2001 Dodge Dodge Truck

MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA LEAKED WATER TO THE RIGHT OR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAB COMPARTMENT (EVERY TIME IT RAINED. IT WAS FIRST NOTICED DURING THE SUMMER OF 06" IT FIRST APPEARED ON THE FLOOR OF THE FRONT SEAT. AFTER TEARING UP ALL THE CARPET I FOUND THAT THE WATER WAS ACTUALLY COMING IN FROM BEHIND THE REAR SEAT. THERE IS A SEAM ABOUT HALF WAY UP IN THE RIGHT REAR CORNER AND THAT IS WHERE THE WATER IS COMING IN I TRIED TO PATCHED IT AS BEST I COULD. SO FAR I HAVE BEEN LUCKY. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT QUAD CAB THAT WAS PURCHASED USED IN 2002. WHEN I PURCHASED THE TRUCK THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS. A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER I NOTICED A CRACK STARTING IN THE DASH THAT ENDED UP BEING THE FIST OF MANY HOLES THAT FORMED IN THE DASH. AFTER DOING SOME SEARCHING I FOUND THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. ALMOST EVERYONE I TALKED TO IN TOWN AND ACROSS THE US, VIA THE INTERNET, WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD. SOME WERE VERY SUBTLE WHILE OTHERS WERE TO THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS. MINE AT THE MOMENT IS PURELY COSMETIC AND HAS NOT INTERFERED WITH ANY OF THE ELECTRICAL OR HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS THAT RESIDE UNDER/BEHIND THE DASH. AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE ON THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. IT WASN'T TILL JUST RECENTLY THAT I RAN ACROSS THIS AND A COUPLE OTHER SITES WHERE I COULD DOCUMENT THIS PROBLEM AND FEEL THAT SOMETHING MAY ACTUALLY GET DONE. I AM CONCERNED THAT I MAY BECOME A VICTIM OF COMMON WIRING PROBLEMS THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. SOME COMPLAINANTS HAD LOST ALL USE OF THEIR LIGHTING SYSTEMS. I AM PERSONALLY AM UNEASY THAT IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT THAT I OR MY PASSENGERS (WIFE AND KIDS) MY BE PELTED WITH SHRAPNEL FORM THIS DEFECTIVE DASH. *TR

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. I TOO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE DASHBOARD CRACKING. THERE ARE SEVERAL CRACKS NOW IN THE DASHBOARD. I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, BUT WHAT I FIRST NOTICED SHORTLY AFTER MY PURCHASE IN 2006 WAS A SMALL AREA ON THE DASHBOARD WHERE IT MET THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IN THIS AREA, A SMALL PIECE ACTUALLY BROKE OUT. THERE WAS A CRACK RUNNING FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK OF THE DASHBOARD IN THIS AREA. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AS IT WAS A USED VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THERE WERE SEVERAL FRONT TO BACK CRACKS ON THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD AND THE PLASTIC THAT GOES AROUND THE LENS THAT COVERS ALL THE GAUGES. THE MOST CONCERNING TO ME WAS THE ONE THAT RAN FROM THE PASSENGER FRONT CORNER ACROSS THE PORTION THAT HAD THE SCREWS IN IT THAT SECURED IT. THE PLASTIC THAT SURROUNDED 2 OF THE SCREW HOLES WAS COMPLETELY CRACKED AROUND THE SCREW AREA. THE WINDOWS WERE DARK TINTED, AND I USED A SUN SHADE ON THE WINDSHIELD WHEN THE VEHICLE I WAS PARKED, BUT STILL MORE CRACKS HAVE SURFACED. AFTER THE RECENT PUBLICITY SURROUNDING THESE VEHICLES, I TOO AM NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN.*AK

1) NORMAL DRIVING AND NORMAL MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE. TIRE PRESSURE COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED ON ONE OF FOUR WHEEL/TIRE ASSEMBLIES. WHEEL/TIRE ASSEMBLY WAS INSPECTED BY QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN AND CRACKS ON INNERBEAD WERE FOUND TO BE SOURCE OF AIR LEAK. WHEEL WAS REPLACED BY DEALER UNDER SPECIAL WARRANTY CONDITIONS. OTHER WHEELS WERE INSPECTED AND NO CRACKS FOUND AT THAT TIME. 2) REMAINING THREE ALUMINUM ALLOY WHEELS DEVELOPED CRACKS ON INNER BEAD PERPENDICULAR TO INNER BEAD AT A LATER DATE. NUMBER OF CRACKS VARY PER WHEEL FROM 3 TO 8 CRACKS. LENGTH AND WIDTH OF CRACKS VARY ALSO. CRACKS ARE NOT VISIBLE UNLESS WHEELS ARE REMOVED OR INSPECTION TAKES PLACE FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. (HIDDEN HAZARD OR DEFECT). CRACKS COULD LEAD TO UNEXPECTED TIRE PRESSURE LOSS OR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF WHEEL LEADING TO UNEXPECTED TIRE PRESSURE LOSS OR WORSE. 3) WHEELS WERE REPLACED WITH AFTERMARKET WHEELS TO ELIMINATED SAFETY CONCERN. *NM

IN AUG OF 2004 I PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE DURANGO SLT FROM PIEDMONT CHRYSLER DODGE HERE IN ANDERSON SC. THIS VEHICLE NOW HAS 45000 MILES ON IT. AFTER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, I TOOK IT TO A AAMCO, AS THIS WAS THE CLOSEST TO WHERE I WAS LOCATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS LOCKED IN 2ND GEAR. THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON IT AND TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT AS THEY THOUGHT THE 3RD GEAR WAS OUT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2005 AND MADE AN APED TO BRING THE CAR TO THEM ON MONDAY 14TH. THE SERVICE MANAGER JIM CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD LOOKED AND DROVE MY VEHICLE AND I DID HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION (IT IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ) AND THEY WERE GOING TO ASK DAIMLERCHRYSLER TO ASSIST WITH THE COSTS DUE TO THE LOW MILES ON THE VEHICLE BUT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE IT THEY HAD TO "DROP THE PAN" WHICH WOULD COST ME $85. THIS MORNING, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15TH JIM CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT THEY DROPPED THE PAN AND HAD FOUND THAT BOLTS IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD COME LOOSE AND HAD ACTUALLY FELL INTO THE CLUTCHES. THIS IS A $2800 REPAIR! I THEN ASK THEM IF THERE WAS ANY WAY THAT THIS COULD HAVE DUE TO MY FAULT? HE SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT THAT THIS WAS A MAJOR DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE. HE ADVISED ME TO CALL DAIMLERCHRYSLER AND ASK THEM FOR ASSISTANCE WHICH I DID. I EVEN CONFERENCED HIM IN SO HE COULD TELL THEM THE "TECHNICAL" ISSUES INVOLVED. BOB CLARK WAS THE REP WE TALKED TO AND HE WAS VERY RUDE EVEN TO THE POINT TO TELL ME THAT DUE TO THE MILEAGE BEING OVER 36000 MILES AND THAT I WAS THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE THAT I SHOULD HAVE PURCHASED AN EXTENDED SERVICE AGREEMENT! I THEN ASK TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE WITH HIGHER AUTHORITY AS JIM AND I WERE SHOCKED TO HIS RUDENESS AND INABILITY TO HELP US. I THEN ASKED FOR HIS CORPORATE OFFICE WHICH HE REFUSED TO GIVE ME. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON DAIMLERCHRYSLER, IN FACT WHILE DOING THIS RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEM. *NM