2001 Dodge Dodge Truck problems

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MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA LEAKED WATER TO THE RIGHT OR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAB COMPARTMENT (EVERY TIME IT RAINED. IT WAS FIRST NOTICED DURING THE SUMMER OF 06" IT FIRST APPEARED ON THE FLOOR OF THE FRONT SEAT. AFTER TEARING UP ALL THE CARPET I FOUND THAT THE WATER WAS ACTUALLY COMING IN FROM BEHIND THE REAR SEAT. THERE IS A SEAM ABOUT HALF WAY UP IN THE RIGHT REAR CORNER AND THAT IS WHERE THE WATER IS COMING IN I TRIED TO PATCHED IT AS BEST I COULD. SO FAR I HAVE BEEN LUCKY.

NHTSA complaint #10238897 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT QUAD CAB THAT WAS PURCHASED USED IN 2002. WHEN I PURCHASED THE TRUCK THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS. A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER I NOTICED A CRACK STARTING IN THE DASH THAT ENDED UP BEING THE FIST OF MANY HOLES THAT FORMED IN THE DASH. AFTER DOING SOME SEARCHING I FOUND THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. ALMOST EVERYONE I TALKED TO IN TOWN AND ACROSS THE US, VIA THE INTERNET, WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD. SOME WERE VERY SUBTLE WHILE OTHERS WERE TO THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS. MINE AT THE MOMENT IS PURELY COSMETIC AND HAS NOT INTERFERED WITH ANY OF THE ELECTRICAL OR HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS THAT RESIDE UNDER/BEHIND THE DASH. AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE ON THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. IT WASN'T TILL JUST RECENTLY THAT I RAN ACROSS THIS AND A COUPLE OTHER SITES WHERE I COULD DOCUMENT THIS PROBLEM AND FEEL THAT SOMETHING MAY ACTUALLY GET DONE. I AM CONCERNED THAT I MAY BECOME A VICTIM OF COMMON WIRING PROBLEMS THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. SOME COMPLAINANTS HAD LOST ALL USE OF THEIR LIGHTING SYSTEMS. I AM PERSONALLY AM UNEASY THAT IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT THAT I OR MY PASSENGERS (WIFE AND KIDS) MY BE PELTED WITH SHRAPNEL FORM THIS DEFECTIVE DASH.

NHTSA complaint #10217693 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I HAVE A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT QUAD CAB THAT WAS PURCHASED USED IN 2002. WHEN I PURCHASED THE TRUCK THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS. A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER I NOTICED A CRACK STARTING IN THE DASH THAT ENDED UP BEING THE FIST OF MANY HOLES THAT FORMED IN THE DASH. AFTER DOING SOME SEARCHING I FOUND THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. ALMOST EVERYONE I TALKED TO IN TOWN AND ACROSS THE US, VIA THE INTERNET, WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD. SOME WERE VERY SUBTLE WHILE OTHERS WERE TO THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS. MINE AT THE MOMENT IS PURELY COSMETIC AND HAS NOT INTERFERED WITH ANY OF THE ELECTRICAL OR HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS THAT RESIDE UNDER/BEHIND THE DASH. AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE ON THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. IT WASN'T TILL JUST RECENTLY THAT I RAN ACROSS THIS AND A COUPLE OTHER SITES WHERE I COULD DOCUMENT THIS PROBLEM AND FEEL THAT SOMETHING MAY ACTUALLY GET DONE. I AM CONCERNED THAT I MAY BECOME A VICTIM OF COMMON WIRING PROBLEMS THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. SOME COMPLAINANTS HAD LOST ALL USE OF THEIR LIGHTING SYSTEMS. I AM PERSONALLY AM UNEASY THAT IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT THAT I OR MY PASSENGERS (WIFE AND KIDS) MY BE PELTED WITH SHRAPNEL FORM THIS DEFECTIVE DASH.

NHTSA complaint #10217693 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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2001 DODGE SPORT 1/2 TON PICKUP TRUCK HAS SEVERAL CRACKS IN DASH. LAST WEEK, ONE SECTION OF DASH COMPLETELY FELL IN. CONCERNED THIS PROBLEM COULD NOW EFFECT WIRING.

NHTSA complaint #10209925 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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VEHICLE DASHBOARD HAS OVER THE LAST YEAR HAS STEADILY FALLEN APART. IT IS CURRENTLY IN MULTIPLE PIECES.

NHTSA complaint #10196156 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

MY 2001 DODGE DASH STARTED CRACKING A FEW MONTHS AGO. NOW I HAVE A BIG HOLE WHERE PART OF IT ONCE WAS. CRACKS ARE GETTING BIGGER AND I AM AFRAID THAT MORE HOLES WILL FOLLOW.

NHTSA complaint #10192645 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I AM AN OWNER OF A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. I TOO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE DASHBOARD CRACKING. THERE ARE SEVERAL CRACKS NOW IN THE DASHBOARD. I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, BUT WHAT I FIRST NOTICED SHORTLY AFTER MY PURCHASE IN 2006 WAS A SMALL AREA ON THE DASHBOARD WHERE IT MET THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IN THIS AREA, A SMALL PIECE ACTUALLY BROKE OUT. THERE WAS A CRACK RUNNING FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK OF THE DASHBOARD IN THIS AREA. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AS IT WAS A USED VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THERE WERE SEVERAL FRONT TO BACK CRACKS ON THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD AND THE PLASTIC THAT GOES AROUND THE LENS THAT COVERS ALL THE GAUGES. THE MOST CONCERNING TO ME WAS THE ONE THAT RAN FROM THE PASSENGER FRONT CORNER ACROSS THE PORTION THAT HAD THE SCREWS IN IT THAT SECURED IT. THE PLASTIC THAT SURROUNDED 2 OF THE SCREW HOLES WAS COMPLETELY CRACKED AROUND THE SCREW AREA. THE WINDOWS WERE DARK TINTED, AND I USED A SUN SHADE ON THE WINDSHIELD WHEN THE VEHICLE I WAS PARKED, BUT STILL MORE CRACKS HAVE SURFACED. AFTER THE RECENT PUBLICITY SURROUNDING THESE VEHICLES, I TOO AM NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN.

NHTSA complaint #10190260 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

STRUCTURE

DASHBOARD COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED INTO PIECES. ONLY OPTION WAS A DASHBOARD COVER.

NHTSA complaint #10190294 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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2001 RAM DODGE DASH FALLING APART.

NHTSA complaint #10189343 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

WHEELS:RIM

1) NORMAL DRIVING AND NORMAL MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE. TIRE PRESSURE COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED ON ONE OF FOUR WHEEL/TIRE ASSEMBLIES. WHEEL/TIRE ASSEMBLY WAS INSPECTED BY QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN AND CRACKS ON INNERBEAD WERE FOUND TO BE SOURCE OF AIR LEAK. WHEEL WAS REPLACED BY DEALER UNDER SPECIAL WARRANTY CONDITIONS. OTHER WHEELS WERE INSPECTED AND NO CRACKS FOUND AT THAT TIME. 2) REMAINING THREE ALUMINUM ALLOY WHEELS DEVELOPED CRACKS ON INNER BEAD PERPENDICULAR TO INNER BEAD AT A LATER DATE. NUMBER OF CRACKS VARY PER WHEEL FROM 3 TO 8 CRACKS. LENGTH AND WIDTH OF CRACKS VARY ALSO. CRACKS ARE NOT VISIBLE UNLESS WHEELS ARE REMOVED OR INSPECTION TAKES PLACE FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. (HIDDEN HAZARD OR DEFECT). CRACKS COULD LEAD TO UNEXPECTED TIRE PRESSURE LOSS OR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF WHEEL LEADING TO UNEXPECTED TIRE PRESSURE LOSS OR WORSE. 3) WHEELS WERE REPLACED WITH AFTERMARKET WHEELS TO ELIMINATED SAFETY CONCERN.

