2001 Dodge RAM 1500

WE WERE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN THE HOOD SUDDENLY FLEW UP AND SMASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD. WE WERE ABLE TO MANEUVER THE TRUCK TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT THERE BEING AN ACCIDENT. THE HOOD WAS BENT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, HOOD MOUNTS HAD TO BE STRAIGHTENED. A NEW HOOD LATCH WAS INSTALLED AS THE MECHANIC SAID THIS WAS THE PROBLEM THAT IT WAS STUCK OPEN, AND IN HIS OPINION, DEFECTIVE. *TR

THE DASH WAS CRACKED WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO. THERE WERE CRACKS RUNNING OVER THE AREA ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND OVER THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT, RUNNING INTO THE AREA OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. IT HAS STEADILY GOTTEN WORSE. JUST YESTERDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2010, THE FRONT COVER QUITE LITERALLY EXPLODED INTO FRAGMENTS. THE DASH IS CURRENTLY NOT ATTACHED, IT IS JUST HANGING. IT STAYS IN PLACE FOR THE MOST PART BUT CAN VERY EASILY BE LIFTED. I HAVE SEEN, HEARD AND READ OF MANY OTHER DODGE DASHBOARDS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. IF IT IS SO PREVALENT, THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. A SOLUTION TO THIS DEFECT, BE IT A RECALL OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS, IS SERIOUSLY PAST DUE. *TR

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 DASHBOARD HAS CRUMBLED TO THE POINT OF SHARP, POINTED EDGES COULD DESTROY OR CUT SOMEONE'S FACE OR BODY TO THE POINT OF DEATH IF A HEADON WRECK WERE TO HAPPEN. THIS IS DEFINITELY A PLASTIC DEFECT. I HAVE 1985 DODGE 150 AND THE DASH IS PERFECT IN IT. I ALSO HAVE A 2000 DODGE DURANGO AND THE DASH IS PERFECT IN IT AND THE DASH IN THE 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 IS DEFINITELY DANGEROUS TO ANYONE RIDING IN THE PASSENGER SEATS. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROADING FOR FUN AND IS STILL IN STOCK TIRES. *TR

DASH ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB IS FALLING INTO CHUNKS AND THEY HAVE FALLEN INTO MY TILT STEERING CAUSING IGNITION WIRES TO COME LOOSE CAUSING THE ENGINE AND ALL SYSTEMS TO FAIL ! NEAR COLLISIONS HAVE BEEN ON MANY OCCASIONS. PRESENTING DANGER TO MYSELF AND ALL ON ROADWAY! I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY WONT DO A THING. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME TRUCK THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. THANK YOU *TR

2001 DODGE RAM DASHBOARD - I AM THE OWNER OF A 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP. MY DASHBOARD HAS CAVED IN AND APPARENTLY, THIS PROBLEM IS PRETTY COMMON WITH THIS YEAR AND MAKE. IN ADDITION TO THE WIRING ALL NOW BEING EXPOSED, I AM NOW CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE IN RELATION TO ITS' PROXIMITY TO THE AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. DUE TO THE TOTAL EXPOSURE IN THE AREA OF THE VEHICLES' PLACEMENT OF THE DASHBOARD, WHICH IS NOW NON-EXISTENT, IT COULD POSSIBLY ENDANGER A PASSENGER'S LIFE WHILE RIDING ON THAT SIDE, UNLESS I TURN THE AIRBAG FUNCTION OFF. THIS APPARENTLY IS A MAJOR DEFECT IN THE DODGE LINE. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WEBSITE, BUT ALSO SPECIFICALLY LISTING THAT THERE IS NO RECALL TO DATE. I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING WHEN I CONTACTED MY DODGE DEALER LOCALLY. *TR

THE FAILURE OF THE PLASTIC DASHBOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THERE WAS NOT ANY PARTICULAR EVENT LEADING TO ITS FAILURE. ONE DAY I WAS CLEANING THE INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND DID NOT NOTICE THE LARGE CRACK UNTIL I SLICED MY ARM ON IT. IT CONCERNS ME THAT THIS INJURY OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. I CAN NOT EVEN IMAGINE THE INJURIES THAT COULD OCCUR AT HIGH SPEEDS FROM THE FAULTY PLASTIC. THE FACT REMAINS THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE CURRENT PLASTIC AS WELL AS THE "REPLACEMENT DASH." I MEAN A REPLACEMENT DASH THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CRACK AND INFLICT THE SAME INJURIES AS BEFORE. *TR

MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING AND I HAVE TRIED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LOOSE PARTS OF IT AFTER THEY BREAK OFF BUT WHILE DRIVING LAST WEEK A PIECE BECAME LOOSE AND IN THE TURBULENCE INSIDE THE TRUCK, WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN, A PIECE OF THE DASH CAME OFF AND FLEW INTO MY RIGHT EYE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK STOPPED AND AFTER ABOUT 15 MIN I WAS ABLE TO GET THE PIECE OUT OF MY EYE AND CONTINUE DRIVING. *TR