general problems of the 2000 Dodge Ram 1500

Hood latch comes off.

I believe somebody needs to hold Chrysler daimler responsible to place the severe safety concern of the dashboard for the 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 on the recall list. I have placed photos of why it is a safety concern in this report. They have been aware of this issue for 16 years now and have done nothing to fix it. It is obviously made of defective sub-standard material and has affected a large number of people with this make and model of pickup. The huge concern is that a dashboard of this standard can if not already killed or caused traumatic injuries to face or head to people in a collision due to airbag deployment or even failure to deploy for passenger side. Please take action on the matter before statistics take place.

The frame is rusting and has a break in the front end!.

Dash falling aprt deterioating.

I purchased the vehicle in 2006, shortly thereafter, I began to notice pieces of plastic laying on the floor. It was my belief that the children were breaking the plastic until I was driving and a large piece of the dash simply fell to the floor. This problem has persisted to the point where I am afraid to drive the vehicle anymore. I am afraid because the dashboard appears to be detached from the body, the way it gyrates about vigorously. I am afraid that the airbags will be activated or the dash will fall to my lap while driving .

The entire dashboard becomes brittle and falls apart. It is very thin to start. When I call around to buy a replacement dashboard at local junk yards,I'm told that if I can find one,I should play the lottery,that's letting me know that it is a large problem that affects all the trucks. I personally know 6 people with the same year trucks that all have the same problem.

Dashboard totally and I mean totally fell apart, just from everyday drivings bumps, bounces, and vibrations on city, state, and national streets, roads, and highways.