1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

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 TIME I HAD THIS PROBLEMS WAS AT MILEAGE 77,439 BACK ON 11/08/05. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO CLEAR UP AFTER THE FIRST DODGE DEALER HAD REPLACED THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. BUT NOW THE PROBLEM IS BACK AGAIN. SO THE SECOND DODGE DEALER DID NOT FEEL THIS SWITCH WOULD OF GONE BAD AGAIN AFTER JUST 37,000 MILES OF USE ON THIS SWITCH. *TR