2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Structure Problems

DODGE RAM 01 DASH BOARD FALLING APART, DANGER DANGER, PLEASE HELP US, DODGE DOESN'T DO A THING!!!!!!!!! *TR

2001 DODGE 1500. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DASH BOARD HAS CRACKED IN 8 DIFFERENT PLACES. *MC *TR

CRACKS (MULTIPLE) RADIATING OUT FROM WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER OPENINGS, ALSO TRIM AROUND GAUGES CRACKING ON TOP. *AK

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. ABOUT A YEAR AGO I FOUND A SMALL CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. NOW MY DASHBOARD IS COMPLETELY CRACKED ALL OVER AND LARGE PIECES ARE BEGINNING TO BREAK OFF AND FALL IN. I LOOKED INTO GETTING IT REPAIRED, BUT THE COSTS WERE WELL OVER $1200. I RECENTLY SAW A REPORT OR WFTV CHANNEL SIX IN ORLANDO THAT THE DASHBOARD COLLAPSES ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE WIRING AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. I PLAN ON CALLING THE CHRYSLER CAR LINE TO SEE IF THEY WILL REPLACE THE DASHBOARD, BUT THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE PLANS TO RECALL ANY OF THE VEHICLES.*AK

AFTER READING THIS LINK: HTTP://WWW.LOCAL6.COM/NEWS/13227601/DETAIL. HTML I REALIZED THAT I WAS NOT ALONE IN DEALING WITH PROBLEMS WITH THE DASHBOARD. AT 11:45 AM MAY 15, 2007, I CONTACTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER'S CONSUMER LINE. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY A DODGE DEALERSHIP BETWEEN $50 AND $60 JUST TO HAVE MY DASH LOOKED AT, AND THEN IF A DEFECT OF MATERIALS WAS DETERMINED, DAIMLER-CHRYSLER WOULD OFFER ASSISTANCE IN HAVING THE DASH REPLACED. IF THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, I FEEL IT SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MANUFACTURER TO CORRECT ANY SUCH DEFECTS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I PERSONALLY HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE ANY SAFETY ISSUES REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. BUT AFTER READING THE ARTICLE I LINKED EARLIER, IT HAS BECOME A CONCERN.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK LAST YEAR AND HAS SPREAD ENTIRELY ACROSS THE FRONT. ONE PIECE OF THE DASHBOARD HAS BECOME DETACHED ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED THAT THE CRACK MAY INTERFERE WITH THE WIRING OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 102,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 06/08/07. *JB

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM AND THE DASHBOARD FELL APART. I HAVE READ WHERE OTHERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND DODGE REFUSES TO REPLACE OR REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND MAY CAUSE AIRBAGS NOT TO DEPLOY DURING COLLISION AND POSSIBLE INJURY OR WORSE.*AK

THE DASHBOARD OF THE 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK STARTED CRACKING ALL OF A SUDDEN AND WAS GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY. NOW I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS DUE TO THE DASHBOARD PROBLEMS , AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP TRUCK AND THE DASHBOARD BEGAN CRACKING 2 YEARS AGO. HEARD A REPORT ON LOCAL 6 TV IN ORLANDO, AND THEY RECOMMENDED FILING A COMPLAINT. SURE HOPE DODGE WILL STAND GOOD FOR WHAT SEEMED TO BE A DEFECT. THANKS.*AK

STARTED CRACKING AND THEN HOLES BEGAN TO APPEAR. THEDASHBOARD ON THE 2001 DODGE RAM CRACKED AND HAD LARGE HOLES. DODGE WILL NOT REPLACE THE DASHBOARD AS IT WAS ONLY COSMETIC, AND WAS NOT A RECALL. *AK

THE DASHBOARD ON THE 2001 DODGE RAM, 1500 STARTED CRACKING ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO. IT HAS NOW PROGRESSED TO THE POINT THAT I AM FEARFUL THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WAS COMPROMISED , AND THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG MIGHT NOT FUNCTION AS DESIGNED. *AK

DASHBOARD CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES ,CAUSING PIECES TO FALL OUT. NOW THERE WAS A BIG HOLE IN THE DASHBOARD.*AK

