1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT FRAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE FRONT FRAME WAS CORRODED, WHICH CAUSED THE FRAME AND THE STEERING BOX TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRABLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

DASHBOARD FALLING APART. LOOKS LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE. HAVE DONE A SEARCH ONLINE TO FIND OUT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT CONTINUES FROM YEAR 1998 THROUGH 2010. DODGE REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM. HOWEVER, I FEEL THE DASH HAVING JAGGED EDGES POINTING AT YOU WOULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON MY TRUCK HAS BROKEN INTO MANY PIECES. THESE PIECES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. IF THESE PIECES WERE TO BE EXPELLED IN THE EVENT OF AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, SEVERE INJURY COULD RESULT FROM FLYING SHRAPNEL. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY PREVALENT IN DODGE RAM TRUCKS. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. OWNERS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY AN AVERAGE OF $750 TO REPAIR AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IN MATERIALS. I PERSONALLY KNOW 4 PEOPLE IN MY TOWN WITH THE EXACT PROBLEM. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS THAT OWNERS HAVE POSTED ONLINE. THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION MUST BE REMEDIATED. *TR

MY DASHBOARD STARTED DEVELOPING CRACKS ABOUT A MONTHS AGO, AND THEY JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE. CURRENTLY THERE IS A HUGE HOLE IN MY DASHBOARD EXPOSING WIRES (RADIO NO LONGER WORKS PROPERLY) AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY DETECTED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRAME EXHIBITED HOLES AND SUBSTANTIAL RUST. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE FRAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING STAGE OF RUSTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE VEHICLE NOT BE DRIVEN DUE TO A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

IN MARCH OF 2003 I NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD OF MY DODGE RAM TRUCK WAS BEGINNING TO CRACK. WITHIN A FEW MORE MONTHS, THE CRACKS HAD SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE SO THE PIECES COULD EASILY BE REMOVED.

THE DASH IN MY 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK HAS CRACKED, THE CRACKING STARTED A FEW MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. I HAVE LOOKED INTO REPLACING IT BUT IT IS WAY EXPENSIVE AND HAVE HEARD OTHER OWNERS OF THIS TYPE OF TRUCK HAVE HAD COMPLAINTS TOO. IT WAS BROUGHT MORE TO MY ATTENTION WHEN I SAW IT ON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT. I FEEL IF I PAID OVER $18,000 DOLLARS AND MORE FROM MY TRUCK IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD A CRACKING DASH MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. I CONTACTED DODGE BUT THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED COSMETIC, BUT IF ITS COSMETIC THEN WHY IS IT HAPPENING TO EVERYBODY THAT OWNS A DODGE RAM?? I AM SCARED FOR THE SAFETY OF ME AND MY FAMILY PIECES CAN FLY UP IF YOU HIT THE SLIGHTNESS BUMP AND WHAT IF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY? *TR

THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING NEAR THE CENTER OF DASH AND GOING DOWN TO WHERE THE DASH MEETS THE WINDSHIELD. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THE DASH CONTINUED TO CRACK IN THE SHAPE OF A SPIDER WEB UNTIL PIECES STARTED FALLING DOWN INSIDE THE DASH. NOW THERE'S A LARGE HOLE IN THE DASH IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT/STEERING WHEEL APPROXIMATELY 14" LONG AND 8" WIDE AND IT'S CONTINUING TO CRACK AND DISINTEGRATE; ALL THE MECHANICS INSIDE THE DASH ARE NOW EXPOSED. IT IS MY BELIEF THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT SINCE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME SITUATION IN THEIR DODGE VEHICLES.

ONE DAY GOT INTO VECHICLE AND NOTICED THE DASH CRACKING IN SEVERAL PLACES. NOTICE MORE CRACKING EVERYTIME I GET INTO VECHICLE. HAVE NOT REPLACED. *TR

I HAVE A 99 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASH IS BROKEN IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PIECES. I LOOKED DOWN IN ONE OF THE HOLES THAT ARE NOW IN MY DASH AND SAW A PIECE RESTING ON SOME WIRES. IF LEFT THERE I COULD SEE HOW AFTER TIME IT COULD WEAR THROUGH THE INSULATION ON MULTIPLE WIRES AND CAUSE THEM TO ARC OR GET HOT AND POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE. IS THIS RIGHT THAT DODGE HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT AND WILL NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THE CONSUMER WHEN CONTACTED ? THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE DASH , BUT THATS MY 2 CENTS I GUESS. *TT