1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS EXAMINING HIS VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS COMPLETELY FALLING APART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WOULD NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

1999 DODGE TRUCK 1500 DASHBOARD CRACKING DRIVING ALONG AND A PIECE OF THE DASHBOARD FLEW OFF THE DASHBOARD AND HIT ME RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES IS THE GOVERNMENT WAITING TILL SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR MAIMED BEFORE THEY MAKE CHRYSLER DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM NOW NOW NOW AND NOW READ THE INTERNET. *TR

DASH CRACKING AND BREAKING UP. CAVING IN, BIG HOLE IN DASH. UNSAFE NOW. HAPPENED OVER SUMMERS, MADE TOO THIN. ONE CRACK WHEN I BOUGHT IT. ALL BROKE UP NOW. '04-'08. *TR

DASHBOARD IS FALLING APART PIECES ARE COMING OFF IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR I MIGHT BE HIT BY A FLYING OBJECT IN THE EYE AND NOT BE ABLE TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM THE COMPANY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPAIR. *TR

I DRIVE A 99 DODGE RAM 1500 AND IM HAVING DASHBOARD PROBLEMS THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MINE AT FIRST BUT THAN I GOT ON THE INTERNET AND DID RESEARCH ABOUT IT AND ITS NOT JUST MY TRUCK THERE IS ALOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM THE DASHBOARDS IN THE 99 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACK AND LEAVE BIG HOLES EXPOSING WIRES THE NEWS SAID IT COULD LEAD TO A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

WHILE HAULING APPROX. 4000LBS HORSE TRAILER, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO KEEP THE TRUCK TRAVELING AT 20MPH. I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD FAILED, RESULTING IN A BLOCKAGE OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. APPARENTLY, CHRYSLER HAD RECALLED 1.9 MILLION OF THESE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS BECAUSE OF THE EXACT PROBLEM, BUT AFTER I CONTACTED CHRYSLER, THEY SAID MY VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I SPENT OVER $800 TO REPLACE MISCELLANEOUS EXHAUST COMPONENTS AS A RESULT OF THIS FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON A DIRT ROAD, THE CONTACT APPROACHED A CURB AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE STRUCK A TREE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS. THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 DASHBOARD CRACKING INTO LARGE PIECES CAUSING SHARP EDGES EXPOSED ON THE DASHBOARD. ALSO LARGE PIECES FALLING UNDER DASH ON TOP OF PASSENGER AIRBAG WHICH COULD CUT AIRBAG. AN PERSON CAN AND WILL BE SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM THE SHARP EDGES AND DEBRIS FROM THESE MANUFACTURING FLAWED DASHBOARDS. POSSIBILITY OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG FAILING DUE TO BEING CUT BY FAILED DASHBOARD. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!! *TR

THE TRUCKS DASHBOARD BECOME CRACKING AND HAS BECOME FALLING APART. I HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH THE TRUCK BUT THIS HAS BECAME IN ISSUE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. *TR

THE DASH TOP ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP CRACKED INTO LITTLE PIECES AND FELL INTO THE LOWER HALF OF MY DASH. WHEN I TALKED TO DODGE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME MY TRUCK WAS OVER THE WARRANTY. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED I DRIVE THIS TRUCK LIKE A CAR ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF NEVER WRECKED OR OFF ROAD. I THOUGHT THIS JUST HAPPENED TO MINE UNTIL I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND LEARNED THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF US WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. MODEL YEARS 1997-2003. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOUR GOING TO DO FOR US. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS ? WILL YOU MAKE THIS A RECALL? WILL YOU STAND BY US? PLEASE LET ME KNOW. DODGE TURNED THERE BACK ON US. DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS. THANK YOU. *TR