2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Structure Problems

THE WHOLE DASH ON MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS CAVED IN LEAVING JAGGED EDGES EVERYWHERE AND MY ELECTRICAL WIRES EXPOSED. SMALLER PIECES SOMETIMES FALL INTO THE AIR VENTS AND BLOW OUT INTO MY FACE. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH CRACKS AND BY NOVEMBER 2008, THE DASH WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE. *TR

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKED DASHBOARD. I HAVE WIRES EXPOSED THE AIRBAG CAN BE SEEN, PIECES OF PLASTIC FALL AND FLY AROUND THE CAR DAILY. UPDATED 03/12/10

DASH BOARD COLLAPSED AND CUT WIRING UNDERNEATH. VERY SHARP PIECES!! *TR

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH A DISINTEGRATING DASH. WE BOUGHT IT USED WITH A TINY CRACK IN THE DASH, HAD NO IDEA IT WAS SUCH A MAJOR PROBLEM. IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS, THE DASH HAS STARTED DISINTEGRATING BEFORE OUR EYES. LARGE JAGGED CHUNKS ARE BREAKING OFF, OPENING UP THE WHOLE DASH, EVEN AROUND THE AIR BAGS. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THERE IS A CRASH, THE AIR BAGS EITHER WONT WORK OR THE DASH WILL BREAK OFF INTO A MILLION SHARDS AND KILL US. THIS IS RIDICULOUS! MY SON ACTUALLY CUT HIS FINGER PICKING UP SOMETHING FROM THE DASH THE OTHER DAY! *TR

I OWN A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4. THE DASH BOARD IS CRACKING. IF THIS CONTINUES THE DASH WILL FALL DOWN. I BELIEVE DODGE SHOULD RECALL THESE TRUCKS & REPAIR THEM... *TR

DODGE DASHBOARD CRACKED AND DISINTEGRATED. 2000 RAM 1500 5.2 LITER. THE WHOLE DASH FELL APART. SAFETY ISSUES ARE THE SHARP JAGGED RAZOR SHARP EDGES, AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF DASH ASSEMBLY. FUNCTION OF AIR BAG IS IN QUESTION. I TOOK AFTER MARKET DASH COVER, USED IT FOR A MOLD AND LAID UP A NEW DASH WITH FIBER GLASS. WILL NOT PURCHASE NEW/USED DASH BOARD AS THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE CHRONIC, POOR QUALITY ABS IS THE CAUSE. WILL NOT RISK A REPEAT INCIDENT. *TR

WE OWE A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASHBOARD IS ALL CRACKED. WE HAVE TRIED TO STOP THE CRACKING USING GLUE BUT IT IS A WASTE OF TIME. IT GETS WORSE AND WORSE. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM TRUCK AND THE DASH IS ALL CRACKED. I CALLED DODGE CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY CANT DO ANYTHING ARE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING. IT ISTHERE FAULT THEY SHOULD FIX IT. *TR

PLASTIC DASH AND FACIA HAS CRACKED AND IS BREAKING OFF IN LARGE PIECES LEAVING VERY SHARP EDGES ON DASH AND FACIA. *TR

BOUGHT USED 2000 DODGE RAM 4X4 THIS PAST SUMMER. IT ONLY HAS 61,000 MILES ON IT. ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER BUYING IT, WE NOTICED A VERY LARGE CRACK IN THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD GOING FROM WINDOW TO EDGE OF FRONT. I HAD READ ABOUT THIS FAULT WITH THIS MODEL TRUCK, BUT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT, IT HAD NO CRACK. I AM AFRAID FOR OUR SAFETY NOW. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM! BUT, OF COURSE, DODGE WON'T RECALL ANYTHING.........LIKE THE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS, FRONT ENDS, ETC. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. AND THE DASHBOARD HAS COMPLETELY CAVE IN. IT HAS HAPPEN TO LOTS OF TRUCKS THIS MODEL AND YEAR OF TRUCK. *TR

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND WILL NOT SAFELY SUPPORT DEPLOYMENT OF A PASSENGER AIRBAG. *TR

DASH IS CRACKING IN SEVERAL SPOTS, COULD INTERFERE WITH THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. NEW CRACKS START AND OLD ONES GROW IN SIZE. *TR

