1999 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

1999 DODGE RAM 2500 4X4 SLT LARAMIE, THE DASH BOARD IS CRACKED AND FALLING IN. I AM AFRAID IF I GET IN AN ACCIDENT THE CRACKED DASH WILL CAUSE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, OR A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAGS TO TEAR AND POSSIBLY HURT OR KILL SOMEONE. I BELIEVE IT IS A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM AND NOT THE OWNERS PROBLEM LIKE CHRYSLER CLAIMS WHEN YOU CONTACT THEM. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT FOR THE LAST 7 YRS AND IT IS STILL CRACKING. CHRYSLER CLAIMS THAT IF THERE WERE A COVER ON IT, IT WOULDN'T CRACK. I DIDN'T HEAR OF CHRYSLER GIVING OUT DASH COVERS TO OWNERS WHO REQUESTED THEM. I BELIEVE THE COMPANY SHOULD ATLEAST REPLACE CRACKED DASHES WITH SOMETHING SAFER! *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM. AS I UNDERSTAND, YOU HAVE RECEIVED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE DASH PLASTIC FAILURE. AS I READ THE POSTS, I SEE THAT AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THESE VEHICLES (DODGE RAM) ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE ENTIRE PLASTIC DASH SPLINTERS INTO SHARDS, REGARDLESS OF TIME OR CARE AND UPKEEP. SO HAS MINE. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHATICALLY ADD MY NAME TO THE GROWING LIST OF DISGUSTED OWNERS. I AM MORE THAN CONCERNED ABOUT THE SHARDS OF PLASTIC AROUND THE AIRBAG. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY PASSENGER(S) IF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS? I WORK AS A FIREFIGHTER, AND HAVE SEEN FIRST-HAND THE RESULTS OF THE VIOLENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE EXTENT OF THE ADDITIONAL INJURIES IF SHARP PIECES OF PLASTIC ARE ADDED TO THE BLAST OF THE AIRBAG. THIS IS NOT MERELY AN ISSUE OF AESTHETICS OR POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP. IT IS A MONUMENTAL SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE HELP. SENT RESPECTFULLY *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 2500: THE COMPLETE DASH ASSEMBLY IS CRACKING AND FLAKING INTO PIECES ALONG THE TOP COVER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND FROM THE CLUSTER TO THE WINDSHIELD. FEATURES ARE CRACKING ALONG THE LOWER SECTION OF DASH, ALSO, FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS WILL SOON EFFECT THE STRUCTURAL HOUSING AREA AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE SRS AIRBAG MOUNTING. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE SRS AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY IN THE EVENT OF DEPLOYMENT. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE WIRING HARNESS BEING DAMAGED OR FAILING DUE TO SHARP EDGES OF THE PLASTIC IN THE DASH ASSEMBLY. IF THE SHARP EDGES CUT THE WIRING AND THE CUT WIRE EDGES RUB TOGETHER, THIS WILL CAUSE A PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT OF THE SRS AIRBAG. THERE IS ALSO A CONCERN OF THE MAIN DASH HARNESS BEING DAMAGED FROM SHARP EDGES AND CAUSING THE POSSIBILITY OF A SHORT BETWEEN VOLTAGE AND GROUND CIRCUITS TOUCHING CAUSING EXCESSIVE HEATING OF SHORTED CIRCUITS AND CAUSING FIRE IN THE BRITTLE PLASTIC AREAS. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 2500 5.9 CUMMINS DIESEL. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE THROTTLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WOULD SLOW ON A HILL AND WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OR CHANGE LANES. SO I STOPPED DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BUT NOW THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN TOWN. I WOULD PRESS THE THROTTLE AND HAVE ZERO RESPONSE. KIND OF SCARY WHEN YOU ARE ENTERING A MAIN ROAD OR TURNING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. MY MECHANIC TELLS ME THE INJECTOR PUMP IS FAILING AND THAT IT IS A COMMON FAILURE. $3,000.00 REPAIR. I PAID A PREMIUM FOR THE DIESEL AS IT SHOULD LAST 1,000,000 MILES OR MORE. BUT AT 150,000 TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN IS ABSURD. IF YOU WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO SEARCH ON-LINE YOU WILL FIND THAT THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CULPRIT IS A BOSCH VP44 INJECTOR PUMP THAT IS BEING USED AROUND THE GLOBE FOR DIESEL APPLICATIONS. CUMMINS WILL REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART ON SOME BUSES AND SOME OTHER VEHICLES BUT TELL ME THAT I HAVE TO GET DODGE TO DO THE REPAIR. DODGE SAYS THERE IS NO RE-CALL AND THAT I WILL HAVE TO PAY ALMOST $3,000.00 FOR A RECONDITIONED PUMP NOT NEW! IMAGINE SLOWING FOR A RAILWAY CROSSING THEN BEING UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE TRAINS WAY. OR TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND CHANGE LANES TO GET OUT OF THE PATH OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES. YOU SEE A BREAK IN TRAFFIC AS YOU ATTEMPT A TURN BETWEEN TRAFFIC THE THROTTLE DOES NOT RESPOND. I AM CURRENTLY SAVING MONEY FOR THIS REPAIR BUT CONSIDERING THE PREVALENCE OF THIS DANGER I THOUGHT THAT SURELY DODGE WOULD HAVE VOLUNTEERED A SAFETY RECALL BY NOW. NOT 1 OR 2 VEHICLES BUT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS. HOW MANY OTHER DRIVERS ARE THERE OUT THERE THAT MUST CONTINUE TO OPERATE THEIR DEFECTIVE VEHICLE WHILE THEY TOO SAVE UP FOR THIS COSTLY FIX. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE/CUMMINS DIESEL 2500 TRUCK WITH A #53 CUMMINS ENGINE BLOCK. THIS ENGINE BLOCK HAS DEVELOPED A CRACK AND IS LEAKING COOLANT. THIS ENGINE BLOCK HAS A KNOWN DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. IN RESEARCH, IT WAS FOUND FROM SOURCES SUCH AS THE TURBO DIESEL REGISTER.COM AND A NATIONAL REPAIR COMPANY - LOCKNSTITCH.COM - THAT 1000S (THOUSANDS) OF THESE BLOCKS HAVE CRACKED IN THE SAME PLACE NECESSITATING REPAIRS COSTING OWNERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THUS FAR. THE COST TO ME ALONE TO REPAIR THIS BLOCK WILL BE $3000.00 WITH NO GUARANTEE IT WILL NOT CRACK AGAIN! I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS FILED HERE. WHY HAS THERE BEEN NOTHING DONE ABOUT THIS OBVIOUS AND VERY COSTLY DEFECT??? *TR

