Dodge Ram Complaints (2001)

2,207 consumer complaints on file.

#10637620September 19, 2014
STRUCTURE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKING AND DETERIORATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10637216September 18, 2014
STRUCTURE
SLICED MY HAND ON BROKEN AREA OF DASHBOARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10637030September 17, 2014
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DRIVING 55MPH, BFG CMM TA TIRE SEPARATION AT TREAD BELT EDGE. STILL HAVE TIRE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10632970September 13, 2014
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM NORTH CAROLINA IN MY 2500 DODGE RAM ONE OF MY UNIROYAL TIRES SEPARATED DAMAGING THE REAR DRIVER SIDE FENDER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITH THE LIBERATOR LT26575R16E. THE FIST TIME WALMART REPLACED THE TIRE AND REPAIRED THE FENDER. THEIR SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS TIRE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626956August 21, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
DASH FALLING APART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622299August 14, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE HOOD FLEW OPEN. HOOD WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY USED, OR OPENED, AND WAS LATCHED NORMALLY. HOWEVER IT JUST FLEW OPEN, OBSTRUCTING MY VIEW. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO CRAWL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND DID NOT CRASH. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY RECALLED BY DODGE IN OTHER YEAR PICK-UPS, BUT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE EVER PROPERLY CORRECTED THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I CALLED DODGE TODAY AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD REPAIR MY TRUCK, BUT THEY SAID IT DID NOT HAVE A RECALL ISSUED, AND SO THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT AND IT WAS UP TO ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10621306August 11, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BLOWS FUSE FOR DASH LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10609713July 10, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
THE REAR BRAKE LINE BETWEEN THE GAS TANK AND FRAME BLEW OUT AS MY SON WAS PULLING IN THE DRIVEWAY. ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10609738July 10, 2014
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING DODGE RAM TRUCK JAMMED OPEN THROTTLE BEGAN TO AN UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION THAT CAUSED VEHICLE TO ALMOST CRASH. A CALL WAS MADE TO DODGE DEALERSHIP @ 215 492 8600 HOWEVER I WAS INFORMED THAT MY TRUCK DID NOT FALL UNDER THIS RECALL PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10609331July 9, 2014
STRUCTURE
IN 2006, WE OBSERVED A LINE CRACK IN THE DASH. TOOK THE TRUCK TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WILL COST OVER $1000 TO REPLACE DASH. TOO EXPENSIVE, BOUGHT A DASH COVER TO COVER IT UP. MORE CRACKS DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS, AND THE DASH IS NOW BROKEN. THE DETERIORATION FROM DASH BEGAN TO WEAKEN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. CRACKS DEVELOPED IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND NOW THE PANEL IS BROKEN AS WELL. WE'VE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE WITH DASH AND PANEL BREAK APART LIKE THIS DODGE RAM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10607989July 3, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STRUCTURE
BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE QUAD CAB SPORT 4X4 IN 2003. THE DASH HAD A SMALL CRACK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AT TIME OF PURCHASE. THE CRACK SPREAD RAPIDLY TO ALL AREAS OF THE DASHBOARD. I USED PROTECTANTS, ADHESIVES AND DASHBOARD SHADES AND A DASH PAD TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD TO NO AVAIL. DURING ONE EVENING TRIP,I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE ENTIRE DASH CAVED IN CAUSING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TO LOSE LIGHTING. I HAD TO COLLECT ALL THE EXTREMELY SHARP SHARDS OF PLASTIC OUT OF THE DASHBOARD RECESS TO LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM. IT WAS DURING THIS INCIDENT THAT A EXTREMELY SHARP PIECE OF PLASTIC CUT DEEP INTO MY RIGHT HAND. I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN STITCHES, BUT USED GAUZE AND WRAP UNTIL HEALED. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED WITH LOOSE PLASTIC PARTS FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE? SURVIVE THE CRASH AND THEN DIE FROM MASSIVE LACERATIONS FROM BROKEN DASH PIECES? I CONTACTED MULTIPLE LOCAL DODGE DEALERS AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY KNEW AND CORPORATE KNEW OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT BECAUSE DODGE CORPORATE WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE OR PAY FOR THE OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I PROBABLY WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN. DODGE KNEW THIS WAS A BIG PROBLEM, BUT DID AND STILL DOES NOT CARE. ALMOST EVERY DODGE I'VE SEEN WITHIN THE 2000-2003 YEARS HAS THIS BLARING PROBLEM. SOME HAVE REPLACED THE DASH WITH AFTERMARKET PARTS OR JUST TRY TO COVER IT UP WITH DASH PADS OR MATS. DOES THE NHTSA CARE? HAS THIS MASSIVE ISSUE EVEN LOOKED INTO? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10606807June 29, 2014
