2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Structure Problems

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 P/U DASHBOARD HAS CONTINUALLY FELL APART TO THE POINT WHERE THERE IS A LARGE HOLE FROM DRIVERS SIDE TO PASSENGER SIDE.THE DRIVERS SIDE HEATED MIRROR HAS CEASED TO OPERATE SINCE A LARGE PORTION OF THE DASH FELL. I HAVE PLACED A CARPETED DASH COVER OVER THE REMAINING DASH TO HOPEFULLY PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 V8 DASHBOARD CRACKED INTO MULTIPLE PARTS. THE CRACK LITERALLY HAPPENED ALL AT ONCE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. IT SOUNDED LIKE A FIRECRACKER EXPLODED. NOTHING WAS PLACED ON THE DASH AND I USE A WINDSHILED SUN DEFLECTOR TO KEEP THE DASH FROM GETTING HOT YET IT STILL HAPPENED. ANYTHING I PLACE ON THE DASH NOW WILL FALL INTO THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE DASH. I HAVE HAD SOME STRANGE WIRING/ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE THE INCIDENT ALL WITHIN THE DASH. WITH THE CRACKS AROUND THE VENTS, THE DEFROST DOES NOT SEEM TO BLOW ONTO THE WINDSHIELD PROPERLY, THEREFORE TAKING LONGER TO DEFROST. I HAVE PRICED THE PART AND IT WILL COST OVER $300 WITH IT INSTALLED. I CAN NOT AFFORD IT BEING A SINGLE PARENT. *TR

MY DASH CRACKED AND IT APPEARS THAT IS STILL CRACKING MORE EVERY DAY. IT HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY REASON. I BELIEVE THE CRACKING HAS CAUSED THE DASH VENT NOT TO BLOW PROPERLY AND ALSO DUST IS GETTING INTO THE DASH. MORE CRACKING WILL CAUSE PARTS TO FALL INTO THE DASH. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4 X 4 I BOUGHT NEW. THE DASH IS ALL CRACKED UP WITH HOLES. I HAVE GOT NO RESULTS FROM DODGE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR TRUCK. THE LOCAL NEWS DID A SPECIAL ON IT. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM TRUCK HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DISENTERGRATED AND FALLEN IN, THE ELECTRICAL BELOW IT IS IN DANGER OF BEING COMPROMISED,POSSIBLY CAUSING A FIRE OR RENDERING MY LIGHT SYSTEM INOPERABLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE 1500 PICKUP TRUCK WHICH HAS NUMEROUS CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. I AM WORRIED ABOIT MY DASHBOARD FALLING IN AND DAMAGING MY WIRING.*AK

APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO MY 2001 DODGE RAM, 1500 SPORT STARTED TO DEVELOP CRACKS IN THE DASH BOARD. IT DETERIORATED RAPIDLY AND IT NOW HAS HUGE HOLES AND CRACKS ACROSS THE ENTIRE SURFACE. DODGE HAS REFUSED TO ASSIST IN THE UNUSUALLY HIGH COST OF REPLACEMENT. THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED FOR LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER THE CRACKS BEGAN. THE DATE GIVEN BELOW IS AN ESTIMATE. *NM

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 . THE DASH HAS CRACKED ALL TO PIECES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED AT THE LOCAL DEALER, THE DEALER POINTED OUT CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD AND STATED IT WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THEIR VEHICLES. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT WARRANTY THIS PROBLEM. THERE WERE NO FURTHER REPAIRS MADE. THERE WERE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE # 10046877 REGARDING THE STRUCTURE. UPDATED 12/18/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DASHBOARD OF THE VEHICLE WAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THERE WAS ONE SPECIFIC CRACK THAT RAN OVER THE PASSENGER AIR BAG PORTION OF THE DASHBOARD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SEEN BY A DEALER.

UPON ENTRY INTO MY TRUCK ON SEPT. 30, 2006 MY SON SAID " DAD DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A LARGE CRACK IN YOUR DASH FROM PASSENGER SIDE DEFROST VENT TO ALMOST THE AIRBAG ?" I HAD JUST CLEANED THE INTERIOR A FEW DAYS EARLIER AND THE CRACK WAS NOT THERE THEN. SINCE THEN THE CRACKING IS GETTING WORSE AND I HAVE FOUND THIS A DEFECT PROBLEM THAT MANY DODGE RAM OWNERS HAVE. I FEAR THIS PROBLEM IS NOT JUST COSMETIC BUT COULD AFFECT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG'S DEPLOYMENT AND POSSIBLY MORE. REPLACEMENT COSTS $500.00-$800.00 AND NO WARRANTY. *NM

I HAVE TAKEN MY CLOTH COVER OFF DASHBOARD 1 TIME A MONTH TO CLEAN IT SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VECHILE AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS. TODAY I TAKE IF OFF AND CRACK AND BREAKAGE. I FEEL THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE HERE IF AN ACCIDENT SHOULD HAPPEN PIECES OF THE DASHBOARD WILL FLY THROUGHOUT THE VECHILE AND THE CRACKS ARE ALMOST TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THE AIR BAG WILL IT WORK OR WILL IT NOT ITS NOT A RISK I WOULD LIKE FOR ANYONE TO HAVE. *NM

CRACKED DASH ON 2001 RAM. *NM

DASH IN INTERIOR OF 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP CRACKED IN 2 PLACES. CRACKS ARE CONTINUING TO GROW IN SIZE. *NM

