2000 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

2000 DODGE RAM 2500, DASH BOARD CRACKING AND BREAKING LEAVING SHARP EXPOSED PIECES OF PLASTIC. CALLED DODGE BUT HAVE GOTTEN NO HELP THUS FAR WITH THE PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY IF AND ACCIDENT OCCURRED. IT CRACKED WHEN WE OPENED THE DOOR ON A HOT SUNNY DAY AND THEN IT HAS CRACKED AND BROKEN MORE IN THE EXTREME COLD WEATHER WHEN OPENING THE DOOR. *LN

DASH TOP CRACKED AND BROKE INTO DOZENS OF PIECES FALLING INTO DASH. THE DASH TOP IS NO LONGER USABLE AND MUST BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER A $1000. THE LOOSE PARTS COULD CAUSE WIRING TO BE DAMAGED AND OTHER PARTS NOT TO FUNCTION, DEFROST VENTS ARE NOT BEING HELD IN PLACE. THE NEW FACTORY PART WILL BE NO BETTER AFTER THE SUN AND HEAT GET TO IT! DODGE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE AN REPLACE THE PART WITH A BETTER PART! *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM 2500 WITH APPROX. 58K MILES. THE DASH BOARD DEVELOPED A COUPLE CRACKS A FEW YEARS INTO OWNERSHIP. AT THIS POINT THE DASH IS LITERALLY FALLING TO PIECES. LARGE HOLES HAVE DEVELOPED EXPOSING WIRES AND VERY SHARP EDGES. PIECES WILL SIMPLE BREAK OFF WITHOUT EVER TOUCHING THE DASH. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE I FEEL IT IS UNSAFE TO HAVE ALL THE EXPOSED WIRING. I WOULD REPLACE THE DASH HOWEVER I AM TOLD IT WILL DO IT AGAIN AS CHRYSLER HAS NOT CORRECTED THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE DASH OR THAT THE NEW DASH I WOULD GET WOULD BE OLD STOCK OF THE SAME MATERIAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. WHENEVER THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE CONTACT WOULD ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO ROLL TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE COMPONENTS FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED. IN ADDITION, THE SPRINGS WITHIN THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT WERE PIERCING THROUGH THE SEAT CUSHIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,800.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD IN HIS VEHICLE WAS BROKEN, EXPOSING THE AIR BAG AND WIRING. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 103,800. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 103,500.

2000 DODGE RAM 2500 DASH PANEL BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING AND BECAME WEDGE BETWEEN STEERING WHEEL AND METAL FRAMEWORK. *TR

DASH CRACKED AND DASH BEZEL CRACKED IN 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. REPLACING NEW DASH BEZEL HOWEVER THERE IS ONLY A DASH COVER FOR THESE TRUCKS. DODGE DOES NOT COVER EXPENSE FOR A NEW ONE. THE PIECES CAN BECOME DISLODGED FROM THE DASH AND CAUSE INJURY. *TR

CRACKED DASHBOARD ON A 2000 DODGE RAM 2500. THE DASHBOARD ON OUR DODGE RAM HAS BEEN CRACKED AND FALLING IN ON THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS UNDER THE BOARD. IT IS VERY UGLY AND SO FAR WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS BUT I AM AFRAID TO TAKE ANY TRIPS FEARING BEING STRANDED BECAUSE OF THE DASHBOARD PARTS FALLING INTO THE HOLE. *TR

MY COMPLAINT IS ON A 2000 DODGE 2500 FOR A CRACKED AND DISINTEGRATED DASHBOARD. THE DASHBOARD HAS COLLAPSED; EXPOSING WIRING TO THE ELEMENTS, DIFFUSING AND ELIMINATING THE DEFROST AND DASH VENTS, AND CREATING SHRAPNEL HAZARDS TO OCCUPANTS IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH OR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE FAILURE OF THE DASHBOARD PROGRESSED FROM TWO SEVERAL INCH CRACKS TO COMPLETE FAILURE IN THE COURSE OF 2 MONTHS. *TR

AT 37,000 MILES TRUCK RUN OUT OF DIESEL WITH THE GAUGE READING 1/2 FULL WHILE DOING 70 MPH IN THE FAST LANE. COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE LANE OF TRAVEL. CAUSED A CRASH BEHIND TRUCK BUT TRUCK WAS NOT HIT. OTHER VEHICLES CRASH. *TR