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. IT IS NOT DRIVEN VERY OFTEN ,AND HAS MOSTLY BEEN GARAGED OR UNDER A CAR PORT. ABOUT A YEAR AGO I NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC BEZEL AROUND THE DASHBOARD HAD STARTED TO CRACK, BUT I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT, NOT LONG AFTER THAT I NOTICED THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKING, AND NOW I HAVD SOME VERY BIG CRACKS IN DASHBOARD THAT LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT FALL IN. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THIS SEEMED TO BE A DEFECT IN THE 2001 RAM, AND THAT IT WAS COMMON WITH THIS YEAR RAM. I WAS WONDERING WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT? *AK

DASHBOARD OF MY TRUCK HAS LARGE RUNNING CRACK WITH A SECOND SMALLER ONE BEGINNING. TRUCK IS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 . I HAVE RECENTLY SEEN A REPORT ON TELEVISION IN WHICH MANY TRUCKS OF THE SAME MAKE/MODEL ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. WILL THERE BE A RECALL ON THE DASHBOARDS? THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE CRACK HAS NOT STOPPED RUNNING EVER SINCE I HAVE NOTICED IT.*AK

CRACKED DASHBOARD. *AK

DASHBOARD CRACKING , FALLING APART. *AK

2001 DODGE RAM 1500, PURCHASED NEW BY MY INLAWS IN FLORIDA IN 2001 AND GARAGE KEPT 80% OF THE TIME. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN NOVEMBER 2004 WITH 56000 MILES ON IT. DROVE IT BACK TO VIRGINIA, WHERE IT WAS ALSO GARAGE KEPT. I NOTICED ONE SMALL, ABOUT 1", CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE ONE MONTH LATER. BY APRIL, SEVERAL CRACKS FORMED ALL OVER THE DASHBOARD AND AROUND THE AIR BAG. I CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND GAVE ME CHRYSLERS 800 NUMBER WHICH I CALLED AND FILLED A COMPLAINT, BUT THAT WAS ALL THEY WOUDL DO. I COULD NOT AFFORD THE $1500 TO REPLACE THE DASHBOARD AS I WAS STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE VEHICLE. ONCE PIECES OF THE DASHBOARD STARTED TO FALL OUT SHORTLY, THERE AFTER, I INSTALLED A DASHC OVER,...

THE DASHBOARD CAVED IN ON THE 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. IT STARTED OUT WITH CRACKING TO EVENTUALLY DETIORIATING, AND DANGEROUS WIRES WERE EXPOSED. IT NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED. NOW, THE AIR CONDITIONER (A/C ) ONLY WORKED IF I PUT A RUG ON TOP OF THE DASHBOARD. *AK

THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM WAS CRACKING IN SEVERL PLACES. LOOKED LIKE ITWAS GOING TO FALL APART.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A CRACKING NOISE AND A PIECE OF THE DASHBOARD FELL DOWN. SOON ANOTHER PIECE DROPPED, AND WE LOST THE DASHBOARD FUNCTION. WE HAD THIS REPAIRED, AND I HAD TO TAPE THE DASHBOARD BACK TOGETHER THE BEST I COULD. THIS COULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS OUTCOME. HAD SEVERAL OTHER PIECES DROP ,AND I HAD TOT APE IT AGAIN. THIS WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.*AK

DASHBOARD CRACKING IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. NO WEIGHT OR UNDUE EXPOSURE TO LIGHT OR HEAT PRECEDED THIS. TRUCK HAS BEEN HOUSED IN GARAGE OR CARPORT FOR MOST OF THE YEARS SINCE BUYING IT. VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW. WHEN PARKED IN PARKING LOTS A SUN SCREEN WAS USED. *AK

CRACKS IN DASHBOARD . VEHICLE IS ONE OF MANY WITH SAME DEFECT. *AK

DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO AND HAS BEEN GETTING BIGGER. IF IT CRACKS ANYMORE IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IT HAS JUST FALLEN APART. *AK