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 IN 2005 THE DASH STARTED TO GET CRACKS IN IT. THERE ARE NOW LARGE PIECES THAT ARE SHARP AND READY TO BRAKE LOOSE. *TR

DASHBOARD OF 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD HAS CRUMBLED INTO BIG PIECES. IF THE AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED, THE PLASTIC MATERIAL WOULD BE LIKE SHRAPNEL FLYING INTO THE FACE AND BODY OF THE PASSENGERS. *TR

I BOUGHT A USED 200 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 AND THE DASH HAS A HOLE IN IT AND IS CAVING IN TO THE DASH ITSELF I BELIEVE IF I WERE IN A ACCIDENT THAT PARTS FROM THE DASH WOULD INJURE SOMEONE AS THEY ARE ALREADY BROKEN. *TR

DODGE RAM 1500 DASHBOARD CRACKED TO THE POINT AIRBAGS WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY OR AT THE VERY LEAST THROW PLASTIC SHARDS AND PARTS THAT COULD INJURE OR KILL OCCUPANTS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AT THE TIME FIRST CRACKS OCCURRED AND DID NOTHING.. WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME NOT COVERED BY MFG, EVEN THOUGH IT COULD BE SAFETY ISSUE. SINCE THEN CRACKS HAVE INCREASED IN SIZE TO THE POINT LARGE CHUNKS OF PLASTIC BROKEN AWAY AND WOULD NOT ALLOW AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY SHOULD THEY BE ACTIVATED. *TR

2000 DODGE RAM 1500. DASHBOARD IS SEVERELY CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. VEHICLE NEVER INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS. I FEEL THAT CRACKED DASHBOARD COULD POSE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD IN THE EVENT OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR

MAJOR CRACKS AND PIECES FALLING OFF THE DASHBOARD TOP EXPOSING DASHBOARD ELECTRONICS. *TR

MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH HAS A BIG HOLE IN IT AND THE REST OF THE DASH IS CRACKING. IF IT KEEPS CRACKING I WONT HAVE A DASH LEFT. THEY SHOULD BE REPLACED AT NO COST TO US .SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT AND IT MAKES ME WONDER IF THE AIRBAGS WILL EVEN WORK AND IF THEY DO WILL PIECES OF THE DASH BRAKE OFF AND HIT SOMEONE IN THE FACE. CHRYSLER SHOULD REPLACE THE DASHES BEFORE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS.IM THING ABOUT GETTING A NEW TRUCK, BUT IF CHRYSLER DOESN'T FIX THE DASHES IT WONT BE A DODGE. *TR

DODGE RAM 1500 DASH BOARD IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF IN MY LAP WHILE DRIVING AND I AM AFRAID WHEN IT DOES IT WILL CAUSE INJURY OR MY DEATH...IT HAS ALREADY CAUSED A MINOR INJURY TO A FIEND OF MINE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT FELL OFF ON HER FOOT AND CAUSED 2 HAIRLINR FRACTURES. THE HINGE HAD CRACKED AND BROKEN LIKE THE REST OF THE DASH ITS JUST A MATTER OR TIME BEFORE GETS KILLED. MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS MALFUNCTIONING LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF AT NIGHT THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO GET PEOPLE KILLED. *TR

CRACKED DASH ON 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. CRACKS STARTED TO APPEAR, NO ACCIDENT OR ABUSE. DASH WAS CLEANED PERIODICALLY WITH APPROPRIATE CLEANER, PROTECTOR. CRACKS JUST STARTED APPEARING AND CONTINUE TO ADVANCE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK, JUST A FEW YEARS AFTER NORMAL USE THE PLASTIC TRIM AND MAINLY THE DASHBOARD JUST CRACKED AND PIECES HAVE BEEN FALLING OFF EXPOSING THE WIRING AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS TO THE SCORCHING SUN. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DOES IT TAKE FOR OUR GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP AND ORDER A RECALL. THE DASHBOARD AND ALL THE PLASTIC TRIM IN THIS VEHICLES IS OF POOR QUALITY, JUST DO A RESEARCH ON GOOGLE AND YOU'LL FIND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM , IT'S ON EVERY DODGE VEHICLE FROM 1998 TILL 2005, IT JUST BROKE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY I HAVE PARTS OF THE DASH MISSING EXPOSING THE ELECTRICAL TO THE SUN. I'LL HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW DASHBOARD AND PAY $300.00 FOR IT AND $400.00 TO HAVE IT INSTALLED. *TR

