2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

DASHBOARD HAS SEVER CRACKS WHICH DEVELOPED ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND TURNED ON THE DEFROSTER. THE GRILL COVERING THE DEFROSTER BLEW APART INTO SEVERAL PIECES AND HIT MY CHECK AND JAW. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE GRILLS AND THEY ARE EXTREMELY DRY ROTTED. QUESTION IS DO I REMOVE THE GRILLS AND LET DEBRIS FALL INTO THE DUCTS AND THEY TOO BECOME PROJECTILES OR LEAVE THE GRILLS AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND CAVING IN ON ITSELF AS A RESULT THE LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. SEVERAL OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE HAPENING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. AS A PRECAUTION, THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 104,000. UPDATED 4/24/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AFTER REPLACING BUSHINGS, POWER STEERING GEAR BOX, AND IDLER ARMS. UPDATED 06/4/2013 *JS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED ENTIRELY. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE CRACKS LOCATED BY THE AIR BAG COMPARTMENT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER HITTING A BUMP OR SEAM IN THE ROAD TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED FROM 40 MPH AND UP. MUST SLOW IMMEDIATELY AND ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL OF STEERING.THIS IS KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. *TR

THE DASH IN MY TRUCK HAS CRACKED FROM THE FROM TO THE REAR OF THE DASH LIKE ALOT OF THE DODGERAM HAVE DONE BUT YET THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE BEFORE ANYONE DOES ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IS SOMEONE WAITING TO HAVE A AIRBAG GO OFF AND SEND THE DASH IN LITTLE PIECES OR ONE LARGE PIECE TO CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT OR WHAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROSTER FAILED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD WHEN IT WAS COLD OR WHEN THE WINDOW WOULD BECOME FOGGY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BLEND DOOR CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 152,000.

ON MY DODGE QUAD CAB 2500 FRONT DASH, I NOTICED A SMALL CRACK STARTING AT NEAR THE SPEAKER GRILL IN 2006, AND THOUGHT IT WAS AN ISOLATED CASE. OVER THE YEARS SINCE 2006, THE FRONT DASH HAS COMPLETELY FAILED DUE TO NUMEROUS MAJOR CRACKS IN ALL LOCATIONS AND GOING IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS. THE TRUCK HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGED AND PIECES OF THE DASH NOW HAVE FALLEN DOWN TO INACCESSIBLE AREAS BELOW THE DASH. IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED FOR VARIOUS YEARS THAT THESE DASHES HAVE BEEN MADE FROM AN INFERIOR GRADE PLASTIC PRONE TO CRACKING AND IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. BECAUSE IT BECOMES SO BRITTLE AND PRONE TO CRACKING, THAT DURING AN ACCIDENT, THE DASH COULD SHATTER AND INJURE THE OCCUPANTS. *TR

MIX DOOR FAILS TO BLOW HEATED AIR UP THROUGH DEFROST VENTS. VISIBILITY IS ZERO WHEN IT IS BELOW FREEZING AND THERE IS MOISTURE IN THE AIR. IT APPEARS THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

GOT INTO TRUCK TO TAKE A RIDE AND NOTICED THE DASH WAS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. I'M AFRAID THE THING IS GOING FLY INTO THE FACE OF SOMEONE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IF I'M IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR