2001 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

2001 DODGE RAM 2500. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BOTH FRONT TIRES HAD A SLOW LEAK. *MC THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT ALL 4 RIMS WERE CRACKED. *JB

DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING IN APRIL 07, NOW IT IS ACTUALLY BREAKING APART. WIRING IS NOW EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT. THERE ARE LARGE HOLES FORMING IN THE DASH. GETS WORSE EVERYDAY. NOW IS BREAKING APART NEAR PASSENGER AIRBAG AREA. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB FOR THIS PROBLEM. COULD LEAD TO SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH WIRING EXPOSED. TRUCK ONLY HAS 65K MILES ON IT. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL/ --DASH BOARD FALLING APART, CRACKING ALL OVER AND LARGE HOLES IN IT. *TR

WE PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. (CONSTRUCTION CO.) BY 2003 THE DASH WAS CRACKING. QUCIKLY FALLING APART WITH CHUNKS CAVING INWARD. EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO NEGLIGENCE ON OUR PART AND OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM, THE DODGE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT FIX IT FOR US. WE HAVE CALLED THE 800 NUMBER, SEEN ON TV BUT HAVE GOTTEN NO HELP. THE 2ND TIME WE CALLED THEY DID NOT EVEN RETURN OUR CALL. AS YOU CAN SEE, BY THIS COMPLAINT SITE, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM OF THE 2001 PICKUPS! WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT??

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM2500. THE DASH STARTED CRACKING JUST AS MY EXTENDED WARRANTY RAN OUT. NOW THE DASH HAS CRACKS ALL OVER IT AND SOME OF IT HAS FALLEN DOWN. I AM AWARE OF MANY, MANY OTHER DODGE TRUCKS MADE IN 2001 THAT ARE DOING THIS. EVENTUALLY THIS WILL LEAD TO ELECTRICAL FAILURES. DODGE SAYS THEY WILL NOT FIX THIS. IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS IF THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVE DODGES WITH CRACKED UP AND FALLING APART DASHES, IT IS A MANUFACTURERES DEFECT.

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500, AND MY DASH IS FALLING IN. MY DASH STARTED CRACKING SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND HAS RECENTLY STARTED FALLING TO PIECES WHICH ARE BEING LOST INSIDE THE DASH. WHEN I GOOGLED A REPLACEMENT DASH I FOUND COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. LOCAL 6 NEWS OUT OF FLORIDA DID A STORY ON THIS PROBLEM AND EVEN HAS A REPORT OF THE FALLING DEBRIS CUTTING INTO THE WIRING CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS TO TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED DODGE DIRECTLY. I DID GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ALL THEY OFFERED WAS TO SELL ME A NEW DASH AT APPX. $500. WHEN I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM, SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD COMPLAINED TO DODGE WERE GIVEN THE SAME FORM LETTER TELLING THEM IN SHORT THAT THIS WAS NOT A COMMON PROBLEM RESULTING IN A RECALL AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. I AM ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE LOOKING FOR DODGE TO CORRECT A PROBLEM THEY HAVE GIVEN US THAT IS NOT ONLY COSMETIC. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS BEING OVERLOOKED AND VIEWED AS COSMETIC. THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE OF BROKEN PIECES OF DASH BOARD FALLING IN AND CUTTING WIRES, EXPOSED JAGGED EDGES OF PLASTIC, BRITTLE PLASTIC PARTS FLYING AROUND IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK DURING THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, AND ALSO PIECES BEING PROPELLED AT THE DRIVER AND ALL PASSENGERS IN THE EVENT OF AN AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. WE ARE LOOKING FOR DODGE TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM AND ADMIT THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THEM PURCHASING SUB-PAR MATERIALS. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 DASHBOARD CRACKING . TV INVESTIGATION SLOT SHOWN ON INTERNET. MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM - PURCHASED NEW DASHBOARD PANEL FROM DODGE DEALER $200. IN THE PAST YEAR HAVE FRONT AXLE SEALS, WATER PUMP, POWER STEERING PUMP , FUEL INJECTION PUMP AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. REPAIRED OVER $ 6400 IN EXPENSE - THE DASH PROBLEM BROKE THE MONKEY'S BACK. *AK

THE DASHBOARD ON THE 2001 DODGE RAM WITH 49,000 MILES HAD CRACKS ALL OVER IT. PIECES STARTED TO COME OFF. IT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED YET, BUT I BELIEVED THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE SUBSTANCE ERRORS DUE TO WIRING UNDER THE DASH GETTING HOT. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY AND A POTENTIAL SHORT WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. A DASH SHOULD NOT CRACK AFTER 3-4 YEARS. IT STARTED WITH MINOR CRACKS AROUND 2005 AND KEPT GETTING WORSE. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE HAD ANY VECHILE DO THIS BUT THISWAS MY FIRST DODGE. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 P/U QUAD CAB THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF. THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL IN 2002, BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. CHRYSLER SENT OUT AN INSPECTOR AND THEY DENIED THE CLAIM. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT SAFETY RECALLS HAD TO BE LISTED ON REGISTRATION SO AS TO BE DONE BEFORE YOU CAN RE-REGISTER. I RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT THEY DENIED THE CLAIM BUT NOT TOLD THE FACTS OF THE INVESTIGATION OR WHY IT WAS DENIED. THE RECALL STATED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *AK

I WENT OUT TO MY TRUCK THE OTHER DAY AND NOTICED A LARGE CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE COUNTLESS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS MYSELF. THIS PROBLEM COULD POTENTAILLY CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. IN AN ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAG COULD BE RIPPED BY THE FAILING DASHBOARD AS IT DEPLOYED. *AK