This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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The spare tire is located under the car and held up with a steel cable via a winch hoist. Over time the steel cable sheered off so at one point recently I lost the spare tire while driving and I have not noticed it. This is a safety problem as it may have damaged a vehicle following me. I certainly don't want to be driving behind another pickup truck and suddenly its spare tire falls out from underneath it. Attached is a photo of the spare tire winch hoist showing the sheered steel cable. This appears not to be an isolated case as certainly there are videos on youtube available where others are having the same issue. I don't know when exactly I lost the spare tire, I do know that I checked its air pressure about 6 months before writing this report, hence I am picking below today's date.
Dashboard totally and I mean totally fell apart, just from everyday drivings bumps, bounces, and vibrations on city, state, and national streets, roads, and highways.
The vehicle stalls when slowing down or stopping at a stoplight. No codes appear and the power steering and brakes no longer work. The vehicle may startup immediately or take two hours to restart. The radio and lights work, but the gauges don't engage when trying to restart the car. The problem occurs during warm weather days. The problem has occurred a number of times when my teenage son has been driving the vehicle. I'm afraid the vehicle will stall and place me in a dangerous situation. The problem has occurred a tremendous amount of times over the past year.
I believe somebody needs to hold Chrysler daimler responsible to place the severe safety concern of the dashboard for the 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 on the recall list. I have placed photos of why it is a safety concern in this report. They have been aware of this issue for 16 years now and have done nothing to fix it. It is obviously made of defective sub-standard material and has affected a large number of people with this make and model of pickup. The huge concern is that a dashboard of this standard can if not already killed or caused traumatic injuries to face or head to people in a collision due to airbag deployment or even failure to deploy for passenger side. Please take action on the matter before statistics take place.
- Topeka, KS, USA
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The dash board started cracking roughly 4 to 5 years after purchase. I purchased new in 2000. It continued to crack and fall apart as time went on. I had to remove the dash board in order to replace the heating core. During that repair it simply, completely crack and broke apart. In order to get the dash board back in the truck, I had to glue it together using aluminum sheet metal under the dash in order to have something solid to glue the pieces back together with. I never saw anything like it in all my life. It's the worst dash board I have ever seen and it will keep my from buying another Chrysler product unless Chrysler installs a better dash free of charge.
Only a few months after the vehicle was purchased, I hit a pothole and the dash cracked. Over the years, the whole dash has caved in, leaving sensitive electronic components and wiring exposed to the sun. Sharp, brittle pieces of plastic also carry the potential to be hazardous. Dodge says the dash is not a recall item.
This is my second Dodge Ram and again my dashboard is cracking a big chuncks are falling thru the dashboard. My first Dodge did this, but I though it may be because I failed to keep it protective from the sun, but the Dodge I have know has always been parked in a garage or under a carport and I make sure and keep protective cleaner, sun of a gun, on it frequently. I do feel that someone legal needs to get involved in this and make Chrysler/Dodge recall this and pay for it. These are not cheap trucks and the engines are very good, but the dashboard makes the truck looked ragged. I have several friends with the same complaints on their Dodge trucks.
Normal driving and behavior lead up to the event. The dash in my vehicle is cracked and falling in in multiple locations. There are sharp shards of plastic sticking up and sitting near the passanger airbag. I fear that these could easily become projectiles in the event of an airbag deployment. Nothing has been done to correct the problem. There are hundreds of complaints online for this issue. Dodge is not offering a cost effective solution to this problem.
I am reporting a bad dash board in my truck. I first noticed two small cracks that appeared down by where the windshield & dash meet. This remained for a few months then the dash started spider webbing. The entire dash is now cracked & laying in the bottom. There are huge gaps in the dashboard. I tried resolving this through the dealership where I purchased my truck & was told this was never a covered item & received no assistance. I have recently learned that Dodge is no longer making these dashboards & are not available to purchase for replacement.
My dash is all broken up also. I also had it replaced once while it was still under warranty very very poor design. My first new vehicle. How disappointing.
Like thousands of other Dodge Ram owners, I have a collapsed dashboard in my 2000 model Ram. The truck is in absolute perfect shape with only 45,000 miles... except for the shards of plastic that cut my wrist when I was retrieving a paper off the dashboard. I sure never thought I would be injured while sitting in a stationary truck in my driveway. Surely it's not a safe situation to have a collapsed dashboard over so many electrical wires and air bags.
2000 Dodge Ram 1500 with cracking dash. Consumer would like to know what could be done about this problem. He states that the dash is cracking and collapsing.
2000 Dodge Ram truck dashboard is cracking and falling in. Consumer states that dashboard is cracking and falling apart. Consumer is worried that the cracking could cause issues with the air bag system.
Right after purchasing my used 2000 Dodge Ram quad cab, a large crack quickly formed on the dashboard. Now only a few months after purchasing my truck the dashboard has gaping holes in it. These aren't little holes they consume most of the dash itself. As many complaints as there has been on this problem one would assume that the manufacturer would have the courage to back their products cause it is obvious to the working man that this is not an individualized problem but a serious epidemic. While the holes are not causing any problems right now except for continuing the joke war, people laughing cause we can't keep our Dodge together, but what is the chance that some of this broken material will get down and hurt other components or even the safety components. Something needs to be done about this. Chrysler needs to step up already and recall their faulty craftsmanship.
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- Oakdale, CA, USA