2000 Dodge RAM 2500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR WHEELS ON HIS VEHICLE HAVE CRACKS THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY AN INCH AND A HALF LONG. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WILL NOT HOLD AIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE CONTACT'S RESPONSIBILITY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. UPDATE 04-02-08 *BF

TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE - RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TRUCK THIS WAS THE 2ND COOPER TIRE ON THIS TRUCK TO DO THIS - BUT WE FOUND THAT PROBLEM BEFORE IT CAME COMPLETELY APART - I DO NOT HAVE THE INFO ON THE EARLIER TIRE BECAUSE I TOOK IT TO MY TIRE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER TIRE - SAME KIND. THIS TIRE WAS FROM THE OTHER SIDE THAT CAME APART AND DID THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THIS TIME. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 MODEL DODGE RAM 2500. THE TRUCK IS AN EXTRA VEHICLE THAT IS SELDOM USED WITH ONLY 43,000 MILES AND IS VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. TWO YEARS AGO THE DASH BEGAN CRACKING JUST IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. I WAS CONCERNED, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SUN DAMAGE TO MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE. WITHIN ONLY MONTHS THE PROBLEM HAD GROWN AND THERE WERE MANY OTHER CRACKS FROM END TO END ON THE DASH. A LOCAL BODY SHOP LOOKED AT THE PROBLEM AND GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF NEARLY $1000 TO REPLACE THE DASH. STILL ASSUMING THIS WAS AN ISOLATED PROBLEM WITH ONLY MY VEHICLE, I DECIDED TO PURCHASE A DASH COVER TO HIDE THE UNSIGHTLY CRACKS AND POSSIBLY PROTECT IT FROM FURTHER DAMAGE IN LIEU OF THE EXPENSIVE DASH REPLACEMENT. THE DASH COVER DID HIDE THE CRACKS, BUT DID NOTHING SLOW DOWN THE CONTINUAL CRACKING. AFTER SPEAKING TO OTHERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND READING NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS ON THE INTERNET, I AM NOW CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES RELATED TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS, AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AS WELL AS FLYING PROJECTILES IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH DAIMLER-CHRYSLER, WHICH STATED KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM ONLY TO BE TOLD THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE DISTRICT MANAGER HAD DECLINED ANY ASSISTANCE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THANKS FOR ANY HELP TO RECTIFY THIS ISSUE. *JB

2000 DODGE RAM 2500 PICKUP TRUCK WITH UNSAFE TIRES CUSTOMER WANTS FULL REFUND FOR THE PURCHASE FROM WALMART**CC THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ON MARCH 8, 2002 THE TIRE AND LUBE EXPRESS RECOMMENDED AND INSTALLED FOUR INAPPROPRIATE TIRES FOR THE VEHICLE. ONLY RECENTLY HAS IT COME TO THE CONSUMER'S ATTENTION THAT THEIR LOAD RATING AND MAXIMUM PRESSURE DOES NOT MEET THE TRUCK MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATION. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TIRES HAVE SINCE BEEN REPLACED WITH THE APPROPRIATE TIRES FOR THE TRUCK. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO BE REFUNDED $396.32 AND REQUEST COMPENSATION FOR HIS SAFETY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. HE ALSO STATED HE DELIVER THE ORIGINAL TIRES TO LOCAL WALMART FOR INSPECTION OR DISPOSAL. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE RAM THAT HAS A VERY BAD DASH PROBLEM. IT STARTED CRACKING A YEAR AGO. I CALLED THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN TEMPLE, TX WHEN I WAS LIVING IN THAT AREA AND THEY SAID THEY WERE VERY AWARE OF THE DASH PROBLEMS IN THE DODGE TRUCKS BUT COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE TALKED TO HUNDREDS PEOPLE ON THE PHONE - IN PERSON - ON ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS AND THEY WERE TOLD THE SAME THING. NOW TO ME THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. I AM A MEMBER OF A LOCAL FIRE DEPT AND I KNOW WHAT A BUSTED DASH CAN DO IN A WRECK - THAT PLASTIC CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL IF THE AIR BAG WILL WORK PROPERLY - THE CRACK COULD HAVE SPLINTERED AND YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT - UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE AND THE AIR BAG DOESN'T DEPLOY!! I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MATTER WITH NOT ONLY MY TRUCK BUT EVERYONE ELSES WITH CRACKED DASHES!! PLEASE HELP AND DO SOMETHING.

DRIVING BEHIND AN 18 WHEELER ON US HWY 67 NORTH OF NEWPORT, AR. I ATTEMPTED TO PASS THIS VEHICAL. AFTER REACHING APPROX. 2/3 PAST THIS VEHICAL I LOST ALL POWER IN MY 2000 DODGE 2500 MODEL PICK UP 24 VALVE CUMMINS DIESEL WITH OUT ANY WARNING FROM ANY GAUGES THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. I HAD TO TAKE EMERGENCY ACTION NOT TO CAUSE A CRASH FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO A GARAGE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. AFTER INSPECTION I WAS TOLD THE FULE INJECTOR PUMP HAD FAILED AS A RESULT ON THE FULE LIFT PUMP FAILING CAUSING INSUFFICENT FULE PRESSURE TO THE INJECTOR PUMP. THERE IS NO LIGHT, GAUGE OR ANY OTHER DEVICE TO LET THE DRIVER KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. THE ONLY NEW INJECTOR PUMP IS SUPPLIED BY DODGE AT VERY EXPENSIVE $3000.00 RANGE. THE ONLY OTHER OPTION IS TO PURCHASE A REMANUFACTURED PUMP IN THE $1,500.00 RANGE. I WAS TOLD BY ONE REMANUFACTURER THEY HAD REBUILT WELL OVER 6000 OF THESE PUMPS. AS IN MY CASE THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS A VERY DANGEROUS SITIUATION. THERE ARE AFTER MARKET PRESSURE SWITCHES TO PURCHASE WITH A WARNING LIGHT TO ALERT SOMEONE OF AN IMPENDING PROBLEM. I HAD ONE INSTALLED WHEN I HAD MY TRUCK REPAIRED. DODGE SHOULD REPLACE THE PUMP AND OR RE-IMBURSE THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THIS FAILURE OR INSTALL THE SIMPLE WARNING LIGHT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HAD THIS HAPPEN, YET. THERE WILL AND MAY HAVE BEEN DEATHS BECAUSE OF A SIMPLE WARNING LIGHT NOT BEING INSTALLED AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE.