2001 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

MY DODGE 2001 RAM, DASHBOARD CRACKING. THERE ARE 2 OTHER GUYS HERE AT WORK THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, BOTH RAMS BETWEEN 2001/2008. STORY ON THE NEWS TODAY OF PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE. BEEN CRACKING OVER LAST 4-5 YEARS. *KB

WE BOUGHT A NEW 2001 DODGE 2500 IN OCTOBER 2000. APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS AFTER WE BOUGHT IT THE DASH BEGAN FALLING APART. AT THE TIME IT BEGAN CRACKING, I WROTE DODGE A LETTER EXPLAINING OUR PROBLEM AND REQUESTING THEY REPAIR THE DASH "IN GOOD FAITH" EVEN THOUGH IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THEY NEVER EVEN BOTHERED TO REPLY. EVERY SINGLE PERSON WE KNOW WITH THIS DODGE TRUCK HAS A DASH THAT IS FALLING APART. THERE ARE HUGE CHUNKS NOW CREATING HOLES IN THE DASH. PARTS OF THE DASH ARE FALLING DOWN UNDER THE DASH AREA INTO PLACES I CAN'T SAFELY ACCESS. WE HAVE UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO GLUE THE CRACKS APPROXIMATELY 20 TIMES. MY FEAR IS THAT IT'S GETTING SO BAD IT WILL SOON INTERFERE WITH WIRING, AIR BAGS AND SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE AS CHUNKS OF THE DASH ARE FALLING INTO AREAS OF THE TRUCK WHERE THEY ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN TO SEE THIS DASH RECALLED. SINCE DODGE IS NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT, I THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD FORCE THEM TO RECALL THE TRUCK AND REPAIR THE DAMAGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR UPON ENGAGEMENT. THE BRAKES WERE PUMPED REPEATEDLY BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LINE WAS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH RUST CAUSING BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO REPAIR THE BRAKE LINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 DASHBOARD . DASH IS CRACKED SO BAD I'M WORRIED THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT LOOSE PIECES COULD RESULT IN INJURY TO OCCUPANTS IN VEHICLE. PIECES COULD ALSO FALL INTO MOVING PARTS (BRAKE PEDAL , STEERING COLUMN ) CAUSING UNSAFE CONDITIONS . MILEAGE WHEN CRACKS STARTED TO APPEAR 55,000. *TR

I WAS TAKING A ROAD TRIP HAULING MY BOAT THAT WAS AROUND 300 MILES OR SO AND GOT THROUGH THE FIRST 100 + FINE. DRIVING ALONG WHEN THE TRUCKS DIES ON THE INTERSTATE AND HAS NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO CONTROL AND COME TO A STOP. AFTER FINALLY AND LUCKILY COMING TO A STOP AND HEART RATE STARTED TO DROP, I HAD TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN, I MANAGED TO GET THE TRUCK TO RESTART AFTER BLEEDING THE FUEL THROUGH THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING AND HAVING TO BUMP THE KEY A FEW TIMES. I TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK HOME GOING VERY VERY SLOW AND BEING O SO CAREFUL. COME TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM IS THE LIFT PUMP AND IS EXTREMELY TO COMMON. THIS SHOULD ALERT ANYONE THAT DEALS WITH SAFETY AND SHOULD PROMPT A INVESTIGATION. *TR

TOP OF DASH CRACKED SO BAD PIECES ARE FALLING OUT. IF WE WERE TO GET INTO A HEAD ON COLLISION, THESE PIECES OF BROKEN PLASTIC WOULD TURN INTO SHRAPNEL. IF I KNEW ABOUT THIS SITE SOONER I WOULD OF CERTAINLY BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. I'M NOT ALONE IN THIS PROBLEM, OR THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE SUN, ARMORAL, ETC. COMPILED OVER 1,500 OTHER PEOPLE ON DODGE RAM FORUMS, CAR COMPLAINTS, AND OTHER SUCH INTERNET SITES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, AND NO RECALL FROM DODGE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

I OWN AN '01 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD CAB. BOUGHT IT USED IN 2005. IN SUMMER OF 2009 THE DASH STARTED CRACKING FROM WINDSHIELD DOWN THE GLOVE BOX, AND FROM WINDSHIELD TO FRONT BEZEL IN FRONT OF DRIVER. NOW CRACKS ALL OVER. NO PIECES FALLEN OUT YET, BUT SURE WILL BE HAPPENING SOON. ASKED LOCAL DEALER ABOUT DASH, SAID NOTHING TO DO EXCEPT REPLACE IT. TOLD ME PROBABLY WOULD BE PROBLEM FINDING REPLACEMENT DASH AS THERE WERE SO MANY CRACKED. TOLD ME TO BUY DASH COVER. NICE. DON'T THINK SO!!!! *TR

DASH PAD IS CRACKED ALL TO PIECES. SHARP PIECES ARE COMING OFF AND COULD POTENTIALLY BE DANGEROUS. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND DODGE SHOULD RECALL THIS.

DASH CRACKING. PRESENTLY NO ISSUES OTHER THAN CRACKED DASH, HOWEVER, SPEED AT WHICH DASH IS DETERIORATING COULD LEAD TO ELECTRICAL FAILURES, AS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MAKE VEHICLE. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE 2500 TRUCK. SEVERAL YEARS AGO I NOTICED A CRACK IN THE DASH. THERE ARE NOW AT LEAST 6 CRACKS. UNFORTUNATELY THESE ARE NOT SURFACE CRACKS. THE DASH IS CRACKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND IS REACHING THE POINT WHERE I FEAR IT WILL EITHER COLLAPSE OR SEND PIECES FLYING AROUND THE CAB CREATING WHAT I THINK IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR