2001 Dodge RAM 2500

2001 DODGE RAM 2500 THE DASH BEGAN TO FALL APART IN PIECES ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THE PIECES ARE NOW FALLING DOWN IN BEHIND THE DASH. MY FEAR IS THAT THESE PIECES MAY CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. (LIGHTS, BRAKES, AIR BAG, GOD ONLY KNOWS) THE DASH PROBLEM IS SO WIDESPREAD, THAT AFTER CONTACTING NUMEROUS AFTERMARKET AND SALVAGE SUPPLIERS, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE NO DASHES AVAILABLE FOR MY TRUCK. I CONTACTED DODGE AND LEARNED THAT MY TRUCK IS "OUT OF WARRANTY". THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THE DASH IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

DASH IN 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 HAS BROKEN INTO PIECES. DODGE WILL NOT REMEDY THE SITUATION EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A MORE THAN ENOUGH INSTANCES OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR MODEL OF VEHICLE. MATERIAL DASH IS MANUFACTURED WITH IT'S DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE DASH TO BREAK APART AND BECOME A SAFETY CONCERN WITH THE STABILITY OF THE DASH IN CASE OF CRASH. COMPLAINT WOULD HAVE BEEN FILED EARLIER BUT JUST RECENTLY LEARNED OF THIS SITE. *DT

WE HAVE A 2001 DODGE 2500 THE DASH IS FALLING APART AND HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY FAMILY. IT HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT AND ONLY HAS 68000 MILES ON IT, AND EVEN HAD THE PLASTIC COVER OVER THE SUN VISOR FROM THE FACTORY. WE USE THIS TRUCK IN OUR TOWING BUSINESS AND SOME TIMES WE HAUL PASSENGER AND SOME ARE CHILDREN WHO'S FINGERS COULD BE CUT DUE TO THE SHARP EDGE WHERE THE DASH IS CRACKED AND EVEN ONE PLACE HAS FALL OUT NOW TO WHERE A CHILD CAN PUT IT WHOLE HAND DOWN IN AND THERE IS A LOT OF ELECTRICAL WIRE THAT COULD POSSIBLE CAUSE SERIOUS HARM. PLEASE HELP I HAVE TRIED ALL I CAN TO GET SOMETHING DONE BUT NO HELP FROM DODGE. I WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT A NEW DASH FOR OUR TRUCK BUT HAVING IT PUT IN WILL BE MY NEXT ISSUE. I THINK THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND DODGE NEEDS TO STAND UP AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. AFTER THIS MANY COMPLAINTS SOMEONE CAN BE HELD LIABLE. *TR

THE DASH ON MY RAM 2500 IS CRACKED AND FALLING APART. THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS A SIX INCH HOLE IN IT AND THE PLASTIC IS VERY BRITTLE. IF THE AIRBAG WAS TO DEPLOY, IT WOULD SEND SHRAPNEL OF PLASTIC INTO MY PASSENGERS FACE CAUSING GREAT HARM. DODGE SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE TO FIX IT UNLESS A RECALL IS DIRECTED. THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE THAT THEY ARE PUTTING PEOPLE IN DANGER BY HAVING A DEFECTIVE DASH ON THE ROAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. HE STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS CRACKING. HE NOTICED APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO THAT THERE WERE SMALLER CRACKS WHICH HAVE INCREASED OVER TIME. THE DEALER QUOTED AN ESTIMATE REPAIR COST OF $570.00 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THEY ALSO TOOK PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE. CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY ARE RESEARCHING THE FAILURE AND THAT THEY WILL CONTACT HIM REGARDING IT. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY HAZARD SINCE AN INJURY COULD OCCUR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 196,000.

DASH & INNER STRUCTURE STARTED CRACKING IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO ME AND MY FAMILY. IF IN A ACCIDENT WHERE AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED SHRAPNEL COULD EXPLODE IN TO THE AIR AND CAUSE INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS. ALSO THE WIRING UNDER THE COVER CAN BE EXPOSED TO RADIANT HEAT FROM THE SUN AND CAUSE A FIRE. THANKS *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. THE INSIDE BEADS OF THE WHEEL BEGAN TO FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE WHEELS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF HIS DRIVING HABITS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 158127. UPDATED 1/25/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE ALUMINUM WHEELS WERE BREAKING THROUGH THE INSIDE BEADS. ALL FOUR OF THE WHEELS WERE BROKEN. THE WHEELS APPEARED TO HAVE CRACKED WHERE THE METAL WHEEL WEIGHT MAY HAVE BEEN LOCATED. UPDATED 01/26/10