1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. THE DASH CRACKED AND PIECES FELL INTO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. THE BALL JOINTS FAILED. ALL AROUND 120,000 TO 130,000 MILES. THE FUEL INJECTORS BEGAN TO FAIL AT 120,000 MILES.

DASHBOARD FALLING APART VERY DANGEROUS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH BIG CRACKS STARTING TO FALL IN COULD CAUSE ELECTRCAL PROBLEMS IF IN AN ACCIDENT COULD GET SHARDS OF PLASTIC IN EYES AND FACE

99 RAM 1500 CAUGHT FIRE WHILE RUNNING HEATER! CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS THE DEFECTIVE DASH MATERIAL FALLING APART AND THE INSULATION FELL ONTO THE RESISTOR LOCATED ON TOP OF THE BLOWER MOTOR CAUSING A INTERIOR FIRE. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY MYSELF A MECHANIC FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND A CERTIFIED PAINT AND BODY SHOP. TRUCK WAS IN MINT CONDITION AND NOW A TOTAL LOSS. THE TRUCK WAS IN A STATIONARY POSITION IN A COLLEGE PARKING LOT! CONTACTED MANUFACTUER ONLY REPLY WAS SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. I KNOW OF SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES IN A 5 MILE RADIUS SAME MAKE AND MODEL THAT THE SAME THING HAPPENED TOO.

DASHBOARD FIRST CRACKED THEN TOTALLY DISINTEGRATED AND COLLAPSED INSIDE THE DASH

THERE IS EXTENSIVE DEATH WOBBLE IN MY TRUCK AND MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON AND RECOGNIZED PROBLEM BY DODGE/CHRYSLER FOR THEIR DODGE RAM LINE. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND AN IDENTIFIED DESIGN FLAW. IT OBVIOUSLY HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TO NEARLY STOP THE TRUCK TO CALM THE SHAKING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE HOOD LATCH BECAME INOPERABLE WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE HOOD TO OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000. UPDATED 01/20/16*LJ *CN

FRONT SEAT BELTS ON THE DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB (DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE) ARE LOCKED - THEY WILL NOT PULL OUT OF THE RETRACTOR MECHANISM BUILT INTO THE SEAT BACK, SO THEY CANNOT BE USED. SEAT BELTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A FAIRLY SIMPLE MECHANICAL DESIGN BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVED, BUT APPARENTLY CHRYSLER CHOSE TO USE AN ONBOARD COMPUTER TO ELECTRICALLY COMPLICATE THE ISSUE. HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ANY PARTS TO ATTEMPT A REPAIR ARE OBSOLETE AND UNAVAILABLE.

AM ON THIRD ENGINE EACH TIME OIL PUMP FAILED,AND NOW THIS ONE IS ACTING UP, POWERTRAIN END OF YEAR BUILT TRUCK HAS A LOT OF 2000 PARTS ON IT, REAR END SEIZED UP DRIVE SHAFT BROKE REAR YOAK SPLIT IN TWO, SUSPENSION TIE RODS AND IDLE ARMS ALWAYS BREAKING, TWO BREAK DISKS 1 LEFT SIDE 1 RIGHT SIDE BROKE, LEFT ONE SPLIT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, THE RIGHT SIDE THE CENTER OF THE HUB BROKE RIGHT OUT AT THE BEARINGS RIPED RIGHT OUT

DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS CONNECTED WHEN A COLLISION OCCURRED AT AN INTERSECTION INVOLVING A HONDA ACCORD. UPON COLLISION, DRIVERS SEAT BELT STRAP BROKE THE TOP RING PORTION OF BUCKLE DURING DRIVER'S FORWARD MOMENTUM WHICH CAUSED THE METAL RING TO SNAP RELEASING THE SAFETY BELT STRAP AND FAILING TO ARREST DRIVER IN HIS SEAT AND CAUSING DRIVER TO IMPACT TOP DOOR FRAME WITH HEAD. BOTH AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR SCALP CONTUSIONS AND MINOR SORE NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN. VALLEJO CA POLICE REPORT #15-06667 INSURANCE CLAIM (MERCURY INSURANCE):CLAIM NUMBER 2015 0015 003636 - 29 (CLAIM CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS)

REAR DIFFERENTIAL JUST FELL OFF OF THE TRUCK GOING DOWN HIGHWAY! SMOKE EVERYWHERE , I MAINTAINED COMPOSURE AND GOT OFF OF THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS INJURED AS I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE PASSING A SEMI WHEN THIS HAPPENED.