1999 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

CRACKED DASHES MAY LEAD TO RIPPED AIRBAGS ON DEPLOYMENT. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK WITH SMALL V8 AND 135,000 MILES. ENGINE STOPS RUNNING WITH NO WARNING. ODOMETER DISPLAYS "NO DC BUSS" SOMETIMES CODE 920 AND 921 APPEAR. DEALER IN MAYSVILLE, KY 41056 REPLACED PCM UNIT. DEALER CANNOT ID THE FAULT CODES. ENGINE STILL STOPS WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER TOWING THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, THE DEALER RECOMMENDS WIGGLING WIRES ON THE PCM PLUG. WIGGLING THE WIRES WILL PERMIT ENGINE RESTART BUT, IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE THE ENGINE DIE IN TRAFFIC OR TO OPEN THE HOOD AND PLAY WITH IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE DIES OFTEN-MULTIPLE TIMES ON A SHORT DRIVE ACROSS TOWN. THE TRUCK IS NOT FIT FOR USE ON ROADS WITHOUT AN EMERGENCY SHOULDER SINCE IT WILL DIE EVERY TIME IT IS DRIVEN. OFTEN THE ENGINE WILL NOT START WHEN COLD (SEVERAL DAYS SINCE LAST USE) UNTIL THE WIRES ARE WIGGLED. THEREFORE, THE PROBLEM IS NOT DUE TO HEAT. THIS PROBLEM IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ON THE RAM 1500 AND DURANGO. *TR

1999 RAM 1500 DASHBOARD CRACKED FRONT TO BACK NEAR PASS. SIDE AIRBAG. VEHICLE AND INTERIOR KEPT IN IMMACULATE CONDITION WITH ONLY 66K MILES AND CRACK APPEARED WITHOUT ANY OCCURRENCE. COST OF DASH REPLACEMENT PROHIBITIVE. *TR

DASHBOARD HAZARD THE PART BEGAN FAILING WHILE I WAS HAVING SOME INTERIOR WORK DONE ON MY VEHICLE. IT STARTED WITH A SMALL CRACK AND NOW IT'S TURNED INTO 2 GAPING HOLES. THE DASHBOARD ON THE 1999 DODGE RAM IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD. THEY ARE VERY BRITTLE AND SUBJECT TO CONSTANT ONGOING CRACKING. IF EVER THERE IS A CASE OF FRONTEND COLLISION OR AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS COULD BE BLASTED WITH NUMEROUS PIECES OF SHARP HARD PLASTIC. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM DASHBOARD CRACKING ALL OVER MOST OF CRACKS AROUND PASSENGER AIR BAG . INCASE OF ACCIDENT AFRAID STRONG IMPACT WILL SEND LOSE SHARP DASH PIECES ONTO PERSON INSIDE VEHICLE. AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT MIGHT CAUSE DASHBOARD OBJECTS TO IMPALE PERSON INSIDE. UNKNOWN IF WATER COULD CAUSE A SHORT IN THE WIRING SYSTEM TO EXPOSED DASH CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF WHILE ON HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 60MPH. VERY CONCERNED WITH THIS DEFECT AND AFRAID TO PUT ANYONE IN VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 THAT THE UPPER DASH HAS COMPLETELY CRACKED AWAY IN LARGE AND SMALL PIECES. THEY ARE SHARP & IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT COULD BECOME MISSELS OR DROP INTO THE WIRING BEHIND THE DASH. THIS IS HAPPENING FROM YEARS 1998-2004. THE DODGE DEALER I WENT TO ADMITTED THERE WAS A MIX-UP IN THE PLASTIC MIXTURE BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD OR WOULD DO.*CW

1. NO SPECIFIC EVEN LEAD UP TO THE FAILURE. THE ITEM IN QUESTION HAS BROKEN ON IT'S OWN. 2. THE DASHBOARD HAS BROKEN IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. ONE OF THE LARGE CRACKS IS DIRECTLY OVER THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WHICH IS CONCERNING AS AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT COULD CAUSE THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD TO SHATTER RESULTING IN A HIGHER INJURY RATE TO THE FRONT PASSENGER. 3. AFTER DOING RESEARCH AND DETERMINING THAT NUMEROUS OWNERS OF THE DODGE RAM PICK-UP ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE I CONTACTED CHRYSLER TO LOOK INTO REPLACING THE DASHBOARD. CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THEIR RESPONSE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS WHEN THE "ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM" (ABS) ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE ONTO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) MODULE. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V185000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE). HOWEVER, THE SAFETY RECALL EXCLUDED THE DODGE RAM 1500 SERIES. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL FAILURES AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL DEFECT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKED DASH - DASH CRACKED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE WITH MANY CRACKS. SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE IN CASE OF AIRBAG DEPLOYING AND DASH PROJECTILES FLYING ABOUT.*TR