THE DASH HAS A CRACK IN IT STARTING AT THE DEFROST VENT AND PROCEEDING TOWARDS THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

DASH OF TRUCK HAS HAD MULTIPLE CRACKS FOR THE LAST YEAR; NOW, LARGE CHUNKS ARE BREAKING APART AND FALLING IN/OUT - NOW DASHBOARD COMPONENTS ARE EXPOSED TO THE SUN & FRONT PORTION OF DASH IS LOOSE AND READY TO BREAK OFF ALSO. DEALER SAYS LOTS OF TRUCKS HAVE THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY RECOMMEND PAYING TO REPLACE W/LARGE LABOR COSTS. *NM

EXTREMELY SEVERE DAMAGE TO DASH, THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF THE DASH IN MY VEHICLE IS IN JEOPARDY OF COLLAPSE. I CONTACTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER ON TWO OCCASIONS TO WHICH THEIR REPLY WAS THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. THE DAMAGE HAS CONTINUED FORWARD FROM THE TOP OF THE DASH IN OVER SIX POINTS AND INCLUDES THE BLACK TRIM AROUND THE DASH ITSELF. I HAVE FOUND OTHERS WITH THE SAME SITUATION AND FEEL THAT A RECALL IS NECESSARY. *NM

DASH BOARDS AND BEZEL CRACKING ON 2001 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB. INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES. SAFETY ISSUE, SHARP PARTS COULD FLY OFF DURING CRASH. COULD AFFECT THE AIR BAG. DODGE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AS A PROBLEM. *NM

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PURCHASED IN 2004. DASH IS CRACKED FROM WINDSHIELD TO TRAILING EDGE ON PASSENGER SIDE. *NM

THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP HAS CRACKED TO PIECES. *NM

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKED DASH POTENTIALLY CAUSING FAULTY AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. *NM

MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS TWO CRACKS IN THE DASH AT THE AIR REGISTERS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE ONE ONE THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASH WILL AFFECT THE AIRBAG, TEARING IT UPON DEPLOYMENT AND CONTAMINATION OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM FROM THE TOP OF THE DASH INTO THOSE COMPONENTS. *NM

THIS SUMMER THE DASH ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK CRACKED WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAD ONLY ABOUT 35,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE DASH CRACKED. THE CRACK IS FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE END OF THE DASH. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT IS IS A PROBLEM WHIT THESE DODGE TRUCKS. *NM

THE DASH IS CRACKED ON MY 2001 DODGE 1500. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHERS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *NM

DASH IS CRACKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE NEAR THE VENT AND AIR BAG. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG COULD BE SNAGGED BY THE CRACKED PLASTIC AND MALFUNCTION IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. *NM

CRACKED DASH IN 2 DIFFERENT SPOTS. APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL 2ND GEN RAMS. I'M WORRIED ABOUT AIRBAG SAFETY AND DURABILITY DURING AN ACCIDENT. *NM

2001 DODGE 1500 QUAD CAB I CALLED THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER IN MARSHALL TEXAS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE SEEN A FEW OF THE DASHBOARDS. I EXPLAINED IT WAS CRUMBLING. HE TOLD ME IT WOULDN'T HURT ANYTHING AS THE AIR BAGS ARE BOLTED IN HE ALSO STATED IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I CALLED THE MAIN CUSTOMER 800 SERVICE LINE THAT TX DEALER GAVE TO ME AND ONCE AGAIN I WAS TOLD IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY DIDN'T CARE WHO I CONTACTED AFTER I TALKED TO THEM AS IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I EVEN TOLD THEM I WOULD CALL THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND THEY STILL DIDN'T CARE. THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKS RUNNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE BOARD. WILL IT FALL? WILL IT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT? I HAVE PICTURES THAT I WILL BE SENDING WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. *JB *SC

DASH BOARD CRACKED FROM HEAT. THIS IS A THREE YEAR OLD VEHICLE IT HAS NO BUSINESSS WITH A CRACKED DASHBOARD. MY WINDOWS ARE TINTED DARK AND I USE A SUNVISOR! I OWNED A KIA, YES A KIA, FOR 7 YEARS AND HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH. I KNOW ABOUT 6 OTHER PEOPLE WITH DODGE RAM 1500'S WITH CRACKED DASHBOARDS FROM ABOUT 1999 TO 2001. I CALLED DODGE THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING AND WANT $280 TO REPLACE THE DASH WITH ANOTHER ONE THAT IS NOT GOING TO HOLD UP TO THE HEAT! OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROBLEM AND LIKE THE OTHERS REPORTED HERE DODGE HAS DONE NOTHING.*AK

THE DASHBOARD BEHIND THE AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS RUPTURED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR. *JB

DASHBOARD CRACKED ACROSS THE ENTIRE SURFACE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM OFF ROAD WITH 54000 MILES ON IT AND I'VE ALREADY HAD A NEW COMPUTER PUT IN IT, HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT 27000 MILES BECAUSE OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER, AND MY DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ALL OVER THE PLACE FROM THE HEAT. I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE OUT OF THIS TRUCK AND I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER DODGE AGAIN. *LA

CONSUMER NOTICED DASHBOARD'S TOP STARTED CRACKING. *AK

CRACKED INSTRUMENT PANEL (DASHBOARD). *LA