2001 Dodge RAM 1500

JUST PURCHASE MY 2001 DODGE RAM THE DAY BEFORE, TOOK IT FOR A DRIVE TO NEIGHBORING TOWN. WAS GOING 45 MPH AND THE ROAD WAS SOMEWHAT BUMPY, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND VERY BOUNCY. THE TOWN WAS 10 MILES AWAY. ARRIVED, TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND WENT INTO MARKET FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. DROVE BACK HOME WITH THE SAME THING HAPPENING(VIOLENT SHAKING AND VERY, VERY BOUNCY) ALL THE WAY BACK. VERY SCARY AND DEFINITELY NOT RIGHT. STEERING WAS DIFFICULT DUE TO THE BOUNCE AND SHAKE. INTERESTINGLY MY FATHER DROVE THIS VEHICLE 300 MILES TO BRING IT TO ME THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH NO INCIDENT OF THE SHAKING OR BOUNCING. A FRIEND TOLD ME ABOUT THE "DEATH WOBBLE" AND AFTER LOOKING IT UP ON THE INTERNET, I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED, EITHER BY A RECALL OR DODGE! NOT EVEN A CONCRETE FIX FOR THE PROBLEM? I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITHOUT A LARGE SUM OF MONEY TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE, LET ALONE FIX MAJOR REPAIRS. I NEED A SAFE VEHICLE FOR MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN SCAMMED BY THE DEALER, DODGE, THE PREVIOUS OWNER, AND THE NHTSA. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM IN MY VEHICLE! *TR

WE PURCHASED OUR NEW RAM TRUCK FEB 23RD, 2001 & HAVE KEPT IT GARAGED WHEN NOT IN USE, SERVICED AS REQUIRED BY DODGE, WASHED & WAXED AS NEEDED & USED THE BEST VINYL PROTECTANT AVAILABLE ON THE INTERIOR TO KEEP OUR TRUCK LOOKING NEW. SUDDENLY A CRACK APPEARED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASH THAT MAKES A VERY DISTRACTING RUBBING CRUNCHING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. WE FEEL DODGE IS AWARE OF USING INFERIOR MATERIALS IN THE DASH OF OURS AND OTHERS TRUCKS & THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT. THIS IS SUCH AN AWFUL, UGLY DEFECT THAT IT LESSENS THE SELLING & TRADE IN VALUE OF THESE VEHICLES & THE OWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE THIS HIT DUE TO THE DECISION OF DODGE TO USE INFERIOR MATERIALS IN THE MANUFATURE OF THESE TRUCKS. *TR

DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD ALONG THE EDGE CLOSE TO THE WINDSHIELD. A MONTH OR SO LATER MULTIPLE CRACKS DEVELOPED ALL OVER THE DASH. 2012 CHUNKS OF DASH FALLING IN CAUSED LIGHTS TO FAIL. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO VANN DODGE IN VINELAND, NJ TO BE INSPECTED, GOT RESPONSE FROM DODGE THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE DASH BOARD ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM, AND THAT BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE AND YEAR THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE APPROXIMATELY 80K MILES WHEN INSPECTED BY VANN DODGE. WHEN THE CRACKS FIRST STARTED TO DEVELOP I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER, BUT AFTER INVESTIGATING ONLINE I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM EXIST ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH THE 2001 DODGE. IT IS NO LONGER A COSMETIC ISSUE, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE DO TO THE FACT THAT THE WIRING IS NOW BEING COMPROMISED BY BEING EXPOSED TO EXTREME TEMPERATURES HOT AND COLD!!!! *TR

MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 KEEP STALLING WHEN DECELERATING. THE ENGINE WILL START RIGHT UP AGAIN WHEN I TURN THE KEY BUT UNLESS I KEEP MY FOOT ON THE GAS IT DIES AGAIN AND AGAIN. IT'S ALWAYS AT LOW SPEEDS LIKE IN A PARKING LOT OR APPROACHING STOP SIGNS OR RED LIGHTS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. I HAVE HAD IT TO 3 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND WE'VE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AND THE BATTERY (TWICE ON THE BATTERY) AND IT IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. SOMETIMES IT RUNS FINE AND THEN IT JUST STARTS QUITTING ON MY. *TR

MY DODGE RAM1500 HAS A DASHBOARD PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO RUN IN THAT YEAR TRUCK. THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO. I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMETHING DRASTIC HAPPENS. THE REPAIR SHOP SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THAT PROBLEM AND THE REPAIR COST WILL BE APPPROX. $1000.00. *TR

CRACKS IN PLASTIC OF DASHBOARD,INSTRUMENT PANEL,AND THE GLOVE BOX HINGES, STARTED DEVELOPING AS SOON AS I BOUGHT IT. I GOT A DASH COVER TO TRY TO HELP BUT IT DIDN'T. IT IS NOW 90PER CENT SHATTERED AND IN PIECES LAYING ON THE ELECTRICAL PARTS INSIDE THE DASH. IF I GET IN A CRASH THESE SHARP PIECES WILL GO FLYING. WILL THE AIRBAG DEPLOY BECAUSE OF BAD PLASTIC? *TR

SINCE APPROXIMATELY, NOV 2009, THE ENTIRE DASH OF THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SLOWLY CRACKING AND DETERIORATING, SEVERAL PIECES HAVE FALLEN INSIDE THE DASH WHICH MAKE RETRIEVEING THE BROKEN PIECES IMPOSSIBLE. THERE ARE HOLES IN THE DASH AS WELL AS NUMEROUS CRACKS, MY CONCERN IS THIS ONGOING ISSUE WILL LEAD TO A MAJOR COLLAPSE OF THE DASH DRIVING DOWN A ROAD, AND OR THE UNRETRIEVABLE PIECES RUBBING ON WIRES AND CAUSING A SHORT RESULTING IN A FIRE. I HAVE TRIED TO REASON WITH DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORP, BUT ALL I GET IS THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO. I HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A ISSUE WITH THE DASH CRACKING AND DETERIORATING THAT THIS IS A CONCERN AS WELL AS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR MYSELF AS WELL AS OTHER DODGE OWNERS. (THE AREA I AM TRYING TO DESCRIBE IS FROM THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD CLEAR TO THE WINDSHIELD ) ALL I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GET THE DASH REPLACED, SO I CAN PASS THIS VEHICLE ON TO ONE OF MY KIDS WITHOUT WORRIES OF ANY FURTHER INCIDENTS THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THIS MATTER WITH YOU. *TR