2003 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

I OWN A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 PICK-UP. SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE DASHBOARD POPPED AND CRACKED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I KNOW THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A SAFETY RECALL ISSUE BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT THIS WAY IT DOES. THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. WHEN THE DASHBOARD CRACKS AND FALLS APART IT LEAVES JAGGED EDGES WHICH MAY BE SENT INTO THE PASSENGERS FACE IN THE EVENT OF A FRONT END COLLISION WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR

I OWN A DODGE 2003 2500 PICKUP. DEATH WOBBLE. IT STARTS AT 45 TO 65 MPH A WOBBLE THAT IS SO SERVER THAT YOU LOSE CONTROL OF YOU PICKUP. I HAVE REPLACE PARTS IN MY FRONTEND AND CONTACTED DODGE FOR HELP.IF YOU REVIEW INTERNET THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. THEY NEED TO BE RECALL DUE TO DANGEROUS CONDUCTION AND LEMON LAW. IT IS SAID THAT OUR TAX MONEY WENT TO BAIL OUT A CO. THAT WONT FIX A PROBLEM AS DANGEROUS AS THIS AND WE THE TAX PAYERS OR BAILING THEM. PLEASE DO INVESTIGATION ON THIS ASAP. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN STOP SOMEONE FROM GETTING KILLED, AND OUR PROTACTORS. IT TIME TO DO SOMETHING!! *TR

2003 DODGE RAM 2500. DASH HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED A SERIES OF LONG CRACKS ALONG THE TOP. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS AND COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS SOME TRUCKS HAVE DEVELOPED LARGE HOLES ON THE DASH TOPS. *TR

2003 DODGE RAM 2500. DASH IS STARTING TO CRACK IN SEVERAL PLACES. I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY TRUCK. IT IS ALWAYS GARAGED WHEN NOT IN USE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS FAILED AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE DEFROSTER AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. WHILE UTILIZING THE DRIVER'S SIDE TURN SIGNAL, THE PASSENGER SIDE TURN SIGNAL WOULD ILLUMINATE INSTEAD. THIS FAILURE WAS ALSO REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING VERY HARD VIBRATIONS FORM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. HE STRUCK A SQUIRREL IN THE ROAD AND NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE VIBRATIONS. A LOCAL SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING LINKAGES IN THE VEHICLE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. HE LATER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE SUSPENSION AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS (STEERING LINKAGES). THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 120,000.

ON 9/20/2008 I NOTICED SOME SMALL CRACKS IN MY DASH. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK THE DASH HAD SEVERAL CRACKS AND THE SMALL ONES WERE NOW LARGE CRACKS GOING FROM THE FRONT OF THE DASH ALL THE WAY TO THE WINDSHIELD. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS THE DASH GETS WORSE PIECES CAN FALL IN TO THE ELECTRONICS IN THE DASH AND EFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE SEEN THIS SAME THING HAPPEN TO THE 2ND GENERATION DODGE RAMS FROM 94-02. DODGE HAS ACCEPTED LIABILITY FOR THOSE DASHES CRACKING, WELL THIS IS THE VERY SAME PLASTIC USED IN THOSE TRUCKS. I DON'T THINK DODGE WANTS TO HAVE TO REPLACE ALL OF THESE DASHES FOR THE REASON OF REPUTATION AND COST TO THE COMPANY. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN REALLY PUT A PRICE OF SAFETY. THESE CAR MAKERS NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VEHICLES THEY MAKE, NOT JUST UNTIL THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT. THAT KIND OF THINKING TELLS ME THAT THE CAR MAKER DOES NO CARE ABOUT HOW LONG THEIR VEHICLES LAST JUST THAT THEY CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT SO THEY CAN TELL THE CUSTOMER....SORRY, WISH WE COULD HELP. I AM REALLY DISGUSTED IN THE FACT THAT THE US CAR MAKERS HAVE NO PRIDE IN WHAT THEY BUILD. THEY WONDER WHY THE FOREIGN CARS AND TRUCKS BASICALLY SELL THEMSELVES. I REALLY HOPE WE CAN RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. IF CHRYSLER DOES NOT STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND FIX THESE PROBLEMS I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT. *TR

I HAVE NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING OVER AN INTERSTATE OVERPASS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND/OR A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE FIRST FEW TIMES IT OCCURRED, THE FEELING WAS UNSETTLING AND NOT 'NORMAL' - SUBSEQUENTLY, WHEN THE PROBLEM PROGRESSED, IT WAS A NEW LEVEL OF SHAKING AND WOBBLING AFTER CROSSING AN OVERPASS WITH PAVEMENT IRREGULARITY - THE VEHICLE WENT INTO AN EXTREMELY VIOLENT SHAKE AND SCARED ALL OF US IN THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. I THEN RECEIVED A RECALL FOR A SAFETY PROBLEM IN THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE AND THOUGHT, OK, THIS PROBLEM IS BEING ADRESSED AND CHRYSLER IS GOING TO FIX IT. THE DEALER TOOK THE RECALL NOTICE, SAID IT DIDN'T APPLY TO MY TRUCK. THEN AFTER SAYING THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE (AND CHARGED ME $35) THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SHAKING WAS BECAUSE OF MY TIRES. AFTER GETTING DIFFERENT TIRES, THE PROBLEM REMAINS. THE VIOLENT WOBBLE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER SEEMS TO BE IGNORANT OF ANY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS. I GUESS THEY NEVER SEARCHED GOOGLE, BECAUSE THERE ARE DOZENS OF HITS ON THIS EXACT ISSUE. *TR

2003 DODGE RAM. THE PLASTIC MODE DOOR IS BROKEN AND THE VEHICLE WILL ONLY BLOW OUT THE VENTS. THIS IS NOT A REAL BIG DEAL UNTIL ITS RAINING OUTSIDE AND YOU CAN'T DEFROST THE WINDOWS AT HWY SPEEDS. *TR

DEATH WOBBLE DUE TO PITMAN ARM; OCCURS AT SPEEDS OVER 65MPH OR WHEN VEHICLE HITS A BUMP AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE BECOMES HARD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER. BEGAN OCCURRING WHEN VEHICLE REACHED APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES. *TR

BALL JOINTS AND TIE ROD ENDS WORE OUT AND RUSTED PARTS ON A 2003 RAM THAT ALMOST RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF A WHEEL. *TR