2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

NOTICED LARGE CRACK ON DASHBOARD, THEN COVERED DASH WITH A DASH MAT AND STARTED NOTICING MULTIPLE CRACKS

I OWN A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 HD WITH CUMMINS 5.9L VIN C ENGINE AND WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OVER 70 MPH AND HIT A BUMP ON THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE IT ENTERS A DEATH WOBBLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND THE VEHICLE IS UNCONTROLLABLE UNTIL I SLOW DOWN TO A SPEED OF LESS THAN 35 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND I HAVE GONE OFF THE ROAD DUE TO THE INABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE. I HAVE REPLACED THE STEERING STABILIZER, FRONT SHOCKS. TIRES AND STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. OTHER DRIVERS HAVE WITNESSED THE TIRE SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND REPORTED THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE WHEEL IS GOING TO FALL OFF. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE A-PILLAR, WHICH HELD THE WINDSHIELD IN PLACE, BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE DASHBOARD ALSO SUFFERED DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BOLTS FOR THE A-PILLAR WERE KNOWN TO BREAK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,900. UPDATED 08/24/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HIS FATHER GRABBED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD PILLAR HANDHOLD TO ASSIST HIM ENTERING THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE WAS HALFWAY UP THE HANDHOLD, IT GAVE WAY AND HE FELL BACK AGAINST THE DOOR WHICH KEPT HIM FROM FALLING COMPLETELY ON THE PAVEMENT. WHEN THE CONSUMER EXAMINED THE DAMAGE, HE FOUND THE HANDHOLD WAS FORMED WITH THE WINDSHIELD PILLAR TRIM. IT WAS MADE OF PLASTIC WHICH WAS HELD ON WITH TWO 8MM BOLTS. THE BOLTS WERE RECESSED, ONE AT THE TOP OF THE HANDHOLD AND ONE AT THE BOTTOM. BOTH BOLTS WERE STILL ATTACHED; THE TOP BOLT TRIM BASE HAD BROKEN AWAY FROM THE TRIM/HANDHOLD AND STILL HAD THE PLASTIC TRIM BEHIND THE HEAD OF THE BOLT. THE BOTTOM BOLT HAD PULLED COMPLETELY THROUGH THE TRIM/HANDHOLD BASE. THE TRIM/HANDHOLD PULLED SO FAR OUT, THAT IT ALSO BROKE THE DASHBOARD TOP. UPDATED 04/19/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL EXHIBITED A FRACTURE THAT INTERFERED WITH THE GAUGES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED BUT NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

THE DASH ON MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 PICKUP HAS STARTED CRACKING,AS HAS THOUSAND OF OTHER DODGE PICKUPS,WHICH WHEN THE CONDITION WORSENS TO WHERE THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO THE OCCUPANTS.I ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER DODGE PICKUP OWNERS WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO FORCE THE CHRYSLER CORP.TO MAKE RECALL ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES NOTABLY YEAR MODELS 2000-2004. DEALERS WANT UP TO $1,500.00 TO REPAIR THEN IN A FEW YEARS THE NEW DASH STARTS CRACKING.PLEASE HELP DODGE TRUCK OWNERS! *KB

DODGE RAM 2500 DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THE MAIN CRACK IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE RIGHT BY THE AIRBAG. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE DASHBOARD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DURING THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT LOST CONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO A MEDICAL ISSUE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS HOSPITALIZED AND SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 92,000. UPDATED 8/29/11 *CN UPDATED 09/28/11

I OWN A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE DASH BOARD HAS ONE LARGE CRACK/HOLE AND MULTIPLE LITTLE CRACKS THROUOUT FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND FRONT TO BACK. THE PLASTIC IS BRITTLE AND I AM CONCERNED THAT DURING A CRASH THE PIECES WILL BECOME PROJECTILES AND SHARDS THAT COULD PUNTURE AIRBAGS AND PEOPLE CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. I CHECKED INTO REPLACING THE PART ONLY TO FIND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OF THE TRUCK LINES OF DODGE FROM 1998 THROUGH 2006 AND THE REPLACEMENTS ARE OF THE SAME MATERIAL AND WOULD BE PRONE TO CRACK IN SHORT TIME JUST AS THE ORIGINAL DASES HAD. AS A FORMER FIREFIGHTER HAVING RESPONDED TO MANY ACCIDENTS I SEE THIS AS A TIME BOMB TO A DEATH THAT IS NOT NECCESSARY IF IT HASN'T ALREADY HAPPENED. THE DASH, I THOUGHT, WAS SUPPOSED TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS BUT INSTEAD WILL BE SHATTERED BY THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND BE BLOWN RIGHT INTO THE FACE OF THE VERY PERSON THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT CAUSING IN ALL LIKELYHOOD SEVERE INJURIES. *TR

DASH HAS CRACKED FROM WINDSHIELD TO TOP OF AIRBAG, PASSENGER SIDE LEFT OF AIRBAG. NOW HOLE IN TOP OF DASH THE SIZE OF GOLF BALL AND DASH CONSTANTLY CREEKS AND POPS WHILE DRIVING.

DODGE 2500 SLT HAS A SEVERELY CRACKED DASH WITH MULTIPLE VERY SHARP AND JAGGED EDGES... ITS MADE OF VERY POOR AND BRITTLE PLASTIC AND BECAUSE ITS IN THE DASH POSES A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND OR PERSONS THROWN FORWARD ONTO THE DASH. DODGE KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM AND HASN'T HAD A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ISSUE. *TR