DEFECT IN 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP DASHBOARD DASHBOARD HAS CRACKS AND IS CRUMBLING APART...!!!! I USED ARMOR ALL TO PROTECT DASHBOARD BUT IT KEEPS FALLING APART AND IS RISK FOR INJURY/DEATH IF AIR BAG IS DEPLOYED..I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE CAUSE OF DODGE SKIMPING ON MATERIALS..I WANT DODGE TO REPLACE THIS AT NO COST TO ME.. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP HAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS. WHEN SWITCHING FROM HIGH BEAMS TO LOW BEAMS. THE HIGH BEAMS GO OFF BUT THE LOW BEAMS DO NOT COME BACK ON. I HAVE HAD TWO DODGE DEALERS PLUS ANOTHER GARAGE LOOK INTO FIXING THIS PROBLEM. BOTH DODGE DEALERS SAY THEY COULD NOT VERIFY MY COMPLAINT. THE LAST DODGE DEALER PERFORMED ANOTHER ELECTRICAL WIRING TRACE DIAG AND CLAIMS ALL CIRCUIT OPERATING AS DESIGNED. YET THEY CONTINUE GUESSING AT WHAT MIGHT CAUSE THE PROBLEM AND CHARGE ME FOR REPLACING PARTS THEY CANNOT VERIFY WHERE EVER BAD OR EVEN CAUSING THE FAILURE OF THE LOW BEAMS TO COME BACK ON. THE NORMAL EVENT IS THAT WHEN AN ONCOMING VEHICLE IS COMING AT ME AND I NEED TO TURN OFF THE HIGH BEAMS. THE HIGH BEAMS ARE TURNED OFF WITHOUT ANY LOW BEAMS COMING ON. THIS CREATES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY OF BOTH AUTOS OPERATING ON THE SAME SECTION OF ROADWAY. THIS PROBLEM CURRENTLY HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. AFTER THIS SECOND DODGE DEALER CHARGED ME FOR REPLACING ANOTHER SWITCH (ANOTHER GUESS BY THEIR MECH). IT TOOK ME LESS THAN 30 SECONDS TO SHOW A WITNESS DRIVING WITH ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AS THE LOW BEAMS FAILED TO COME ON AFTER ONLY THREE ATTEMPTS OF SWITCHING HIGH BEAMS TO LOW BEAMS. YET DODGE DEALERS STILL SAYS EVERYTHING IS WORKING AS DESIGNED. THERE IS CLEARLY A DEFECT HERE IN DESIGN. TO DATE IT HAS NOT RESULTED IN A CRASH BUT THERE IS NO TELLING WHEN THE LOW BEAMS WILL FAIL TO COME ON WHEN DRIVING AND THEY ARE NEEDED. THE FIRST TI

THE DASHBOARD HAS RACKS IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND THE ENTER FINALLY FELL IN ONTO THE TOP OF THE RADIO. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED OR IN A WRECK. I WALKED OUTSIDE ONE MORNING AND NOTICED THE DASHBOARD CRACKED. ABOUT A WEEK LATER IS WHEN THE CENTER FELL IN. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. DASHBOARD DETERIORATED AND HAS FINALLY RESULTED IN LARGE VOIDS AND SHARP EDGES BEING EXPOSED TO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE MOUNTING LOCATION FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG HAS DETERIORATED TO THE POINT WHERE THE AIRBAG CAN FALL OUT. *TR

DASH CRACKED AND FELL APART CAUSING HEADLIGHT WIRE TO MELT AND HEADLIGHTS TO GO OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. *TR

