2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Structure Problems

CSPC: THE DASHBOARD ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP TRUCK HAS BECOME EXTREMELY BRITTLE. IT CRACKS WITHOUT WARNING AND SENDS SHARDS INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *DT *JS

I BELIEVE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE INTO THOUSAND TWO AND IN APPROXIMATELY 2006, THEY DASHBOARD STARTED SEVERELY CRACKING AND FALLING APART IN PIECES. I PURCHASED A DASHBOARD COVER TO TRY TO HOLD THE DASHBOARD IN PLACE AND PREVENT CHUNKS OF THE DASHBOARD FROM FLYING LOOSE AND HITTING EITHER MYSELF OR A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. ON DECEMBER 23, 2017, I WAS DRIVING AND A CHUNK OF THE DASHBOARD FLEW OUT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER VENT AND HIT ME IN THE EYE. LUCKILY I WAS NOT HURT BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED THIS WILL NOT BE THE CASE NEXT TIME. I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE TO DRIVE AND I GOT AN ESTIMATE FOR $1500 TO REPLACE IT AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THIS, NEITHER SHOULD I HAVE TO REPLACE IT BECAUSE I'VE DONE RESEARCH AND IT WAS A MAJOR FAULTY DEFECT ON THE MANUFACTURES PART. PLEASE CONTACT ME...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASH ASSEMBLY FOR THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED AND CAUSED THE CONTROLS TO COLLAPSE INWARD INTO THE DASHBOARD. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG ON/OFF SWITCH WAS ATTACHED TO THE PANEL, THE HEADLAMP SWITCH, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, AND OTHER CONTROLS. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE COULD CAUSE ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND PREVENT THE AIR BAGS FROM DEPLOYING OR OPERATING CORRECTLY. THE DEALER WAS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 2009 AND WAS INITIALLY INFORMED THAT IT WAS A COSMETIC ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED AGAIN OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS SIXTEEN YEARS OLD WITH 240,000 MILES, IT COULD NOT BE SERVICED BY THEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE HAD BEEN ONGOING SINCE 2005. IN 2005 THE...

AFTER ABOUT 11,000 MILES THE DASH BEGAN TO GET CRACKS AND FALL APART. IT GRADUALLY HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT THERE ARE VERY LARGE HOLES AND PIECES OF THE DASH HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE DUCT WORK OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO HAVE BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH FUSES BLOWING. THAT IS WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO VANN DODGE IN VINELAND NJ AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM. THEY TOOK PHOTOS AND LATER CALLED ME AND SAID THE DETERMINED THAT THE DASH WAS FAILING BECAUSE OF EXPOSURE TO SUN!!! THE VEHICLE IS GARAGED OR PARKED IN THE SHADE FOR MOST OF ITS EARLY LIFE AND CRACKS AND CHUNKS HAPPENED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THEIR WAY OUT OF FIXING THE PROBLEM. NOW COMES ANOTHER PROBLEM OR INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED TO ME BECAUSE OF THIS FAULTY PLASTIC THAT WAS USED TO CONSTRUCT THE DASH. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD...

I PURCHASED MY 2001 DODGE RAM IN 2006 WITH JUST A SMALL CRACK OR TWO IN THE DASH. BY 2008 THE SMALL CRACKS TURNED INTO LARGE CRACKS AND THEN THE FIRST PART OVER THE RADIO AREA AS SHOWN IN PICTURE FELL IN! AT THE TIME I HAD PLACED SOME ITEMS ON THE DASH AND HAD THOUGHT THAT CAUSED IT BUT WHEN I STARTED TO CLEAN IT UP MORE STARTED TO JUST BREAK OFF SO I DIDN'T MESS WITH IT AGAIN! I CONTACTED BARRETT DODGE IN ATHENS GA A WEEK LATER AND SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE DEPORTMENT. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALLS AND TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY SO AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO OTHER THAN CHARGE ME A CRAZY PRICE TO REPLACE IT FOR MY AND THEN IF A RECALL EVER DID HAPPEN THEY SAID I WOULD PROBABLY GET BACK AT LEAST HALF OF...