NHTSA complaint #10147889 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

IN AUG OF 2004 I PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE DURANGO SLT FROM PIEDMONT CHRYSLER DODGE HERE IN ANDERSON SC. THIS VEHICLE NOW HAS 45000 MILES ON IT. AFTER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, I TOOK IT TO A AAMCO, AS THIS WAS THE CLOSEST TO WHERE I WAS LOCATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS LOCKED IN 2ND GEAR. THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON IT AND TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT AS THEY THOUGHT THE 3RD GEAR WAS OUT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2005 AND MADE AN APED TO BRING THE CAR TO THEM ON MONDAY 14TH. THE SERVICE MANAGER JIM CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD LOOKED AND DROVE MY VEHICLE AND I DID HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION (IT IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ) AND THEY WERE GOING TO ASK DAIMLERCHRYSLER TO ASSIST WITH THE COSTS DUE TO THE LOW MILES ON THE VEHICLE BUT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE IT THEY HAD TO "DROP THE PAN" WHICH WOULD COST ME $85. THIS MORNING, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15TH JIM CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT THEY DROPPED THE PAN AND HAD FOUND THAT BOLTS IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD COME LOOSE AND HAD ACTUALLY FELL INTO THE CLUTCHES. THIS IS A $2800 REPAIR! I THEN ASK THEM IF THERE WAS ANY WAY THAT THIS COULD HAVE DUE TO MY FAULT? HE SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT THAT THIS WAS A MAJOR DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE. HE ADVISED ME TO CALL DAIMLERCHRYSLER AND ASK THEM FOR ASSISTANCE WHICH I DID. I EVEN CONFERENCED HIM IN SO HE COULD TELL THEM THE "TECHNICAL" ISSUES INVOLVED. BOB CLARK WAS THE REP WE TALKED TO AND HE WAS VERY RUDE EVEN TO THE POINT TO TELL ME THAT DUE TO THE MILEAGE BEING OVER 36000 MILES AND THAT I WAS THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE THAT I SHOULD HAVE PURCHASED AN EXTENDED SERVICE AGREEMENT! I THEN ASK TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE WITH HIGHER AUTHORITY AS JIM AND I WERE SHOCKED TO HIS RUDENESS AND INABILITY TO HELP US. I THEN ASKED FOR HIS CORPORATE OFFICE WHICH HE REFUSED TO GIVE ME. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON DAIMLERCHRYSLER, IN FACT WHILE DOING THIS RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEM.

NHTSA complaint #10142803 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE IN OUR 2001 DODGE DURANGO SPORT AND OUR CHECK GAUGES LIGHT CAME ON AND OUR OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. IT DID THIS 3 TIMES OVER A 2 MINUTE PERIOD. WE PULLED OVER AT THE NEAREST GAS STATION AND CHECKED THE OIL, AS WE HAD JUST HAD IT CHANGED A WEEK AGO. WE HAD OIL AND IT THERE WERE NO SHAVINGS IN IT. WE SAT THERE FOR A WHILE AND THEN RESTARTED THE DURANGO THINKING IT WAS A BAD SENSOR. ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER, WE STARTED HEARING A KNOCKING NOISE AND A FOUL SMELL. WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND HAD THE DURANGO TOWED BACK TO OUR HOUSE. WHEN WE GOT HOME WE CHANGED THE OIL AND FILTER JUST TO BE SURE IT WASN'T A BAD FILTER. UPON INSPECTION, WE FOUND SLUDGE IN OUR OIL. WE GOT ON THE WEB AND FOUND OUT SEVERAL DURANGO OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND THAT DODGE HAS NOT HAD ANY RECALLS FOR THIS. THE DURANGO IS OUR MAIN FAMILY VEHICLE FOR OUR FAMILY OF 5 WHICH INCLUDES 2 INFANTS. THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR WE HAVE OWNED THE DURANGO AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT LEST 2 TIMES EVERY YEAR. WE ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO EITHER REPLACE THE OIL PUMP OR THE ENGINE IF NEEDED.

NHTSA complaint #10141556 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP

ON AUG. 20,2005 I WAS DRIVING A 2001 DODGE DURANGO 2WD ON THE INTERSTATE AT 72 MPH WHEN I HAD TO GO AROUND A CURVE AND COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT. I WAS ALMOST HOME BUT THE TURNING BECAME MORE DIFFICULT. WHEN I GOT HOME I HAD TO LEAVE THE TRUCK ALONG SIDE THE STREET THAT NIGHT. I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALER PLACE AND THEY INSPECTED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE MOTOR OF IT HAD FROZE UP AND WAS PUSHING FLUID BACK UP TO THE CAP AND WAS RUNNING OUT.

NHTSA complaint #10136407 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY

FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP.

NHTSA complaint #10133317 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP.

