1999 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

CRACKED DASHBOARD. ITS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE EDGES ARE VERY SHARP. I HAVE ALREADY CHANGE IT ONCE BUT THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. SUGGESTING A RECALL ON DODGE RAM CRACKED DASHBOARDS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTORS NO LONGER FUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE RETRACTORS AT HER EXPENSE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V119000 (SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR). THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO VERIFIED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 110,000. UPDATED 07/21/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELT COULD NOT BE USED, BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT RETRACT. UPDATED 12/30/11

DASHBOARD ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM HAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. I JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK 2 MONTHS AGO AND IT ALREADY HAD ONE LARGE CRACK AND HAS GOTTEN SEVERAL MORE SINCE I PURCHASED IT. I THINK DODGE NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, ITS A WELL DOCUMENTED DEFECT. I ALSO BELIEVE ITS A SAFETY HAZARD. IN AN ACCIDENT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PLASTIC FROM MY DASHBOARD TURNING INTO SHRAPNEL WHEN THE AIRBAG GOES OFF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKING AND SEPARATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN WHICH THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CRACKS BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 44, THE DASH HAS COMPLETELY CRACK AND BROKEN OUT. I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND A PIECE THE SIZE OF A PLATE FALLS INTO THE LOWER PART OF THE DASH. MY DASH COMPLETELY HAS COLLAPSED, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE ON ANY VEHICLE. THEN I READ THE BLOBS AND SAW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ARE TRUCKS, AND EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, AT WHAT POINT DO WE SAY MANUFACTURER DEFECT. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY THE SAME THING BEFORE SOME ONE DOES SOMETHING, THEY ARE NOT EVEN OFFERING A REASONABLE REPAIR. $1000 TO REPLACE THE DASH IS A JOKE, A PLASTIC COVER, ARE YOU KIDDING! DODGE DOES NOT EVEN MAKE THIS DASH ANY MORE SO IT IS SUPPLY AND DEMAND! SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 DRIVES ALL OVER THE ROAD, YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT. IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD DRUNK DRIVING SIMULATOR. IT WILL JUST GO OFF ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH NO WARNING. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

ENTIRE DASH IS COMPLETELY CRACKED AND GONE. FRONT INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS NOTHING TO ATTACH TO AND FALLS OFF WHEN I DRIVE. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. ON THIS MODEL AS WELL AS MANY OTHER MODELS THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH WAS RECALLED FOR FAILING TO WORK. NOW MY TRUCK HAD BEEN SERVICED BUT ONE DAY MY HOOD FLEW OPEN WITH SUCH FORCE IT SPRUNG BOTH OF THE SPRING HINGES, RIPPED THE CORNERS OF MY HOOD AND BENT THEM (NOW STARTING TO RUST), CRACKED MY WINDSHIELD AND AT ONE POINT I COULD NOT GET THE HOOD TO LATCH SHUT SO I NOW TIE IT DOWN WITH TWINE. I WAS ONLY DOING ABOUT 25-30, JUST LEAVING A DRIVEWAY. MY DAUGHTER WAS SCARED (?@#^@ AS WAS I) AND WHEN I CALLED THE DODGE COMPANY EVERYONE WAS NICE EXCEPT THE INSURANCE REP HE REALLY TOOK THE CAKE. HE BLAMED ME FOR THE ACCIDENT SAYING IT WAS NOT THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCHES FAULT BUT THE PRIMARY AND THAT I DID NOT PROPERLY MAINTAIN IT. I NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO ASK HIM WHAT THE (BLANK) DO I PAY FOR THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TO KEEP MY VEHICLE MAINTAINED, WHICH I NEVER KNEW YOU HAD TO MAINTAIN A HOOD LATCH? EVEN SO THE SECONDARY LATCH WAS THE ISSUE THAT NEVER HELD EVEN IF THE PRIMARY LATCH FAILED. I TALKED TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE STUNNED AT THIS, THEY SAID IT WAS OBVIOUS THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH FAILED AND ONCE RECALLED ALWAYS RECALLED. I WENT AS FAR AS SAYING THEY DID NOT HAVE TO DO THE $2500.00 WORTH OF REPAIRS (ESTIMATED BY THE DODGE DEALERSHIP) I JUST WANTED THE LATCH TO WORK SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT DOING IT AGAIN AND TO FIX THE SPRINGS SO I DO NOT HAVE TO BE A BODY BUILDER TO OPEN AND SHUT MY HOOD AND TO BEND BACK THE METAL AND TOUCH UP THE PAIN