DASHBOARD BECAME CRACKED AND BROKEN, WITH BROKEN PARTS FALLING INTO WIRING AND CONTROLS BELOW. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IS LITERALLY CRUMBLING INTO SHARP POINTED SHARDS AND HAVE BEEN FLYING INTO MYSELF AND MY PASSENGERS. THE SHARDS ARE VERY SHARP AND I'M AFRAID IF A PIECE SHOULD FLYINTO MY EYE WHILE DRIVING IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

WHEN PUTTING A BOTTLE OF SODA ON TOP OF THE DASHBOARD IT COMPLETELY CRACKED AND THE BOTTLE FELL THROUGH INTO THE VOID UNDER THE DASH. THE ISSUE HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE YEARS TO THE POINT WHERE I DO NOT EVEN HAVE A DASHBOARD ANYMORE. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER A FEW YEARS AGO THEY WERE NOT SURPRISED, THEY WERE EVEN COMPLACENT, SAYING YEAH WE'VE SEEN THIS SOME ARE JUST AS BAD AS YOURS. *TR

OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS MY DASHBOARD IN MY TRUCK HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS NOW IN PIECES. I AM WORRIED THAT OTHER PROBLEMS WILL START OCCURRING BECAUSE OF THE FRAGMENTING OF MY DASH AND FALLING DOWN INSIDE THE DASH. THE SCREWS ALONG THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD ARE NOW ONLY HOLDING ON LITTLE PIECES OF DASH AND ARE NO LONGER SERVING IN PURPOSE TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAGS SUDDENLY DEPLOYING OR NOT DEPLOYING AT ALL. I AM ALSO CONCERNED WITH THE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN AS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MYSELF AS WELL AS MY PASSENGERS. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OTHER THING THAT GO ON INSIDE THE DASH THAT COULD CAUSE MANY PROBLEMS IF THEY FAIL. *TR

DASH BOARD HAS CRACKED FROM EXPOSER TO SUNLIGHT. IN PAST YEAR IT HAS BROKEN INTO VERY SHARP PIECES ABOVE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AND DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF DRIVER. ONE CAN CUT HIMSELF AND I HAVE JUST TRYING TO DUST OR CLEAN INSIDE OF TRUCK. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THESE SHARP PIECES OF THE DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD WOULD DO IN AN ACCIDENT AND IF AIR BAGS WOULD PUSH THESE SHARP PIECES INTO FACES OF BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGERS IN FRONT SEAT OF TRUCK. *TR

DASH BOARD COMPLETELY CRACKED IN HALF LEAVING LARGE JAGGED EDGES OF SHARP PLASTIC AND EXPOSING WIRING. AN ACCIDENT WOULD SEVERELY CUT PASSENGERS WITH FLYING PIECES OF PLASTIC. *TR

THE DASHBOARDS ON DODGE TRUCKS ARE CLEARLY DEFECTIVE AND A BROKEN SHARD OF THE DASH PLASTIC LACERATED MY FACE WHEN IT CAME LOOSE A FLEW THROUGH THE CAB OF THE TRUCK FROM JUST NORMAL WIND TURBULENCE WITH THE WINOW OPEN AT FREEWAY SPEED. *JS

THE DASHBOARD AND THE DASHBOARD BEZEL HAVE DISINTEGRATED AND CAVED IN, LITERALLY FALLING TO PIECES IN CHUNKS AROUND ME INSIDE OF THE CAB ON THIS VEHICLE CAUSING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, FALLING PIECES FROM THE DASHBOARD HAVE CAUSED THE ACCELERATOR TO BECOME JAMMED WHEN PIECES LODGE IN THE OPERATING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL WIRING HAS BECOME EXPOSED RESULTING IN PREMATURE FAILURES. THE DEFROSTER VENTS HAVE BECOME DISLOCATED BECAUSE THEY ARE ATTACHED TO THE DASHBOARD WHICH FOR ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSES NO LONGER EXISTS, THUS THEY DO NOT WORK PROPERLY CAUSING LACK OF VISION WHEN THE WINDSHIELD FOGS AND IS UNABLE TO BE CLEARED OF THAT FOG AT HIGH SPEEDS, THE RESULT IS CREATING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HIGH SPEED SITUATION. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH DODGE THESE PARTS ARE VERY SIMPLE TO INSTALL, THERE IS NO REASON WHY DODGE CANNOT SIMPLY SUPPLY ITS CUSTOMERS WITH REPLACEMENT PARTS AND LET US INSTALL THEM...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE HEATING COIL WAS LEAKING WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER COIL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

