1998 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

DASHBOARD HAS BEEN DISINTEGRATING THE LAST FEW YEARS. WHOLE CHUNKS HAVE BEEN FALLING THROUGH, INCLUDING WHERE THE VIN PLATE IS LOCATED. I'M NOT HAPPY BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS USED A FULL WINDSHIELD SUN SHADE. DATE WHEN IT STARTED IS APPROXIMATE (A GUESS). *TR

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR HAS BROKEN THREE TIMES SINCE 2003 (APPROXIMATE DATE), LEAVING THE SEAT BELT PAID-OUT (UNABLE TO RETRACT) AND USELESS. I REPLACED IT LAST MONTH FOR $185 PLUS TAX. PARTS SALESMAN WASN'T CONFIDENT THAT IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE (AS SOME SEAT BELTS ARE DISCONTINUED). SAFETY ITEMS SHOULD HAVE NO EXPIRATION! *TR

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE HOOD LATCH BECAME DISENGAGED, CAUSING THE HOOD LID TO RELEASE AND STRIKE THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO CLOSE THE HOOD LID. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES AND THE HOOD WOULD NOT REMAIN LATCHED SECURELY. THE DEFECT RESULTED IN THE HOOD HINGE BECOMING BENT AND THE WINDSHIELD EXHIBITED NUMEROUS CRACKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V040000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) BUT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHOLE DASH HAS OPEN HOLE THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL, AND CRACKS FROM DRIVERS SIDE TO PASSENGER SIDE. MORE OPEN SPACE THAN DASH LEFT. IT CRACKS, BREAKS, AND CRUMBLES TO WHERE TAPE DOESN'T EVEN WORK ANYMORE. FALLS INTO CAB AND BEHIND DASH. *TR

I HAVE OWNED THE 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 NEW IN THE DASH IS CRACKED. *TR

I WAS CLEANING FRONT WINDSHIELD. JULY 2007 WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE DASH PANEL CRACK ,HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN THERE I DO NOT KNOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER FOR THE HORN TO ACTIVATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE AIR BAG AND HORN CONTACT UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

DRIVING TRUCK TO AN INTERSECTION WENT SLOW DOWN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND I PROCEEDED INTO INTERSECTION AND WAS HIT ON DRIVER SIDE OF TRUCK AND CAME TO REST AGAINST LARGE STEEL FENCE POST. *TR

MY REAR BRAKE LINE BY THE GAS TANK BLEW OUT TODAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE NEITHER FRONT SEAT BELT WOULD EXTEND FROM THEIR RETRACTORS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE STRUCTURE BODY OF THE VEHICLE HAS ROTTED AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE STRUCTURE WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNDRIVABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. MW

TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL WHEN TURNING CORNERS. WE HAVE TO LET THE ENGINE IDLE DOWN AND WAIT 15 TO 30 SECONDS BEFORE TRANSMISSION CATCHES. *TR

THIS IS MY SECOND DODGE RAM THAT MY DASH HAS CRACKED AND CAME APART. THE LAST ONE WAS A 2002 DODGE RAM. WITH THE SHARP EDGES THIS CAUSES AND THE WIRING DANGERS THIS IS DEFENATLY A HAZARD AND DODGE SHOULD RECALL ALL THESE TRUCKS AND REPLACE AT NO CHARGE. I HAVE SEEN COUNTLESS WEB SITES WITH SO MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING ITS REDICULAS DODGE CAN GET BY WITH THIS... SO MUCH FOR AMERICAN WORKMANSHIP... *TR