ON JANUARY 28 2011, I PURCHASED A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 FROM HONEST ZIGGY'S. THERE WERE LITTLE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, BUT THAT WAS OKAY WITH US. THEN IN FEBRUARY OF 2011 I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY DRIVER'S DOOR CAME OPEN. COME TO FIND OUT WE HAD TO SPEND $400.00 ON GETTING THE DRIVER'S DOOR FIXED. WE CALLED ZIGGY'S TO LET THEM KNOW AND THEY SAID THAT WE BOUGHT IT "AS IS". I THOUGHT BEFORE THEY PUT A VEHICLE UP FOR SALE THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE DOOR HINGES ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BECAUSE THEY WERE SO OLD AND WHEN THE DOOR WOULD SHUT IT WAS NOT LINING UP PROPERLY. IT WAS LIKE THAT FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE IT STARTED TO CRACK. WE HAD TO GO TO A BODY SHOP TO GET IT FIXED. THEY HAD TO CUT OUT AT LEAST QUARTER OF THE DOOR AND REPLACE IT.ZIGGY'S SAID THAT IT WAS OUR PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. ZIGGY TOLD US THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AND THAT WE CAUSED THE DOOR TO BE LIKE THAT. AND WHEN WE CONFRONTED HIM ABOUT IT HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND HE SAID THAT HE MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT ALSO AND SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT RIGHTS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. WE TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE AND NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND WE TOLD ZIGGY ABOUT IT AND HE SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO

APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF MY THEN BRAND NEW DODGE RAM 1500, THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK. THE CRACKS CONTINUED TO GROW IN SIZE AND INCREASE IN NUMBER UNTIL CHUNKS OF THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CAVE IN AND POP OUT. CURRENTLY THE DASHBOARD IS EITHER MISSING COMPLETELY IN VERY LARGE SECTIONS, OR CHIPPED, CRACKED AND CAVED IN OTHERS. THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS WILL NOT CAUSE, OR IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN AN ACCIDENT, OR EVEN JUST UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. *TR

CRACKED DASHBOARD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND PINION BEARING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED ASSISTANCE FOR THE FIRST THREE REPAIRS BUT NOT THE FOURTH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,044 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AND OVER TIME IT HAD INCREASED IN SIZE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH HIS STEREO DUE TO THE CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

DASHBOARD CRACKED IN 2 DIFFERENT AREAS. ONE CRACK IS INLINE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. THE OTHER IS INLINE WITH THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. BOTH RUN FROM THE WINDSHIELD BACK TOWARDS THE SEAT. *TR

THE DASH STARTED CRACKING YEARS AGO AND CONTINUES TO CRACK SO BADLY THAT CHUNKS ARE FALLING OFF LEAVING SHARP EDGES EXPOSED. THERE ARE MANY RAM OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT'S APPARENT THAT THIS A A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. I DON'T WANT TO REPLACE IT WITH THE SAME DASH AND HAVE THE SAME THING HAPPEN, BUT THERE A RISK OF BEING SERIOUSLY CUT BY THE SHARP POINTED EDGES AS THE DASH CONTINUES TO CRACK AND FALL APART. *TR

MY 1999 DODGE RAM TRUCK DASH ASSEMBLY IS FALLING APART. THE UPPER PAD STARTED BY CRACKING AND FINALLY FALLING INTO THE MAIN DASH AREA ABOUT 70% OF THE DASH PAD IS BROKEN OFF. NOW THE MAIN DASH ASSEMBLY IS CRACKING AND UNABLE TO HOLD THE ACCESSORIES ATTACHED TO IT ON ITS OWN. I AM ASKING DODGE TO REPLACE THE DASH ASSEMBLY AT THEIR COST WITH NO LUCK. *TR

