2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

DASH BEGAN CRACKING AND NOW PIECES FALLING DOWN WHILE DRIVING. I PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT FROM A JUNK YARD AND HAD IT INSTALLED. NOW THIS ONE IS ALSO CRACKING AND WON'T BE LONG UNTIL ITS AS BAD AS THE ORIGINAL. DODGE WANTS $800 FOR A NEW ONE AND IT WILL COST ME ANOTHER $335 TO HAVE IT INSTALLED. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WHAT KIND OF MATERIAL COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A SHELVE LIFE OF EXACTLY 10 YEARS. SECONDLY HOW CAN THE NEW REPLACEMENT (THAT WILL ALSO HAVE A 10YEAR SHELVE LIFE) BE SO EXPENSIVE? MY SON DRIVES A 20YEAR OLD FORD TRUCK AND THE DASH IS PERFECT. I USED TO LOVE THIS TRUCK AND NOW WE HATE IT. SO FRUSTRATING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN USING THE DEFROSTER, VERY LITTLE AIR WAS EMITTED FROM THE VENTS AND WOULD NOT DEFROST THE WINDOWS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE DEFROSTER DOOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 225,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

ANY BUMP OR UNEVEN SURFACE AT HIGHWAY OR ROADWAY SPEED CAUSED THE STEERING TO SHUDDER UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAVE REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER AND TIE ROD ENDS AND IT STILL CONTINUES. THIS HAS CAUSED MANY CLOSE CALLS AND CAUSED ME TO VEER INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC MORE THAN ONCE. THANKFULLY NO WRECKS OR INJURIES SO FAR. *TR

DURING NORMAL DRIVING THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY STARTED TO SHAKE, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL SPEED WAS REDUCED DRASTICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE DEFROSTER WILL NOT ACTIVATE-FOUND TSB 24-004-03 RELATES TO THIS ISSUE. CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THESE VEHICLES FOR REPAIR DUE TO NUMEROUS NUMBER OF FAILURES AND SAFETY ISSUE RELATED TO NOT HAVING DE-ICE OR DEFROST CAPABILITY. *TR

AFTER GOING OVER AN OVERPASS (60 MPH)AND HITTING THE SMALL BUMP AT THE END OF IT THE FRONT END BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE VIOLENTLY AND IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER AND HARD TO SLOW DOWN QUICKLY. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SLOWED TO ABOUT 20 MPH BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL. IT WAS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THAT PAPERS ON THE PASSENGER SEAT FLEW ON TO THE FLOOR. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER CROSSING A BRIDGE WITH THE SAME RESULT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE OVERDRIVE WARNING LIGHTS. THE CONTACT DISCONNECTED AND RE-ATTACHED THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 93,000.

I'M THE FIRST OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND THE DASH STARTED CRACKING AT 65,000 MILES. SO FAR THERE ARE 5 DIFFERENT CRACKS. *TR

TRAVELING ON US 58 IN SUFFOLK, VA. I WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD WHILE TRYING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT AND HIT A VERY LARGE WATER FILLED POT HOLE. THE RESULTS WAS MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE CAME OFF THE VEHICLE AFTER BREAKING TWO LUG NUTS. THE TRUCK SLID 300 FEET DOWN THE ROAD UNTIL COMING TO REST IN THE MEDIAN. A USAA REPAIR FACILITY REPLACED THE DRIVER SIDE HUB ASSEMBLY. I MOVED TO KINGS BAY GA. AND STARTED TO NOTICE A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE HAS 35" OFF ROAD TIRE ON IT SO I ASSUMED THE TIRES NEED TO BALANCED. AFTER ABOUT THREE WEEKS OF DRIVING THE REAL PROBLEMS AROSE. I DEVELOPED THE "DODGE DEATH WOBBLE". IT IS A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING SYSTEM THAT FORCES YOU TO SLOW TO BELOW 45 MILES PER HOUR. IT IS SO VIOLENT THAT A 36 YEAR OLD NAVY DIVER CHIEF, WHO HAS BEEN TO TACTICAL DRIVING SCHOOLS FOR THE MILITARY, HAS A DIFFICULT TIME HOLDING IT ON THE ROAD. NOW, I HAVE HAD THE DODGE DEALERSHIP DISREGARD THE PROBLEM, BALANCE THE TIRES, REPLACE THE STEERING DAMPENER, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *TR

MY DASH BOARD ON MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 WITH ONLY 60,000 MILES IS FALLING APART,THEN IT FALLS LITTLE PIECE OF IT IN MY AC VENT CAUSE PIECES TO FLY OUT IF YOU PUT IT ON DEFROST. VERY DANGEROUS. ALSO THE WHOLE DASH IS FALLING IN AND IF THE AIR BAGS GO OFF THE DASH PIECES COULD EASILY KILL OR HURT YOU. THE DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT'S ALL . *TR