THE DASH BOARD BEGAN TO CRACK, NOW IT IS VIRTUALLY NON EXISTENT. I CANNOT PLACE ANYTHING ON THE DASH BECAUSE IT HAS HUGE CHUNKS MISSING. IF I ROLL DOWN MY WINDOWS ON THE INTERSTATE, SOME MORE PIECES OF THE DASH FALL OFF . IT IS UNUSABLE. IT MAY BE A HAZARD BECAUSE SMALL SHARP PLASTIC PARTS SHOULD NOT BE IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. I HAVE CUT MY HAND ON THE EDGES WHEN I WAS PICKING UP ALL THE BROKEN SHARDS OF PLASTIC. I AM APPALLED THAT DODGE IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR SHORTCOMINGS IN NEARLY EVERY SINGLE DODGE PICKUP TRUCK. I HAVE HAD MECHANICS THAT HAVE TOLD ME TO GO ELSEWHERE, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INEVITABLE BREAKING OF THE DASH THAT OCCURS WHEN YOU HAVE TO WORK ON THE INTERIOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD FRACTURED INTO PIECES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT BOTH SIDE VIEW MIRRORS FRACTURED DOWN THE MIDDLE WHEN THE DEFROST SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

I WENT OFF THE ROAD GOING ABOUT 65 MPH AND HIT A TREE, HEAD ON. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST INCIDENT INVOLVING MY TYPE OF VEHICLE (DODGE RAM). *TR

I LIKE MANY OTHERS HAVE A DASH THAT HAS CRACKED AND NOW POSE'S A PROBLEM. AFTER DOING SOME ON-LINE AND LOCAL RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND EVERYONE THATS A '98 - '01 DODGE RAM HAS HAD THE SAME REPORTED PROBLEM. LOCAL DODGE SAID THEY CAN BE REPLACED OR REPAIRED BUT THEY WILL CRACK AGAIN.. DASH CAPS ARE BEING USED TO COVER THE PROBLEM. "COVERING" THE PROBLEM IS NOT A FIX. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL FROM DODGE ON THIS ISSUE. JUST HOW MUCH DAMAGE WILL A DAMAGED DASH CAUSE IN THE EVENT OF A "JUST RIGHT" ACCIDENT THAT CAUSE A BODY PART THAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF DRIVER AND PASSENGER(S) IF IT SHATTERS? BROKEN PLASTIC CAN BE AS DAMAGEING AS GLASS.

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SPORT 360 4X4 WITH THE 5.9. MY DASH HAS NOW STARTED CRACKING AND THE CRACK IS GETTING WORSE. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE CRACK IS ABOUT 4 INCHES IN LENGTH AND IS SPREADING. IT IS LOCATED RIGHT ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND CLOSE TO THE VENT BY THE FRONT GLASS. I HAVE BEEN A DEDICATED DODGE OWNER ALONG WITH EVENING OWNING A DODGE WEBSITE (WWW.DODGE-CHAT.COM) AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT THAT DODGE HAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF THIS ISSUE. I THINK DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A BIG ISSUE. *TR

DASH CRACKED AND IS CLOSE TO BECOMING A HOLE. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUE I KNOW OF AT LEAST 200 OTHER DODGE RAM OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT IS JUST IN TAMPA FL. STOP DRAGGING YOUR FEET AND SAVE US SOME MONEY FROM THEM CUTTING COST AND DOING IT WRONG THE FIRST TIME. *KB

