2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I WENT TO START UP MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE WHOLE DASH WAS DEAD. NO INSTRUMENT GAUGES AND "NO BUS" APPEARED ON THE ODOMETER. TOOK IT TO MY DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD BCM. NEED TO REPLACE IT. I CONTACTED DODGE HEADQUARTERS TO ASK IF THEY CAN WORK WITH ME ON THE PRICE AND THEY SAID NO. THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC PART GOING BAD ON OTHER DODGE MODELS. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM SINCE I COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND ALL MY GAUGES, SPEEDOMETER, AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOES DEAD IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT DROVE OVER BLACK ICE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND AND CRASH INTO A MOUNTAIN AND THEN A GUARD RAIL. THE SEAT BELT FRACTURED AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BODY, NECK AND FACE INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO FURTHER INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. ...UPDATED 08-03-12 *BF UPDATED 8/31/12 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE COMPUTER WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR REPAIR WERE ON BACK ORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A LOUD, ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OVER TO INSPECT THE FAILURE WHEN THE TRANSFER CASE EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND AS THE VEHICLE ARRIVED, THE DRIVE SHAFT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AND STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES PER DAY. TO START THE ENGINE BACK UP, I HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, CUT THE IGNITION SWITCH COMPLETELY OFF, WAIT 1-5 MINUTES, CUT THE IGNITION SWITCH COMPLETELY BACK ON AND IF THE GAS METER GAUGE COMES ON, THEN THE ENGINE WILL START UP AGAIN. THE ENGINE WILL CUT OFF AGAIN WHILE DRIVING IN 1 MINUTE TO A FEW HOURS. *TR

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING IN CHUNKS AND FLYING AROUND IN TRUCK WHILE WINDOW IS OPEN. *TR

ONLY A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, I HIT A POTHOLE AND THE DASH CRACKED. OVER THE YEARS, THE WHOLE DASH HAS CAVED IN, LEAVING SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND WIRING EXPOSED TO THE SUN. SHARP, BRITTLE PIECES OF PLASTIC ALSO CARRY THE POTENTIAL TO BE HAZARDOUS. DODGE SAYS THE DASH IS NOT A RECALL ITEM. *TT

THE DASH ON MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS CRACKED TO THE POINT THAT THERE IS BARELY ANY LEFT. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE BROKEN PIECES COULD FLY AT SOMEONE AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES. ALSO UPON IMPACT THE DASH COULD HAVE FURTHER PIECES BREAK OFF AND CAUSE DAMAGE. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2000 DODGE RAM CRACKED TO PIECES. I HAVE LEARNED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE. *TR

DRIVING AT APPROX. 25 MPH AN A RESIDENTIAL STREET, I HIT A POTHOLE. THE DASHBOARD, WHICH WAS BADLY CRACKED AS A RESULT OF MANUFACTURER DEFECT, SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, COLLAPSING IN PIECES. THE BEZEL FELL FORWARD, OBSTRUCTING THE GAUGES, AND TWO PIECES FELL NEAR THE PEDALS. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. *TR