2002 Dodge RAM 1500

FLORIDA REPORTS MANY CRACKED AND COLLAPSED DASHBOARDS PRIMARILY ON DODGE RAM TRUCKS. ONE LADIES DASH COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING WITH HER CHILD AT NIGHT WHICH SHUT OFF ALL LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. MANY PROBLEMS SUBMITTED RO SCOOPER@LOCAL6NEWS.COM WHO HAS COMPILED MANY COMLAINTS. DEMNSTRATION SHOWED PIECES OF DASHBOARD CUTTING PAPER LIKE A RAZOR. THIS MAKES IT A SAFETY DEFECT AS WELL AS INFERIOR MATERIEL USED FOR THESE DASH BOARDS.. SO FAR DODGE HAS ACCEPTED NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT. MY OWN 2002 DODGE RAM HAS SUCH CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. I BELIEVE THAT FURTHER RESEARCH WILL SHOW THIS TO BE A DEFINITE PROBLEM AS WELL AS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

PROBLEM IS WITH THE DASH BOARD/PANEL CRACKING ON MY DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. IT IS A YEAR 2002 TRUCK. ON 10/18/2004, I COMPLAINED TO CHRYSLER, THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE DASH PANEL WHICH WAS CRACKED IN 2 PLACES. THE PART WAS FREE; HOWEVER, THEY MADE ME PAY FOR LABOR. AFTER ONLY A FEW MONTHS, THE DASH STARTED CRACKING YET AGAIN. IN EARLY 2005 I SUBMITTED E MAILS AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. I WROTE CHRYSLER COMPLAINING ON 1/24/05 TO WHICH I RECEIVED A RESPONSE ON 2/16/2005 TELLING ME THEY WOULD NOT COVER REPLACEMENT. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER VIA E MAIL AGAIN AND THEY PRETTY MUCH BLEW ME OFF. I KEPT COPIES OF THE E MAIL TRAFFIC, AND MY PROTEST THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE PART. TODAY, I JUST SAW A NEWS STORY ON MY LOCAL TV CHANNEL THAT SHOWED DODGE RAM OWNERS WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH CRACKING, AND THEY REFERRED CONSUMERS TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH YOUR AGENCY. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, THE VEHICLE'S INSTRUMENT PANEL BEGAN TO CRACK ASW WELL AS THE DASHBOARD. THE CRACK GRADUALLY SPREAD FROM THE DRIVER SIDE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE AIR VENT DETACHED. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 56,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. UPDATED 10/18/07 *TR

I OWN A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. AROUND JULY OF 2006 I NOTICED A CRACK DEVELOPING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASH BOARD THAT RAN FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE AIRBAG COVER. SINCE THAT TIME THE DASH HAS CRACKED IN 7 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS INCLUDING THE PASSENGER SIDE DEFROST COVER WHICH FELL INTO THE VENT. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SHORT OF REPLACING THE DASH AT A COST OF $1000.00. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG THIS MODEL OF TRUCK AND I WOULD LIKE MY COMPLAINT TO BE ON FILE WITH YOU. THANK YOU. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKING, BREAKING, ON MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 QUADCAB. THERE HAVE BEEN RASHES OF THIS TYPE OF COMPLAINT ON '01 DODGE RAM 1500'S, I WOULD LIKE MY '02 DODGE RAM TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY SETTLEMENT, SHOULD THERE BECOME A CLASS ACTION EVENT BROUGHT AGAINST DAIMLERCHRYSLER. HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA THE SUN DEGADES MANY ITEMS OF PLASTIC TYPE MANUFACTURE. I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT HAS CAUSED MY PROBLEM WITH THE DETERIORATION OF MY DASHBOARD, IT COULD ALSO BE FROM SOMETHING ELSE IN NATURE. I TAPED OVER THE CRACKS WITH PLASTIC TAPE, AND BOUGHT A CARPETED DASH COVER FROM JCWHITNEY, MADE FOR MY '02 DODGE PICK UP. IN THE MEAN TIME THE LITTLE GRILLE AREA OVER THE CENTER PASSENGER DEFROST VENT DETERIORATED TO THE EXTENT THAT IT FELL INTO THE VENT. I FISHED IT OUT, BUT IT BROKE IN MY HANDS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO RETRIEVE IT. BY COVERING THE DASH, I HAVE NOT SEEN A PROGRESSION OF THE CRACKING, BUT I HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT "4X4" (APPROX.) SIZED HOLE EVERY TIME I GOT TO DRIVE MY TRUCK. ALSO, AS REPORTED ON LOCAL TV THE LAST TWO (2) NIGHTS, AT LEAST ONE OF THESE FAULTY DASH BOARDS HAS FAILED, AND IS CAUSING HEAD LITES TO GO OFF ON THEIR OWN WHILE DRIVING. I AM A 100% DISABLED VETERAN, AND USE MY TRUCK TO CARRY MY ELEC.POWERD SCOOTER, EVERY WHERE I GO, AND DO DRIVE AFTER DARK. I DO NOT NEED THIS KIND OF THING WORRYING ME AS I DRIVE. *TR