THE DASHBOARD ON MY 1998 DODGE RAM HAS CRACKED AND FALLEN INTO THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN SEVERAL PLACES. IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE PLASTIC ITSELF AS NO EXTERNAL SOURCES CAUSED THE DAMAGE. IT STARTED HAPPENING IN FEBRUARY OF 2009 AND HAS GOTTEN STEADILY WORSE.THE PLASTIC HAS BECOME SO SHARP AND BRITTLE THAT DRIVING ON A BUMPY ROAD WILL ACTUALLY CAUSE PIECES TO FALL INTO THE DASH.THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN CRASH, THE DASHBOARD COULD BECOME AIRBORNE IN SHARDS. THESE SHARDS OF PLASTIC ARE SHARP ENOUGH TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY IF THEY WERE TO STRIKE YOUR FACE OR EYES. THE PIECES FALL INTO THE DASHBOARD AND ONTO ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, ONCE THEY FALL INTO THIS POSITION IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE INSIDE OF THE DASHBOARD. I CAN SEE FUTURE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS A VEHICLE FIRE RESULTING FROM THE SHARP SHARDS OF PLASTIC BEING IN CONTACT WITH WIRING THAT IS NOW EXPOSED AS A RESULT OF THE PLASTIC FALLING AWAY. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE BUT WAS ADVISED THAT NO RECALL EXISTS AND THEREFORE THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE DASHBOARD. IT SEEMS THAT A SIMPLE FIX ON THEIR BEHALF COULD AVOID MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH SOMEBODY GETTING SERIOUSLY INJURED. AN INTERNET SEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME NATURE, I HAVE OWNED A DODGE VEHICLE FOR ALMOST MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE AND I AM NOW LOOKING TO PURCHASE A NEW FORD THIS YEAR BECAUSE I AM SO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING. IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS NOW, BUT IT HAS GOTTEN ALOT WORSE. I MEAN ALOT WORSE. I'VE NEVER SEEN CRACKING OF THE DASHBOARD QUITE THIS BAD EVER IN MY LIFE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE IN THE DASHBOARD.THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,450.

I OWN A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 EXTENDED CAB. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW. FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING AND THE PLASTIC AIR CONDITIONING VENTS ARE FALLING APART. I HAVE MADE NO REPAIRS AND IT NEEDS FIXING. ALSO THE REAR END IS ROARING PROBABLY FROM A BEARING GOING BAD. OTHER THAN THIS PROBLEM, IT HAS BEEN A GOOD TRUCK. *TR

1998 DODGE RAM 1500 & 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. CRACKING DASHBOARD ON 1998 AND 1999 DASHBOARD HAS COMPLETELY FELL OUT. *TR

DASH HAS NUMEROUS CRACKS. CONCERNED ABOUT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG BEING DEPLOYED AND CAUSING INJURY WHEN PARTS OF DASH COME OFF. *TR

DASH IN MY 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS CRACKS AND KEEPS GETTING WORSE. *TR

DASH CRACKED IN THE AREA OF PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. *KB

MY DODGE TRUCK 1998 RAM 1500 DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE CRACKS NOW ARE MOVING TOWARD THE PANEL OF INSTRUMENTS AND THE CRACKS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE HOLES I CAN NOT GET THE EVAPORATOR FOR MY AIR CONDITIONER FIXED DUE TO THE FAULTY DASH. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND STATED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AND WOULD NOT REPAIR DASH. I WENT ONLINE AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THE RAM 1500 MY TRUCK IS KEPT INSIDE WHEN NOT BEING USED AND IS UP TO DATE ON ALL MAINTENANCE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BACK END OF THE VEHICLE RAISED UP. THE SPARE TIRE HAD DETACHED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT IT HE NOTICED THE CABLE WHICH HELD THE SPARE TIRE IN PLACE HAD POPPED AND CAUSED THE SPARE TIRE TO DETACH FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT BELTS ARE LOCKED IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THERE WASN'T ANY EVENT THAT LED TO THE FAILURE, THEY BOTH JUST QUIT WORKING. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND APPARENTLY IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN LEAVING BOTH THE DRIVER AND OCCUPANT WITHOUT SAFETY RESTRAINTS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND A SAFETY RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED TO BOTH NOTIFY AND TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. *TR

