1999 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL* CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

SEAT BELTS LOCK AND CAN NOT BE PULLED OUT. THIS HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE IS AND IS NOT MOVING. IT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN PASSENGERS ARE ABLE TO WEAR THEM. IT IS SO RANDOM. THE SEAT BELT LIGHT IS ON AND SEAT BELTS ARE LOCKED SO THEY CAN NOT BE PUT ON. THE SEAT BELT TIMER, LOCATED UNDER THE MIDDLE OF FRONT SEAT WHICH IS THE CAUSE OF THIS ISSUE CAN NOT BE PURCHASED FROM DODGE, IT IS ON LONG TERM BACK ORDER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT DODGE CORPORATION NEEDS TO ADDRESS AS IT IS NOT LEGAL TO OPERATE VEHICLE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE SEAT BELTS SUDDENLY SEIZED. THE CONTACT EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY BREATHING BECAUSE THE SEAT BELT HAD ERRONEOUSLY TIGHTEN TOO MUCH. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS PRESENT WITH ALL THE SEAT BELTS IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT BELT MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED BUT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

WHEN TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE SEAT BELTS STARTING RETRACTING AND WOULD NOT RELEASE AND GETS TIGHTER WITH EVERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. THE ONLY WAY TO RELEASE WAS TO SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND OPEN DOOR. THIS HAS STARTED TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME WHEN GOING MORE THAN 25 - 30 MILES. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE PART TO FIX THIS WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET TO SEE IF I COULD FIND A PART AND WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER DEALERSHIP THAT 129 OF THESE PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER AND SEEMS THAT NONE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED IN A WHILE. MY VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE WITH OUT THE USE OF THE SEAT BELTS.*JS

DASH COVER AND PLASTIC SUBSTRUCTURE CRACKED AND SHARP PIECES FALLING OFF INTO THE DASH. DASH PULLING AWAY FROM THE FIREWALL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. HEADLIGHT AND HVAC CONTROL MOUNTING POINTS BROKEN LOSE AND FALLING INTO THE DASH. CONCERNED ABOUT PROPER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT IN EVENT OF A CRASH WITH LOSE DASH FRAGMENTS AND THE DASH DETACHING FURTHER FROM THE FIREWALL AND BECOMING A PROJECTILE CAUSING ADDITIONAL INJURY TO OCCUPANTS. *JS

THIS 1999 DODGE DAKOTA HAS DEVELOPED A VIOLENT SHAKING AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE SHAKING OR WOBBLE LASTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAN BE SLOWED AND CONTROL REGAINED. THIS SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO DEATH WOBBLE TALKS. *TR

MY 1999 DODGE RAM 2500 DASH IS FALLING APART. IT IS STARTING TO "CHUNK" MEANING PIECES ARE COMING OUT OF IT IN WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS SHARP JAGGED "SHARDS" WITH POINTY EDGES. NOTICED IT BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR AS A SINGLE CRACK, NOT IT IS EXTENSIVE AN SPREADING ACROSS MY ENTIRE DASH. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE NOW WIRING IS EXPOSED WHICH COULD SHORT LIGHTS ETC. THE CHUNKS COULD FLY OUT AT HIGH SPEEDS INTO MY EYES BLINDING MY VISION. IN A WRECK WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. *TR

MY DODGE RAM 2500'S DASH STARTED SHOWING SMALL CRACKS WITHIN A FEW YEARS OF PURCHASE. I IGNORED THIS UNTIL THE CRACKS STARTED SPREADING OVER THE WHOLE DASH. I THEN TAPED OVER THE CRACKS AND PUT A DASH RUG OVER THE DASH FOR PROTECTION. I RECENTLY REMOVED THE RUG, AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THE CRACKS HAD BECOME LARGE PIECES OF DASH MATERIAL THAT WERE FALLING DOWN UNDER THE DASH.

I HAD A LEAKY HEATER CORE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH REQUIRED ME TO REMOVE THE DASHBOARD. I NOTICED SOME HAIRLINE FRACTURES IN THE DASH BEFORE I REMOVED IT, HOWEVER IT LOOKED VERY MUCH IN TACT SO I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. AFTER REMOVING THE DASH FROM ITS MOUNTED POSITION HOWEVER IT BEGAN BREAKING APART AND THROWING SHARDS OF SHARP BROKEN PLASTIC TO THE FLOORBOARD AND SEATS. IT VIRTUALLY BEGAN TO DISINTEGRATE BEFORE MY VERY EYES AND I COULD NOT HELP BUT IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAVE ALL OF THOSE PLASTIC SHARDS BEING PROPELLED INTO MY BODY AND FACE. I AM TERRIFIED WHEN I THINK OF MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. THE PLASTIC IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE. IS DODGE AWARE OF THIS, ORVAM I THE ONLY ONE? WHAT A NIGHTMARE. *TR

CRACKED DASHBOARD. I CUT MY FINGER ON THE SHARP EDGE OF THE CRACKED DASHBOARD. I STARTED DOING RESEARCH ON REPAIRING OR REPLACING THE DASHBOARD SO NONE OF MY CHILDREN WOULD INJURE THEMSELVES LIKE I DID. MY RESEARCH FOUND THAT THERE IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH DODGE RAM DASHBOARDS CRACKING,SO I DECIDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT. *TR