THE DASH BOARD ON MY DODGE RAM TRUCK IS CRACKING AND FALLING TO PIECES. THE PIECES FALLING INTO THE DASH CAN CUT OR EXPOSE ELECTRICAL WIRES AND IN A CRASH THE EXTRA BROKEN DASH PIECES CAN ADD TO THE PROBLEM OF FLYING DEBRIS THAT CAN CUT PASSENGERS. *TR

CRACKED DASH ON TOP AND DOWN FRONT ON 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 QUAD CAB. IT HAS BEEN PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE OVER THE YEARS. IT IS A HAZARD IN MY OPINION IF THE AIRBAGS EVER HAD TO DEPLOY... IT WOULD SEND PIECES OF THE DASH FLYING AT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. THIS COULD BE FATAL. PLEASE HELP MAKE DODGE/CHRYSLER REPAIR THE DASHES IN THESE TRUCKS. FROM MY RESEARCH ONLINE... THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. NOT ONLY WITH THE 1999 MODEL DODGE RAMS, PLEASE HELP. *TR

DASHBOARD HAS BROKEN APART AND COMPLETELY CAVED IN LEAVING EXPOSED WIRING AND TURNED BROKEN PIECES INTO PROJECTILES IF THE AIR BAG WAS TO DEPLOY. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT POSES A RISK TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY AND EXISTS IN A GROUP OF VEHICLES OF THE SAME DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE. BECAUSE IT IS A CRITICAL VEHICLE COMPONENT THAT HAS BROKEN, FALLEN APART, AND SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, IT COULD CAUSE INJURY TO PERSONS INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE.I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM AND IF YOU DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE (WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM)YOU WILL SEE HOW WIDESPREAD THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY IS. DODGE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR NOT ALREADY RECALLING ALL TRUCKS WITH THIS PROBLEM AT NO CHARGE TO THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS. *TR

CRACKED DASH 1999 DODGE RAM. EXPOSED WIRES. SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

THE "DODGE DEATH WOBBLE" IS FOR REAL. WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 ON THE INTERSTATE, I WENT OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE WHOLE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO CONTROL AND DID NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN TO UNDER 20 MPH. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND DODGE SHOULD BE FORCED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN FIVE TIMES IN MY TRUCK. *TR

I BOUGHT A 1999 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB BRAND NEW IN MILTON FL. THE TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 76000 MILES AND THE COMPLETE DASH ASSY HAS BROKEN AND CRACKED INTO A DOZEN PIECES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS HAS BECOME A SERIOUS AIR-BAG/ FOD HAZARD IF IT NEEDS TO DEPLOY AND COULD CAUSE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. DEALERS AND MANUFACTURER REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE AND REPAIR THE DEFECTED DASHES. *TR

WE HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM EXT CAB AND THE DASH CRACKED AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS NOT A ISSUE BUT AFTER READING ONLINE I AM SEEING THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THAT IT COULD BE DANGEROUS IF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS FOR NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT MY CHILDREN. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS 1999 DODGE RAM IN 2002 WITH ABOUT 40,000 MILES ON IT. I NOW HAVE 79,000. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, THE DASH CRACKED. AFTER ABOUT 10 CRACKS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE DASH IN EVERY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION. I WENT TO THE "5 STAR" LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND SHOWED THEM THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM AND ESTIMATED $1500 TO REPAIR. UNTIL NOW, I THOUGHT THAT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH THE PROBLEM AND ASSUMED THAT THIS CERTAINLY WASN'T A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT MAY BE IN LINE FOR A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. I ORDERED A CUSTOM FIT MAT TO PUT OVER THE CRACKS. THE CRACKS HAVE CONTINUED AND ARE NOW GOING VERTICAL ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEZEL. THERE ARE PROBABLE 15 CRACKS IN ALL. IN ADDITION, THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT PLASTIC DOOR FRAME HINGE PIN (PART OF THE DASH) BROKE OFF ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE. I EPOXIED IN A PIECE OF WOOD DOWEL ROD TO MAKE THE GLOVE BOX DOOR WORK. SEEMS LIKE THE DASH FALLING APART WOULD SET OFF THE AIR BAG OR SHORT THE WIRING TO CAUSE UNSAFE OPERATIONAL PROBLEM SUCH AS A FIRE. IF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS WITH A FRAGMENTED DASH, WILL THE SHARP FRAGMENTS BECOME MISSILES THAT COULD INJURE OR KILL THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER? THIS APPEARS TO BE A REALLY UNSAFE CONDITION. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON THE INTERNET. CAN YOU HELP PUT THE PRESSURE ON DODGE FOR A RECALL TO REPLACE OUR DASHES? *TR

THE DASH IS CRACKING AND FALLING IN. IF THIS TRUCK WAS EVER IN A CRASH THE SHARP PIECES WILL GO EVERYWHERE AND HURT THE PASSENGERS IN THE TRUCK! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS EXAMINING HIS VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO WEAR AND CRACK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTICED PRIOR THAT THERE WERE SMALL CRACKS FORMING ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 152000.

AT ABOUT 180,000 MILES THE DASH CRACKED AND WITHIN 3,000 MILES THE CENTER OF THE DASH COMPLETELY FELL IN AND KEEPS BREAKING MORE. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 BUSTED DASH. MY CONCERN IS THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE DASH IS SO BUSTED UP THAT I'M WORRY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I'M EVER IN AN ACCIDENT. IF THE AIR BAGS COME OUT WILL ALL THE SHARP PIECES OF THE DASH FLY OUT AND HIT ME. THOSE PIECES ARE REALLY SHARP AND I FELL LIKE THEY COULD DO JUST AS MUCH DAMAGE TO SOMEONE AS BEING IN A WRECK. THE BUSTED DASH IS SUCH A SAFETY HAZARD. THE WIRING IS ALSO EXPOSED AND THAT ALONG CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, I WOULD HATE FOR ONE OF THEM TO GET HURT JUST BECAUSE DODGE WILL NOT DO A RECALL. I'M NOT SURE OF THEIR REASON FOR NOT DOING IT, BUT IN THIS ECONOMY, THEY ARE LOOSING BUSINESS FAST DUE TO THEIR LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM WITH 88,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRUCK IS ALWAYS KEPT IN THE GARAGE AND IN PERFECT CONDITION EXCEPT THE '!@#$% DASH BOARD. ON AUG 11 2009 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE BLOCK AND A PC OF THE DASH CRACKED OF HITTING ME IN THE EYE!!!!!!!! I LOST CONTROL FOR A SECOND AND ENDED UP ON THE PARKWAY GRASS! THANK GOD NO ONE WAS PLAYING IN THERE YARD CAUSE FOR A MOMENT I WAS UNABLE TO SEE! I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED TO WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHILE DRIVING A CHRYSLER MADE PRODUCT!! I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM AND HE SAID"ILL GIVE YOU A GOOD DEAL ON A NEW ONE! WHY DO I WANT ANOTHER PC OF '!@#$% FROM THEM? START STANDING BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT AND MAYBE I WOULD BUY ANOTHER ! I CANT LET ANYONE ELSE DRIVE THIS AND IM AFRAID TO AS WELL, FEARING WHAT OTHER PART OF THE DASH IS GOING TO FLY OFF NEXT! THERE ARE CRACKS ALL OVER IT FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE GAUGES FROM SIDE WINDOW TO SIDE WINDOW! THIS MUST BE REPLACED!!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE STATED THAT HE HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP DUE TO LEAKAGE. THREE YEARS LATER THE SHAFT BEARING IN THE WATER PUMP FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE SERPENTINE BELTS TO BREAK. ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING INCREASES THE RISK OF VEHICLE CRASH. HE SPECULATES THAT THE WATER PUMP HOUSING HAS BEEN SAND GLASSED. HE THEN ADDED THAT THE WATER PUMP MATERIAL WAS ALUMINUM, WHICH EVENTUALLY DEGRADES AND CAUSES THE FAILURE. HE REPLACED THE WATER PUMP AGAIN BUT THE REPAIR WAS INSUFFICIENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 70,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 147,000.

