NHTSA Complaint #10246167 — 2001 DODGE RAM 2500

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 THAT I BOUGHT NEW. IT HAS 115,753 MILES TO THIS DATE. THE TRUCK IS KEPT UNDER A SHED 90% OF THE TIME AND STILL LOOKS GREAT ON THE OUTSIDE. I RECENTLY NOTICED A CRACK IN THE DASH BEZEL AND NOW HAVE LARGE CRACKS ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE DASH. I HAVE READ AND SEEN MANY DODGE TRUCKS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE CRACKS TURN INTO LARGE HOLES WITH SHARP EDGES. AS MANY COMPLAINTS AS I HAVE SEEN JUST ON THE INTERNET, THIS HAS GOT TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I HAVE ONLY BEEN SEARCHING ON THE COMPUTER FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A 7 YEAR OLD TRUCK, BUT IT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. I HAVE HAD MANY SMALL PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK SINCE IT WAS NEW, BUT NOTHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. I USUALLY JUST HAVE FIXED WHAT IS BROKE, BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THIS PROBLEM WILL JUST COME BACK AGAIN. I SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING SOMETHING THAT BROKE ON ITS ON OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IF I KNEW THAT A NEW DASH WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM, I WOULD NOT ANY PROBLEM GOING OUT AND BUYING ONE. BUT MANY PEOPLE HAVE DONE THIS EXACT THING AND ARE STILL IN THE SAME SITUATION. DODGE NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR MISTAKES AND FIX THEM. IF THEY CAME OUT WITH A NEW DASH AND TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD STAND BEHIND IT, I WOULD GO OUT AND BUY IT. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR