1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND APPLIED MY BRAKES. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY, I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PUT THE TRUCK IN LOW GEAR AND COME TO A SAFE STOP. I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID AND THE RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY. IT APPEARS THAT BRAKE FLUID IS LEAKING FROM A BRAKE LINE UNDER THE BED OF THE PICKUP NEAR THE GAS TANK. THE BREAK IS NOT VISIBLE BECAUSE THE GAS TANK IS IN THE WAY. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED YET. THE TRUCK IS A 1999 DODGE PICKUP WITH ONLY 29000 MILES. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE GOT INTO HER 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 (FAILURE MILEAGE: 100000) THE SEAT BELTS WERE RETRACTED AND LOCKED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP AND THEY NOTIFIED HER OF THE RECALL ON THE RETRACTOR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE RECALL AND ASKED HER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. *JB UPDATED 2/22/2007 - BOTH FRONT SEAT BELT WERE LOCKED IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AND COULD NOT BE USED. THE SEAT BELT LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. THE WATER PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE BRAKE LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE REAR END HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN. *NM

DASHBOARD BEGAN CRACKING WITHIN FIRST 3 YEARS. NOW HAS GOTTEN SO BAD THAT IS HAS LARGE HOLES. CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF CAUSING AIRBAG FAILURE. HAVE SPOKEN TO DEALERSHIPS AND BEEN TOLD IS COMMON BUT NOT THEIR PROBLEM. *JB

HORN NOT WORKING HARD TO GET TO WORK... COMPLAINED TO DEALER AND DODGE. DODGE WOULDN'T COVER UNDER WARRANTY PERIOD. CAN'T USE HORN TO BEEP. ALSO TRANSMISSION WENT AT 36000 - 38000 MILES . TRANSMISSION SHOP STATE BAND TO TIGHT FROM FACTORY ON TRANSMISSION. CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP OUT. *NM

DRIVER WAS IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT HIS 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 HEADING NORTH BOUND ON 4 LANE RURAL ROAD WAY (401 N). THE VEHICLE DEPARTED RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY IN AVOIDANCE OF DEBRIS AND A STOPPED VEHICLE IN THE ROAD. VEHICLE SUSTAINED INITIAL IMPACT TO THE FRONT LEFT AREA RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL CRUSH. AS A RESULT OF THIS IMPACT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER SIDE DID NOT. THIS PUT THE DRIVER AT UNNECESSARY RISK OF CHEST TRAUMA. DRIVER SUSTAINED OVERALL INJURY. *JB

THE DASH ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 4 X4 HAS CRACKED IN THREE SPOTS. THE CRACK RUNS FROM THE WINDSHIELD SIDE OF THE DASH ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DASH. THE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY CRASHES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THIS TYPE OF CRACK. I AM CONCERNED THESE CRACKS WILL INTERVERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AS ONE OF THE CRACKS RUNS OVER THE HOLDER.

I AM THE OWNER OF A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE DASH BOARD ON MY TURCK WAS IN GREAT SHAPE WHEN I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. NOW WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS THE DASH BOARD HAS BEGAN TO DEVELOP LARGE CRACKS IN IT, AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE AIRBAG. THE PROBLEM HAVE GOTTEN PROGRESSIVLY WORSE UNTIL TODAY, WHILE SHUTTING MY HOOD, A VERY LARGE CHUNK AND SEVERAL SMALLER CHUNKS FELL INTO THE FIREWALL AREA WITH A COUPLE SMALLER PIECES FALLING DOWN ONTOP OF THE AIRBAG. I AM FILING A COMPLAINT DUE TO A FEAR THAT IF I WAS TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, WHERE AN AIRBAG WOULD SAVE THE FRONT PASSENGERS LIFE, THAT 1.) THE AIRBAG WILL FAIL TO DEPLOY PROPERLY DUE TO CHAFFING AND CUTS INTO THE AIRBAG FROM DASH PIECES FALLING AND 2.) LARGE PIECES OF PLASTIC DASH WILL BECOME SHRAPNAL FLYING AROUND THE CAR OF THE TRUCK RESULTING IN FURTHER AVOIDABLE INJURIES. I AM HAVING TO REPLACE THIS DASH OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. PAYING FOR A PROBLEM THAT COUNTLESS FELLOW DODGE OWNERS ARE HAVING. LOOK AROUND ON ANY DODGE RAM FORUM AND DO A SEARCH ON DASH AND YOU WILL PULL UP THOUSANDS ON TOP OF THOUSANDS OF POSTS ABOUT THE 2ND GEN DODGE RAM PICK-UPS (94-01) HAVEING THE SAME DASH BOARD PROBLEM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS WITHOUT ANY WARNING SIGNALS, THE A/C WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE RECHARGED; TRACER DYE WAS ADDED TO DETECT ANY LEAKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AGAIN, AFTER A NEW FAILURE AND THE TRACER DYE INDICATED THE LEAKING WAS FROM THE EVAPORATOR COIL, WHICH WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE CABIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND INFORMED THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE A/C SYSTEM. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE TOXICITY OF THE FREON GAS AFFECTING ALL OCCUPANTS INSIDE THE CABIN.*AK

THE DASH OF MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS CRACKED VERY BAD. TO THE POINT I'M AFRAID IT COULD AFFECT THE AIR BAG. HAS THERE BEEN ANY TEST ON THE AIR BAGS WITH THE DASH BEING CRACKED? *JB

DASHBOARD OF 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD 4X4 HAS HUGE CRACK RUNNING FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE GLOVE BOX OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN OFFROAD, WRECKED, OR HIT ANYTHING TO CAUSE THIS CRACK. AT THIS TIME I AM UNSURE ABOUT WHAT EFFECT THIS CRACK MAY HAVE ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. *NM