STRUCTURE
THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKING AND HAVING LARGE PIECES FALL UNDER THE DASH ITSELF. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE INJURY TO DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT OR ACCIDENTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. OTHER ISSUES COULD COME FROM THIS PROBLEM DUE TO ALL THE WIRING AND OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE UNDER THE DASHBOARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10604523June 19, 2014
ENGINE, STRUCTURE, AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT THE PLASTIC WAS WARPED AND CAVED INTO THE ELECTRICAL WIRING AND COMPONENTS INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO FAIL SPORADICALLY. THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ALSO LOW AND THE CONTACT HAD ATTEMPT TO USE THE DIMMER TO NO AVAIL. ALSO, THE SERVICE ENGINE AND AIR BAG SENSOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THE DASHBOARD COULD BE REPLACED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10599224June 18, 2014
STRUCTURE
THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKING AND HAVING LARGE PIECES FALL UNDER THE DASH ITSELF. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE INJURY TO DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT OR ACCIDENTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. OTHER ISSUES COULD COME FROM THIS PROBLEM DUE TO ALL THE WIRING AND OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE UNDER THE DASHBOARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10597563June 11, 2014
STRUCTURE
THE DASHBOARD BEGINNING TO DISINTEGRATE. IF A CRASH WERE TO HAPPEN SHARDS OF PLASTIC COULD BE THROWN AT THE PASSENGERS. HAVE HEARD INCIDENTS OF FALLING SHARDS OF PLASTIC AFFECTING ELECTRICAL SUCH AS LIGHTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10596931June 8, 2014
VISIBILITY/WIPER, STRUCTURE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE DASHBOARD IN THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN CRACKED AND BROKEN SINCE 2004. IT CONTINUES TO BREAK AND CHIP CAUSING PIECES OF SHARP PLASTIC TO FALL INSIDE THE INNER DASH AREA. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT AND ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE FROM LOW BEAM, TO HIGH BEAM, THE LIGHTS WILL GO OUT AND WILL NOT BE OPERATIONAL. YOU HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY FLIP THE HIGH BEAM SWITCH MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET THE LIGHTS TO COME BACK ON. THIS DID NOT START UNTIL THE DASH CRACKED AND PLASTIC PIECES FELL INSIDE THE DASH. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES CONTINUE TO THIS DATE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10596445June 5, 2014
AIR BAGS
WAS IN A COLLISION WITH FRONT END IMPACT AT 45 MPH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIRBAGS ON TRUCK DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUFFERED A FRACTURED STERNUM WITH SWELLING FROM IIMPACTING STEERING WHEEL. DRIVER WAS WEARING SEATBELT AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10595941June 3, 2014
STEERING
I WAS SENT A RECALL WHILE IN AZ. I TOOK IT TO HENERY BROWN AUTOMOTIVE AND THE DID NOT REALLY CARE TO MESS WITH IT. THEY SAID THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET THE PARTS TO FIX IT. I TOLD THEM I WANTED IT FIXED AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL AS SOON AS THE PARTS CAME IN, IT IS JUNE AND I AM BACK IN CO..THE SAFETY RECALL NUMBER AS I CAN TELL IS N49/NATSA 13V-529. LEFT TIE ROD. CAN YOU HELP GET SOMETHING DONE AND HAVE A TALK WITH HENERY BROWN'S CHRYSLER. THANK YOU *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10595948June 3, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
DASH WAS CRACKED UP AND A PIECE FLEW OUT AND GOT HIT IN FACE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10595514June 2, 2014
STRUCTURE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD STARTED TO DEVELOPED CRACKS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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