BOUGHT THE TRUCK USED FROM DEALERSHIP. DASHBOARD ALREADY SLIGHTLY CRACKED. PREVIOUS OWNER SAID DASH JUST STARTED CRACKING ON ITS OWN FOR NO REASON. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. THE DASH JUST FALLS APART AS A RESULT OF POOR MANUFACTURING. ELECTRICAL WIRING IS IN DANGER OF FAILING DUE TO GAPING HOLE IN DASH. DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL THEIR MISTAKE. DODGE WOULD NOT PAY FOR REPAIRS AND JUST ID NOTHING. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT MY DASH IN MY TRUCK. IT HAS BEEN BROKEN SINCE 2003, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON SUFFERING FROM THIS PROBLEM. RECENTLY THE DASH LIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF THEN TURN BACK ON. RIGHT NOW I WILL NOT DRIVE MY TRUCK AT NIGHT IN FEAR THAT MORE LIGHTS WILL FAIL. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP PURCHASED BRAND NEW AND TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN THE DASH BOARD CRACKED AND BASICALLY CHUNK'S OF PLASTIC DASH HAS ACTUALLY FALLEN OUT. NOW THE SPEAKERS SEEM TO BE GOING POSSIBLY DUE TO THE DASH HAVING LARGE HOLES IN IT AND THE HEAT BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE WIRING. *TR

1. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE DASHBOARD JUST SPLIT AND IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. 2. DASHBOARD CONTINUING TO CRACK IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND WILL EVENTUALLY EXPOSE THE WIRING. 3. IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY *TR

DASH ON OUR 2001 DODGE RAM PICK-UP IS SHATTERED. HEARD ON A TALK SHOW THAT THIS IS BEING REPORTED IN FLORIDA. WE HAVE A FRIEND WITH THE SAME YEAR MODEL TRUCK AND IT IS BEGINNING TO DO THE SAME THING. OUR TRUCK HAS ALWAYS BEEN PARKED UNDER A CARPORT AND HAS ONLY 58,000 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE HEARD THAT THE DASH WILL COLLAPSE AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

DASH BOARD STARTED CRACKING AT SCREWS BY WINDSHIELD. NOW HAS CRACKED ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND IS FALLING INTO DASH. *TR

DASHBOARD ON 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT CRACKED AND THEN CAVED IN, NOW THERE IS A BIG HOLE RIGHT ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AREA. *TR

SEVERELY CRACKED AND COLLAPSED DASHBOARD IN OUR 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP. DODGE WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. DEFINITELY A COMMON PROBLEM - COMPLAINTS ARE BEING FILED -CAN RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

THE DASH BOARD CRACKED AND THEN CAVED IN COMPLETELY. *TR

THERE WAS NO EVENT LEADING UP THE THE FAILURE, ITS MY DASH BOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM TRUCK. I NOTICED THAT MY DEFROSTER WILL NOT WORK FROM TIME TO TIME. I CALLED DODGE TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS A RECALL THEY SAY NO. IM WORRIED THAT THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT WORK AND I KNOW OF SOME PEOPLE THAT THERE LIGHTS AND MIRRORS WILL NOT WORK. *TR

DODGE 2001 RAM TRUCK HAS A FRACTURING AND COLLAPSING DASH, I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MODEL TRUCK EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM INCLUDING HEADLIGHTS SHUTTING OF WHEN ALTERNATING BETWEEN HIGHS AND LOWS POSSIBLY CAUSED BY THE PIECES FALLING FROM THE DASH AND INTERRUPTING THE WIRING. *TR

