1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON MAY 1, 2007 THE HOOD AUTOMATICALLY OPENED. AS A RESULT, THE SPRINGS AND THE WINDSHIELD WERE DAMAGED. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE THE HOOD. THE DEALER REFERRED HER TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. (NHTSA). THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF RECALL NUMBER 01V040000. DUE TO THE VIN EVEN THOUGH THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE MANIFESTED THE SAME FAILURE AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL, THEY ERE UNABLE TO ASSIST THEM. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 66,500. *AK UPDATED 05/23/07. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASHBOARD CRACKED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE UPPER DASHBOARD ASSEMBLY. THE DASHBOARD CRACKED AGAIN TWO YEARS LATER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PIECES OF THE DASHBOARD FELL OFF, AND SHE HAS HAD TO USE DUCT TAPE TO KEEP IT TOGETHER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SUN WAS THE CAUSE OF THE CRACK, AND WILL NOT REPLACE IT FOR FREE. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES AND REPAIR INVOICES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 96,000 , AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. *AK

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND CAVING IN 1999 DODGE RAM PICK-UP TRUCK. DEALER REFUSED TO TAKE CARE OF PROBLEM. *TR

1999 DODGE 1500 PICKUP. DASH BOARD CRACKED AND FELL APART FROM NO APPARENT REASON. DODGE WOULD NOT HELP IN REPLACING. I HAD IT REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROX $500 SO AS NOT TO CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB HAS CRACKED AND HAS BIG HOLES IN THE DASH...THE DASH CAN'T BE TOUCHED BECAUSE IT WILL FALL APART. *TR

99 DODGE RAM WITH CRACKING DASH PAD. PAD HAS BEEN REPLACED AND NOW IS CRACKING AGAIN. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 THAT HAS A CRACKED DASH. I'M A MEMBER OF A DODGE ENTHUSIAST WEB SITE WHERE I HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON THING. MOST MEMBER WITH A 2ND GENERATION DODGE RAM HAVE A CRACKED DASH. WITH THIS MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM IT HAS TO BE A FACTORY DEFECT. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS WILL NOT RELEASE THE SEAT BELTS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS WERE LOCKED. HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 145000. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4X4 5.9L V8 SPORTS MAGNUM. I E ACQUIRED MY VEHICLE AROUND JULY 2006 AND I HAVE NOTICED SINCE THAT THERE IS A CRACK ON THE DASH AND GRADUALLY CRACKED ALL OVER THE PLACES AND PIECES FALLING OFF INSIDE THE DASH AND I'M AFRAID THAT THOSE PIECES IN THE DASH WILL FLY OFF AT HIGH SPEED DURING COLLISION OR SUDDEN STOP FROM HIGH SPEED AND WOULD CAUSE INJURIES TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER. I HAVE OWNED OTHER TRUCKS/VEHICLES AND NONE OF THOSE TRUCKS/VEHICLE HAVE THIS CRACK IN THE DASH. IT SEEMS THAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL/YEAR OF DODGE RAM 1500 HAS AN INFERIOR OR DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING THIS DASH. DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN SO THAT WE CAN SEE IF THE CRACKED DASH PIECES WILL FLY OFF AT HIGH SPEED AND INJURE THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS? THIS CRACKED DASH DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER. I'VE SEEN SOME CRACK DASHES ON OTHER TRUCKS/VEHICLES BEFORE BUT THOSE CRACK DOES NOT TURN THE DASHES INTO JIGSAW PUZZLE AND PIECES FALLING APART AND FLYING OFF THE DASH ITSELF. MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4X4 5.9L V8 SPORTS MAGNUM SEEMS TO HAVE A CRACK DASH WITH INFERIOR QUALITY WHICH BREAKS APART EASILY AND CAUSE POSSIBLE INJURIES TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH THE BRAKES FAILED. THE MECHANIC ADVISED HIM THAT THE HYDRAULIC LINES RUSTED, AND THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM MUST BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS BEFORE OR AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. 50 MILES PRIOR TO INCIDENT THE VEHICLE PASSED SAFETY INSPECTION. A YEAR AGO WHILE LEAVING HIS DRIVEWAY A BOLT FOR THE STEERING IDLE ARM FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. THE RUSTED BRAKE AREA WAS NOT EXPOSED AND RUSTED NEAR THE GAS TANK. *AK