1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

DASH BOARD IS CRACKING AND BREAKING APART FOR NO REASON, I'M AFRAID PIECES ARE GOING TO FALL IN AND CAUSE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. WILL THIS CAUSE AIRBAGS NOT TO DEPLOY CORRECTLY? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE HOOD POPPED OPEN AND SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD. THE ENTIRE FENDER AND GRILL WERE BENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 183,000.

THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING. THAT IS A SEPERATE FAILURE. THE NEXT FAILURE IS WHEN GOING OVER ANY BUMPS IN THE ROAD, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS, RPMS, GUAGES, BELLS CUTS OFF AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF, IT WILL NOT RESTART. IT IS NOT CORRECTED AND AFTER CONTACTING CHRYSTLER, THEY OPTED TO DO NOTHING TOWARDS THE REPAIR. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH IS CRACKING ALL TO PIECES. I JUST HEARD A STORY ABOUT HOW WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE SHARP PIECES CAN CUT MY WIRING BENEATH THE DASH. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUP THAT HAS A DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD. NOT LONG AFTER MY WARRANTY EXPIRED, THE DASH BEGAN CRACKING. WHAT SEEMED COSMETIC INITIALLY HAS BEGUN TO WORRY ME. I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AS WELL AS MY CHILDREN. THE DASH IS IN PIECES AND IF YOU TOUCH IT, IT GETS WORSE. WILL THIS POTENTIALLY CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG AND WHAT WILL DODGE SAY AT THAT POINT? THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER WILL SELL ME THE PART BUT AFTER READING 1000'S OF ONLINE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE, I AM JUST NOT READY TO BUY ANY OTHER DODGE VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT. THIS IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR THAT I BELIEVE IS ALSO POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS. THE DASH HAS DISINTEGRATED INTO SEVERAL PIECES AND I BELIEVE IT IS DUE TO SUBSTANDARD MANUFACTURING. *TR

MY 1999 DOGE RAM 1500 DASH CRACKED AND THEN EXPLODED INTO PIECES WHILE DRIVING I NOW HAVE ARGE HOLES IN THE DASH WITH THE WIRING EXSPOSED. *TR

WE OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM SPORT AND THE DASHBOARD IS LITERALLY CRUMBLING AWAY. IT IS SEVERELY CRACKED ALL OVER. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF WE ARE IN A WRECK THAT THE PIECES WILL FLY OFF THE DASH AND HARM THE PASSENGERS AND THAT THE AIRBAGS WON'T DEPLOY PROPERLY. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT PIECES WILL FALL DOWN INTO THE DASH AND CAUSE FURTHER PROBLEMS. I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM YET BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. *TR

SAME AS ALL OTHER DASHBOARD COMPLAINTS. DASHBOARD IS JUST SELF DESTRUCTING WITH LARGE PIECES FALLING INTO THE INSIDE OF THE DASH. NOTHING SHORTED OUT YET BUT I'M SURE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 99 DODGE RAM NEW IN TUCSON, AZ. WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS I BOUGHT A CARPET DASH COVER TO PROTECT THE DASH FROM THE SUN. HAVE NOT LOOKED UNDER COVER TILL TRUCK EXPERIENCED HEATER CORE PROBLEMS. TOOK TRUCK IN TO GET PART FIXED AND WAS INFORMED MY ENTIRE DASH WAS CRACKED. I NEVER USED PROTECTIVE CHEMICALS LIKE ARMORAL OR REMOVED THE DASH COVER, SO SUNLIGHT/CHEMICALS SHOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. AS WITH OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS "DODGE DASH CRACK" PROBLEM I HAVE LOST MY RIGHT FRONT SPEAKER AND OTHER ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT APPEARS TO BE HAVING ISSUES. NOTHING SPECIFIC YET EXCEPT FOR THE SPEAKER. HAVE APPOINTMENT FOR TRUCK, BUT DON'T EXPECT MUCH AS MY TRUCK IS SITTING AT 64,000+ MILES AND IT IS A FEW YEARS PAST WARRANTY. AM CONCERNED THAT THE DASH COULD BE CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH COULD LEAD TO FIRE OR AIR-BAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR

AFTER LUNCH AT HOME I WENT TO WORK, PARKED THE TRUCK AND FOUND OUT LATER THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAS A RECALL OF A POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK AS THE CAUSE FOR THE FIRE. *TR