THE DASH HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL LARGE/LONG CRACKS WHICH ARE GROWING AND THE CLEAR COAT IS PEELING ON THE HOOD, CAB TOP, FRONT FENDERS. I HAD MY LOCAL DEALER CHECK W/CHRYSLER AND THE CLAIM WAS DENIED. I HAVE BEEN A CHRYSLER OWNER SINCE THE 1960'S AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. I DOUBT I WILL EVER PURCHASE ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT SINCE THE QUALITY HAS DETERIORATED AND THE MANUFACTURE WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEMS. THIS TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2000 AND I STILL HAVE. MY LAST NEW PURCHASE IN 2010 WAS A FORD AUTOMOBILE WHICH HAS SO FAR BE EXCELLENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKING AND DETERIORATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

SLICED MY HAND ON BROKEN AREA OF DASHBOARD. *TR

IN 2006, WE OBSERVED A LINE CRACK IN THE DASH. TOOK THE TRUCK TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WILL COST OVER $1000 TO REPLACE DASH. TOO EXPENSIVE, BOUGHT A DASH COVER TO COVER IT UP. MORE CRACKS DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS, AND THE DASH IS NOW BROKEN. THE DETERIORATION FROM DASH BEGAN TO WEAKEN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. CRACKS DEVELOPED IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND NOW THE PANEL IS BROKEN AS WELL. WE'VE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE WITH DASH AND PANEL BREAK APART LIKE THIS DODGE RAM.

THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKING AND HAVING LARGE PIECES FALL UNDER THE DASH ITSELF. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE INJURY TO DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT OR ACCIDENTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. OTHER ISSUES COULD COME FROM THIS PROBLEM DUE TO ALL THE WIRING AND OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE UNDER THE DASHBOARD. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKING AND HAVING LARGE PIECES FALL UNDER THE DASH ITSELF. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE INJURY TO DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT OR ACCIDENTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. OTHER ISSUES COULD COME FROM THIS PROBLEM DUE TO ALL THE WIRING AND OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE UNDER THE DASHBOARD. *TR

THE DASHBOARD BEGINNING TO DISINTEGRATE. IF A CRASH WERE TO HAPPEN SHARDS OF PLASTIC COULD BE THROWN AT THE PASSENGERS. HAVE HEARD INCIDENTS OF FALLING SHARDS OF PLASTIC AFFECTING ELECTRICAL SUCH AS LIGHTS. *TR

MY FATHER BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW IN 2001, AND I BOUGHT IT FROM HIM IN 2008. ABOUT 20000 MILES ON THE UNIT WHEN I BOUGHT IT. IN 2008, THE DASH STARTED CRACKING AND BECAME VERY BRITTLE, PIECES BEGAN TO BREAK OUT AND HAS CONTINUED TO CRACK AND BREAK. IT IS NOW 2014, ABOUT 32000 MILES ON THIS UNIT, AND I AM GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE DASHBOARD WITH AN AFTERMARKET PRODUCT. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS, I WOULD BELIEVE THAT THE MATERIALS USED IN THE ORIGINAL DASH WERE BELOW ACCEPTABLE QUALITY. NO FRONT END ZERK FITTINGS FOR STEERING COMPONENTS- CHEAP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. I HAD TO HAVE NEW FRONT END ASSEMBLIES WITH ZERK FITTINGS, AT A COST OF ABOUT $1400.00. (BECAUSE CHRYSLER/DODGE WENT CHEAP IN CONSTRUCTION.) MY LAST DODGE VEHICLE, I THINK I CAN DO BETTER. *TR

I PURCHASED THE 2001 DODGE RAM NEW AND IT HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT AND HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING ACROSS A RAILROAD CROSSING AT THE SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MPH. THIS CROSSING IS NOT ROUGH. FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM THE DASH EXPLODED. PIECES OF THE DASH HIT ME IN THE FACE AND PIECES WERE ALL OVER THE FRONT SEAT. THE DASH IS ESSENTIALLY GONE NOW EXPOSING THE AIRBAG MODULE, ELECTRONICS AND SHARP METALS THAT SHOULD BE 'UNDER THE DASH'. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT, EITHER FROM THE DASH FAILURE CAUSING THEM TO LOOSE CONTROL WHEN IT FAILS, THE PIECES CAUSING A FIRE OR BECAUSE THE SHARP AREAS ARE EXPOSED THAT COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL INJURIES IN A CRASH. *TR