THE DASH IN THIS VEHICLE IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART APPARENTLY FROM EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT. THIS COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY FROM EXPOSURE TO SHARP OBJECTS LOCATED UNDER THE DASH AND COULD CAUSE PLASTIC SHARDS TO BE EMBEDDED IN ONES FACE AND EYES SHOULD THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT A REPLACEMENT FROM DODGE WILL DO THE SAME THING AND WILL COST ME ABOUT $1200 TO REPLACE. I HAVE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT ALMOST ALL 1999 DODGE RAM'S HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM AS DO OTHER YEAR RAM'S. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD PICK-UP. CRACKING-FRACTURED DASHBOARD AND BEZEL. THE DASHBOARD PANEL HAS HAD SEVERAL LONG CRACKS COMPLETELY TRANSVERSING AND TRANSECTING THE DECK IN MANY AREAS AND MANY NEWER ONES. WHAT STARTED AS A FEW THIN CRACKS HAVE CONTINUED TO MULTIPLY AND WIDEN. NOW, THE ENTIRE DASH HAS FRACTURES. PIECES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE DASH AMONG THE WIRING AND DUCTS LEAVING LARGE HOLES ON TOP. THE BRITTLE PLASTIC EDGES ARE VERY SHARP AND LEAVE THE SURFACE UNEVEN AND WEAKENED. AN AFTERMARKET FABRIC OVERLAY WAS APPLIED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AT FIRST TO CONCEAL CRACKS, BUT RECENT INSPECTION REVEALED CURRENT STRUCTURAL FAILURE CONDITION. THE INSTRUMENT BEZEL IS ALSO CRACKED IN SIMILAR AREA TO DASH CRACKS. THESE WEAKENED COMPONENTS AND THE STATE OF FRACTURE PROGRESSING THROUGHOUT PANEL CONCERNS ME AS TO THE SAFETY AND FUNCTION OF THIS VEHICLE IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. WHAT AFFECT COULD IT HAVE ON THE AIRBAG DEPLOYING OR THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND FUNCTION OF COMPONENTS ATTACHED TO THE DASH PANEL? LOOSE PLASTIC PIECES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS TO OCCUPANTS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT OR BECOME LODGED FUNCTIONALLY IMPAIRING DRIVEABILITY. INTERNET RESEARCH HAS INFORMED ME THAT THIS IN NOT AN ISOLATED CASE. AFTERMARKET VENDORS HAVE FULL DASHBOARD REPLACEMENT PART FOR ~$400., PRESUMABLY BETTER ABS QUALITY THAN OEM PART. THE DODGE DEALER QUOTED ABOUT $900. FOR LABOR ONLY! THESE VENDORS ALSO CARRY A MOULDED ABS PLASTIC "DASH CAP AND BEZEL" OVERLAYS TO BE GLUED OVER DAMAGED

1998 DODGE RAM 1500, LEFT REAR TIRE CAME OFF THE VEHICLE. THE TWO LUGS THAT HELD THE TIRE BROKE OFF. BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0371-89)*JB

MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH IS WEATHERED AND CRACKED BADLY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON THING AMONG DODGE RAMS OF THIS AGE. I FEAR THAT IN A CRASH SITUATION THE DASH COULD BE VERY HARMFUL WHEN DISLODGED. THE EDGES OF THE CRACKS ARE VERY SHARP AND WOULD BECOME AIRBORN VERY EASILY IN AN IMPACT. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH IS CRACKING. THE CRACKING STARTED WITH NO ACTION TO CAUSE SUCH CRACKING. THE CRACKING IS SPREADING TO A POINT THE ENTIRE CENTER SECTION OF THE DASH WILL SOON CAVE IN LEAVING ALL WIRING BEHIND THE DASH EXPOSED. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! *TR

