2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

VEHICLE WAS PARALLEL PARKED AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON ENTERING THE TRUCK, I USED THE GRAB HANDLE ON THE A PILLAR AS I'VE ALWAYS DONE. THIS TIME THE GRAB HANDLE SUDDENLY BROKE FREE FROM THE PILLAR CAUSING ME TO LOOSE MY BALANCE AND FALL BACKWARD OUT ONTO THE ROADWAY. *TR

DEATH WOBBLE, ON MANY, MANY OCCASIONS EXCEEDING OVER A DOZEN. I HAVE REPLACED NUMEROUS FRONT END PARTS TO NO AVAIL, INCLUDING TIRES AND RIMS. IT ALWAYS OCCURRED AT HI-WAY SPEEDS OF 65 MPH AND ABOVE, THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS A CRASH HAPPENING WITH OUT THE BENT METAL. I AM SURE THIS IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED IF THEY ARE AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER IF IT HASN'T ALREADY, THE DEAD DON'T TALK SO TO SPEAK, YOU CANT SEE DEATH WOBBLE AFTER THE TRUCK HAS CRASHED, YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK INTO THE SINGLE VEHICLE FATALITIES OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF TRUCK I AM SURE IT IS HIGH RATIO FOR THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES SOLD, ONE IS UNACCEPTABLE IN MY OPINION. I COULD BE NEXT. IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME CROSSING A BRIDGE, PAVEMENT PATCHES, ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS PASSING SLOWER VEHICLES LIKE SEMI-TRAILERS AND RV'S WHERE YOU HAVE NO WHERE TO GO BUT THE SAID VEHICLES AND OR BRIDGE WALL. THIS IS A TERRIBLE ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS, CHECK INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES ON DEATH WOBBLE, AND THIS IS THE TRUCK THAT COMES UP, WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE? *TR

2003 DODGE RAM 2500. DASH HAS TWO LARGE CRACKS IN IT. TRUCK ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

DASH BOARD IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES,AND IS IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF FORMING LARGE HOLES IN THE DASH. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH THESE CRACKED PIECES COULD EASILY BECOME AIRBORNE "MISSILES" FLYING AROUND THE CAB. WHEN THESE PIECES BREAK OFF THEY ARE VERY SHARP AND LEAVE VERY SHARP EDGES ON THE DASHTHIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE THAT DODGE REFUSES TO CORRECT ON THE 03 MODEL TRUCKS. THEY HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH EARLIER MODEL TRUCKS (98-02) AND HAVE SENSE STARTED REPLACING THOSE DASHBOARDS AT NO COST TO OWNERS. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 2003 DODGE RAM IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS, HAVING PIECES OF PLASTIC FLYING AROUND THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. *TR

DASH HAS EXCESSIVE CRACKS. COULD CAUSE SAFETY ISSUE IF THE TRUCK WAS EVER WRECKED. *TR

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS FORUMS AND BLOGS REPORTING THIS SAME PROBLEM AMONG VARIOUS OWNERS WITH DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT SPECS. THE ONE THING WE ALL SEEM TO HAVE IN COMMON IS THIS PROBLEM CALLED DEATH WOBBLE. WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IF I HIT A BUMP AT AN ANGLE, THE FRONT END WOULD START TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. SO VIOLENTLY THAT I HAVE TO LET MY FOOT OF THE GAS AND COAST TO A SPEED THAT PUTS MY LIFE IN DANGER BECAUSE I CAN NOT SAFELY OR RELIABLY STEER THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD. IT TAKES EVERYTHING I'VE GOT TO KEEP THE TRUCK IN THE LANE I AM TRAVELING IN. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND, EACH TIME, I TRY TO GET IT FIXED OR HAVE A MECHANIC LOOK INTO WHAT IS CAUSING THE VIOLENT SHAKING. MOST OF THE TIME, THE MECHANIC (ABOUT 5 DIFFERENT SERVICE STATIONS) CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I ASKED A SENIOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT WITH CHRYSLER WHAT THEY COULD DO. SHE SAID THAT GOODWILL ASSISTANCE WAS DECLINED. I ASKED HER WHAT SHE MEANT BY THAT, SHE SAID THAT I DON'T HAVE A WARRANTY, MY TRUCK IS 6 YEARS OLD, I HAVE 80K MILEAGE, AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT HELP. I WASN'T THE ONE WHO HAS DECLINED THIS PROVERBIAL GOODWILL ASSISTANCE NOR WAS IT IN MY POWER. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY SHE WOULD BRING IT UP. CERTAINLY, IF IT WAS OFFERED, I WOULD AT LEAST HAVE THE OPTION. NOW I HAVE A TRUCK I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE AND NO RECOURSE. *TR

BADLY CRACKING DASHBOARD ON 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK USED IN SEPT 2008 AND IT HAD A SMALL HAIRLINE CRACK AT THAT TIME. IN JULY OF 2009 I NOTICED THAT THE CRACK HAS SPREAD, AS WELL AS TWO OTHERS DEVELOPING. *TR

THE FRONT DASH PANEL IN MY 03 DODGE 2500 IS CRACKED IM WORRIED ABOUT PIECES FLYING OFF IF IM EVER IN A CRASH. I HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD TO WORRY ABOUT AND THAT SHOULD BE THE LAST THING I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. *TR

THE HARD PLASTIC DASH OF MY 03 DODGE RAM HAS CRACKED IN THE CENTER. HARD PLASTIC PIECES FLYING IN THE CAB RESULTING FROM A COLLISION MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL INJURIES TO DRIVER AND OR PASSENGERS. *TR