Three problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2001 Dodge Ram 3500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
My dashboard is falling apart. There are pieces of plastic everywhere including right in front of the airbag, which would quite literally turn into flying death particles if the airbag ever went off, completely defeating the purpose of the airbag. This really should be a recall isue as it has quite a big impact on safety of the airbag system with brittle plastic shards flying everywhere. This didn't happen all at once, it's happened over the years, and I even keep a dash cover on it since the day I got it. The plastic is just simply poor quality, it's not from sun fading, or anything else.
I try to replace the heater core on my 2001 Dodge Ram 3500 . And when the mechanic start to remove the dash board this start to falling in parts . So he try to put those parts back until he explain me what happen . I try to find an aftermarket dash and people on the store let me know . They believe it's a open recall for this failure dash on all models on ram . So I call to northwest Dodge on houston texas and they said the recall was several years ago . . For that reason they can't fixed . After a research on the internet I find this place to file a complaint. Because for me it's dangerous have a dashboard cracked with a sharp pieces . My dash cover falls in around 20 pcs . And the base of the whole dash in several cracked pieces . . And can't replace my heater core . . Until I have the dashboard.
Pieces of dash fell down under dash and caused the air bag to trigger. Put in a new passenger air bag and dash and 4 years latter all cracked up and a piece has caused a coolant leak in heater core under the dash. This is a major problem. I have a friend that the dash pieces cut wires and set it on fire.