I CURRENTLY OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP AND MECHANICALLY IT HAS BEEN A PRETTY GOOD CAR. HOWEVER, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, MY DASH STARTED CRACKING AND HAS SINCE DEVELOPED MULTIPLE CRACKS THAT RUN FROM THE FRONT OF THE DASH TO THE WINDSHIELD!! I'VE WITNESSED MANY OTHER DODGE PICK-UP TRUCKS WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND SOME HAVE BIG CHUNKS OF PLASTIC THAT HAVE BROKEN OUT OF THE DASH. I'M CONCERNED THAT WIRING WILL BE EXPOSED, THE PLASTIC AS IT BREAKS OFF IN CHUNKS WILL FALL DOWN INTO THE DASH AND CAUSE PROBLEMS! I REALLY BELIEVE THAT DODGE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE PLASTIC USED IN THE DASHES OF THEIR PICKUP TRUCKS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THEY SHOULD PAY TO HAVE THESE DASHES REPLACED!! THANKS! *TR

ON OUR 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. SEAT BELT LOCKING UP WHEN DRIVING ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. ALSO AS READ ON THE COMPLAINTS REPORTS, DASH BOARD IS FALLING APART. THESE ARE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WILL AFFECT PEOPLES LIVES. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT IT? *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB - ENGINE WILL QUIT AT ANY MOMENT, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH, GIVES "NOBUS" CODE IN ODOMETER. HAVE HAD VEHICLE IN SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES, DASH CLUSTER REPLACED, SENSORS REPLACED, ETC, IT STILL DOES IT, VERY DANGEROUS HAVE QUIT DRIVING TRUCK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FINALLY RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE OXYGEN SENSORS AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN AND THEY ATTEMPTED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 59,800.

99 DODGE RAM 1500 , DASH BOARD HAS CAVED IN . SHARP EDGES ARE IN PLAIN SIGHT. THIS COULD BE LIFE THREATENING IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. THIS DASH FELL IN ON ITSELF WITH NO OUTSIDE HELP. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WAS NOT DAMAGED BY ANYONE. *TR

DASH IS CRACKING AND COLLAPSING INSIDE OF VEHICLE. SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT I CAUGHT EARLY ENOUGH FOR EITHER THE DASH CUTTING WIRES, OR FROM THEM BAKING IN THE SUN. *TR

DASHBOARD ON 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKED AND FELL APART. PIECES OF DASH FALLING OFF. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. SLIPS WHEN HOT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SLIPS GOING INTO GEAR WHEN COLD. *TR

DASH IS SEVERELY CRACKED. *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM TRUCK IS CRACKED, BROKEN, AND COMING APART. PARTS OF THE DASH ARE FALLING INTO THE VENTS AND OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICES. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500. DASH HAS CRACKED ALL OVER, AND HAS FALLEN THROUGH IN PLACES. *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON THE 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 AND MOST DODGES FROM 1994-2001 SPECIFICALLY ARE CRACKING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE HAD A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD AFTER GETTING THE AIR CONDITIONER FIXED. WE THOUGHT IT WAS THERE FAULT BUT DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF DASHBOARDS BEING SHATTERED IN THESE TRUCKS FROM MANY PEOPLE I DON'T THINK IT IS. NOW THE WHOLE DASH IS IN DANGER OF CAVING IN. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE NEWS MANY TIMES AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING FED UP. THIS COULD CAUSE ELECTRICAL DAMAGE AND THE SHARP PLASTIC FROM THE JAGGED CRACKS CAN HURT SOMEONE. I BELIEVE THE DASHBOARDS NEED TO BE RECALLED OR SOMEONE WILL BE HURT. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN NOVEMBER OF 1998. IN 2003 THE DASH BOARD STARTED CRACKING, AND IT NOW LOOKS LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE. CHRYSLER SAID THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS UP. EVERY DODGE RAM FROM 98-01 THAT I HAVE LOOKED AT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK REPAINTED AT HILL-KELLY DODGE IN PENSACOLA FL IN 2004 BECAUSE IT WAS PEELING. THE CLEAR COAT IS NOW COMING OFF OF THE ROOF, AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT PAINTED IT SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME SINCE IT WAS OVER THREE YEARS AGO. IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE, I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU *TR

