1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

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

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

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

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4, AND MY DASH IS JUST FALLING APART DAY BY DAY. THE PLASTIC IS VERY BRITTLE. I TRIED A DASH COVER BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO HOLD IT UP. *TR

MY 1999 DODGE RAM TRUCK 1500 BEGAN GETTING CRACKS ON THE DASH IN 2006. I REPORTED IT AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NOT ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE SINCE IT IS NOT A RECALLED PART. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE A HUGE OPENING ON MY DASH AND CONTINUES TO GET LARGER EVERY DAY. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES SUCH AS AIR BAG, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING WHEEL, POWER BRAKES. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH THIS AS MY PRIMARY AND ONLY VEHICLE AND WELL I NEED NOT TELL YOU WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW...I CAN NOT AFFORD TO BE W/O TRANSPORTATION NOR W/O SAFETY REGARDING MY VEHICLE. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP. DASH BOARD IS COLLAPSING, I'M WORRIED THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I.E HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT OR SOMETHING WORSE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM FOR DODGE TRUCK OWNERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. *TR