1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE HOOD SUDDENLY OPENED AND SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN AUTO GLASS TECHNICIAN WHO REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

DASH HAD TWO SMALL CRACKS IN DASH WHEN PURCHASED USED IN 2010. SINCE THEN, THESE CRACKS HAVE MULTIPLIED AND HAVE BECOME LARGER, WITH PIECES BREAKING OUT, LEAVING SHARP EDGES. SOME PIECES ARE FALLING INTO AREA OF PASSENGER AIR BAG, POSSIBLY CAUSING A CUT IN COMPONENTS. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE RAM PICKUP TRUCKS DURING SEVERAL YEARS. I HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 2002 RAM, ON WHICH CHRYSLER CORP. PAID PARTIALLY FOR DASH REPLACEMENT. THIS SITUATION COULD VERY WELL BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD ON HAD BECOME BRITTLE AND STARED TO CRACK. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT ANY TIME A HAND WAS PLACED ON THE DASHBOARD, IT FRACTURED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

A PART OF THE DASH OF MY 1999 DODGE RAM , DISLODGED FROM ITS POSITION ATOP OF MY DASH. THE DASH OF THE VEHICLE IS CRACKED AND CAVING IN LIKE ALL DODGE DASHES THIS YEAR AND MODEL. I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP ON A HILL, WHEN A PIECE DISLODGED FROM IT POSITION ON MY DASH, AND CUT ME IN THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE BELOW MY LEFT EYE, THIS COULD HAVE BLINDED ME, AND I KNOW THE NHTSA, WOULD NEVER ALLOW A VEHICLE WITH LARGE SHARP ABS PLASTIC PIECES FLYING AROUND THE CABIN. THE ABS PLASTIC DASH IS IN HORRIBLE CONDITION, IT IS CRACKED AND FALLEN IN AND PIECES FLY OUT ALL THE TIME. I AM PREPARED TO SUE CHRYSLER CORP. IF THIS IS NOT ADDRESSED BY THE NHTSA, THANK YOU *TR

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, 2 TO 5 TIMES A WEEK, LOSES POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, RPM, OTHER DASHBOARD INDICATORS, THE ODOMETER READOUT DISPLAYS "NOBUS". THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IF THERE IS NO SHOULDER, YOU ARE STOPPED ON THE ROAD. TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER SIDE WIRING HARNESS ON THE COMPUTER (WHICH IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ENGINE WALL) IS PULLED AND REPLACED WITHOUT TURNING OFF THE KEY, A NOISE OCCURS LIKE AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION .IS BEING MADE, THEN THE VEHICLE CAN USUALLY BE RESTARTED. SOMETIMES THEN THERE IS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, OR NOT! THE DEALERS AND MY LOCAL MECHANIC DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT THE POTENTIAL MUST BE KNOWN SINCE IT SENDS THE "NOBUS" MESSAGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AND CAVING IN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

TL* THE OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH ENDURO HT RUNAWAY TIRES, SIZE: 265/70 R17. THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRES DO NOT STOP ON WET PAVEMENT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER AND ON A SLIGHT INCLINE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO SLIDE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THEN A SECOND VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AND FRACTURED INTO PIECES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE DASHBOARD WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 326,000.

I NOTICED A SLIGHT LINE IN THE DASH SOMETIME IN 2009, NEXT TO THE WINDSHIELD AND ABOUT 5 OR 6 INCHES FROM THE PASSENGER DOOR. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A SURFACE SCRATCH. LATER ON, IT GOT LONGER AND LONGER, BECOMING NOTICEABLE AS A CRACK, UNTIL NOW IT IS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE DASH AND TO THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT, COMING AT AN ANGLE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE TRUCK. ABOUT A YEAR AFTER I NOTICED THAT THE CRACK HAD GOTTEN LONGER, PERHAPS 1/2 WAY ACROSS THE DASHBOARD, I WAS HIT IN THE BACK END BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. ABOUT 7 MONTHS AFTER THAT, THE CRACK ELONGATED TO IT'S FULL LENGTH ACROSS THE DASH FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. I AM WORRIED THAT THE DASH WILL FALL IN. *TR