2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASH IS FAULTY AND FALLING INTO PIECES. DUE TO THE DASH LITERALLY FALLING APART, ELECTRICAL WIRING AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ARE EXPOSED. CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRICAL SHOCK. ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT OCCUPANT SAFETY IF A CRASH OCCURRED DUE TO THE LACK OF INTEGRITY OF THE DASH. *TR

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP.. BROKEN DASH AND FALLING APART.. JUST STARTED TO CRACK AND CRUMBLE AWAY.. *TR

PIECE OF MY DASHBOARD BROKE OFF AND FELL UNDER MY BRAKE PEDAL. *TR

MY DASH BOARD ON MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP HAS CRACKED AND FALLEN IN AND IT IS MAKING THE GLOVE BOX HARD TO OPEN AND SHUT. I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED AND NOT AT MY EXPENSE. *TR

DASH SHATTERS AFTER TIME. I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE PLASTIC DASH SHATTERED. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, BECAUSE THE FRAGMENTS ARE VERY SHARP. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. THE DASH SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH ONE THAT IS NOT SO SUSCEPTIBLE TO CRACKING. THIS DEFECT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN EVEN A MINOR ACCIDENT. *TR

THE DASH COVER ON MY 2000 HAS CRACKED TO THE POINT THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO COVER LEFT. THE INTERIOR OF THE DASH IS EXPOSED, WHAT DASH IS LEFT IS JAGGED AND SHARP, AND I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN AN ACCIDENT. NOW, THE INSTRUMENT BEZEL HAS BEGUN CRACKING, AND THE CLIPS THAT ATTACH IT ARE GONE - THEY ARE PART OF THE NOW MISSING DASH COVER. THE ELECTRICAL WIRES BEHIND THE DASH ARE EXPOSED AND THE INSULATION HAS STARTED TO GET BRITTLE. THE EDGES OF THE DASH ARE JAGGED AND POINTED. THE BEZEL INTERFERES WITH DRIVING THE TRUCK. *TR

2000 DODGE RAM DASH BOARD FALLEN IN WITH SHARP EDGES EXPOSED. *TR

2000 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH BOARD IS CAVING IN. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW IF THE PROBLEM WILL EFFECT THE AIR BAG. *NJ

MY 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 HAS A CRACKED DASH ON THE TOP BEHIND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. AFTER RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WIT THIS MODEL. WHEN IS CHRYSLER GOING RECALL THIS? AFTER A BROKEN PIECE OF THE DASH SEVERS THE WIRES TO YOUR AIRBAG? NO WONDER THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO UNDER... *TR

2000 DODGE 1500 QUAD CAB 4X4 DASHBOARD CRACKING. THE VEHICLE HAS 82K ON IT. IT HAS BE GARAGED SINCE PURCHASE. THE DASHBOARD IS FALLING APART THOUGH THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKING AFTER BEING TAKEN CARE OF PROPERLY. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. THE ENTIRE DASH HAS SEVERAL CRACKS THROUGHOUT IT AND PARTS OF IT ARE STARTING TO CAVE IN. I SEE WHERE MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS POOR CONSTRUCTION. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY WONT BACK THEIR PRODUCT. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN 8K-10K A YEAR. *TR

I OWN A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH CRACKS IN THE DASH. *TR

MY DASH BOARD FELL IN ON MY 2000 DODGE RAM ON MY WAY INTO WORK AND IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE FROM WEATHER CONDITIONS. I AM AFRAID THIS COULD CAUSE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE SUN BEATING DOWN ON EXPOSED WIRES AND OTHER POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *TR

