I have owned my dodge for about 3 years now. It was purchased used and appeared to be taken care of. When i took it up to Oklahoma for college the weather changed from hot to cold quite a bit, worse than north texas. It was left outside in the elements and took some abuse. As a result the dash cracked in 4 places. It was a pretty easy fix. I decided to stay away from the plastic dash covers because they look cheasy. I used the website, newmoparparts.com they have the cheapest prices for authentic mopar replacement parts. I have used them many other times before and had good experiences (turned ram into sport model). There price was $364 for the dash plus tax and shipping. So the grand total was $430. Install was not difficult just 4 screws located near the windshield and 2 on the side. Turned out great. Avoid the dealership if possible. They will overcharge like no other. There is nothin else to do because these dashes are a piece of junk.

My problem began with a small crack on the right side of the dash, and escalated to 5 or 6 large gashes over time. The truck is otherwise in perfect condition, and has always been waxed and washed and I maintain a coat of Armor All on the interior plastics including the dash. Looking on the web, I have found that the sun is NOT the cause of this problem, as one man in Maine had the same issue. My truck was also garaged/shaded most of its life so that should not be a problem. The dealership wanted to charge $700 to repair it, and they quoted my friend $1200 to fix the dash in his 2002 Ram and that and gas prices caused him to sell the truck.

Dashboard is cracking in three different places, not horribly noticable, but I do feel that Dodge might want to consider recalling the dashboards because they are made with inferior quality plastic. It really makes me laugh when people freak out about the dashboard cracking even though it is not a big problem, if they would take their own time to fix it, they could do it for less than $150.00, which is not a problem. I honestly think that you should stay away from this truck because it has been a great truck other than that. I will still buy Dodge products in the future. People also need to remember that each vehicle brand has its issues and this is the big issue that Dodge has.

i bought my 2001 dodge ram new paid cash one pymt we have a big history of issues on this dodge ram most recent severely cracked dashboard mind you i buy a non silicone dressing for 30.00 a gallon use mcguiars products on her its a garaged truck for the 5 yrs leave windows cracked and it is in worse shape than veichles that sit on the street in weather conditions in much better shape than my dodge i am very disappointed in chrysler for not wanting to fix this problem i feel for a truvck of 5 yrs with exellent care should not be in this condition dodges may be pretty trucks but thats about it i feel chrysler sold us a lemon in 2001 again very disappointed we will never purchase dodge again chevy rocks for our 95 chevy truck no issues to speak of like i said chevy rocks

This truck has had the general "here and their" stuff expected, but in all it has been a very dependable truck. This truck has been in the Florida sun for essentially all of it's existance, but I have had previous older trucks with 3 times the age compared to this one, with significantly less cracking in the dash than this dodge. I have 3 major cracks now running forward to aft, and I have been using a windshield sunshade quite regularly. I hope dodge does perform a recall on this problem. It is quite excessive for this young a truck.