2001 Dodge RAM 1500

2001 DODGE RAM DASH CRACKING AND A LARGE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DASH. FIRST CRACK APPEARED AFTER TURNING ON THE DEFROST, IN 2005. REPORTED IT TO DODGE. TOLD YOU ARE OUT OF WARRANTY COST TO REPAIR $1300.00 PLUS LABOR. I WAS STILL MAKING PAYMENTS. JUST LAST WEEK THE DASH MADE A POPPING NOISE AND A 11'WIDE HOLE FROM THE BEZEL TO THE WINDOW OPENED UP. DODGE WANTS $100.00 FOR DIAG AND COPAY TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE DASH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SHE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE ENTIRE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO PARK BUT THE SHIFTER WAS STUCK IN THE DRIVE GEAR. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SHIFTER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ENGAGING. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WHENEVER SHE WOULD DRIVE OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE. IN ADDITION, OFTEN WHEN THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION UNTIL AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER AN UNKNOWN RECALL AND THE FAILURES DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT RELATED TO THE FAILURE THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

ON 8/19/2009, I WAS TRAVELING EAST ON RT 360 IN CHESTERFIELD CO, VA IN MY 2001 DODGE 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. AS I APPROACHED THE LIGHT AT TURNER RD, I APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THE TRUCK WAS NOT STOPPING AS NORMAL. I STRUCK THE NISSAN IN FRONT OF ME IN THE REAR. DAMAGE DONE TO BOTH VEHICLES BUT THANKFULLY THERE WERE NO INJURIES. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE STEEL BRAKE LINE THAT RUNS ALONG THE INSIDE OF THE FRAME RAIL HAD BURST CAUSING THE REAR BRAKES TO FAIL. THE INSURANCE COMPANY RESPONDED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND INSPECTED THE OLD BRAKE LINE. IT APPEARS FROM SEVERAL DODGE FORUMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SOME MODEL YEARS BUT DODGE REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AS THE NEXT VICTIM MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY AS I. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 PICKUP IN APRIL, 2009. APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS AFTER OWNERSHIP, I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON INTERSTATE 95 NEAR RICHMOND VA, AT ABOUT 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I CAME TO A STOP, AND TOOK A STATE ROUTE THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP, AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE VEHICLE FOR SOME OBVIOUS DEFECT. I COULD SEE NOTHING. A FEW DAYS LATER, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN ASE CERTIFIED REPAIR SHOP. THEY NOTICED SLIGHT PLAY IN THE LEFT FRONT U JOINT, SO I HAD BOTH REPLACED, KNOWING THAT COULD NOT HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSED WHAT I EXPERIENCED. I DROVE THE VEHICLE ABOUT ANOTHER 6 MONTHS AND HAD THE SAME INCIDENT OCCUR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND ASKED THEM TO INSPECT THE SUSPENSION, EXPLAINING THE VIOLENT SHAKING THAT OCCURRED. THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL 2 WEEKS AGO. AGAIN, WHILE DRIVING ON I95, AT ABOUT 70, OUT OF NOWHERE, WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. IT SHOOK MY BODY SO HARD IT BLURRED MY VISION. THE AC VENT COVERS SNAPPED OUT , MY COFFEE UP BOUNCED OUT OF A TIGHTLY SQUEEZED HOLDER, AND MY DASH BOARD TOP CRACKED INTO ABOUT 15 PIECES. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY DANGEROUS AND VIOLENT. I CAME TO A STOP. ONLY THEN DID THE SHAKING STOP. I LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND ALL ROUND FOR SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY WRONG, BUT SAW NOTHING. THAT EVENING, I GOOGLED DODGE TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND LEARNED ABOUT THE "DEATH WOBBLE". IF THE AUTHORITIES WOULD READ THE INTERNET, AND REPORTS ON THIS ISSUE, IT WOULD BE OVERWHELMING THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW IN THIS VEHICLE. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DEATH FROM THIS PROBLEM, AS ALL 3 TIMES IT HAPPENED TO ME, ONLY LUCK ALLOWED ME TO EXIT THE TRAVEL LANES , GET IN THE BREAK DOWN LANE AND COME TO A STOP. A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WOULD HAVE CAUSED A HIGH SPEED ACCIDENT, AS IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE IT IS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. WHEN THE CONTACT TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A YEAR AGO THE FRONT BRAKE LINES ON THE VEHICLE WERE REPLACED. THE REAR BRAKE LINES WERE BROKEN AND COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 84710.