2002 DODGE RAM 1500 Structurebody Problems

THE BEAM UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK IS BREAKING APART. NO OTHER PART UNDER THE TRUCK HAD THIS PROB. NO CORROSION ANY OTHER PLACE BUT THE BEAM OF THE TRUCK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE FRAME AROUND THE STEERING BOX DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEERING DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000.

A FEW YEARS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE DASH BEGAN TO DEVELOP CRACKS AND HOLES. THIS HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE TO THE POINT WHERE A DASH COVER HAD TO BE PURCHASED TO AVOID THINGS FALLING DOWN BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. CURRENTLY, THERE IS MORE MISSING THAN STILL IN PLACE IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS GENERATION, AND DODGE HAS NOT ADDRESSED IT, OTHER THAN TO CLAIM IT IS STRICTLY COSMETIC. THE PLASTIC PIECES ARE EXTREMELY SHARP, AND HAVE RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF SUPERFICIAL CUTS WHEN WORKING ON THE DEFROST VENTS, OR WHEN ADJUSTING THE CARPETED DASH COVER. OTHER PIECES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE VENTS AND THEN BEEN EJECTED INTO BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S FACES WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER/HEATER ARE TURNED ON. PIECES OF PLASTIC RATTLE BEHIND THE DASH, AND HAVE FALLEN INTO THE AIR CONDITIONER CONTROLS AND RADIO HARNESS, POSSIBLY BEING THE CAUSE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE RUST, CORROSION, AND HOLES ALONG THE ENTIRE FRAME AND UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS DETACHING DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED AND DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

MY DASHBOARD HAS HOLE IN IT. ITS BEEN CRACKING FOR A WHILE AND REALLY DIDN'T PAY ATT

DASH IS FALLING APART. EVERY DAY PIECES ARE COMING OFF. ALSO I NEED TO REPLACE THE HEATER CORE AND I'M AFRAID THE THAT THE DASH WILL COMPLETELY FALL APART.

I'M CONCERNED THE CRACKED DASH WILL BECOME SHARP PLASTIC PROJECTILES IF THE AIRBAG EVER DEPLOYS.

CAR ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLES BACK CAB HYDROPLANED AND FISHTAILED OUT OF CONTROL AT LESS THEN 25MPH AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND DRIVER WAS HURT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT SWAY BARS DETACHED AND THE STEERING CONTROL ARMS SEPARATED DUE TO RUSTING OF THE SUBFRAME. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 158,888.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AND FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,000.

THE DASHBOARD IS BREAKING APART AND THROWING SHARDES OF IT IN MY FACE WHEN DRIVING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT MULTIPLE FRACTURES DEVELOPED ON THE DASHBOARD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

DASHBOARD CAME APART, PLASTIC FLYING IN CAB. *TR

MY DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART IN ON ITSELF I HAVE TRIED BLOWING BUT IT CONTINUES TO CRACK APART AND IT IS FALLING IN ON THE DASH AFRAID IF ITS EVER IN AN ACCIDENT CLASSIC WILL FLY EVERYWHERE AND CUT OR KILL SOMEONE. IT STARTED DOING THIS IN TWO THOUSAND AND TEN AFTER I MOVED TO FLORIDA. AND THE PAINT ON THE VEHICLE HOOD QUARTER PANELS FRONT AND UPPER DOORS AND AROUND THE LOWER DOORS IS FADING AWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED MULTIPLE TIMES. IN ADDITION, THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK AND LATER COLLAPSED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CRACK WAS NEAR THE AIR BAG AND COULD POTENTIALLY INADVERTENTLY DEPLOY THE AIR BAG. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PIECES FROM THE DASH BOARD FELL INTO THE AIR VENTS CAUSING THE A/C UNIT TO MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ENGINE AND DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE....

I AM THE OWNER OF 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK AND RECENTLY TOOK IT TO THE SHOP FOR A MUFFLER REPAIR. THE TECHNICIAN THAT WAS DOING THE REPAIR NOTIFIED ME OF THE EXTENSIVE CORROSION THAT WAS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE VEHICLES FRAME JUST UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE AFT DOOR. THE CORROSION IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN AND HAS DEEMED THE VEHICLE NOT DRIVABLE. I HAD JUST PULLED MY CAMPER THE WEEK BEFORE WITH MY WIFE AND 3 KIDS IN THE CAR. THE FRAME IS LITERALLY HANGING ON BY A PIECE OF METAL 3 INCHES WIDE, THE BOTTOM AND SIDES OF THE FRAME ARE COMPLETELY GONE IN A 16 INCH SECTION. IN MY OPINION IT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 12 YEARS OLD TO BE SCRAPPED BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE METAL. NOT TO MENTION THAT IF I HAD NOT HAD MY MUFFLER...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AND STARTING TO CRUMBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

THE DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED LARGE CRACKS. IT IS DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING AND COULD POSSIBLE BE A SAFETY ISSUE. I ALSO ALMOST CUT MY HAND WHEN APPLYING INTERIOR CLEANER/SHINE THIS PAST SATURDAY. I KNOW I NEED TO BE CAREFUL BUT IT IS PRETTY RIDICULOUS FOR THIS TO BE CRACKED SO BAD. DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP AND AT LEAST OFFER STEEP DISCOUNTS TO GET THIS FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT IT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

DASHBOARD CRACK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH A PIECE OF THE DASHBOARD FRACTURED AND BEGAN TO CRACK IN FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO REPAIRS BUT INSTEAD, THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 94,000. ...UPDATED 10/17/12 *BF UPDATED 10/17/12