DASH CRACKED ABOVE AIRBAG WHICH COULD CAUSE SHARP PLASTIC TO IMPALE PASSENGER IF AIRBAG DEPLOYS. *TR

SINCE DEC OF 2004 I HAVE HAD MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED 3 TIMES ON THIS VEHICLE, THE LAST TIME I WAS ON A HIGHWAY WHEN IT "BLEW" AND WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL PPL THAT I WAS VERY "LUCKY" IT DIDN'T CATCH FIRE, L KNOW OF MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE OWNED THESE TRUCKS AND HAVE HAD SIMILAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS!! I ALSO HAVE HAD MY SPARE TIRE CABLE BREAK WHILE THE TRUCK WAS ON A ROADWAY, AND MY SPARE TIRE WHEN ROLLING DOWN THE ROAD BEHIND ME, BY THE GRACE OF GOD...NO CARS WERE COMING, IN ADDITION, I HAVE A SEVERELY CRACKED DASH, I AM HAVING TO HAVE THE HEATER CORE REPLACED...SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE VENTS...WHEN THE CORE IS REPLACED, THE DASH WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED ALSO, DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE DASH!! DODGE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE VEHICLES! *TR

VEHICLE'S DASH BOARD IS CRACKING, PRESUMABLY DUE TO SUNLIGHT AND POSSIBLY LACK OF UV INHIBITORS IN THE PLASTIC. THERE ARE SEVERAL CRACKS AND OPEN HOLES ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS CAUSES A HAZARD BECAUSE VARIOUS WIRING AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INCLUDING AIRBAG SYSTEMS, ARE LOCATED UNDER THE DASH PANEL. SUNLIGHT COULD CAUSE HARM TO THE WIRING AND INADVERTENT SPILLS BY OCCUPANTS COULD COMPROMISE THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS CONTAINED IN THE DASHBOARD. *TR

REMOVED MY FRONT DASH MAT TO CLEAN MY TRUCK AND I FOUND THE DASH IS CRACKED IN MULTIPLY SPOTS. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER DODGE OWNER. SOME EVEN STATED THAT THE SMALL PIECES COULD BREAK OFF AND DAMAGE WIRING ON THE INSIDE OF THE DASH AND CAUSE A FIRE. *LN *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON MY TRUCK STARTED WITH MASSIVE CRACKING AND HAS NOW FULLY COLLAPSED. ONLINE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME MAKE AND YEAR OF THE VEHICLE. I'VE CALLED DODGE AND THEY CLAIM THAT SINCE THERE IS NO OFFICIAL RECALL, AND THE TRUCK IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT AN ENTIRE COLLAPSE OF THE DASHBOARD IS NORMAL AND IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. THIS, OF COURSE, CAN THEN EXPOSES THE INSTRUMENTS AND WIRES UNDERNEATH TO THE EXTREME HEAT WHICH HAS ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERNS. *TR

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED AND BROKEN OFF IN SECTIONS. *TR

THE DASH PANEL DIRECTLY UNDER THE WINDSHIELD IS COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED AWAY WITHIN A MONTH. A SMALL CRACK DEVELOPED, AND WITHIN A MONTH THE DASH PANEL WAS COMPLETELY GONE. NOW THERE IS EXPOSED COMPONENTS TO THE ELEMENTS. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 2001 DODGE 1500, BEGAN TO CRACK A FEW YEARS AGO FOR NO APPARENT REASON. NOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL LONG CRACKS AND LARGE SECTIONS OF THE DASH ARE RATTLING. I AM HAVING INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. FREQUENTLY, NONE OF THE DASH DISPLAYS WORK, INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER AND THE FUEL GAUGE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT PART OF THE DASH IS GOING TO FALL IN OR FALL OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING OR AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WILL OCCUR WHILE DRIVING. ON-LINE SEARCHES HAVE REVEALED THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY REPORTED THIS PROBLEM AND THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE. *TR

CRACKS APPEARED IN THE DASHBOARD FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON. WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS LARGE CHUNKS BEGAN FALLING OUT OF THE DASH. THE BEZEL ALSO CRACKED. LACK OF DASH EXPOSES SOME ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS UNDERNEATH. WHETHER THIS HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THESE COMPONENTS INCLUDING THE AIRBAG IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. *TR

