2000 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD, HAS MULTIPLE BIG CRACKS AND IS FATIGUED MATERIAL, SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE AND POSING A SAFETY HAZARD. IF VEHICLE WERE TO BE INVOLVED IN A CRASH, SHARP PLASTIC SHARDS WILL BE PROJECTED THRU CAB OF TRUCK. I DO HAVE A FAMILY AND THEIR SAFETY IS A MAJOR CONCERN. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IN REFERENCE TO THIS MATTER. *TR

MY VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND ON PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AS THOUGH IT RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED INTO A SHOP AND DIAGNOSED WITH HAVING A FUEL TRANSFER PUMP FAILING WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE INJECTION PUMP TO FAIL. THIS IS ON A DODGE WITH A CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINE. THE REPAIR SHOP QUOTED A PRICE TO REPAIR IT AND GAVE ME WHAT THEY DETERMINED TO BE WRONG. PRIOR TO AUTHORIZING ANY REPAIR CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE CHRYSLER DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED WHO ALSO ADVISED THAT THIS HAD BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THE PAST THAT THEY HAD RUN INTO. THE REPAIR IS TO REMOVE THE TRANSFER PUMP AND PLACE A FUEL PUMP IN THE FUEL TANK AND REPLACE THE LINE TO THE INJECTION SYSTEM AND REPLACE THE INJECTION PUMP. ALL THIS WAS $4500 IN REPAIRS. IT SEEMS THAT IF CHRYSLER KNEW ABOUT THIS AND IN LATER YEARS CORRECTED WHY ARE THEY NOT NOW FORCED TO MAKE A RECALL ON THE OLDER MODELS AND/OR PAY FOR THE COST OF MY REPAIRS. *TR

DASH IS FALLING APART. IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS PLASTIC SHARDS ARE GOING TO FLY ALSO PLASTIC SHARDS ARE FALLING INTO MY VENTS AND BLOWING OUT MY A/C VENTS AND HITTING ME IN THE FACE. *TR

STARTED TRUCK UP AND COMMENCED TO TRAVEL TO MY DESTINATION. DURING THAT TRIP THERE WAS A LOUD SNAP AND THE DASH PAD DEVELOPED A CRACK WHICH HAS SINCE TURNED INTO MANY CRACKS WITH A PIECE OF THE PAD FALLING DOWN INSIDE THE DASH. ALSO THE INSTRUMENT BEZEL HAS SINCE BROKE ON THE TOP EDGE WHERE ONE OF THE PAD CRACKS IS. WHEN I SHOWED IT TO THE SERVICE DEPT. AT A LOCAL DEALER RIGHT AFTER THE INITIAL CRACK THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE BECAUSE IT WAS OFF WARRANTY. THE MAIN CRACKS SEEM TO HAVE STARTED AT SCREW MOUNTING HOLES. I HAVE ALSO HAD SMALL PIECES OF PLASTIC FLY OUT OF THE DEFROST HOLES AT TIMES WITH SOME HITTING ME IN THE FACE. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE A RECALL ESPECIALLY SINCE MINE STARTED AT AROUND 24 TO 25 K MILES AND I ONLY HAVE APPROX. 76K ON IT NOW. ALSO THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE. ALSO THE SEAT CUSHIONS ARE JUNK. I HAD MINE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND WITHIN 60 DAYS THE BASE SUPPORT WAS RIGHT BACK WHERE IT WAS AND I WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T REPLACE THEM AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND STEERING BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED AN UNKNOWN PART IN THE STEERING WHEEL BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I CLEANED THE DUST OFF THE DASH BOARD AND NOTICED A CRACK FORMING FROM ONE OF THE VENTS, ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AT THE WINDSHIELD MOVING TOWARD THE INTERIOR. TODAY, 4/20/2012, I NOTICED ANOTHER CRACK, ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, COMING FROM THE VENT UP OVER THE TOP. IT IS 10-12" LONG ALREADY. I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THAT ONCE THIS STARTS, THE ENTIRE DASH BEGINS TO SELF-DESTRUCT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS PIECES CAN GO FLYING IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT AND AIR-BAG DEPLOYMENT. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES SEIZED AND COULD NOT BE DEPRESSED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PULSATING ABNORMALLY WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT THEN CRASHED INTO A TRACTOR AS A RESULT OF THE BRAKE FAILURE AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT ONE OF THE HEADLIGHTS WAS DAMAGED AND THAT THE VEHICLE COULD ONLY BE INSPECTED BY AN ENGINEER SENT BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING INSPECTION BY AN ENGINEER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,025.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH AND WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THE VEHICLE IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

BRAKE LINE CORRODED ABOVE DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IN TRUCK FRAME. NO BRAKE PRESSURE, WILL HAVE TO REPLACE BRAKE LINE. *TR

WHEN I ADJUSTED THE STEERING WHEEL TO A DIFFERENT POSITION AN APPARENT ELECTRICAL FAILURE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES RENDERING THE TRUCK ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE AT THAT SPEED. THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WAS REPLICATED AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND WHILE STATIONARY. APPARENTLY ANY MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHUT OFF COMPLETE POWER TO THE ENGINE AND CAUSE A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER TO THE VEHICLE. *TR