2001 DODGE DODGE TRUCK Problems & Recalls

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 TH...

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 ...

Mileage: 67,000

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 ...

Mileage: 67,000

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. *TR

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

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.

Mileage: 10

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 WI...

Mileage: 70,000

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

Mileage: 45,000

2001 RAM DODGE DASH FALLING APART. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

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 ...

Mileage: 90

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...

Mileage: 45,800

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...

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...

Mileage: 70

FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

FRONT SUSPENSION BEARINGS. *JB

Mileage: 100,000

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 BE...

Mileage: 70,270

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

Mileage: 85,240

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

Mileage: 85,240

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.

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. T...

Mileage: 78,000

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....

Mileage: 62,000

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. *AK

Mileage: 80,000

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 THEI...

Mileage: 89,000

CAR HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THIS MEANS I HAVE VIRTUALLY NO STEERING AND NO BRAKES. A FEW TIMES IVE DRIVEN INTO CURBS TO KEEP FROM HITTING OTHER VEHICLES AND TO STOP MY VEHICLE. THIS WEEK IT HAPPENED FOUR TIMES IN ONE DAY WHILE TRAVELING ON CONGESTED STREETS. IT IS COMPLETELY R...

Mileage: 100,000

RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS WEARING EXCESSIVELY. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, MY MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS ON MY 4X4 WERE FAILING RAPIDLY (HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY). MY MECHANIC WENT ON TO SAY THAT I WAS VERY LUCKY THIS HAD NOT COME APART WHILE DRIVING AS IT SURELY WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A ROLL-OVE...

Mileage: 80,000

A GASKET TYPE PART ON THE FRONT OF THE CAB BELOW THE WINDSHIELD AND UNDER THE HOOD KEPT COMING LOOSE. I PUT IT BACK AND IT CAME LOOSE AGAIN. IT FIT ONTO A LIP BUT WOULD NOT STAY. HALF OF IT EVENTUALLY FELL DOWN ONTO THE ENGINE AND CAUGHT FIRE, BURNING THE CAP OFF MY FREON CHARGER ALLOWING ALL MY ...

Mileage: 90,000

I OWN A DODGE DURANGO 2X4 YEAR 2001. MY COMPLAINT IS RELATED TO FRONT WEEL JOINT NOISE, WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TAKE A SHARP "U" TURN I EXPERIENCED A REPEAT CLONKING NOISE, IT FELT LIKE THE WHEEL WILL FALL OFF. I ALSO EXPERIENCED UNEVEN TIRE WEAR ON THE SAME SIDE. SO I CALLED THE DEALER IN IRVINE CENTE...

I WAS INVLOVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION IN MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 P.U. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

Mileage: 58,000

WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A HIGH PITCH SQUEAL AND HAD A DECREASE IN PERFORMANCE.I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT THAT A FAULTY RETAINER CLIP IN THE DRIVE HOUSEING "PUMPKIN" BROKE.WITH THIS CLIP NOT IN PLACE AND "FLOATING AROUND IN THERE IT CAUSED METAL SHARDS TO WHICH IN TURN CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE I...

Mileage: 73,000

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DUALLY THAT I USE TO PULL A TRAILER FOR MY JOB. THE TRUCK IS SUPOSED TO BE RATED FOR OVER 15000LBS TOWING. MY TRAILER COMBINED WEIGHT ISN'T OVER 8000 AT ANY TIME. THE FACTORY RECEIVER HITCH WHICH IS RATED AT 11,000 HAS CRACKED WHERE IT MOUNTS TO THE FRAME. THE CRACK HAS GONE ...

Mileage: 98,000

2001 MODEL 3500 DODGE TRUCK, EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AT NIGHT, HEADLIGHTS GO OFF, AFTER ACTIVATING DIMMER CONTROL LIGHTS RETURN TO ON, I CALLED DODGE AND MY REF# IS 11770066, I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE. I CAN NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT THIS INCREASES THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. ...

