2003 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

2003 DODGE RAM. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL NOTICES 14V-770 & 14V-354 REPLACEMENT PARTS ISSUES. *SMD THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE AIR BAG, BECAUSE A PORTION OF THE DASHBOARD MAY CRUMBLE. IT APPEARED THE MATERIALS USED TO MAKE THE DASHBOARD, WERE INFERIOR. THE CONSUMER STATED HE NOTICED THE DASHBOARD HAD CRACKS WITH THE VEHICLE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE AND THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE REAR PINION NUT LOOSENED AND DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING. SHARP PIECES COMING OFF AND COULD BECOME A HAZARD TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH DODGE/CHRYSLER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V312000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 7/16/15*CN UPDATED 07/23/15*JB

I OWN A DODGE RAM 1500 2003, THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE AIRBAG RECALL, HOWEVER, AFTER GOING TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY CANNOT REPLACE MY AIRBAG BECAUSE I HAVE A CRACKED DASH. THE AIRBAG IS ATTACHED UNDER THE DASH, AND IF THEY WERE TO TRY AND REMOVE THE DASH IT COULD DISINTEGRATE. SO I WAS VERY UPSET WHEN TOLD THIS, BECAUSE I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN THAT RIDE IN MY VEHICLE, AND IT HAS NOW BECOME A GREAT CONCERN FOR THEIR SAFETY. NOT TO MENTION THAT I LIVE IN FLORIDA, ONE OF THE HIGH HEAT STATES, THAT AFFECT THESE AIRBAGS.

RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC, NOTIFICATION CODE P78/NHTSA 14V-770, REGARDING DANGER OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG RUPTURING. CALLED MY DODGE DEALER IN FLORENCE ALABAMA ON ABOUT FEBRUARY 23RD, 2015 (AS INSTRUCTED IN THE RECALL NOTICE) AND ASKED FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT FIXED. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD PUT ME ON A LIST AND HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY PARTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. STOPPED BY THE DEALER LAST WEEK TO SEE MY STATUS AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY KITS TO FIX THE AIRBAG AND DID NOT HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THEY WOULD. DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT THAT I HAVE A RECALL NOTICE FOR A DANGEROUS PASSENGER AIRBAG AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT PROVIDE THE PARTS REQUIRED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ANY HELP WILL BE MOST APPRECIATED.

THE DASHBOARD ON THIS VEHICLE CRACKS AND PIECES FALL DOWN INTO AIR VENTS (MADE FROM CHEAP PLASTIC). IF AIR BAGS WERE TO DEPLOY THE DASH WOULD DESIGNATE CAUSING PREVENTABLE INJURIES IF CRACKING WAS NOT AN ISSUE.

THE DASHBOARD ON THIS VEHICLE CRACKED AFTER ABOUT 7 YEARS. A MONTH AGO, AS MY SON WAS DRIVING, A LARGE SECTION OF THE DASHBOARD POPPED OUT AND FLEW OFF THE DASHBOARD ONTO THE FLOOR. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS THE DASHBOARD MATERIAL ON THIS VEHICLE AND WHEN PIECES START FLYING OFF WHILE DRIVING, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I REALIZE ALL OLDER VEHICLES CAN HAVE CRACKED DASHBOARDS, BUT WHEN CRACKS LEAD TO PARTS POPPING OFF, SAFETY IS AN ISSUE.

MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK TURNING LEFT AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE JUST CAME OFF. AFTER LOOKING AT THE PART ITSELF THE MEDAL JUST SNAPPED OFF, BROKE CLEAR, THIS IS DANGLES