2001 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD WITH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAG. DASHBOARD HAS SO MANY CRACKS IN IT THAT IT IS BEYOND REPAIR. THE DASH CONTINUES TO CRACK MORE AS TIME GOES BY AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAVE IN FROM LOSS OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AROUND IT. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 THAT I BOUGHT NEW. IT HAS 115,753 MILES TO THIS DATE. THE TRUCK IS KEPT UNDER A SHED 90% OF THE TIME AND STILL LOOKS GREAT ON THE OUTSIDE. I RECENTLY NOTICED A CRACK IN THE DASH BEZEL AND NOW HAVE LARGE CRACKS ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE DASH. I HAVE READ AND SEEN MANY DODGE TRUCKS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE CRACKS TURN INTO LARGE HOLES WITH SHARP EDGES. AS MANY COMPLAINTS AS I HAVE SEEN JUST ON THE INTERNET, THIS HAS GOT TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I HAVE ONLY BEEN SEARCHING ON THE COMPUTER FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A 7 YEAR OLD TRUCK, BUT IT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. I HAVE HAD MANY SMALL PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK SINCE IT WAS NEW, BUT NOTHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. I USUALLY JUST HAVE FIXED WHAT IS BROKE, BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THIS PROBLEM WILL JUST COME BACK AGAIN. I SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING SOMETHING THAT BROKE ON ITS ON OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IF I KNEW THAT A NEW DASH WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM, I WOULD NOT ANY PROBLEM GOING OUT AND BUYING ONE. BUT MANY PEOPLE HAVE DONE THIS EXACT THING AND ARE STILL IN THE SAME SITUATION. DODGE NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR MISTAKES AND FIX THEM. IF THEY CAME OUT WITH A NEW DASH AND TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD STAND BEHIND IT, I WOULD GO OUT AND BUY IT. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

MY HOOD WAS NOT LATCHED FULLY @THE LOCAL DEALER AFTER SERVICE. I PROCEEDED ONTO HIGHWAY AND IT POPPED OPEN....SECONDARY LATCH DIDN'T CATCH IT PROPERLY. *TR

DRIVING DOWN RURAL ROAD THE HOOD POPPED UP BLOCKING MY VIEW. I COULD SEE THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNDER THE OPEN HOOD AND PULLED OVER HOOD HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED YET. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL WITH A CRACKING DASH. THE PLASTIC USED IN THE DASH IS OF EXTREMELY POOR QUALITY. DASH HAS NUMEROUS CRACKS THAT RUN THE ENTIRE SPAN OF THE DASH. WIRES ARE EXPOSED AND WHO KNOWS IF THE AIRBAGS WILL DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. DODGE REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *TR

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED AND HUGE CHUNKS ARE FALLING OFF THE DASH IN TURN EXPOSING THE WIRING AND SUCH TO THE SUN. NOT SURE WHEN IT STARTED, I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE VIA EMAIL OFF AN DON SINCE THE PROBLEM STARTED. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MY POSSESSION AND WELL MAINTAINED SINCE 2003. THE DASH HAS STARTED TO CRACK AND IS NOW FALLING APART IN LARGE PIECES. THE DEALER REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE HE STATED IT WAS COSMETIC. DODGE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE DEALER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE PIECES OF THE DASH COULD CAUSE SEVERE LACERATIONS IN A COLLISION. THIS SEEMS TO BE A FLAW IN THE PLASTIC BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE PLASTICS COMPANY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS FLAW AND A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM DASH CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES. IN THE EVENT OF AN AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT/CRASH, DASH WILL EXPLODE AND CREATE EXTENSIVE INJURIES. REPLACED AT OWN EXPENSE BECAUSE DODGE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE ITS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

THE HOOD ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 HAS UNLATCHED AND FLEW BACK HITTING THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING TWICE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS DAMAGING THE HOOD AND HINGES. *TR

HOOD ON DODGE RAM PICKUP FLEW UP AS I WAS DRIVING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT DOWN AND BEAT IT BACK INTO SHAPE SO I CAN STILL USE THE TRUCK. *TR