FACIA OR EDGE OF DASH CRACKED IN 2 PLACES (1 PIECE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SILVER DOLLAR FEEL OUT) AND MAIN DASH COVER HAS LARGE CRACKS IN 4 PLACES, 2 OF WHICH RUN THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE DASH FRONT TO BACK. (2 OF THE THEM ON THE MAIN DASH APPEARED IN THE LAST WEEK. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM DASHBOARD CRACKING ENDING UP WITH GAPING HOLES IN DASH AND EVENTUAL DASH REPLACEMENT AT MY EXPENSE DUE TO SAFETY AND COSMETIC CONCERNS. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND LEAVING A BIG HOLE IN THE DASHBOARD. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM DASHBOARD IS COMPLETELY CRACKED. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS OR SO, PROGRESSIVELY GETTING MUCH WORSE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT OBSERVED TWO SMALL CRACKS AROUND THE VENTS ATTACHED TO THE DASHBOARD. TWO MONTHS LATER CRACKS WERE PRESENT NEAR THE WINDSHIELD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DASHBOARD AND IN THE CENTER WITH EXPOSED WIRES. THE DASHBOARD WAS REPLACED AT THE CONTACT''S EXPENSE. ALSO, THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND WAS REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT''S EXPENSE. THE CONTACT FILED COMPLAINT # 16254734 ON MAY 1, 2007 WITH DODGE DUE TO NEWS BROADCAST STATING THAT THE DASHBOARDS ON THE VEHICLES WERE CRACKING. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 60,000, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.*AK UPDATED 05/21/07 *TR

DASHBOARD COLLAPSING AFTER CRACKING AND PROBLEM WITH TURNING ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND THE LIGHTS GOING OFF. *TR

AFTER SEEING A NEWS STORY ON WKMG6 NEWS I REALIZED MY DODGE RAM TRUCK HAS THE SAME ISSUE. VEHICLES IN THE STORY HAVE DASHBOARDS CRACKING AND COLLAPSING. MINE IS DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING. TO DATE I HAVEN'T HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS LIKE SOME OF THE OTHERS BUT MY CONCERN IS GROWING AFTER THE NEWS REPORTED SOME PEOPLES LIGHTS TURNED OFF AT NIGHT. MY 2001 RAM 1500 PICKUP SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEMS CONSISTENT WITH MANY OTHER RAM OWNERS. *TR

CRACKS IN DASH OF 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP. *TR

THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2001 DODGE PICKUP IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART. *TR

2001 DODGE TRUCK DASH BOARDS CRACKING AND COLLAPSING. I HAVE A '01 DODGE TRUCK AND MY DASH BOARD IS CRACKING AND BREAKING APART. THIS IS A NEWS REPORT OF MANY CASES OF THIS HAPPENING AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COMPLAIN BECAUSE I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT DODGE AND BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT IN THEIR PRODUCE AND IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO RECALL AND FIX THIS ISSUE AT THEIR EXPENSE. *TR

DASHBOARD OF MY 2001 DODGE RAM IS CRACKING. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK AND MY DASHBOARD HAS A HUGE HOLE IN IT, IT IS EXTREMELY CRACKED. I AM CONCERNED THIS COULD CAUSE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *TR

MY 2001 DODGE RAM DASH IS CRACKING. I SEEN A SPECIAL ON MY LOCAL NEWS STATION AND THE PARTIES PRESENT ON THE NEWS CAST HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS I DID BUT WORSE. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED BY THE AIR BAG DEPLOYING OR LIGHTS GOING OUT. *TR

FRONT DASH COLLAPSED, PIECES OF BROKEN DASH HAVE FALLEN INTO AREAS WHERE WIRING IS. NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME YEAR/MAKE/MODEL HAVE HAD EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN. CAN'T BE CONSIDERED SAFE DRIVING AROUND WITH A 24" HOLE IN THE DASH WITH PIECES LOOSE WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, TO DATE NOT CONSIDERED A RECALL ITEM BY DODGE. *TR

THE WHOLE DASH IS CRACKED AND CAVING IN ON ITSELF. *TR

MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS A DASH WHICH BEGAN CRACKING SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. THE CRACKS HAVE GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE IN SIZE AND NUMBER. A LITTLE OVER 3 MONTHS AGO A LARGE PORTION OF MY DASH CAVED IN EXPOSING THE WIRING UNDERNEATH TO DIRECT SUNLIGHT. ALSO MORE RECENTLY, THE MOLDING AROUND MY INSTRUMENT PANEL IS CRACKING. THIS COULD BECOME A HAZARD SHOULD THE WIRING MELT DUE TO NOT BEING PROTECTED FROM SUNLIGHT. NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE BY DODGE AND I AM NOT IN A POSITION TO SPEND SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A FACTORY DEFECT. *TR