1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

SEVERE CRACKING OF DASHBOARD ON 1999 DODGE RAM PICK-UP. TWO RECENT NEWS STORIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 EXTENDED CAB TRUCK. THE DASH BOARD HAS 3 CRACKS THAT LEAD FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO AIRBAGS AND TO THE CAGE CLUSTER, AND MANY OTHER SMALL CRACKS. THE CRACKS HAVE SPREAD FURTHER AND FURTHER IN THE PAST MONTHS AND THE DASH IS STARTING TO RAISE IN SOME SPOTS ALONG THE CRACK LINE. *JB

THERE WAS NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO IT, THE DASH JUST CRACKED. THE FAILURE WAS THAT THE DASH CRACKED IN 4 DIFFERENT PLACES AND IS IN DANGER OF FALLING IN OR COMING APART. IT WAS BROUGHT TO A DODGE DEALER IN VERO BEACH AND THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 THE DASHBOARD IN IT IS CRACKING AND FALLING IN LEAVING WIRES EXPOSED TO THE HOT SUN IT IS CRACKED ALL AROUND PASSENGER AIR BAG I DON'T KNOW IF AIR BAG STILL WORKS THE EXPOSED WIRING LOOKS LIKE FIRE HAZARD AND HEADLIGHT POSSIBLE HEAD OR TAIL LIGHT FAILURE THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 60,400 MILES ON IT STILL A LOT OF LIFE LEFT IN THIS TRUCK EXCEPT FOR THE DASH PROBLEM. THE LAST DODGE I WILL BUY UNLESS THEY STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT GOOD OR BAD. *TR

DASH BOARD CRACKS (HOLES) IN 1999 DODGE RAM. THE PROBLEM IN THE NEWS IS NOT ONLY 2001 TRUCKS, OUR DASH IS COMPLETELY GONE. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKED AND FALLING IN. BASED ON OTHER SIMILAR REPORTS FROM THE NEWS THIS CAN LEAD TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS CAUSING LIGHTS TO GO OFF, DASHBOARD TO SHORT OUT, ETC. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HOOD SUDDENLY FLEW OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS THE HOOD LATCH ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 61,000.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE HOOD AUTOMATICALLY POPPED OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ,WHO THEN REFERRED HER TO NHTSA. SHE WAS INFORMED OF RECALL # 01V040000 CONCERNING LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH. HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED T FROM THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MAY 1, 2007. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE THE SPRINGS AND WINDSHIELD WERE COMPLETELY DAMAGED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 66,500.*AK

THE DASHBOARD IS DISINTEGRATING. THERE ARE SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS THAT GO FROM WINDSHIELD TO FRONT OF DASH ALONG WITH OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE ACTUAL HOLES FROM CRACKING. *TR

MY DASH ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK IS COLLAPSING. PIECES ARE FALLING INSIDE BY THE HEATER CORE. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY APPARENT REASON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. THERE ARE OTHER DODGE TRUCKS OUT THERE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO ALSO. *TR