THE DASH BOARD ON MY 2000 DODGE RAM 2400 HAS CRACKED IN NUMEROUS PLACES AND IS CAVING IN. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, PASSENGERS COULD INJURED BY THE SHARP PIECES OF PLASTIC. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10246181
- Incident
- Oct 19, 2008
Owner-reported complaints naming the other system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Dodge Ram submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE DASH BOARD ON MY 2000 DODGE RAM 2400 HAS CRACKED IN NUMEROUS PLACES AND IS CAVING IN. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, PASSENGERS COULD INJURED BY THE SHARP PIECES OF PLASTIC. *TR
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE REAR END NEEDED TO BE REBUILT, THEN THE REAR WHEEL FELL OFF THROUGH THE LUG NUTS. *SLC
WHILE WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS DONE MECHANIC NOTICED FRONT ROTORS WERE WORN DOWN TO NOTHING, METAL TO METAL. REPLACED ROTORS AND FRONT DISC PADS. AT THIS TIME, ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK BALL JOINTS AND TIRES WERE REPLACED, CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR BUT DID NOT SPECIFY, ALSO DID NOT SPECIFY TYPES OF TIRES. VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. INTAKE GASKET REPLACED. NEW CARPET IN THE CAB WAS INSTALLED. NEW BUMPER AND GRILL WAS INSTALLED. CONSUMER ALSO STATES PROBLEM WITH THE ABS ALONG WITH THE ROTORS AND DISC PADS. *SLC
TRAILER HITCH IS CRACKED. IF CARRYING A BOAT OR TRAILER AND IT POPS OFF THERE WOULD BE A HUGE ACCIDENT. WHEN CONTACTING DEALER, HE TOLD CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL 00 V 07 000. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
CONSUMERS HAD FOUND ON A ROUTINE CHECK CRACKS ON HITCH. MANUFACTURER SAID THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO HELP CONSUMER IN THIS SITUATION. *AK THE CONSUMER SUGGESTS THAT THE MANUFACTURER CONDUCT INSPECTION ON 3500 SERIES VEHICLES IF ANY OTHER HITCH FAILURES OTHER THAN THE ONE ON RECALL, HAVE OCCURED. *YH
I HAD A RECALL FOR TRAILER HITCH, (FIXED) HAD A RECALL FOR EMISSIONS, ( COMPUTER ADJUSTMENT)AFTER THAT FUEL MILEAGE DROPED FROM 13.5 TO 8.8.TOOK IT TO DEALER IN FLORIDA AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT SET BACK TO 13 MILES PER GAL.WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS?*AK
THE VEHICLE CERTIFICATION LABEL HAS THE WRONG TIRE SIZE AND INFLATION PRESSURE ON IT. IT STATES THE TRUCK HAS P225/75R16 TIRES WITH A PRESSURE OF 41PSI. THE TRUCK WAS MANUFACTURED WITH P245/75R16 TIRES WITH A MAX PSI OF 35. THIS COULD RESULT IN OVERINFLATION OF THE TIRES IF A PERSON WENT BY THE PRESSURE ON THE LABEL INSTEAD OF THE TIRES. I HAVE TALKED WITH THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT IS COMMON. IF THAT IS THE CASE, WHY DOES THE DOT REQUIRE THE INFORMATION BE THERE?
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V107000 CONCERNING TRAILER HITCH AND ATTACHMENT. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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