LIFT PUMP FAILURE. 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 24 VALVE CUMMINS TURBO DIESEL. *AK

Mileage: 16,500

THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED ONCE TO CORRECT THE NOISES AND (THE HOSES-PER SERVICE BULLETIN) WERE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE OR A REFUND. SINCE THE PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE ALWAYS HAD A NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE OF THE...

Mileage: 4,165

THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED ONCE TO CORRECT THE NOISES AND (THE HOSES-PER SERVICE BULLETIN) WERE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE OR A REFUND. SINCE THE PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE ALWAYS HAD A NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE OF THE...

Mileage: 4,165

THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED ONCE TO CORRECT THE NOISES AND (THE HOSES-PER SERVICE BULLETIN) WERE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE OR A REFUND. SINCE THE PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE ALWAYS HAD A NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE OF THE...

Mileage: 4,165

THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED ONCE TO CORRECT THE NOISES AND (THE HOSES-PER SERVICE BULLETIN) WERE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE OR A REFUND. SINCE THE PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE ALWAYS HAD A NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE OF THE...

Mileage: 4,165

THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED ONCE TO CORRECT THE NOISES AND (THE HOSES-PER SERVICE BULLETIN) WERE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE OR A REFUND. SINCE THE PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE ALWAYS HAD A NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE OF THE...

Mileage: 4,165

THE BRAKES ON MY 2001 DODGE 2500 TRUCK SEEM TO BRAKE AND RELEASE. WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKES THEY SEEM TO WORK AND THEN ALL OF SUDDEN IT FEELS LIKE THE POWER ASSIST IS NOT WORKING AND I HAVE TO PRESS ON THE BRAKES HARDER TO STOP.I HAVE TOLD STEVENS CREEK DODGE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAY THE BRKE...

Mileage: 20

2001 DODGE DURANGO RT 2001. SCC *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*770851

Mileage: 129,000

ON THREE OCCASIONS, CENTER CAPS ON FRONT SPORT RIMS HAVE POPPED OFF DURING DRIVING. HAVE HAD TO ORDER 3 DIFFERENT TIMES FROM DEALER FOR NEW ONES AND THEY STILL DENY THAT ANY OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I PERSONALLY HAVE NOTICED OTHER RAM TRUCKS (EVEN ONE AT THE DEALERSHIP) WIT...

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND WILL STAY ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF THE AIR CONDITIONING. THE PROBLEM WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS NEVER BEEN RESOLVED, EVEN AFTER FOUR ATTEMPTS. *JG

CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF THE ENGINE STALLING IN TRAFFIC. THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH IT HARD STARTING ALSO. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR UNSUCCESSFUL REPAIRS AND TO DATE IS STILL NOT OPERATING EFFICIENTLY. *JG

THE DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE RUBS ON THE LOWER CONTROL ON A FULL LEFT TURN SCORING THE TIRE AND CREATING THE POSIBILITY OF A TIRE FAILURE WITH THE POSIBILITY OF DEATH OR INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST ATTEMPT BY CHRYSLER WAS TO REPLACE ...

THE DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE RUBS ON THE LOWER CONTROL ON A FULL LEFT TURN SCORING THE TIRE AND CREATING THE POSIBILITY OF A TIRE FAILURE WITH THE POSIBILITY OF DEATH OR INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST ATTEMPT BY CHRYSLER WAS TO REPLACE ...

AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORTAOR FAILURE. 10/15 IN FOR "CLEAING" CLEAING AND 11/9 IN FOR CHANGE OF EVAPORTOR. STILL PRBLEM OF MOLD AND BAD SMELL ALONG WITH POWEDERY SUBSTANCE BLOWING FROM ALL VENTS STILL PERSITS. TOLD BY SEVERAL AC SPEICALILST IN THE AREA THAT DODGE HAS PROBELMS AND THAT MOLD IS THRUGHOUT...

VEHICLE IS DRIVING ERRACTICALLY. IT GOES TO THE RIGHT, TOO FAR IF BARELY TURNING WHEEL. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*AK