2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKING AND HAD A HOLE JUST ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD REPLACE THE DASHBOARD BUT SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT AT NO COST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DUE TO THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,000.

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 DASHBOARD COMPLETELY DESTROYED. NO OFF ROADING IN VEHICLE EVER. NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. PROBLEM STARTED AT AROUND 75,000 MILES. DODGE TOLD ME TO BUY SOME EPOXY AND THAT I WAS ON MY OWN. MECHANIC CANNOT PUT BACK TOGETHER AFTER I HAD HEATER SERVICED. DASHBOARD MUST BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO ACCESS ALL OF THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS FOR SERVICING THE HEATER. SPOKE WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY AGREED IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND WANTED TO CHARGE ME $1000 TO REPAIR. *TR

I AM REPORTING A BAD DASH BOARD IN MY TRUCK. I FIRST NOTICED TWO SMALL CRACKS THAT APPEARED DOWN BY WHERE THE WINDSHIELD & DASH MEET. THIS REMAINED FOR A FEW MONTHS THEN THE DASH STARTED SPIDER WEBBING. THE ENTIRE DASH IS NOW CRACKED & LAYING IN THE BOTTOM. THERE ARE HUGE GAPS IN THE DASHBOARD. I TRIED RESOLVING THIS THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED MY TRUCK & WAS TOLD THIS WAS NEVER A COVERED ITEM & RECEIVED NO ASSISTANCE. I HAVE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT DODGE IS NO LONGER MAKING THESE DASHBOARDS & ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FOR REPLACEMENT.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THERE WAS A SQUEALING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 74,200. UPDATED 1/21/11 THE CLUTCH PACK RETAINER FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE DIFFERENTIAL POST UNIT. UPDATED 03/23/11

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM TRUCK. I HAVE A HIGH-BACK BOOSTER SEAT IN THE BACK FOR MY CHILD. THE BEST SPOT FOR A CHILD IS THE REAR CENTER SEAT, BUT YOU MUST HAVE A LAP AND SHOULDER BELT FOR A BOOSTER. THE OUTBOARD SPOTS IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY TRUCK ARE BOTH LAP AND SHOULDER BELTS. BOTH REAR OUTBOARD SEATS, ARE INCORRECT. THE RETRACTOR IS NOT AN ALR, ELR, OR A SWITCHABLE, AND THEY BOTH HAVE SLIDING LATCH PLATES - WHICH MEAN THAT IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH OR RAPID DECELERATION THE BELTS ARE NOT GOING TO GRIP AND STOP ANY PERSON FROM COMING FORWARD. THE OWNERS MANUAL SAYS THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY THEY WILL STOP MOVING. I TESTED THIS OUT BY DRIVING AND COMING TO A QUICK STOP, AND THE TWO LAP AND SHOULDER BELTS IN THE REAR NEVER GRIPPED. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A RECALL THING OR IF MY TRUCK JUST HAS BROKEN BACK SEAT BELTS. PLEASE HELP. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE 1500 QUAD CAB WITH A COMPLETELY BROKEN AND COLLAPSING DASHBOARD. THIS STARTED 3 1/2 TO 4 YEARS AGO AND SINCE THEN I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH DASH LEFT. SINCE SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS NOT A UNIQUE PROBLEM. *TR

DASH IN MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 IS FALLING APART, AND WHERE IT'S CRACKED EDGES ARE LIKE RAZOR BLADES. *TR

DASH COVER HAS SELF DESTRUCTED INTO MANY JAGGED AND BROKEN PIECES. I HAVE HAD PIECES DROP INTO THE DASH AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT THIS WILL COME LOOSE WITH IMPACT OR BE PROPELLED BY THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS AND BECOME MISSILES INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING CRACKS IN THE VEHICLE DASHBOARD *TGW

THE DASH ON MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP STARTED CRACKING A FEW YEARS AGO. THE CRACKS HAVE MANAGED TO MEET AND NOW ENTIRE SHARDS OF SHARP HARD PLASTIC ARE FALLING INTO MY DASH AND ALSO PROTRUDING FROM MY DASH. THEY COULD EASILY INJURE SOMEONE. I HAVE READ IN MANY FORUMS THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE FOR THIS MODEL TRUCK. I HAVE NOT REPLACED THE DASH YET BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW IF THE REPLACEMENT DASH WOULD HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR