2001 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY ELECTRICAL WIRING IN MY PCM AND MY CIRCUIT BREAKER WHERE MY FUSES GO UNDER MY HOOD. IT MAKES REAL LOUD NOISES, IT CUTS OFF, TO WERE I HAVE TO LET IT COOL OFF AND THEN IT STARTS BACK UP, AND THEN IT WILL CUT OFF WHILE IN PARK. I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY PCM MODULE AND MY TRUCK NEEDED TO BE REWIRED!

I WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN I RAN INTO SOME BUMPY ROADS AND I LOOKED AT MY PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE IN THE DASH AND IT WAS GONE. THE WHOLE INNER DASH WAS BROKE LOOSE AND PLASTIC PARTS WERE FALLING ONTO THE FLOORBOARD. I'VE E-MAILED DODGE AND HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING BACK FROM THEM YET. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT COULD BE FROM $1000 TO $7000 TO FIX. IT HAD A FEW CRACKS IN IT BEFORE BUT NOW IT SEAMS TO BE JUST FALLING TO PIECES. I BELIEVE THIS COULD CAUSE MY AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY AT ANY MINUTE AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IN AN ACCIDENT HOW COULD YOU TELL IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BEFORE OR AFTER THE INCIDENT? COULD THE AIRBAG CAUSE AN ACCIDENT? DODGE SAYS IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY AND I WILL HAVE TO FIX IT MYSELF. I THINK WITH ALL THE DASH ISSUES, DODGE SHOULD AT LEAST BARE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY. THEY WON'T EVEN TELL ME IF MY TRUCK IS SAFE TO DRIVE? SO IT SETS IN BACK YARD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FOG LIGHT AND THE TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER DISTRIBUTION OVERHEATED AND BURNED OUT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 221,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE DASH CRACKED. TWO DAYS LATER ANOTHER CRACK AND PIECES FELL IN BEHIND THE DASH. TODAY THE PLASTIC DASH CONTINUE TO CRACK AND FALL APART. CHRYSLER CONTINUE TO SAY THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, BUT THEY ARE THE INSTALLERS AND MANUFACTOR. 70 % OF THE DASH IS GONE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD CRACKED AND FRACTURED IN THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE THE SAME DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD INSTALLED. THE CRACKS WERE SIX TO EIGHT INCHES WIDE AND STARTED TO APPEAR ON JULY 22, 2006. THE MANUFACTURER NEVER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE DASHBOARD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000. MA 09/25 UPDATED 10/19/2017*CN

THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD. I WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE TRUCK, AND ALSO UNABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK, AS THE POWER STEERING PUMP ALSO SUPPLIES POWER TO ASSIST THE BRAKES. *TR

AROUND 2009 I STARTED NOTICING CRACKS IN DASH. THEY CONTINUED TO GET BIGGER AND BEGIN BREAKING OFF IN CHUNKS. NOW I WONDER WHEN DASH WILL FALL APART. *TR

BRAKES FAILED WHEN APPLIED. ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WITH VERY LITTLE BRAKING. AFTER HARD BRAKING APPLICATION THE TIRES LOCKED AND SLID ABOUT 5 INCHES IN DAMP BACKTOP AND HIT A CAR STOPPED AT A LIGHT. HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO BRAKE BUT NO OR VERY LITTLE BRAKING ACTION. LATER INSPECTION SHOWED THAT ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH AND LOST PRESSURE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THESE TRUCKS ARE PRONE TO BRAKE LINE RUSTING. DRIVER SEEMED TO BE FINE AND DROVE AWAY AFTER EXCHANGING INFO. HE LATER CLAIMED INJURY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM NORTH CAROLINA IN MY 2500 DODGE RAM ONE OF MY UNIROYAL TIRES SEPARATED DAMAGING THE REAR DRIVER SIDE FENDER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITH THE LIBERATOR LT26575R16E. THE FIST TIME WALMART REPLACED THE TIRE AND REPAIRED THE FENDER. THEIR SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS TIRE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IN THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN CRACKED AND BROKEN SINCE 2004. IT CONTINUES TO BREAK AND CHIP CAUSING PIECES OF SHARP PLASTIC TO FALL INSIDE THE INNER DASH AREA. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT AND ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE FROM LOW BEAM, TO HIGH BEAM, THE LIGHTS WILL GO OUT AND WILL NOT BE OPERATIONAL. YOU HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY FLIP THE HIGH BEAM SWITCH MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET THE LIGHTS TO COME BACK ON. THIS DID NOT START UNTIL THE DASH CRACKED AND PLASTIC PIECES FELL INSIDE THE DASH. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES CONTINUE TO THIS DATE. *TR