2001 Dodge RAM 1500

THE DASHBOARD HAD ONE CRACK IN IT WHEN IT HAD ABOUT 38,000 MILES, THEN AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES THE DASH STARTED CRACKING WORSE AND NOW AT 52,000 MILES IT HAS CRACKED SO BAD THERE ARE LARGE PIECES OF THE DASH BROKEN COMPLETELY OUT OF IT. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 98-06 DODGE RAM'S AND DODGE KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. MY MAIN CONCERN IS WITH THE LARGE PIECES BEING BROKEN OUT. IF YOU GET INTO AN ACCIDENT LARGE PIECES OF THE DASH COULD GO FLYING AND INJURE SOMEONE OR WHEN AND IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS THE FORCE OF THAT COULD CAUSE THESE PIECES TO GO FLYING OR MORE PIECES TO BREAK OFF AND GO FLYING, WHICH COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IN A COLLISION. *TR

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THIS VEHICLE HOWEVER, HAS A DEFECT, THE DASHBOARD CRACKS AND IS STARTING TO BASICALLY DISINTEGRATE. I HOWEVER, AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE ISSUES. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FORUMS AND WEBSITES BELOW. HTTP://WWW.DASHCOVER.COM/DODGERAMDASH.HTML HTTP://FORUMS.MOTORTREND.COM/70/6297146/PICKUPS-SUVS/IS-YOUR-2001-DODGE-RAM-DASH-FALLING-APART/INDEX.HTML HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2001/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/CRACKED_DASHBOARD.SHTML HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/RAM_1500/2001/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/CRACKED_DASHBOARD-2.SHTML HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEFORUMS.COM/T429358-CRACKED_DASH_IN_2001_2500_TRUCK.HTML THE FAILURE IS SO COMMON THERE ARE YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON HOW TO FIX IT TEMPORARILY: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=H7WFCXSY8XI I HAVE SEEN QUOTES TO GET THIS FIXED ANYWHERE FROM 800 TO 1500 DOLLARS. ABSOLUTELY ABSURD. SOME PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THAT THEIR DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND PIECES ARE FALLING BEHIND THE DASH AND CREATING RATTLING NOISES AND SOME EVEN AS SEVERE AS TAKING OUT ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CAUSING HEADLIGHT FAILURE, AC FAILURE, ETC. DESPITE ALL OF THESE ISSUES DODGE WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS IF I WERE TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT THE DASHBOARD COULD SHATTER SENDING SHARP EDGED PIECES OF PLASTIC TOWARDS ME UNDER HIGH IMPACT, WHICH COULD LEAD TO SEVERE INJURY AND/OR DEATH. I AM HIGHLY CONCERNED WITH THIS ISSUE AND I HOPE THAT BY YOU SHOWING INTEREST ON MINE AND OTHERS BEHALF WE CAN RESOLVE THIS. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I BOUGHT MY DODGE RAM 1500 IN 2000 BRAND NEW ACTUALLY THE TRUCK IS 2001 GOT IT ONE YEAR AHEAD. IF I REMEMBER LIKE AROUND 2004 FOUR YEARS AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK I NOTICED SOME CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD THEN BY 2005 THE DASH WAS COMPLETELY GONE EVERYTHING FALL DOWN INSIDE, I CAN EVEN HEAR THE PIECES ALL THE TIME WHEN I AM DRIVING. I NEVER WANTED TO TAKE THE PIECES OUT AND UP TO THIS DATE MOST OF THE DASHBOARD IS STILL INSIDE THE DASH IN PIECES. A YEAR AGO I NOTICED THAT WHEN MY AC IS ON THE AIR KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN BUT ITS NOT THE AC THAT GETS OFF IS THE VENTS THAT CLOSES, I CAN EVEN HEAR WHEN THEY OPEN BACK THEN I START TO FEEL THE AIR BLOWING AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF BECAUSE ALL THE DASH PIECES ARE INSIDE ON TOP OF THE VENTS AND MAYBE SOME OF THE GOT INSIDE THE VENTS OR SOMETHING. I ALSO BOUGHT THE CUP HOLDER BECAUSE IT FALL IN PIECES AS THE DASH. ALSO THE SUNGLASSES COMPARTMENT DOOR ITS BROKEN SO I DON'T USE IT ANY MORE BECAUSE I CAN CLOSE IT. I BOUGHT A DASH COVER BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE DASH ITS VERY EXPENSIVE. EVEN THE AFTERMARKET ONE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. I WISH I COULD HAVE MY DASH REPLACE, DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP ON THIS AND FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE, ITS EVERY SINGLE TRUCK OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I HOPE TO HEAR SOON THAT THERE'S A RECALL FOR THE DASHBOARDS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

I COULD NOT GET PAST THE ENTER 'FAILED COMPONENT' REQUIREMENT SO I HAD TO CHOSE AIR BAGS BECAUSE IT IS THE CLOSEST COMPONENT RELATED TO THE DASH AREA I COULD FIND. I AM ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO OWNS A DODGE TRUCK WITH A SEVERELY CRACKING DASH. I REALIZE THAT THIS MAY NOT SEEM TO BE A 'SAFETY' ISSUE, BUT BELIEVE ME, WHEN YOU HAVE A DASH THAT IS CRACKED INTO PIECES WITH NUMEROUS SHARP EDGES IT SHOULD BE. I WOULD NEVER LET ANY CHILD BE IN MY TRUCK UNSUPERVISED BECAUSE THIS DASH IS SO BAD I TRULY BELIEVE AN INJURY COULD RESULT FROM CONTACT WITH THE SHARP EDGES. I REALIZE DODGE WOULD BE OUT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM, AND I'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THEY ARE STILL SELLING THE SAME BAD PLASTIC DASHES AS REPLACEMENTS, BUT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. AT LEAST THEY COULD OFFER A NEW DASH MADE FROM DIFFERENT MATERIAL AT A MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE COST. PLEASE FIND A WAY TO HELP THOSE OF US WHO ARE TRYING TO COPE WITH THIS PROBLEM...THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD DEVELOPED CRACKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMMON, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000. UPDATED 06/06/12 *BF ADDITIONAL CONCERN ARE THE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS. UPDATED 06/20/12*LJ

I OWN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 LARAMIE SLT, PURCHASED USED IN 2004 FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR I OWNED THE TRUCK. I RECENTLY HAD TO HAVE THE HEATER CORE REPLACED, WHICH REQUIRES REMOVING THE DASHBOARD. THE DASHBOARD IS NOW FULL OF HOLES AND LARGER CRACKS. I BELIEVE IT POSES A DANGER TO ME AND ANY PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, OR THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WOULD LIKELY CAUSE THE DASH TO DO HARM TO ANYONE HIT BY ANY PIECE OF IT. I AM TOLD THAT DODGE IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT CORRECTING IT. *TR