO BE A DEFINITE PROBLEM AS WELL AS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

PROBLEM IS WITH THE DASH BOARD/PANEL CRACKING ON MY DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. IT IS A YEAR 2002 TRUCK. ON 10/18/2004, I COMPLAINED TO CHRYSLER, THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE DASH PANEL WHICH WAS CRACKED IN 2 PLACES. THE PART WAS FREE; HOWEVER, THEY MADE ME PAY FOR LABOR. AFTER ONLY A FEW MONTHS, THE DASH STARTED CRACKING YET AGAIN. IN EARLY 2005 I SUBMITTED E MAILS AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. I WROTE CHRYSLER COMPLAINING ON 1/24/05 TO WHICH I RECEIVED A RESPONSE ON 2/16/2005 TELLING ME THEY WOULD NOT COVER REPLACEMENT. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER VIA E MAIL AGAIN AND THEY PRETTY MUCH BLEW ME OFF. I KEPT COPIES OF THE E MAIL TRAFFIC, AND MY PROTEST THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE PART. TODAY, I JUST SAW A NEWS STORY ON MY LOCAL TV CHANNEL THAT SHOWED DODGE RAM OWNERS WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH CRACKING, AND THEY REFERRED CONSUMERS TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH YOUR AGENCY. *JB