1998 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

1998 DODGE RAM 1500 & 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. CRACKING DASHBOARD ON 1998 AND 1999 DASHBOARD HAS COMPLETELY FELL OUT. *TR

I OWN A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 EXTENDED CAB. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW. FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING AND THE PLASTIC AIR CONDITIONING VENTS ARE FALLING APART. I HAVE MADE NO REPAIRS AND IT NEEDS FIXING. ALSO THE REAR END IS ROARING PROBABLY FROM A BEARING GOING BAD. OTHER THAN THIS PROBLEM, IT HAS BEEN A GOOD TRUCK. *TR

MY DODGE TRUCK 1998 RAM 1500 DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE CRACKS NOW ARE MOVING TOWARD THE PANEL OF INSTRUMENTS AND THE CRACKS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE HOLES I CAN NOT GET THE EVAPORATOR FOR MY AIR CONDITIONER FIXED DUE TO THE FAULTY DASH. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND STATED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AND WOULD NOT REPAIR DASH. I WENT ONLINE AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THE RAM 1500 MY TRUCK IS KEPT INSIDE WHEN NOT BEING USED AND IS UP TO DATE ON ALL MAINTENANCE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BACK END OF THE VEHICLE RAISED UP. THE SPARE TIRE HAD DETACHED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT IT HE NOTICED THE CABLE WHICH HELD THE SPARE TIRE IN PLACE HAD POPPED AND CAUSED THE SPARE TIRE TO DETACH FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT BELTS ARE LOCKED IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THERE WASN'T ANY EVENT THAT LED TO THE FAILURE, THEY BOTH JUST QUIT WORKING. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND APPARENTLY IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN LEAVING BOTH THE DRIVER AND OCCUPANT WITHOUT SAFETY RESTRAINTS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND A SAFETY RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED TO BOTH NOTIFY AND TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. *TR

I OWN A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK THAT HAS A STRANGE ISSUE. FOR YEARS I HAVE SUFFERED WITH A CRACKED DASHBOARD THAT CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE. THERE ARE MANY EXPOSED ELEMENTS THAT I FEEL WOULD COMPROMISE MY SAFETY IF I WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN THIS VEHICLE. THE SHARP EDGES MADE BY THE CRACKS ARE ALSO A HAZARD AS WELL. JUST TODAY, I HAVE LEARNED THAT COUNTLESS DODGE OWNERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM AS WELL AND THE COMPANY HAS SEEMED TO TURN A DEAF EAR. I ACTUALLY STUMBLED ACROSS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AS I WAS SEARCHING ONLINE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR MY VEHICLE DASHBOARD. I HAVE BEEN USING MATS AND TOWELS OR WHATEVER I COULD CONJURE TO COVER UP THE PROBLEM FOR A YEAR OR SO, BUT NOW THE DAMAGE IS WAY MORE THAN THAT TYPE OF "BANDAID" CAN FIX. FOR THE MOST PART, WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT OF THE SAME TYPE OF DASH IS A WASTE OF MONEY, BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL IS STILL THE SAME, AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL AS WELL. I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT DODGE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE SAID PART DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE IN ENSURING THE SAFETY AND STABILITY OF THIS COMPONENT. IT IS BY NO MEANS COINCIDENTAL THAT ALL THE PEOPLE HAVE THE EXACT SAME COMPLAINT. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES AND NEVER HAVE I HAD SUCH AN EXPERIENCE! *TR

SEVERELY CRACKING DASH, PRODUCING SHARP EDGES AND LARGE SHARDS POTENTIALLY CAUSING INJURY TO DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. *TR

1998 DODGE RAM DASHBOARD IS CRUMBLING INTO LITTLE PIECES. I SMELL BURNT WIRES COMING FROM MY DASH SOMETIMES. I FEEL IT MAY START A FIRE. *TR

MY DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED ALL OVER WHERE IT MOUNTS TO THE FRAME AND THERE ARE LITTLE SHARP PIECES FLOATING AROUND THE CRACKED AREAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS COULD NOT BE LUBED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MAKE A LOUD SCRAPPING NOISE WHEN DRIVING. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,920.