2001 Dodge RAM 1500

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 VEHICLE DASH IS CRACKED TO WHERE IS LOOSELY ATTACHED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. DASH CONSTANTLY RATTLES. THIS SEEMS AS THOUGH IT WILL INTERFERE WITH THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SINCE THE DASH IS CRACKED AROUND IT. PLASTIC DASH TRIM RING IS ALSO BEGINNING TO CRUMBLE WHICH MAY BE A SAFETY ISSUE IN THE FUTURE. DASH HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT IS BEGINNING TO GROW WORSE AT A MUCH QUICKER RATE. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 (SPORT) AND FOR NO APPARENT REASON, MY DASH STARTED CRACKING AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE AS TIME GOES. CHUNKS HAVE FALLEN OUT, AND NOT ONLY AM I WORRIED ABOUT THE HEAT FROM THE SUN DESTROYING THE WIRES UNDER MY DASH (BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, ETC) IT ALSO PROVIDES SHARP EDGES FOR MY PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG TO GET SNAGGED ON AND EFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT OF IT. *TR

I NOW HAVE TWO RAM 1500 TRUCKS WITH DASH TOP FAILURES HERE IN TEXAS. I WAS HIT FROM THE REAR IN MY 2000 RAM 1500 AND PLASTIC PIECES FROM THE ALREADY CRACKED AND CRACKING DASH HIT ME IN THE FACE AS IT EXPLODED ON IMPACT CAUSING MANY MINOR FACIAL CUTS BUT NONE IN MY EYES. BEING BLINDED CAUSED ME TO LOOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. I THEN HIT A TELEPHONE POLE. AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT OCCURRED THAT CUT BOTH AIR BAGS ON BOTH SIDES WITH MORE SHARDS OF THE DASH. MY 2001 RAM 1500 ALSO HAS A SEVERELY CRACKED DASH AND IS GETTING MUCH WORSE. THIS OCCURRED WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF PURCHASE. CHRYSLER CORP. REFUSES TO RESPOND AND THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT RESPOND WITH ANY HELP CLAIMING THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE PLUS THEY HAVE NO PARTS OR ANY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR THE PARTS TO BE MANUFACTURED EITHER. THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME AN EPIDEMIC TO RAM OWNERS AND WILL SOMEDAY BECOME AND CAUSE SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY FATALITY PROBLEMS. ACCIDENT REPORTS ARE NOT SHOWING THE DASH AS A PROBLEM. THEY INDICATE THE CRACKED DASH WAS CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT AND IS A RESULT. INSURANCE COMPANIES CLAIM IT IS A MANUFACTURES PROBLEMS. THE OWNER TAKES THE HIT UNLESS HE CAN CONVINCE THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER TO TOTAL THE VEHICLE. THE PRESENT POLITICAL SITUATION NATION WIDE IS STOPPING MY PLEAS TO MY REPRESENTATIVE ON MY COMPLAINTS AND PLEAS FOR ASSISTANCE TO FALL ON DEAD EARS. DODGE DEALERS ARE HIDING THE FACT THAT A CRACKED DASH RAM 1500 TRADE INS ARE BEING JUNKED TO HIDE THIS MAJOR ISSUE. THUSLY IT IS NOT GETTING THE PROPER ATTENTION. AT LOCAL AUTO AUCTIONS THE DODGE RAM 1500'S DO NOT SELL. AS A NOTE: THERE IS ALSO A MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AS NOTED BY MOST TRANSMISSION SHOPS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO CORRECT MANY AND MOST OF DODGE RAM 1500'S PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE DASHES. "GET THEM OFF THE ROAD AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE" IS CHRYSLER CORPORATIONS PLAN AS PER THE FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE WHEN HE WAS CORNERED. I HAVE BOUGHT MY LAST DODGE. *TR