THE UPPER DASH PANEL/PAD IN THE 1999 SERIES OF DODGE RAM PICKUP'S HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING CRACKS IN IT. THESE CRACKS START AND THEN DO NOT STOP. ON MY PARTICULAR TRUCK I AM MISSING A HUGE CHUNK OF THE DASH DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE SEARCHED AND SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR A REPLACEMENT PART, BUT TO MY SURPRISE THERE ARE NONE AT A DECENT REPLACEMENT RATE. THE BODY MAN I SPOKE TO AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT ALL THE DODGE DASH PADS ARE LIKE THIS, AND I HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE CORRECT. I HAVE READ COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF INCIDENTS OF SIMILAR PROPORTIONS IN FORUMS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE MAKERS OF DODGE ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS ITEM AND REPLACE IT AT NO COST TO OWNERS LIKE ME EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM WITH A PRODUCT THAT WILL NOT CRACK LIKE THIS ONE HAS. IT IS DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE NOT ONLY BY THE SHARP CORNERS OF BROKEN PIECES OF DASHBOARD, BUT FOR SOME IT HAS SHORTED OUT WIRES THAT HAVE MELTED FROM EXPOSURE TO THE SUN AND CAUSED SEVERE RISK TO THEIR SAFETY. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I MYSELF HAVE CUT MY ARM OPEN ON A PIECE OF BROKEN DASH WHEN ONE OUT OF NO WHERE JUST DECIDES TO BREAK OFF. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE 1500 WITH 79,000 MILES ON IT . ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO MY DASH STARTED TO CRACK I NOW HAVE A LARGE HOLE IN MY DASH AND CAN SEE THE AIR BAG MATERIAL . I'M THINKING THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS. DODGE WON'T DO ANYTHING . I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW. *TR

CRACKING AND BROKEN DASH. THE DASH AROUND THE AIR VENTS AND PILLARS ARE BROKEN AWAY IN LARGE CHUNKS WITH CRACKS EXTENDING FROM AROUND 3" AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE DASH. DASH IS LOOSE AS A RESULT OF THE CRACKING AND BROKEN PIECES THAT HAVE FALLEN OUT. THIS IS A "COMMON PROBLEM" TO DODGE RAMS. DODGE SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPLACE THE DASHBOARDS WITH DECENT ONES INSTEAD OF EXPECTING CUSTOMERS TO PAY $800 FOR THE SAME INFERIOR AND FAULTY PART. THESE DASHBOARDS SHOULD BE REPLACED DUE TO AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING FLAW/PROBLEM. *TR

SHOULD HAVE NEVER CRACKED KEPT BOARD CLEANED AND WELL HYDRATED USING PROPER CLEANING PROCEDURES. CRACKED DASHBOARD CAUSES CUT HAZARD DUE TO SHARP EDGES. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH IS COMPLETELY BROKEN OUT. I HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AFTER THE PIECE FELL INSIDE DASH. RIGHT NOW I JUST HAVE A PIECE OF CLOTH OVER THE HOLE TO KEEP THE SUN OFF THE WIRING. THE SHARP EDGES ARE DANGEROUS IF I WAS EVER INVOLVED IN A CRASH. *TR

AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF DODGE OWNERS, MY DASH HAS IMPLODED. IT STARTED IN JAN. WHILE USING THE DEFROSTERS. CRACKS JUST APPEARED FROM THE DEFROSTERS OUT THE ENTIRE DASH. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT WITHOUT LUCK. NOW THE HEATER CORE AND CONDENSER WERE REPLACED AND THERE ISN'T ENOUGH OF THE DASH LEFT TO PUT A COVER OVER. MY WIFE READ THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DASHES AND AIRBAG FAILURES, AND REFUSES TO RIDE IN THE TRUCK WITH ME FOR FEAR OF THE AIRBAG AND/OR PROJECTILES COMING FROM THE DASH. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM WITH MAJOR CRACKS ON DASHBOARD AND ANYTHING THAT MOUNTS TO IT. GLOVE BOX SNAPS OFF BECAUSE IT IS ALSO MOUNTED AND MADE OF THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC. VERY UNSAFE IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR WITH JAGGED SHARP PLASTIC PIECES. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DEFECTS DUE TO THE SUN BEATING DOWN ON EXPOSED WIRING BECAUSE THERE IS NO DASHBOARD TO COVER IT. DODGE WILL NOT ADMIT TO IT BEING A PROBLEM THAT THEY WILL RECALL. IT WILL HAVE TO TAKE SOMEONE GETTING SEVERELY INJURED FOR DODGE TO MAYBE RECONSIDER THERE DECISION OF RECALLING THE DASHBOARD. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. I AM HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE DASH HAVING MULTIPLE SEVERE CRACKS AND BREAKS. I AM AFRAID THAT THIS WILL AFFECT THE AIR BAG DEVELOPMENT IF EVER NEEDED. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON COMPLIANT IN THESE VEHICLE'S AND SIMILAR MODELS. HELP IS NEEDED! *TR

