| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005105198 | Incident Date: Apr, 28 2005 |
| Consumer's City: NEWPORT NEWS | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: RAM 1500 | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Structure |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1B7HC13Y31J | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 08 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 23 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2001 dodge ram 1500, purchased new by my inlaws in florida in 2001 and garage kept 80% of the time. i purchased the truck in november 2004 with 56000 miles on it. drove it back to virginia, where it was also garage kept. i noticed one small, about 1", crack in the dashboard on the passenger's side one month later. by april, several cracks formed all over the dashboard and around the air bag. i contacted the dealer, and they said there was nothing they could do because the vehicle was out of warranty, and gave me chryslers 800 number which i called and filled a complaint, but that was all they woudl do. i could not afford the $1500 to replace the dashboard as i was still making payments on the vehicle. once pieces of the dashboard started to fall out shortly, there after, i installed a dashc over, partially for the asthetics, but also because i was afraid of what the fragile crumbling dashboard would do in an accident, especially if the airbag went off. flying shards of sharp plastic did not sound good to me.*ak |