NHTSA complaint #10133317 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING

FRONT SUSPENSION BEARINGS.

NHTSA complaint #10133321 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

STEERING:RACK AND PINION

I WAS RECENTLY SENT A RECALL LETTER FOR MY 2001 DODGE DURANGO FOR THE UPPER BALL JOINTS TO BE REPLACED. I SENT THE VEHICLE TO SPEEDWAY DODGE OF LANSING, KANSAS AND THEY REPAIRED THE BALL JOINTS, BUT THEY THEN NOTIFIED ME OF A NEW PROBLEM SAYING I NEED TO HAVE THE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY REPLACED BECAUSE IF I DON'T I COULD LOSE MY STEERING! IT WOULD COST ME OVER $900.00 DOLLARS, WELL THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THAT; IS AFTER I WENT HOME AND DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I DISCOVERED THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS PROBLEM! IF YOU LOOK ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS.COM THEY SHOW PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS AND ALSO IF YOU GO TO HTTP://WWW.DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM/ THEY WILL ALSO TELL YOU OF PROBLEMS THAT WERE CAUSED DUE TO DEFECTS IN THE STEERING *IE,RACK & PINION ASSEMBLY. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE!

NHTSA complaint #10132539 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

TRANSMISSION DEVELOPES SHIFT PROBLEM. THIS IS COMMON TO ALL DIESEL DODGE PICKUPS, OR AT LEAST ALL I HAVE HEARD OF.

NHTSA complaint #10125661 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

TRANSMISSION DEVELOPES SHIFT PROBLEM. THIS IS COMMON TO ALL DIESEL DODGE PICKUPS, OR AT LEAST ALL I HAVE HEARD OF.

NHTSA complaint #10125661 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM

LEFT FRONT TIRE RUBS THE LOWER CONTROL ARM DIGGING A GROOVE IN THE TIRE. I REPLACED THE TIRES THREE TIMES. THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THIS COULD RESULT IN A TIRE FAILURE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

NHTSA complaint #10123940 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

WHILE ON MY WAY TO HAVE MY DURANGO SERVICED FOR THE RECALL TO IT'S BALL JOINTS, MY OIL PRESSURE DROPPED, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE CAR DIED. ALL WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THEY CLAIMED IT WAS A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM. I HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED AT A LOCAL MECHANIC. I HAD A USED ENGINE PUT IN AND THE OLD ENGINE WAS TRADED IN ON THE NEW ONE.

NHTSA complaint #10114232 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

AT AROUND 60K MILES, I WAS EXPERIENCING A SHIFTING LATENCY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND OCCASIONAL POWER LOSS WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE OR GO IN REVERSE. TOOK IT IN TO THE LOCAL AAMCO WHERE THEY SAID THAT I HAD HIGH LEVELS OF METAL SHAVINGS IN THE FLUID, AND THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. COST WAS $2800 NOT INCLUDING THE WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED THROUGH THEM. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND (FROM THE DODGE FORUMS I FREQUENTLY VISIT) THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SECOND GENERATION RAM'S, AND ONE THAT CHRYSLER SEEMS TO IGNORE. PERHAPS THAT IS WHY THEY ONLY WARRANTED THESE TRUCKS FOR 3 YEARS/36000 MILES.

NHTSA complaint #10110045 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC)

NOISES AND POPPING COMING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. FRONT END SWAYS BACK AND FORTH, ESPECIALLY ON BUMPY ROADS. TREACHEROUS ON ICY ROADS DUE TO LACK OF STABILTY.

NHTSA complaint #10104609 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

I TOOK MY 01' DODGE DURANGO TO HARTZHEIM DODGE SERVICE CENTER FOR MY 90 THOUSAND MILE SERVICE, A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE "CHIME" CONSTANTLY GOES OFF , I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SERVICE CENTER 11/19/04 AND FOUND THAT THE MODULE "WORE OUT" THEY RECOMMENDED REPLACING CTM. I DECLINED, I FEEL THAT IT WAS THEIR MISTAKE AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE CTM ($300) AND THE CHIME STILL KEEP SOUNDING AND NO LIGHTS ON DASH. I'M CONCERNED, MY ALARM AND ALL ELECTRICAL IS CONSTANTLY COMING AND GOING. NEED ADVISE.

NHTSA complaint #10104011 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.