2001 Dodge RAM 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE 1500 QUAD CAB. THE CONTACT WAS PULLING INTO A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEEDS. HE UTILIZED THE TILT ADJUST FOR THE STEERING WHEEL AND WHEN HE LIFTED UPWARD, THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE FAILED. WHEN HE ADJUSTED THE STEERING WHEEL BACK DOWNWARD, THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS BECAME OPERABLE. THE CONTACT REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITH EACH INSTANCE. THE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WIRES WERE TOO SHORT AND WAS BEGINNING TO LOOSEN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE HIGH BEAMS WERE THE ONLY FRONT-END LIGHTS THAT WOULD OPERATE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A CRASH. UPDATED 01/20/11 *BF UPDATED 04/20/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GLASS SHIELD ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FRACTURED. THE GAUGES WERE STILL OPERABLE YET THEY WERE EXPOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 64,000. UPDATED 11/11/10 *BF THE ENTIRE PLASTIC PART OF THE DASH CRACKED AND FELL A PART. UPDATED 11/18/10*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SHE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE ENTIRE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO PARK BUT THE SHIFTER WAS STUCK IN THE DRIVE GEAR. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SHIFTER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ENGAGING. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WHENEVER SHE WOULD DRIVE OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE. IN ADDITION, OFTEN WHEN THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION UNTIL AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER AN UNKNOWN RECALL AND THE FAILURES DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT RELATED TO THE FAILURE THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

WHEN ARE YOU FOLKS GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS HAZARD? ARE YOU JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET HURT?? IT IS IRRESPOSNSIBLE TO CONTINUE TO NEGLECT THIS. YOU HAVE 802 COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE AND MOST ARE THE FOLLOWING ISSUE!!DODGE RAM DASHBOARD MANUFACTURER DEFECT; FALLING APART CREATING A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD IN NUMEROUS WAYS. UPDATED 04/12/10

LIKE MANY OTHERS, THE DASH FELL APART...YOU AREN'T DOING A THING ABOUT IT UNTIL WHAT? SOMEONE DIES? 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. EVERYONE I TALK TO KNOWS SOMEONE WHOSE TRUCK DID THE SAME THING. IF WE ARE IN A WRECK AND THE AIRBAG DOESN'T DEPLOY DUE TO THE SUPPORT SYSTEM BEING MISSING....FALLING APART TOTALLY....THEN IF WE DIE, WILL SOMETHING BE DONE TO MAKE CHRYSLER STAND GOOD FOR THE REPAIRS? I HAVE CONTACTED THEM AND THEY WANT US TO PAY 800 FOR OUR PART. NO...IT IS THEIR WIDESPREAD DEFECT AND WE WILL NOT PAY A PENNY. WE HAVE HAD A FIRE IN THE DASH AS EVERYTHING IS OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS NOW....WE HAD TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CRAWL UP UNDER AND FIND THE WIRES BURNING. WHENEVER YOU TURNED ON THE KEY, IT SMOKED AND BURNED. FINALLY, AFTER THE TRUCK WAS TOWED HOME, HE TRACED THE WIRE TO THE HEATED MIRRORS AND REMOVED IT. WAITING FOR THE NEXT FIRE, I GUESS. WHAT A SHAME FOR CHRYSLER TO TAKE BAILOUT MONEY AND NOT HELP CUSTOMERS AND ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE STEP UP????? *TR

I FILED A COMPLAINT A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 SINCE THEN I AM NOW HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. FIRST THE WINDOWS THEN THE RADIO AND DOME LIGHT AND NOW THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK AT :30 MY HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WHAT IF I HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD. I DRIVE DOWN THE INTERSTATE EVERY MORNING AT AROUND 5:30. *TR