2002 Dodge RAM 1500

2002 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH CRACKING. THE DASH ON MY TRUCK IS CRACKING TO COLLAPSE. THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT ON THIS MODEL TRUCK. PIECES ARE FALLING DOWN INSIDE THE DASH WHICH IS SURELY BOUND TO DAMAGE OTHER COMPONENTS INSIDE THE DASH, POSSIBLY CAUSING ELECTRICAL OR MECHANICAL FAILURE. ALSO HAVE TO WONDER HOW DANGEROUS BRITTLE PLASTIC SHARDS WOULD BE IN A COLLISION. *TR

MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS A CRACKED DASH. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONDITIONS OR ABNORMAL EVENTS PRIOR TO THE DASH FALLING APART. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DODGE OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I OPENED A CASE DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CHRYSLER GROUP LLC. TO CORRECT THE ISSUE AND THEY REFUSED TO HELP ME. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A PLASTIC DASH THAT IS CRACKING SO BADLY THAT THERE ARE SHARP EXPOSED EDGES AROUND THE AIRBAG IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN. I WOULD LIKE THE NHTSA TO FOLLOW UP WITH CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE IS INJURED BY SHRAPNEL FROM A DEFECTIVE DASH.

ORIGINALLY WITH NO WARNING THE TRUCK WOULD JUST DIE AT INTERSECTIONS. NOW IT IS STARTING TO DIE WHEN DRIVING, EVEN WHILE TURNING. MY TEENAGE SON USUALLY DRIVES THIS TRUCK AND I AM TRULY AFRAID HE IS GOING TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT. WITH THE VEHICLE ONLY HAVING ONLY 73,000 MILES ON IT, I WOULD NOT EXPECT SUCH A DANGEROUS THING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE SEEN MANY POSTS FROM OTHERS INDICATING THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO THEM. I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD BE FIXING THESE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. ALSO HAVE THE CRACKED DASH. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKING ON 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. VENT AND SPEAKER COVER BEGAN CRACKING TWO YEARS AGO. THE FULL DASH PANEL BEGAN CRACKING SHORTLY AFTER. DASH IS BECOMING WORSE AND WORSE. I BELIEVE THAT THE PIECES OF THE DASH COULD CAUSE INJURY IN AN ACCIDENT. ALSO THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE DASH IS BECOMING COMPROMISED AND MAY BE A HAZARD. *TR

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DASHBOARD OF A DODGE RAM 1500 2002. MY DASHBOARD IS CRACKED UP IN 9 PIECES. THE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE ABOUT $800.00 AND THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. SO IN LESS THAN A YEARS I'M GOING TO END UP WHERE I STARTED OR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AND AGAIN. THIS COMPLAINT IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT DODGE IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THEY HAVEN'T FIXED THE REPLACEMENT PART WHICH MEANS THAT IF I GO THERE RIGHT NOW AND BUY THIS PART I'M GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN LESS THAN A YEAR. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE RAM THAT I BOUGHT USED IN 2006. I DID NOT HAVE THE TRUCK SIX MONTHS AND I NOTICED A SMALL CRACK. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I NOTICED TWO MORE INCLUDING THE SPEAKER GRILLS IN THE DASH COMPLETELY FALLING APART. THIS IS A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE TAKES A PIECE OF PLASTIC TO THE FACE IF IN AN ACCIDENT. ONCE IT STARTS CRACKING IT IS NOT GOING TO STOP AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES FOR NOT ONLY EXPOSED WIRES BUT ALSO AIRBAGS THAT IF DEPLOYED WILL SEND SHARP PIECES OF PLASTIC EVERYWHERE. *TR