2001 Dodge RAM 1500

THERE WAS NO SINGULAR EVENT THAT CAUSED THIS FAILURE. THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART. NEW CRACKS APPEAR IN PLACES RANDOMLY AND PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE OVER TIME. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE- DODGE OFFERED TO REPLACE THE PART FOR $600 PLUS LABOR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. DURING AN ACCIDENT CHUNKS FROM THE DASH CAN FLY OUT AND BE PROPELLED BY THE AIRBAG. DODGE MUST REPLACE THIS PART FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK A FEW MONTHS AGO. I DON'T DRIVE MY TRUCK VERY OFTEN, I ONLY USE IT FOR PERSONAL USE. SO THEREFORE IT IS NOT ABUSED IN ANYWAY. IT HAS ONLY 94,000 MILES AND WAS KEPT UNDER A CARPORT FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE. THE ONLY REASON I AM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT IS TO HOPE THERE WILL BE A RECALL. I DID SOME WEB SURFING AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS COUNTLESS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME PEOPLE SAID THAT DODGE RESPONDED TO THERE PROBLEMS WITH IT NOT BEING A SAFETY ISSUE. I BEG TO DIFFER, I READ ON ONE ACCOUNT THAT A WOMAN WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN HER DASH FELL AND SHORTED OUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO HER LIGHTS. JUST THE SHEER FACT OF THE DASH FALLING WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT LET ALONE THE LIGHTS GOING OUT ON HER AT NIGHT. I SURE HOPE THAT DODGE DOES THE RIGHT THING AND DOES A RECALL. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE 1500 RAM PICKUP. IT IS GARAGE KEPT AND HAS BEEN SINCE 2001. I BABY THIS VEHICLE. IT ONLY HAS A LITTLE OVER 60,000 MILES ON IT TO DATE. FOR NO REASON THE DASH STARTED TO CRACK, THEN A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THE DASH EXPLODED LEAVING A HUGE CRATER IN MY DASH. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND IT SCARED ME TO DEATH. I THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD HIT ME. MY HUSBAND HAS A 2001 2500 DODGE RAM PICKUP AND THE DASH HAS NOW STARTED CRACKING IN HIS TRUCK. THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS HAPPENING TO THE DODGE TRUCKS, BUT BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A RECALL THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS HAPPENING TO SO MANY OF THESE TRUCKS, AND THIS CAN BE A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN. *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON THE DODGE RAM 2001 TRUCK IS CRACKED AND KEEPS CRACKING MORE AND MORE. I AM AFRAID THAT SOON IT WILL CRACK COMPLETELY LEAVING ME WITHOUT A DASHBOARD AT ALL. AS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS EXACT TRUCK. THIS IS STARTING TO BECOME A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IF IT CRACKS AND FALLS INTO THE ELECTRICAL COMPARTMENT, A FIRE OR DEVICE SHORTAGE COULD OCCUR. THE DASHBOARD REPLACEMENT PLUS LABOR IS $600-$700. DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL THIS ITEM SO THAT EVERYONE CAN BE SAFE OUT ON THE ROAD AND NOT WORRY THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A WRECK OR FIRE. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASH STARTED CRACKING ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. I WAS DRIVING DOWN HE ROAD AND HEARD THIS LOUD POP AND PULLED OVER THINKING A ROCK HIT THE WINDSHIELD. I NOTICED THEN THE DASH WAS CRACKED AND SEPARATED. NOW I CAN STICK MY ARM IN PARTS OF MY DASH. I HAVE HOLES AND CRACKS ALL OVER THE DASH AND PIECES KEEP FALLING OUT WHILE I DRIVE. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP AND THE DASH IS CRACKING IN SEVERAL PLACES. SPOKE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THESE ARE SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS ONE COMES FROM DEFROST VENT TOWARDS DRIVER AND HAS STARTED TO CURVE DOWN TOWARD INSTRUMENT PANEL, ONE OTHER HAS GONE BEHIND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. AT WHAT POINT IS CHRYSLER GOING TO DO RECALL WHEN SOMEONE IS KILLED? *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGER RAM 1500 THAT I BOUGHT USED AROUND NOV. 2005. WHEN I BOUGHT IT I DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE DASH, BUT THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER AROUND 50,000 MILES, I NOTICED A COUPLE OF CRACKS NEAR THE WINDSHIELD GOING ACROSS THE DEFROST VENTS. SINCE THEN MY DASH HAS ABOUT 12-15 CRACKS IN IT ALL GOING FROM THE WINDSHIELD ALL THE WAY TO THE INSTRUMENT BEZEL AND THE AREA NEAR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THE SITUATION ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN IT STARTED TO GET REAL BAD AND THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC RAN ON IT (IT IS A PLASTIC DASH, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO RUN). AFTER HAVING A CERTIFIED CHRYSLER MECHANIC INSPECT THE DASH AND TELL ME "YEP, ITS CRACKED" AND TOLD ME THAT "IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO BAD PLASTIC", I THEN CALLED CHRYSLER BACK AND THEY SAID "THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON THAT ITEM, THE VEHICLE IS TOO OLD AND TOO MANY MILES FOR THEM TO REPLACE IT AND THAT NOW I KNOW THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE THE DASH." THE DEALER THEN TOLD ME THAT THE DASH WAS ON BACK ORDER FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. THE VERY SHARP PIECES OF THE DASH NOW STICK UP AND OUT TOWARD THE PASSENGERS IN CERTAIN AREAS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. IT ALSO STARTED CRACKING THE INSTRUMENT BEZEL TOO. I AM JUST WAITING FOR THE WHOLE DASH TO FALL APART ON DAY. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH 2001 DODGE RAMS AND I THINK THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP. *TR