I OWN A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK THAT HAS A STRANGE ISSUE. FOR YEARS I HAVE SUFFERED WITH A CRACKED DASHBOARD THAT CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE. THERE ARE MANY EXPOSED ELEMENTS THAT I FEEL WOULD COMPROMISE MY SAFETY IF I WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN THIS VEHICLE. THE SHARP EDGES MADE BY THE CRACKS ARE ALSO A HAZARD AS WELL. JUST TODAY, I HAVE LEARNED THAT COUNTLESS DODGE OWNERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM AS WELL AND THE COMPANY HAS SEEMED TO TURN A DEAF EAR. I ACTUALLY STUMBLED ACROSS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AS I WAS SEARCHING ONLINE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR MY VEHICLE DASHBOARD. I HAVE BEEN USING MATS AND TOWELS OR WHATEVER I COULD CONJURE TO COVER UP THE PROBLEM FOR A YEAR OR SO, BUT NOW THE DAMAGE IS WAY MORE THAN THAT TYPE OF "BANDAID" CAN FIX. FOR THE MOST PART, WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT OF THE SAME TYPE OF DASH IS A WASTE OF MONEY, BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL IS STILL THE SAME, AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL AS WELL. I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT DODGE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE SAID PART DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE IN ENSURING THE SAFETY AND STABILITY OF THIS COMPONENT. IT IS BY NO MEANS COINCIDENTAL THAT ALL THE PEOPLE HAVE THE EXACT SAME COMPLAINT. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES AND NEVER HAVE I HAD SUCH AN EXPERIENCE! *TR

SEVERELY CRACKING DASH, PRODUCING SHARP EDGES AND LARGE SHARDS POTENTIALLY CAUSING INJURY TO DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. *TR

1998 DODGE RAM DASHBOARD IS CRUMBLING INTO LITTLE PIECES. I SMELL BURNT WIRES COMING FROM MY DASH SOMETIMES. I FEEL IT MAY START A FIRE. *TR

MY DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED ALL OVER WHERE IT MOUNTS TO THE FRAME AND THERE ARE LITTLE SHARP PIECES FLOATING AROUND THE CRACKED AREAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS COULD NOT BE LUBED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MAKE A LOUD SCRAPPING NOISE WHEN DRIVING. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,920.

I OWN A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 PICKUP I WAS DRIVING A FRIEND AND HER DAUGHTER TO THE DENTIST I PASSED A LOGGING TRUCK WHEN I GOT BACK IN MY LANE AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN THE TRUCK SHUDDERED AND LOST POWER I PULLED OFF THE ROAD THE ONLY PLACE I COULD PULL OFF I HIT IT THE WAS ALMOST OFF THE NUT HOLDING THE TIRE ROTOR ON THE SHAFT SNAPPED OFF THE TOW HOME WAS OVER 500 DOLLARS AFTER GETTING TRUCK I BROKE OUT MY SHOP MANUALS OUT THE BRG PACK WAS BURNED I REPLACED FROM FRONT DIFFERENTIAL OUT TO TIRES WITH OEM PARTS TO THE TUNE OF 1100 DOLLARS WITHIN A MTH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE CAME OFF AS I WAS TURNING INTO MY DRIVE WAY AGAIN REPLACED FROM FRONT DIFFERENTIAL OUT TO TIRE THIS TIME COST ABOUT 850 6 MTHS LATTER COMING HOME I FEEL FRONT VIBRATION HANG ON TO WHEEL MY DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE ROTOR CALIPER FLY OFF I SLIDE BETTER PART OF 75 FEET GRINDING OFF LOWER BALL JOINT AFTER BEING TOWED HOME LOOKING AT TIRE RIM CALIPER ROTOR I DECIDE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRONT END COST OF 650 DOLLARS FROM A WRECKING YARD BELIEVE THE PROBLEM FRONT TO LIGHT FOR WEIGHT ALSO THE VISCOSITY OF GREESE IN BRG PACK TO LIGHT BREAKING DOWN CAUSING BRG TO GET HOT AND SEIZE UP CAUSING TIRE RIM CALIPER H ROTOR TO FLY OFF HAVE SAVED ALL OLD PARTS. *TR

THE DASH COMES APART INTO SMALL PIECES.*TR

1998 DODGE RAM 1500 SEAT BELTS REMAIN IN RETRACTABLE POSITION AND CANNOT BE USED ON BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDES. MILEAGE 80500 THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU PULL ON THE SEAT BELTS THEY WILL NOT COME LOOSE FROM THE RETRACTABLE POSITION. *TR

