1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

1999 DODGE RAM PICKUP DASHBOARD CRACKED AFTER HAVING VEHICLE FOR ONLY A FEW YEARS. NOW DASHBOARD IS IN PIECES AND RATTLES THE ENTIRE RIDE. *AK

1999 DODGE RAM 1500, HAS A CRACKED DASH. THE WHOLE TOP OF THE DASH IS CRACKED. THIS STARTED ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO AND IT IS SLOWLY GETTING WORSE. IT POSES A THREAT FOR SAFETY, IF THE AIR BAGS WERE TO GET CAUGHT IN THE CRACKED DASH. *TR

YOU CAN ADD MY NAME TO THE LONG LIST OF OTHERS WHO HAVE A CRACKED DASHBOARD ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. IT HAS BEEN CRACKED FOR SOME TIME NOW BUT I THOUGHT I WAS JUST UNLUCKY BUT AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT DODGE WILL DO NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHICH I CONSIDER UNETHICAL. *TR

DASH BOARD COLLAPSED CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ON 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP. *TR

WHEN RIDDING DOWN THE ROAD, I WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER CAR I TURNED THE WHEEL TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR AND I HIT THE CURB THAT WAS ABOUT 3 INCHES HIGH. WHEN I HIT THE CURB MY DASH BOARD CRACKED. THERE IS A BIG HOLE IN THE MIDDLE, A LONG CRACK STRAIGHT ACROSS.I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO CLAIM BUT WAS DENIED BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURE DEFAULT. DEALER SAID IT WILL COST ME ABOUT 3,500 TO FIX. I WAS ONLY GOING 7 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM TRUCK. THE DASHBOARD HAS COMPLETELY CAVED IN ALLOWING PIECES TO FALL DOWN AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRUCKS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. REPLACEMENT IS COST PROHIBITIVE.

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH DISSINTIGRATING DASH BOARD LEADING TO ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS. WHEN MULTIPLE DEALERS WERE ASKED ABOUT THE PROBLEM THE ANSWERS GIVEN WERE ALWAYS "BECAUSE IT IS NOT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM, THEN IT IS NOT A WARRENTY ISSUE." WAS ALSO TOLD THAT SINCE IT WAS NOT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM THAT IT WON'T BE A RECALL MATTER UNLESS IT MIGHT CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE.

DASHBOARD WAS FALLING APART. PIECES WERE FALLING DOWN INSIDE THE DASHBOARD AND COULD NOT BE RECOVERED. SAFETY PROBLEM FROM THE STAND POINT OF IF THERE SHOULD BE AN ACCIDENT THE PIECES COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD IS DETACHING AND DETERIORATING IN CLUMPS. HE IS WORRIED THAT THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE OF THE FAILING DASHBOARD. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN MARCH. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY ARE HANDLING THIS MATTER ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. BEING THAT THE CONTACT IS THE FOURTH OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST HIM UNLESS ANOTHER RECALL IS ISSUED. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 125,000.

THE DASHBOARD IN THE 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 STARTED DEVELOPING CRACKS IN IT A FEW YEARS AFTER PURCHASE. I TRIED TO CONTACT THE DEALER PERTAINING TO THIS, BUT WAS TOLD, "SORRY, IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY". THE CRACKS HAVE CONTINUED FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS DESPITE PURCHASING A WINDOW SHADE TO SCREEN IT FROM THE SUN. IF THE CRACKS CONTINUED, ENTIRE PIECES WILL BEGIN TO FALL SOMEWHERE BEHIND THE DASHBOARD ONTO ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AS WELL AS POSSIBLY SPREAD TO THE PASSENGER AIR BAG.*AK