DASH BOARD IS CRACKING ALL OVER. IT JUST STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IS GETTING WORST. MY TRUCK IS IN SHOW CONDITION AND THIS REALLY BITES. I THINK DODGE SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH A RECALL. I DON'T THINK MY AIRBAG WILL WORK BECAUSE THE HOUSING IT SEATS INTO IS CRACKED TOO. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THIS PAST SUMMER THE DASH BOARD JUST STARTED CRACKING AND THE DASH BOARD PIECES ARE FALLING OUT CONSTANTLY. I NOW HAVE ONLY A PARTIAL DASHBOARD LEFT WITH HOLES IN IT BIG ENOUGH TO PUT YOUR HANDS THROUGH. EVEN WHILE I AM DRIVING, SMALLER PIECES WILL POP OFF THE DASH AND SHOOT AT ME. I AM READING COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET REGARDING THE EXACT SAME THING, O I KNOW IT'S NOT A PROBLEM UNIQUE TO ME. *TR

1999 DODGE LARAMIE 1500 QUAD 4X4. DASH HAS CRACKED AND BROKE INTO PIECES AND FALLEN INTO DASH WIRING HARNESSES. CURRENTLY HAS ONLY AFFECTED THE FRONT SPEAKERS. CONCERNS ABOUT THE AIRBAG AND HEADLAMP WIRES LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA. *TR

BOLT ATTACHING LOWER SHOCK MOUNT TO LOWER A-ARM HAS TO GREAT A THREADED LENGTH CAUSING THE THREADS TO BEAR ON THE LOWER A-ARM, CAUSING THE THREADS TO BE GROUND DOWN AND THE HOLE IN THE A-ARM THROUGH WHICH THE BOLT PASSES TO BE FRETTED AND ENLARGED EXCESSIVELY. THE WEAR OF THE A-ARM COULD RESULT IN CRACKING OF THE A-ARM DUE TO FATIGUE. WEAR OF THE BOLT THREADS COULD CAUSE EXCESSIVE BENDING OF THE BOLT AND PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE BOLT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH 64,000 MILES. JUST RECENTLY I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE DASH DEVELOPED A CRACK THAT GREW IN LENGTH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. NOW THERE IS A NOTHER CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK. THE CRACK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE GOES FROM THE WINDSHIELD ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE DASH. THE OTHER ONE ISN'T THAT BIG BUT IT IS STARTING TO GET BIGGER. *TR

THE HEATER IN MY DODGE 1999 RAM 1500 4X4 CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED THE CAB AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT COMPLETELY. *TR

MY DASH BOARD IS CRACKING DAY AFTER DAY AND IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. IT STARTED ABOVE THE AIR BAG SECTION AND I'M WORRIED AFTER SOME TIME IF THIS MAY HAVE SOME SAFETY ISSUE PROBLEMS. THE QUALITY OF THE DASH BOARD IS CHEAPLY MADE. *TR

THE FRONT DASH IS BEGINNING TO FORM SERIOUS CRACKS. CAR IS AT ABOUT 110K MILES AND THE PROBLEM IS DRAMATICALLY ESCALATING, WITH ABOUT 5-7 CRACKS NOW. *TR

GOT MY TRUCK FEB.14,2000 AND IN 2001 I HAD TO START REPLACING FRONT DRIVER SIDE BRAKES. I DID THIS APPROXIMATELY 2 TIMES A YEAR. IT ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE THE ONES ON DRIVERS FRONT WORE OUT OTHERS WHERE FINE. ON OCT.12,2004 A RAINY NIGHT GOING HOME THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHIMMY WHEN I USED BRAKES. WHEN I WAS GOING TO TURN RIGHT THE BRAKES LOCKED UP ON FRONT AND THREW TRUCK INTO EMBANKMENT NOW WIFE MESSED UP HER NECK DUE TO IMPACT. I DID NOT FILE REPORT CAUSE NO ONE ELSE WAS AT FAULT. THE PROBLEM BECAME MORE FREQUENT. I CONTINUED REPLACING PADS UNTIL RECENTLY. ON JULY 28,2008 I CHANGED EVERYTHING EXCEPT BRAKE BOOST AND MASTER CYLINDER. THE SHIMMYING IS BACK AFTER 3 MONTHS. THE VEHICLE PULLS WHEN I USE THE BRAKES AND WILL THROW YOU INTO OTHER LANE OR OFF THE ROAD. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WITH OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD THROUGH THE YEARS AS I TRIED TO REPAIR THE TROUBLE. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT AM TIRED OF REPLACING PADS. I HAVE NOT FIXED BODY DAMAGE FROM 2004 TILL I GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. I HAVE HAD OTHERS TELL ME OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR DODGE TRUCKS. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FIX THIS? *TR