Three problems related to dashboard failed have been reported for the 2000 Dodge Ram 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
When I purchased my Dodge truck in 2012 the car lot where I bought it had used some kind of glue and tape on the dash it had every small crack. About 3 months later while driving down the road piece of dash fell out under my feet. Small pieces fell out several more times then bigger pieces started coming lose. I had to pull over and remove most of the dash in pieces. Now windshield is cracked my mechanic say its because of the dash being busted up like it is, that caused my windshield to crack.
I went to start up my 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 and the whole dash was dead. No instrument gauges and "no bus" appeared on the odometer. Took it to my Dodge dealership and they said it was a bad bcm. Need to replace it. I contacted Dodge headquarters to ask if they can work with me on the price and they said no. There has been numerous complaints about this specific part going bad on other Dodge models. This is a serious problem since I could have been driving on the freeway and all my gauges, speedometer, and everything else goes dead in the instrument panel.
My Dodge truck driving on the freeway at 65 all gauges zero out and the no bus reading is displayed on the odometer readout the truck is unresponsive losing power all warning lights are displayed on instrument panel. The truck now stalls at stop lights and runs rough. It has been at two shops the shops have replaced the computer the instrument cluster the body control module and has checked every wire and has not found any solutions.