Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / RAM 1500 / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007106156 Incident Date: Mar, 19 2007
Consumer's City: MERRITT ISLAND Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: RAM 1500 Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring:interior/under dash
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1B7HC16Y7YS Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 16 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 29 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I own a 2000 dodge ram 1500 pickup truck. in 2005 the dashboard started with some fine line cracks which have gotten longer and larger until this year . the dashboard has totally caved in and broken into several large pieces. my concern is with the area beneath the dashboard that was now exposed along with the condition of the dashboard. i have experienced a electrical problem of the truck , not starting. like the battery was dead. i have replaced the battery at least twice and the starter and alternator professionally checked by 3 different mechanics trying to locate the problem. also, we have tried to trace the system for a short. i was wondering if the caved in dashboard has exposed some wires to the elements. we live in florida and try to amour all moisture the dashboard and use a sun screen for protection. at first i thought it might just be my dodge truck, but my daughter has a 2001 dodge 1500 and the dashboard started cracking for no reason. is this a dodge problem? i happened to catch a news story about this same problem and found that we are not alone, that this seemed to be a problem with the dodge trucks along with potential electrical problems. you can contact scooper@local6.com for more information on the data he has collected concerning this issue. if would seem dodge needed to look in to the problem. *ak