THE DASH IN MY 1999 IS FALLING APART. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE AIR BAGS AND WIRING BEING EXPOSED. I KNOW THIS IS A VERY PROBLEM WITH DODGES. *TR

MULTIPLE FISSURES ARE DEVELOPING IN THE DASH AND THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ENTIRE CONSOLE IS QUESTIONABLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500 WHICH WAS PURCHASED IN 2008. HE STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WOULD LOCK INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKES. HE COULD NOT OPERATE THE VEHICLE ADEQUATELY WHILE LOCKED TIGHTLY INTO THE SEAT. THE DEALER STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE SEAT. HE ALSO STATED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED AND THE WIPERS WERE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRE MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE TO DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 112,000.

DASH CRACKS WHICH MAY LEAD TO RIPPED AIRBAGS ON DEPLOYMENT. MAY ALSO CUT ELECTRICAL WIRES CAUSING SPARKS OR FIRE. *TR

FUEL FILTER ASSEMBLY. FUEL HEATER ELEMENT WIRES DETERIORATED AND FUEL BEGAN TO LEAK THROUGH SEAL AROUND WIRES. I NOTICED THE SMELL OF FUEL AND UPON INVESTIGATING FOUND THE SHORTED WIRES EVAPORATING/BURNING THE FUEL COLLECTED AROUND THEM. THE ASSEMBLY WAS TOOO HOT TO TOUCH. AFTER CONTACTING DODGE I WAS TOLD THAT THE UNIT WAS DISCONTINUED AND A NEW KIT WAS AVAILABLE FOR REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $1300. *TR