BOTH PARTS OF MY DASH BOARDS ARE CRACKED, AFTER ALL THIS TIME I NOW HAVE NO DASH AT ALL AND NOW IM HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES. DODGE WONT HELP, I KNOW OF 2 PEOPLE WHOM GOT THEIR DASH REPLACED FOR $100 AND WHEN I GO THEY TELL ME FIRST $1500 THEN $600 IM THE ORIGINAL OWNER . PLEASE HELP. DODGE WONT! ALSO MY SON CUT HIS WRIST ON THE JAGGED PIECE ON WHAT'S LEFT OF A HOLLOW DASH IM WILLING TO PAY THE $100 DEDUCTIBLE BUT AFTER ALL THIS TIME I FEEL DODGE SHOULD STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND REPLACE FOR FREE. THANK YOU *TR

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2001 DODGE 1500 TRUCK THAT WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION UP UNTIL 2 DAYS AGO, THAT WAS WHEN MY DASHBOARD CAVED IN. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC FOR A SUMMER TUNE-UP. I LIVE IN ARIZONA AND WHEN THOSE TRIPLE DIGITS START ROLLING IN YOU WANT TO BE SURE YOUR AC IS BLOWING COLD AND MINE SEEM TO BE HAVING SOME AIRFLOW PROBLEMS. WHEN MY MECHANIC GOT THROUGH INSPECTING THE TRUCK HE DISCOVERED THAT MY DASHBOARD WAS SLOWLY "CAVING IN" CAUSING SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. HE DECIDED TO TAKE THE DASH OFF TO GET A BETTER LOOK AND WHEN HE TOOK THE SCREWS OUT THE WHOLE DASHBOARD JUST BROKE INTO MANY PIECES. I AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THAT DASH HAS MANY ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS BEHIND IT WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS. I AM ALSO IN FAVOR OF A RECALL, BECAUSE THE DASHBOARD INSPECTOR MUST...

DASH HAD BEGAN TO CRACK AND CRACKS HAVE PROGRESSED TO POINT OF THEY REACH THE TRIM BEZEL. INITIALLY DEALER SAID TO JUST WAIT THEY FELT DODGE WOULD RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS VERY COMMON PROBLEM. THEY DIDN'T ADVISE TO REPLACE BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST HAPPEN WITH NEW ONE AS WELL. BUT NOTHING WAS EVER DONE AND AFTER CONTACTING DODGE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE I WAS TOLD BECAUSE OF AGE OF TRUCK AND MILEAGE NOW (60,000) NOTHING COULD BE DONE. MY CONCERNS ARE IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THE DASH COULD JUST CRUMBLE AND SEND SHARP PIECES FLYING THROUGHOUT INTERIOR. AS WELL AS INTERIOR OF DASH BEING EXPOSED AND CAUSING OPERATIONAL ISSUES WHILE DRIVING. *TR

THE DASH IS FALLING APART IT IS HARD TO GET THE WARM AIR ONTO THE WINDSHIELD TO DEFOG OR MELT SNOW AND SEE CLEAR. *TR

MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS HAD THE DASHBOARD DISINTEGRATING SINCE 30,000 MILES AS I WAS INFORMED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. IT ONLY HAD CRACKS BUT SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT THE DASH HAS LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED WITH SHARP OBJECTS FLYING ABOUT THE CAB WHEN WINDOWS ARE DOWN. MY RESEARCH SUGGEST THAT CHRYSLER USED INFERIOR PRODUCTS AS A COST REDUCTION, DID NOT ACQUIRE THE PROPER MANUFACTURING TEMPERATURES WHICH RESULTS IN CRACKING, AND THE DASH IS INADEQUATELY MOUNTED CAUSING FLEXING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.........AND NOT A COSMETIC ISSUE AS DODGE HAS HIDDEN BEHIND!! WHEN THE DASH BREAKS, SHARP OBJECTS ARE IN FLIGHT THROUGHOUT THE CAB. WHEN IT BREAKS NEAR THE AIR BAGS, I BELIEVE THEY WILL DEPLOY THEMSELVES AND THAT ALONE IS A SERIOUS EVENT WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC! DODGE HAS A HISTORY ALL THE WAY BACK TO MY FIRST PURCHASE OF A BRAND NEW 1973 DODGE RAM, IGNORING WARRANTY...

I WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DASH CRACKING AND FALLING COMPLETELY APART. I HAVE SHARP PIECES STICKING OUT EVERYWHERE AND IF I HIT SOMETHING AND THE AIR BAGS CAME OUT THEY WOULD POP. YOU CAN SEE IN MY ENGINE. I'M ALSO SCARED IF SOME PIECES FELL INTO MY ENGINE IT COULD TEAR UP SOMETHING. MOSTLY WORRIED ABOUT MINE AND MY PASSENGERS SAFETY. WHY WAS THIS NOT ON A RECALL LIST? I HAVE READ THAT IT IS A DEFECT FOR THIS YEAR DODGE. *TR

WE PURCHASED OUR NEW RAM TRUCK FEB 23RD, 2001 & HAVE KEPT IT GARAGED WHEN NOT IN USE, SERVICED AS REQUIRED BY DODGE, WASHED & WAXED AS NEEDED & USED THE BEST VINYL PROTECTANT AVAILABLE ON THE INTERIOR TO KEEP OUR TRUCK LOOKING NEW. SUDDENLY A CRACK APPEARED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASH THAT MAKES A VERY DISTRACTING RUBBING CRUNCHING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. WE FEEL DODGE IS AWARE OF USING INFERIOR MATERIALS IN THE DASH OF OURS AND OTHERS TRUCKS & THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT. THIS IS SUCH AN AWFUL, UGLY DEFECT THAT IT LESSENS THE SELLING & TRADE IN VALUE OF THESE VEHICLES & THE OWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE THIS HIT DUE TO THE DECISION OF DODGE TO USE INFERIOR MATERIALS IN THE MANUFATURE OF THESE TRUCKS. *TR

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND HAS LARGE HOLES AS WELL. *TR

I BOUGHT MY TRUCK BRAND NEW IN DAYTONA BEACH, FL IN 2001. ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING AND PROCEEDED TO GET WORSE. WHEN I WAS DRIVING MONDAY, 11/26/2012 PART OF THE DASH FELL OUT AND NOW THERE IS A BIG HOLE IN MY DASHBOARD! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT BUT FOUND NOTHING I CAN AFFORD. *TR

DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING AND BROKE ALL TO PIECES. *TR

DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD ALONG THE EDGE CLOSE TO THE WINDSHIELD. A MONTH OR SO LATER MULTIPLE CRACKS DEVELOPED ALL OVER THE DASH. 2012 CHUNKS OF DASH FALLING IN CAUSED LIGHTS TO FAIL. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO VANN DODGE IN VINELAND, NJ TO BE INSPECTED, GOT RESPONSE FROM DODGE THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE DASH BOARD ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM, AND THAT BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE AND YEAR THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE APPROXIMATELY 80K MILES WHEN INSPECTED BY VANN DODGE. WHEN THE CRACKS FIRST STARTED TO DEVELOP I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER, BUT AFTER INVESTIGATING ONLINE I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM EXIST ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH THE 2001 DODGE. IT IS NO LONGER A COSMETIC ISSUE, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE DO TO THE FACT THAT THE WIRING IS NOW BEING...

MY DODGE RAM1500 HAS A DASHBOARD PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO RUN IN THAT YEAR TRUCK. THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO. I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMETHING DRASTIC HAPPENS. THE REPAIR SHOP SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THAT PROBLEM AND THE REPAIR COST WILL BE APPPROX. $1000.00. *TR

CRACKS IN PLASTIC OF DASHBOARD,INSTRUMENT PANEL,AND THE GLOVE BOX HINGES, STARTED DEVELOPING AS SOON AS I BOUGHT IT. I GOT A DASH COVER TO TRY TO HELP BUT IT DIDN'T. IT IS NOW 90PER CENT SHATTERED AND IN PIECES LAYING ON THE ELECTRICAL PARTS INSIDE THE DASH. IF I GET IN A CRASH THESE SHARP PIECES WILL GO FLYING. WILL THE AIRBAG DEPLOY BECAUSE OF BAD PLASTIC? *TR

SINCE APPROXIMATELY, NOV 2009, THE ENTIRE DASH OF THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SLOWLY CRACKING AND DETERIORATING, SEVERAL PIECES HAVE FALLEN INSIDE THE DASH WHICH MAKE RETRIEVEING THE BROKEN PIECES IMPOSSIBLE. THERE ARE HOLES IN THE DASH AS WELL AS NUMEROUS CRACKS, MY CONCERN IS THIS ONGOING ISSUE WILL LEAD TO A MAJOR COLLAPSE OF THE DASH DRIVING DOWN A ROAD, AND OR THE UNRETRIEVABLE PIECES RUBBING ON WIRES AND CAUSING A SHORT RESULTING IN A FIRE. I HAVE TRIED TO REASON WITH DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORP, BUT ALL I GET IS THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO. I HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A ISSUE WITH THE DASH CRACKING AND DETERIORATING THAT THIS IS A CONCERN AS WELL AS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR MYSELF AS WELL AS OTHER DODGE OWNERS. (THE AREA I AM TRYING TO DESCRIBE IS FROM THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD CLEAR TO THE WINDSHIELD ) ALL I WOULD...

