1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

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

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

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

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