OVER THE PAST YEAR MY DASHBOARD HAS SLOWLY SELF DESTRUCT. IT STARTED WITH A SINGLE CRACK, THEN ANOTHER AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER, TO THE POINT WHERE IT HAS LITERALLY COLLAPSED. MY A/C VENTS ARE EFFECTED AS WELL AS MY RADIO IS NOW STARTING TO ACT UP. I AM IN FEAR THAT WITH THE INTENSE ARIZONA SUN, MY WIRING MAY START TO SHORT OUT AND CAUSE A FIRE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. CAN DODGE BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? I'M WORRIED. *TR

DASHBOARD IS BREAKING UP WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE. *TR

DASHBOARD IS SEVERELY CRACKED AND FALLING APART ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK WITH OVER 160,000 MILES. PIECES OF THE DASH ARE JAGGED AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. *TR

TYPICAL PROBLEMS WITH CRACKED PLASTIC DASHBOARD ON 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUPS (2) COMBINED WITH FAILURE OF AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. BOTH SEEM TO BE EPIDEMIC IN PROPORTION, UNFORTUNATELY HAVE EXPERIENCED BOTH. DASH IS NOT SAFE WITH CRACKED, JAGGED PLASTIC EDGES WAITING TO IMPALE OR SLICE YOU, ASSUMING THAT FLYING PEICES WOULDNT DO EVEN MORE HARM IF AIRBAG HAD GONE OFF. SAME PROBLEM IN DASH ON TWO PERSONAL VEHICLES, NOW RELUCTANT TO GO ANYWHERE IN ONE THAT WASNT WRECKED BECAUSE AIRBAG PROBABLY WONT WORK IN IT EITHER IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN. I KNOW MINE ISNT THE ONLY ONE, WHOVER HAS CONTROLLING INTEREST OF DODGE THIS MONTH NEEDS TO STEP UP AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. RIDICULOUS TO THINK OF REPLACING DASH FOR $800 - 1200 WITH A PART OF NO BETTER INTEGRITY THAN THE ONE IT ALREADY HAD. MORE RIDICULOUS IS THE FACT THEY KNOW THE AIRBAGS FAILURES ARE AN ISSUE ON THESE TRUCKS FOR YEARS NOW AND HAVE DONE NOTHING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. IT SHOULDNT BE UP TO THE CUSTOMER TO WORRY ABOUT THESE TWO CRITICAL SAFETY ITEMS . I SPENT A MAJORITY OF MY WORKING LIFE IN THE DODGE BUSINESS, HAVE SEEN IT FROM ALL ANGLES, NOW AS THE IRATE AND DISGUTED OWNER OF TWO VEHICLES THAT LEAVE ME WITH NO DESIRE TO OWN/OPERATE. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. DASHBOARD CRACKED EXTENSIVELY. NEEDS INVESTIGATION. *TR

DASHBOARD IS BADLY CRACKED. *TR

SOFT METAL AROUND PISTONS CAUSED ENGINE TO FAIL AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 QUAD CAB. DASH HAS 2 HOLES WHERE THE DASH HAS CRACKED AND FALLEN THRU. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF CLAIMS ON MESSAGE BOARDS WITH SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT THE PLASTIC FALLING ON WIRES CAUSED SHORTING OUT ELECTRONICS. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH A SEVERELY CRACKED DASH AND RECENTLY MY DAUGHTER CUT HER HAND ON IT. HOW THE NTSB CAN SAY THAT THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IS NOT A VEHICLE OCCUPANT HAZARD IS BEYOND ME. SOMEONE NEEDS TO FORCE CHRYSLER CORP TO FIX / REPLACE THESE DASH SKINS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT.. *TR