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN TWO SEPARATE CRASHES ONE BEING HEAD ON AT 35MPH OVER $6000. IN DAMAGE TO TRUCK 2 ND TIME SAME TRUCK AFTER BEING ROLLED BECAUSE STEERING BOX GAVE OUT AGAIN 2ND TIME FOR THAT TOO. NO AIR BAGS COMPANY CLAIMS CRASH WAS NOT ENOUGH TO DEPLOY TRUCK WAS TOTALED AND MY HUSBAND IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A EVENING WITH HEAD TRAUMA. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4. THE LAST 3 YEARS MY DASHBOARD HAS BEEN CRACKING. 3 YEARS AGO I WENT TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT TIDEWATER DODGE AND THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY AND I LEFT DISAPPOINTED. HE CLAIMED IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT. AT THE TIME I ACCEPTED HIS LOGIC UNTIL LATELY I FOUND OUT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. SINCE THEN I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME YEAR TRUCK. I THEN LEARNED THAT IF YOU GO ON A COMPUTER SEARCH ENGINE AND TYPE "DODGE DASHBOARD CRACKS" THERE ARE NUMEROUS CHAT ROOMS AND WEBSITES SET UP JUST FOR THIS PROBLEM. YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITHOUT CHRYSLER ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM IS THEIRS. YOU DON'T SEE THIS PROBLEM IN OTHER TRUCKS. WE NEED HELP PLEASE. MY CONCERN IS SAFETY. IT IS CRACKING SO BAD I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING IT BECAUSE IF I HAVE A MINOR ACCIDENT AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYS, IT WILL EXPLODE AND SEND SPLINTERS OF PLASTIC AT ME AND MY PASSENGERS. I CAN'T HELP BUT TO SHIVER THINKING OF SPLINTERS, PROPELLED UNDER PRESSURE, ENTERING MY EYES AND/OR NECK IN A SMALL FRONT END ACCIDENT THAT DEPLOYS THE AIRBAG. CAN YOU PICTURE THAT? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? HAS THIS HAPPENED AND SOMEONE THOUGHT IT WAS THEIR FAULT? I SHOULDN'T FEEL UNSAFE IN MY VEHICLE AND THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FAULTY EQUIPMENT. THE DEALER COST OF REPLACEMENT IS $1,000.00 - $1,200.00 EACH. THAT IS THE REASON THEY WON'T RECALL THE PROBLEM. IS IT A MONEY MAKER FOR A FAILING COMPANY? I FEEL THE DASHBOARDS CAME WITHOUT UV PROTECTION AND THE SUN HAS WEAKENED THE PLASTIC. CHRYSLER HAS COVERED THIS UP BY OBTAINING A NEW DASHBOARD SUPPLIER AFTER THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM. I NEED TO GET THIS FIXED SOON FOR MY SANITY. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *TR

I, LIKE MANY OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING CRACKED DASH PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD MY 2000 RAM 1500 AND NOW MY 2001 RAM 1500 DASHES CRACK AND FALL APART. THE DEALERSHIPS TELL ME THAT DODGE DOES NOT SUPPORT REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE DASH. THEY NO LONGER STOCK AND BACK ORDERS ARE IGNORED THE DASH AND THE INSTRUMENT BEZEL THAT CRACKS OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE 2000 TRUCK WAS TOTALED IN A WRECK AND I WAS INJURED BY THE DASH DEBRIS AND NOT THE ACCIDENT. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH HAS STARTED CRACKING REALLY BAD. MY ONLY REAL PROBLEM WITH THAT, THAT IF I HAPPEN TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG IS DEPLODE IS THERE A CHANCE THAT IT WILL EITHER BECOME AIRBORN AND FLY WITH THE AIR BAG AND BECOME EVEN MORE OF A DANGER OR IF IT WILL CUT THE AIRBAG AND MAKE IT NON USABLE .I'VE TALKED WITH A FEW FRIENDS AND ALL THERE DASHES ARE THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD THINK THAT DODGE WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BUT I GUESS NOT..THANKS *TR