NOTICED WHILE DRIVING THAT THE RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE UPPER DASHBOARD PIECE NEXT TO THE WINDOW WAS RATTLING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT TWO OF THE ATTACHMENT POST FOR THE PANEL WERE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER DASH PANEL ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE PANEL WHICH MATE TO A FRICTION CLAMP UNDER THE PANEL.ALSO NOTICED THAT THE SPEAKER GRILL WAS CRACKED AND COMING APART IN THE SAME AREA. NOTE: THE DASH AREA HAS NEVER BEEN DISTURBED SINCE NEW OR HAS BEEN IN A WRECK OR HAS THE DASH HAD ANY KIND OF IMPACT. PERHAPS IF DODGE HAD PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON QUALITY THAN PROFIT ,THEY WOULD BE IN BETTER SHAPE. *TT

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING IN SEVERAL PLACES AND FALLING APART. I TOOK THE DASH COVER OFF TO GLUE IT BACK TOGETHER AND SEEN THAT THE DASH BODY IS ALSO CRACKING, AFTER GLUING THE TOP DASHBOARD BACK TOGETHER, LESS THAN A MONTH LATER CRACKS APPEARED NEXT TO THE CRACKS THAT I GLUED TOGETHER. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE DASH BODY COLLAPSES. *JS

THE DASHBOARD IN THE 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS AND PIECES ARE FALLING INTO THE A/C VENTS AND THE FIREWALL. THERE ARE MANY SHARP EDGES AND LOOSE BROKEN PIECES AND I'M AFRAID IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT THERE COULD BE FRAGMENTS THAT BREAK APART AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE EYE DAMAGE OR SEVERE LACERATIONS. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH DODGE AS I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM NUMEROUS OWNERS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUADCAB. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT APPROACHED A TURN HOWEVER, THE TURN SIGNAL FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN ENGAGED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, HORN AND REAR BRAKE LIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE. IN ADDITION, BOTH TURN SIGNALS WOULD NOT FUNCTION UPON ACTIVATION. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. IN ADDITION, LARGE FRAGMENTS OF MATERIAL SEPARATED THROUGHOUT THE DASHBOARD SURFACE. THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUS CRACKS WITHIN THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PERMANENT MALFUNCTIONS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS COMPLETELY FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THE MATERIAL USED TO MANUFACTURER THE DASHBOARD WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO OFFERED TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS, STATING THAT THE CONTACT WOULD ONLY BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE DEDUCTIBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

SEVERELY CRACKED DASH BOARD. PARTS FALLING DOWN INTO THE ELECTRICAL WIRING INCLUDING AIRBAG AREA. CONTINUES TO CRACK IN DIFFERENT AREAS. MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE DASH IS CAVING IN. COULD CAUSE GAUGE, LIGHTING, AIRBAG AND HEATING/COOLING PROBLEMS. *TR

SEVERELY CRACKED DASHBOARD. *TR

SERIOUSLY CRACKED DASHBOARD, NO WRECKS OR DAMAGE TO CAUSE THE CRACKS. *TT

HAVE HAD A CRACKED DASHBOARD FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT BEFORE AND COULD NOT GET A RESOLUTION FROM CHRYSLER/DODGE. MY DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED TO PIECES CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. FINALLY MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS HAVE STARTED TO MALFUNCTION DUE TO THE PIECES OF MY FALLEN DASHBOARD FALLING ON ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, THERE WAS A SMALL SHORT/FIRE THAT CAUSED MY CRUISE CONTROL TO STOP WORKING AND MY DASH LIGHTS ALSO. I FEEL IT HAS BEEN LONG ENOUGH AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE, SOMEONE NOT AS LUCKY AS ME, GETS REALLY HURT FROM THIS SAFETY HAZARD ISSUE THAT HAS HAUNTED US DODGE RAM OWNERS FOR A LONG TIME. WE NEED TO GET OUR DASHBOARD REPLACED ASAP. *TR

DASH BOARD IS CRACKED ABOVE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG.

2002 DODGE RAM 1500. DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED AND IS CONTINUING TO NOT ONLY CRACK BUT TO DISINTEGRATE. IT HAS LARGE HOLES IN IT WHERE THE PLASTIC HAS FALLEN OFF LEAVING VERY SHARP IRREGULAR SECTIONS. SOME PIECES HAVE FALLEN OFF, AND SOME HAVE FALLEN IN,... INTO THE DUCTS AND CAVITIES UNDER THE DASHBOARD COVERING. I BELIEVE IT IS A DANGER TO DRIVER AND ESPECIALLY TO PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, CRASH OR EVEN A SUDDEN STOP. IT AFFECTS THE WORKING OF THE FRONT WINDOW DEFROSTER AS SOME OF THE PIECES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE DUCTWORK. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. REPLACEMENT OF THE DASHBOARD IS OVER $1000. I THINK THAT DODGE SHOULD HELD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHODDY MATERIALS USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS DASHBOARD. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM DASHBOARD HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS IN IT. 77,000 MILES. *TR

THE DASH BOARD IN MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS COMPLETELY DETERIORATED. IT'S COMPLETELY COVERED WITH CRACKS, AND TWO OF THE VENTS HAVE FALLEN INSIDE THE DASH BOARD. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY ADVISED THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING FOR THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE WARRANTY FOR THE DASH BOARD HAD EXPIRED. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC BAR USED ONTO TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE CONTACT TO FALL AND LAND ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. 08/01/06 UPDATED. *TT

WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ON THE FREEWAY, THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE BOUNCES, VERY SEVERELY. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH *TS