1999 DODGE DASHBOARD CRACKED SITTING IN PARKING LOT ON SUNNY DAY. *TR

DASH CRACKING ON 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKED AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE; AFRAID IT MAY FALL IN AND RUIN SOME OF THE WIRING OR TRIP THE AIRBAG TO COME OUT. THE CRACKING STARTED SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AND THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD NOT NOR WOULD DODGE COVER THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT. PRETTY SAID AND I FOUND A WEBSITE WITH OVER 99 PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES. THIS SHOULD BE FIXED BY DODGE. *TR

DASH IS CRACKING VERY BAD. THIS IS NOT THE WAY A DASH SHOULD LOOK. THIS ALSO TAKES AWAY THE VALUE OF MY TRUCK VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM MAGNUM 1500 THE DASH IT CRACKED IN TO DIFFERENT PLACES LIGHTS ON TOP DON'T WORK THE PUSH BUTTON IS BROKEN, AND THE CUP HOLDER TRAY IS BROKEN. *TR

DASH CRACKED ,GETTING WORSE,POINTY PIECES OF HARD PLASTIC THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS IN AN ACCIDENT,AND ALSO EXPOSING WIRING AND AIR BAG TO SUN DAMAGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY SHIFTED FROM LOW GEAR TO HIGH GEAR AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEAR. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER SHIFT TO A HIGHER GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION TECHNICIAN WHERE HE INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMMON AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

PURCHASED A 1999 DODGE 1500 WITH APPROXIMATELY 49K MILES ON IT IN 2004. HAVE HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEM WITH DASH BREAKING. IT IS NOW TO THE POINT THAT I FEEL THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WILL BE IMPAIRED OR EVEN BECOME LETHAL IF IT DEPLOYED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT WITH NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS HAVING THE SAME COMPLAINT. DODGE HAS REFUSED TO HELP CORRECT PROBLEM. THIS MAKES IT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER. I AM AFRAID WITH THE CONDITION OF THE DASH AT THIS POINT SERIOUS BODILY INJURY MAY OCCUR DUE TO ITS CONDITION. IT ALMOST APPEARS THAT THE DEFAULT HAS CAUSED THE POSITION OF THE DASH TO CHANGE SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGING THE POSITION OF THE AIRBAG. *TR

MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH HAVE DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCKS AND BOTH DASHBOARDS ARE CRACKING MY HUSBANDS IS WORSE AND HAS A HOLE THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO PUT YOUR HEAD INTO. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK A FEW NIGHTS AGO WHEN MINE "EXPLODED" OR WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE FIRED A GUN IN THE CAB OF MY TRUCK THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THERE ARE ALOT OF COMPLAINTS WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO GET OFF THEIR REARENDS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS OR IS IT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE WRECKING AND POSSIBLY DYING TO GET CHRYSLERS ATTENTION AND LET ME JUST SAY THEY ARE DANG LUCKY THAT I WAS STOPPED WHEN IT HAPPENED CAUSE IF I HAD WRECKED MY TRUCK I WOULD HAVE THROWN A MASSIVE LAWSUITS ON THESE PEOPLE AND I DON'T CARE WHO IT WOULD OF HURT THIS IS INSANE. MY BEST FRIENDS SON CUT HIS HAND OPEN ON HIS DASH BECAUSE OF IT THERE IS NO NEED THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED IT IS A HAZARD. HELLO FIX IT! *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN LOWES PARKING LOT GOING ABOUT 10 MILES I WENT TO STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR I MANAGED TO STOP WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING AFTER INVESTAGATION FOUND THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED ALL THE WAY THROUGHT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY IF THIS HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER TALKING TO CO WORKERS I FOUND 4 MORE DODGES WITH RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINE ALL RUSTED BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACE BY ME AS I DO NOT TRUST DEALERSHIPS REPAIR SHOPS. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH IS BUSTING INTO PIECES. DODGE NEEDS TO FIX THIS BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE A 4YR OLD AND A 2 YR OLD GRANDKIDS AND DON'T WANT THEM OR ME TO GET HIT WITH PIECES OF THE DASH. *TR

MY 1999 DODGE RAM SEATBELTS ARE STUCK AND WILL NOT WORK. THEIR IS A RECALL FOR THEM BUT DODGE SAYS MY TRUCK IS NOT ONE OF THE PROBLEM TRUCKS THE VIN NUMBER IS NOT RECALLED. *TR