2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

DEFROSTERS WILL NOT COME ON WHEN CONTROL KNOB IS TURNED TO DEFROST POSITION. DURING MY RECENT TRIP FROM ONE STATE TO THE NEXT I HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH A SNOW/ ICE STORM AND NEEDED TO DEFROST MY WINDSHIELD, I TURNED THE KNOB TO DEFROST BUT NOTHING CAME OUT IT JUST CONTINUED TO BLOW THROUGH THE VENTS. I HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM NOW AND IT IS CAUSING DANGEROUS COMMUTES FOR ME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE 5 MPH, THE BRAKE LINE FLEW OFF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME HAD RUSTED PREMATURELY. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12,900.

I HAVE A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 THAT THE BLACK DASH BOARD HAS CRACKED IN APPROXIMATELY 4 PLACES. THESE CRACKS RUN FROM THE WINDOW TO THE FRONT EDGE OF THE DASH BOARD. I PREVIOUSLY OWNED A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500 WITH A TAN DASH BOARD AND NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE DASH BOARD CRACKING. SEEMS TO ME THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THIS SPECIFIC DASH BOARD. WHY SHOULD WE AS THE CONSUMER HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE FAULTY EQUIPMENT REPLACED. THESE PIECES COULD BREAK FREE AND BE LOGGED INTO THE DRIVERS EYE AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH IF AN ACCIDENT SHOULD OCCUR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND TURNED ON THE HEATER IN MY TRUCK AND THE WINDSHIELD IMMEDIATELY FOGGED UP TO THE POINT I COULD NOT SEE. I HAD TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW TO SEE OUT AND TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID A HEAD ON COLLISION. ONCE I WAS STOPPED I NOTICED THE PROBLEM WAS NO MATTER WHAT POSITION I SET THE DEFROST OR HEAT ON, THE AIR ONLY BLEW OUT THE VENTS ON THE DASH PANEL. I WENT TO THE DODGE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THE WHOLE DASH HAD TO COME OUT OF MY TRUCK, DRAIN THE COOLING SYSTEM AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM TO REPLACE SOME BROKEN PLASTIC PARTS, COSTING AROUND 1,500.00 TO 2,000.00. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON LINE, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS PEOPLE, ALL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE WITHIN 5 SECONDS MY VISION WAS COMPLETELY OBSTRUCTED AND COULD HAVE NOT ONLY RESULTED IN MY DEATH BUT THAT OF SOMEONE ELSE. THIS TRUCK ALMOST KILLED ME ONCE WHEN IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND ALMOST RAN OVER ME. YES THEY ENDED UP CREATING A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THAT DID NOT PAY TO REPAIR MY TRUCK OR MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE THAT MY TRUCK RAN INTO. I THINK IT IS UNFAIR FOR US AS CONSUMERS TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR DODGE'S FLAWED ENGINEERING. THEY HAVE A TSB ON THIS PROBLEM SO THEY ARE COMPLETELY AWARE OF IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 AND I AM CONCERNED THAT AFTER 3 YEARS THE PLASTIC DASH IS CRACKING AND GETTING WORSE. THE REPLACEMENT COST IS WAY TOO MUCH AND PROBABLY WON'T LAST. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED FOR THE SIMPLE REASON, IF I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A PASSENGER AND THE PERSON PUT THERE HANDS ON THE DASH OUT OF REACTION IT COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO SOME DEEP LACERATIONS TO THE HANDS AND FOREARMS. FROM READING ON THE INTERNET, DODGE IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT ADDRESS IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON A RECALL FOR THIS ITEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 RAM 2500 4X4 WITH 65000 MILES ON IT. I JUST STARTED TO GET THE DEATH WOBBLE , MY FATHER-INLAW HAS A 1998 CUMMINS AND HE HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE HE HAS TRIED TO REPLACE SEVERAL PARTS ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION WITH NO FIX, I HAVE BEEN READING ALOT OF FORUMS ON THE INTERNET WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET THIS ISSUE FIXED? *TR

THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 HAS BEGUN TO CRACK AND DISINTEGRATE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO DISINTEGRATE AND PIECES OF IT WAS FALLING OFF AND HITTING HIM WHILE DRIVING. HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS SO BRITTLE THAT IF ANYONE HAD TO BRACE THEMSELVES ON IT THEIR HANDS WOULD GO THROUGH IT. CHRYSLER TOOK PICTURES AND STATED THAT THEY COULD OFFER NO ASSISTANCE. CASE # 19653576 WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 45,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 EQUIPPED WITH DICK CEPEK RADIAL F-C II 33/125OR117D TIRES (N/A). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CENTER TREAD ON THE FRONT TIRE (NOT SURE WHICH ONE) SUDDENLY FELL OFF, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER, FENDER FLAIR AND GASKET LEAD. THE CONTACT WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHO REFERRED HIM TO NHTSA. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 06T024000 (TIRES: TREAD/BELT) BUT THE TIRE MANUFACTURE DATE WAS NOT WITHIN THE AFFECTED TIRES' MANUFACTURE DATE FOR THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED.

DASHBOARD CRACKING INTO PIECES. FROM THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM ON DODGE VEHICLES I BELIEVE IT IS FROM FAULTY MATERIALS USED IN MANUFACTURING. *TR