2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 V6 PICK-UP, PURCHASED NEW AND THE ONLY OWNER. TRUCK IS GARAGE KEPT, AND LOOKS NEW EXCEPT FOR THE DASHBOARD, LAST WEEK I WALKED INTO THE GARAGE AND NOTICE 5 LARGE CRACKS ON MY DASHBOARD TO THE POINT THAT THE CENTER PART IS SINKING IN SOMEWHAT. DEALER SAID THERE IS NO RECALL AND CAN NOT HELP EXCEPT TO ORDER A NEW ONE FOR ME AT MY COST. TRUCK ONLY HAS 55,486 MILES ON IT, AND PROTECTANT HAS BEEN USED ON IT SINCE I PURCHASED IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE HOOD OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SAFETY LATCH FAILED. AS OF OCTOBER 25, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 112,000. *UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY CRACKING AND FINALLY A PIECE OF IT HAS CAVED INTO THE DASH. I HAVE HEARD MANY OTHER DODGE RAMS 1500 OF THE SAME YEAR 2001 ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

UPPER DASH PANEL (PART #5GK45LAZAB) IS CRACKING INTO SHARP PIECES AND I WORRY THAT SENSITIVE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WILL BECOME EXPOSED OR THAT SHARP PIECES WILL FALL OFF AND INJURE OCCUPANTS. I HAVE ALREADY CUT MYSELF FROM THESE PIECES. PLEASE RESEARCH AND ADVISE MANUFACTURER TO ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASHBOARD HAS COMPLETELY CRACKED AND CAVED IN. THE IN DASH WIRING HARNESS IS EXPOSED. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 17,000 MILES ON IT (AS OF JUNE 2007), THE TRUCK IS HARDLY EVER DRIVEN AND IS KEPT IN A GARAGE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA. THE DASH, LIKE NUMEROUS OTHER DODGE RAMS, HAS FALLEN APART DUE TO POOR MANUFACTURING MATERIALS. THE DASH HAS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1200. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500, USED, IN 2005, WITH APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES. THERE WAS A SMALL CRACK IN THE DASH BOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE FRONT WINDOW. THE CRACKS HAVE BEEN GROWING STEADILY. NOW THE ENTIRE DASH BOARD IS CRACKED WITH MULTIPLE CRACKS, FROM THE BASE OF THE WINDOW TO THE TRIM SURROUNDING THE GAUGES. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE CRACKS WILL CONTINUE AND CAUSE ISSUE WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. ADDITIONALLY, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE DASH WILL START TO BREAK OR FALL INTO THE WIRING UNDER THE DASH, POSSIBLY CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE AND OR FATALITIES DUE TO A FIRE OR SOMETHING. I ONLY HAVE 56,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE! *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED A CRACK ON THE DASHBOARD THAT EXTENDED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE TO THE AIR BAG. HE STATED THAT HE NOTICES A NEW CRACK EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FIVE CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT BE OF ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DASHBOARD, FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE FRONT OF THE DASHBOARD. INCIDENT DATE IS DATE OF PURCHASE OF USED VEHICLE. ORIGINAL INCIDENT DATE UNKNOWN. *TR

SEVERE CRACKS ON DASHBOARD RIGHT OVER STEERING WHEEL AND AIR BAG SINCE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND ARE GETTING WORSE! LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM! WHY IS NO ONE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? DOES THERE HAVE TO BE AN INJURY OR DEATH TO HAVE THIS ADDRESSED? THERE ARE 40 OR MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS -- HELLO! WHY DON'T YOU GET IT? *TR

I'M AN FILING THIS COMPLAINT PERTAINING TO MY 2001 DODGE RAM, IN WHICH THE DASH FELL APART PIECE BY PIECE ON ITS OWN. *JB