DASH BOARD HAD CRUMBLED AND FALL OFF FROM THE DASH. NOW THERE IS AN OPEN SPACE AT MY DASH. IT IS UNFAIR THEY MADE THIS KIND OF DASH BOARD WEAK AND SELLING IT AT THE COST OF $800.00 DLLS TO REPLACE IT. WE PAY FOR A TRUCK THAT IS BUILD TO LAST. AND STILL HERE WE HAVE A DASH THAT JUST BROKE BY ADDING ARMOR AND A RAG TO CLEAN IT UP. STILL THEY PUT COMMERCIALS THAT IS THE BEST TRUCK WITH THE BEST WARRANTY AND FAILED TO REPLACE IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. THE ENTIRE DASH HAS SEVERAL CRACKS THROUGHOUT IT AND PARTS OF IT ARE STARTING TO CAVE IN. I SEE WHERE MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS POOR CONSTRUCTION. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY WONT BACK THEIR PRODUCT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT SINCE 2002 AND IS TYPICALLY ONLY DRIVEN 8K-10K A YEAR. *TR

DASHBOARD BREAKS APART. WHEN VENT IS ON IT HAS THROWN SMALL PCS. OF THE BROKEN DASHBOARD AT OCCUPANTS. THE DASHBOARD IS JUST BREAKING APART ON ITS OWN LEAVING LARGE CRACKS AND PIECES FALLING INTO THE HEATER VENTS. *TR

2000 DODGE RAM MY DASH HAS CRACKED AND IMPLODED. PIECES OF PLASTIC HIT ME IN THE FACE WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND NOW MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. I HAD TO SWERVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH BLOOD GUSHING FROM HEAD. I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. *TR

SEVERELY CRACKED DASH. FALLING APART FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *TR

I OWN A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 ABOUT A MONTH AGO MY DASH STARTING CRACKING & COLLAPSING. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE 1500 P/U EVERY SINCE WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK WE CANNOT GET ANY HELP TO REPLACE THE CRACKED DASHBOARD. ITS A HAZARD WHILE DRIVING, THE TRUCKS VALUE IS' 0' DUE TO THE CRACKED DASH. DODGE SHOULD BE 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTED PART! WE DID NOTHING TO CAUSE DAMAGE, WE CANT EVEN WIPE IT WHEN WE CLEAN THE TRUCK. I AM IN FEAR THAT MY NEW GRANDSON COULD GET CUT FROM THE SHARP EDGES IF HE WERE TO PUT HIS HANDS ON THE DASH. PLUS ME & MY STROKE. *TR

THIS IS A DODGE 1500 2000. I BOUGHT THIS USED AND IT DID HAVE A HAIR CRACK IN THE DASH. WITHIN 6 MONTHS THIS HAIR CRACK TURNED INTO MORE THAN A DOZEN THROUGHOUT THE DASH WITH THE AREA OF THE VENT STARTING TO FALL THROUGH. COULD THIS BE A HAZARD. *TR

THE DASH IN MY 2000 DODGE RAM IS CRACKED, BROKE AND FALLING OFF IN CHUNKS . DODGE IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT NOT WILLING TO FIX IT......... THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH ALOT OF CUSTOMERS. *TR

DASH BOARD OF 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 COMPLETELY CRACKED AND FALLING APART TO THE POINT OF TURNING OFF PASSENGER AIRBAG FOR FEAR OF IT LITERALLY EXPLODING THE DASH IF IT GOES OFF. *TR

PURCHASED 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP USED IN 2003. IN THE SAME YEAR THE DASH BOARD STARTED TO CRACK ,IT NOW HAS LARGE PIECES MISSING. SPOKE TO DEALER WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO HELP. I KNOW THREE PEOPLE WHO OWN DODGE TRUCKS SIMILAR YEARS,ALL THREE HAVE CRACKING DASH BOARDS. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE PICKUP. THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN CRACKING IN SEVERAL LACES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT. I CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY TOLD ME TO GET AN ESTIMATE FROM MY LOCAL DEALER. WHEN I CONTACTED THEM BACK WITH THE ESTIMATE I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A RECALL AFTER THEY GET THERE BAILOUT MONEY. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASHBOARD ON MY TRUCK IS CRACKING. IT'S NOT ONLY CRACKING IT'S FALLING APART. THE PIECES OF DASH "SHARP PLASTIC" IS FALLING DOWN INTO WHERE ELECTRICAL WIRING IS. PLUS THESE PIECES OF DASHBOARD IS VERY SHARP. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESS. IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR SOMETIME SINCE 2006 AND CONTINUES TO GET WORST. *TR