NOTICED IN 2004 THE DASH OF MY 98 DODGE RAM 1500 WAS BEGINNING TO CRACK AND RECENTLY NOTICED IT HAS GOTTEN CONSIDERABLY WORSE TOO WHERE A BIG PIECE HAS CAME OUT. *TR

MY SON AND I PURCHASED A1998 DODGE RAM 1500 CLUB CAB PICK UP TRUCK AND THE DASH STARTED COMING APART (CRACKING/COLLAPSING IN CHUNKS) AND IN ONE INSTANCE AFTER DRIVING DOWN THE BUMPY DIRT ROADS HERE IN SC (WHICH IS LIKE DRIVING DOWN A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS AT TIMES EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS). PART OF THE DASH FLEW UP A CAUGHT ME IN THE EYE AND FACE. I WEAR GLASS', SO I DIDN'T SUFFER SERIOUS INJURY, BUT COULD HAVE EASY ENOUGH. I HAVE SINCE USED A COVER, BUT SO MUCH OF THE DASH HAS NOW FALLEN APART THAT'S NOT A SOLUTION ANYMORE. I'M NOT SURE WHO DESIGNED THIS DASH, BUT I ALSO DRIVE A 05 DODGE DURANGO AND A 06 DODGE POLICE CHARGER AND THIS HAS NOT YET HAPPENED IN THEM. THE DASH SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE TO THE POINT I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HOLDING IT TO THE REST OF THE TRUCK. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND WE NEED A NEW DASH OR TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF HARD COVER. DOESN'T SEEM FAIR WE WOULD HAVE TO SPEND THE EXTRA MONEY. *TR

PLASTIC DASH ON 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASH STARTED WITH 1 SMALL CRACK THEN THE WHOLE DASH IS CRACKED EVERYWHERE. IF INVOLVED IN A WRECK THE DASH WOULD BE DANGEROUS TO EVERYONE INSIDE FROM THE FLYING PIECES. *TR

FRONT END WOBBLES AFTER HITTING BUMP. WOBBLE IS SO SEVERE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED, THERE ARE NO WORN OUT PARTS THAT CAUSED THIS. THIS DEATH WOBBLE IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS. *TR

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. LIKE MANY OF THESE TRUCKS MY DASHBOARD IS LITERALLY BREAKING APART AND COLLAPSING. I HAVE READ ON LINE WHERE THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH MY VEHICLE. MY TRUCK HAS AN AIRBAG BUILT IN THE DASH BOARD AND I AM CONCERNED THAT A SHARP PLASTIC SHARD COULD CAUSE SEVERE BODILY INJURY IF THE AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED OR IF THE AIRBAG WILL EVEN WORK SINCE THE DASH BOARD HAS CAVED IN. DEALERS ARE NOT WILLING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE DASHBOARD WIRING COULD CATCH FIRE. *TR

1998 DODGE 1500 DASH CRACKED AND CAME APART IN TWO PLACES, HAS VERY SHARP EDGES THAT CAN CUT HANDS. *TR

DASH ON 1998 AND 1999 DODGE RAM CRACKED. PCS COULD COME LOOSE AND CAUSE A WRECK. ALSO PAINT IS DEFECTIVE PAINT. JUST LIKE THE PROBLEM FORD HAD WITH THERE CAR AND TRUCKS. *TR

CRACKED DASH COVER IS A HAZARD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REVERSE GEAR WAS NON-FUNCTIONAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE REVERSE GEAR RETENTION CLIP CAME OUT AND DISINTEGRATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,534.

WE OWN THREE DODGE RAMS, THE 99 & 98 DASHES HAVE CRACKED UP DUE TO DODGE USING CHEAP MATERIAL. WE CAN NOT AFFORD THE $1200 TO REPLACE JUST ONE OF THE DASH, NOR CAN WE FIND A USED ONE. NOW MY 6YR GRANDCHILD HAS CUT HIS HAND FROM ONE OF THE CRACKS SHARP EDGES. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS, I LOVE MY PERSONAL TRUCK BUT I UNABLE TO KEEP MY GRANDSON SAFE IN IT. *TR