1995 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

THE DASH STARTED CRACKING ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO, AND THEN STARTED BREAKING INTO SHARP, JAGGED PIECES THAT JUMP OUT AT ME WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, AND THE TRUCK HAS HIT ANY KIND OF UNEVEN ROAD OR BUMP. NOT ONLY IS IT VERY DISTRACTING, BUT THE PIECES ARE VERY SHARP.

DASH IS CRACKING EVERYWHERE. ALSO THE VIN PLATE HAS ALSO FALLEN AND CANNOT BE READ BY POLICE AND OR STATE PATROL. THIS IS NOW AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF THAT AND THE SHARP PIECES THAT KEEP FALLING OFF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER (BERT OGDEN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 8421 W EXPY 83, HARLINGEN, TX 78552, (956) 734-2462) INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INDICATED THAT THE VAPOR CANISTER PURGE VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE PART WAS NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE MANUFACTURER WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE PART FOR THE DEALER TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 00V135000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED TO DETERMINE A SOLUTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

DASH BOARD CRUMBLES, WE HAVE LOOKED TO FIND ANOTHER DASH BOARD AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A PROBLEM, ALMOST A JOKE, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IT'S A DODGE DASH BOARD.. THEY ALL DO THIS. I BELIEVE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE TRUCK WERE INVOLVED IN A MVC THEN THE PIECES OF THE DASH WOULD BECOME FLYING OBJECTS.. AND INJURY ANY ONE SITTING IN THE TRUCK. WE HAVE OWNED SEVERAL DODGE CARAVANS AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS OR SEEM SUCH AN ACROSS THE BOARD PROBLEM WITH SO MANY VECHLIES. DODGE NEEDS TO OFFER A REPLACEMENT A FIX.. BEFORE THE WORST HAPPENS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH BURNED OUT AND CAUSED THE HEADLIGHTS TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 264,000.

THE DASH ON MY 1995 DODGE RAM 1500 IS BROKEN INTO PIECES AND GETTING WORSE I AM WORRIED ABOUT WIRES SHORTING OUT AND CAUSEING A FIRE AND ALSO THE PAINT IS ALMOST GONE FROM THE ROOF AND HOOD OF THE TRUCK I HAVE SEEN BOTH ISSUSES ON MANY OTHER DODGE TRUCKS AND THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO COMPENSATE OWNERS FOR THE COST OF REPAIRES TO THERE TRUCKS ITS NOT OUR FAULT ITS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE RAM 1500. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO THE REVERSE POSITION, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO REVERSE. THE CONTACT SHIFTED BACK TO NEUTRAL AND THEN TO REVERSE, AND THE VEHICLE REVERSED. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIFT WITHOUT BEING PROMPTED. THE FAILURES RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 97V084000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE DASH AND LOWER DASH BEZEL IN MY TRUCK ARE CRUMBLING MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY. PIECES FALL OF IF YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE CUP HOLDERS ARE NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL BECAUSE OF THIS AND IF IT CONTINUES LIKE IT IS THE GAUGE CLUSTER WILL NO LONGER BE HELD IN PLACE. ONTOP OF ALL THIS IF THE VEHICLE WERE INVOLVED IN A WRECK WHERE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED THE PASSENGER WOULD GET A FACE FULL OF PLASTIC SHARDS FROM THE DASH ( WHAT LITTLE IS LEFT OF IT) RESULTING IN INJURY AND POSSIBLE BLINDNESS.DODGE HAS PLENTY OF RESOURCES AND MONEY TO FIX THIS ISSUE. YES THE VEHICLE IS 20 YEARS OLD AND OUT OF WARRANTY BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF VEHICLES MUCH OLDER WITH SOLID DASHES STILL IN ONE PIECE. DODGE CLAIMS THIS IS JUST COSMETIC BUT AS BROKEN AS MINE ITS BECOME MORE THAN THAT. IM SURE THEY WOULD RATHER PAY TO HAVE SOME DASHES REPLACED WITH BETTER MATERIALS THAN A LAWSUIT WHEN SOMEONE IS INJURED BY THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC.

A MALE DRIVER WAS COMING TO A STOP ON A PAVED SURFACE AND BEFORE HE STOPPED COMPLETELY THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND INJURED THE DRIVER. NO OTHER VEHICLES OR OBJECTS WERE NEAR THE TRUCK WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND HE DID NOT SLAM ON THE BRAKES.

I WAS WORKING AND A COUPLE OF EMPLOYEES CAME IN YELLING THE MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE.THE KEYS WAS OUT OF THE VEHICLE YET A ELECTRICAL FIRE STARTED UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN BURNING ALL THE DRIVERS SIDE DASH. CRAKED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND BUBBLED IT UP. IT TOOK LESS THEN 10 MIN TO DO ALL OF IT IF IT WASN'T FOR PEOPLE AT MY WORK THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.