THE DASH IN MY 01 RAM 1500 IS CRACKED ALL OVER AND FALLING APART IT HAS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR AIR BAGS DEPLOYING AND SUN GETTING THRU HOLES CAN MELT WIRES CAUSING FIRE..EVERYONE U TALK TO WITH DODGE TRUCKS HAS THIS PROBLEM THEY NEED A RECALL ON DASH FAST. *TR

THE DASHBOARD HAD ONE CRACK IN IT WHEN IT HAD ABOUT 38,000 MILES, THEN AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES THE DASH STARTED CRACKING WORSE AND NOW AT 52,000 MILES IT HAS CRACKED SO BAD THERE ARE LARGE PIECES OF THE DASH BROKEN COMPLETELY OUT OF IT. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 98-06 DODGE RAM'S AND DODGE KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. MY MAIN CONCERN IS WITH THE LARGE PIECES BEING BROKEN OUT. IF YOU GET INTO AN ACCIDENT LARGE PIECES OF THE DASH COULD GO FLYING AND INJURE SOMEONE OR WHEN AND IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS THE FORCE OF THAT COULD CAUSE THESE PIECES TO GO FLYING OR MORE PIECES TO BREAK OFF AND GO FLYING, WHICH COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IN A COLLISION. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THIS VEHICLE HOWEVER, HAS A DEFECT, THE DASHBOARD CRACKS AND IS STARTING TO BASICALLY DISINTEGRATE. I HOWEVER, AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE ISSUES. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FORUMS AND WEBSITES BELOW. HTTP://WWW.DASHCOVER.COM/DODGERAMDASH.HTML HTTP://FORUMS.MOTORTREND.COM/70/6297146/PICKUPS-SUVS/IS-YOUR-2001-DODGE-RAM-DASH-FALLING-APART/INDEX.HTML HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2001/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/CRACKED_DASHBOARD.SHTML HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2001/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/CRACKED_DASHBOARD-2.SHTML HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEFORUMS.COM/T429358-CRACKED_DASH_IN_2001_2500_TRUCK.HTML THE FAILURE IS SO COMMON THERE ARE YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON HOW TO FIX IT TEMPORARILY: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=H7WFCXSY8XI I HAVE SEEN QUOTES TO GET THIS FIXED ANYWHERE FROM 800 TO 1500 DOLLARS. ABSOLUTELY ABSURD. SOME PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THAT THEIR DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND PIECES ARE FALLING BEHIND THE DASH AND CREATING RATTLING NOISES AND SOME EVEN AS SEVERE AS TAKING OUT ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CAUSING HEADLIGHT FAILURE, AC FAILURE, ETC. DESPITE ALL OF THESE ISSUES DODGE WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS IF I WERE TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT THE DASHBOARD COULD SHATTER SENDING SHARP EDGED PIECES OF PLASTIC...

I BOUGHT MY DODGE RAM 1500 IN 2000 BRAND NEW ACTUALLY THE TRUCK IS 2001 GOT IT ONE YEAR AHEAD. IF I REMEMBER LIKE AROUND 2004 FOUR YEARS AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK I NOTICED SOME CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD THEN BY 2005 THE DASH WAS COMPLETELY GONE EVERYTHING FALL DOWN INSIDE, I CAN EVEN HEAR THE PIECES ALL THE TIME WHEN I AM DRIVING. I NEVER WANTED TO TAKE THE PIECES OUT AND UP TO THIS DATE MOST OF THE DASHBOARD IS STILL INSIDE THE DASH IN PIECES. A YEAR AGO I NOTICED THAT WHEN MY AC IS ON THE AIR KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN BUT ITS NOT THE AC THAT GETS OFF IS THE VENTS THAT CLOSES, I CAN EVEN HEAR WHEN THEY OPEN BACK THEN I START TO FEEL THE AIR BLOWING AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF BECAUSE ALL THE DASH PIECES ARE INSIDE ON TOP OF THE...