1999 DODGE RAM 2500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-60 MPH THE "SEAT BELT" WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND THEN THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SHOULDER BELT VIOLENTLY TIGHTENED ON THE OCCUPANTS WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO RELEASE FROM THE WEBBING BY EXERTING GREAT FORCE. THE DRIVER ASSISTED THE PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANT OUT OF THE SEAT BELT ENTRAPMENT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 124,000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. THE TRUCK WAS SHADY TO BEGIN WITH. WE HIT A TREE HEAD ON AT ABOUT 40 M.P.H. AND THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. I WAS INJURED AND HAD TO BE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. WHEN WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK THE DEALER TOLD US THAT IT HAD NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT BUT SEVERAL MECHANICS TOLD ME THAT THE TRUCK SHOWED MANY SIGNS OF A PREVIOUS SERIOUS CRASH. IF THE AIRBAGS HAD WORKED PROPERLY I DON'T THINK THAT MY INJURIES WOULD BE AS SERIOUS. *TR

MY 1999 DODGE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING AND MONTHS LATER PIECES ARE BREAKING AWAY AS I CLEAN IT. IT IS SO BRITTLE I CAN'T TOUCH IT ANY MORE. I ALWAYS USE A SUN SHIELD AND ALWAYS LEAVE MY WINDOWS CRACKED OPEN TO ALLOW PROPER AIR FLOW TO PREVENT ISSUES FROM HAPPENING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. "COME ON DODGE" WHAT KIND OF GARBAGE IS THIS. I'VE HAD MANY OTHER TRUCKS WITH WAY MORE MILES THAN THIS AND HAD NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR. THIS IS THE SIGN OF POOR QUALITY!!! DO TO THE FACT THAT DODGE IS TURNING A BLIND EYE ON THIS PROBLEM I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER DODGE AGAIN. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE ON MY 99 DODGE TRUCK FAILED BEHIND THE TANK ON THE FRAME RAIL DUE TO RUST. I HAD AN EMERGENCY STOP AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. AFTER INSPECTION THE RUSTED HARD LINE HAD A PINHOLE IN IT FROM THE ADDED PRESSURE OF THE EMERGENCY STOP. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE COLLISION BUT IF I WOULD HAVE HAD A TRAILER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY. *TR

I OWN A 1999 RAM 2500 AND MY DASHBOARD IS ALSO FALLING APART. OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THE DASH IS BUSTED AND CRACKED ALL THE WAY ACROSS. THE TRIM AROUND THE GAUGES IS ALL CRACKED. *1

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE AND THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING; HOWEVER, THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. NUMEROUS GAUGES WOULD NOT WORK WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR A SECOND OPINION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BRAKING ISSUE WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, BUT THERE WAS NO RESOLUTION. THE VIN WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE SYSTEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000. UPDATED 05/05/09. *LJ

BEFORE ANY ENGINE PERFORMANCE UP GRADE, RECOGNIZED AFTER TBS 18-019-01 INSTALLED IN THE ECM/PCM OF MY 1999 DODGE DIESEL 2500 24V COOLANT NOT CIRCULATING THROUGH ENGINE. TEMP FIX WITH NEW ECM AND TSB UPGRADE 10-040-02. NO CODE OR SERIOUS OVER HEAT ESPECIALLY DURING WINTER MONTHS. BUT DOES RUN 190 DEGREES OR MORE UP HILL- WINTER MONTHS. SCALDING SIGNS INSIDE ENGINE AT THERMOSTAT CHANGE. MECHANIC CLUELESS UPON VISUAL OVER PRESSURE OF TOP RADIATOR HOSE AFTER ENGINE REACHES OPERATING TEMPS. SOFTWARE SEEM TO GO INTO DEFAULT OR HACKED CAL MODE. WITH THIS DECREASE IN PERFORMANCE IS SUDDENLY MILEAGE DECREASE, POWER AND SHIFTING ERRATIC SUDDENLY. OTHER SYMPTOMS NOT OBVIOUS EITHER. AGAIN EVERYTHING SEEM FINE AFTER LAST SOFTWARE BOOT BUT AFTER 100 MILES OR SO RETURNING HOME FROM OUT OF TOWN DEALERSHIP, TRUCK RUNNING LOOSELY AFTER OVER NIGHT SIT. *TR

OVER TIME THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING IN MULTIPLE PLACES. PIECES HAVE BROKEN OFF. NO EXCESSIVE WEAR WAS PLACED ON THE DASH. HAVE NOT REPLACED THE DASH DUE TO COST. *TR

FUEL INJECTOR PUMP FAILED JUST BEFORE ENTERING THE FREEWAY, WAS TOWING STOCK TRAILER WHEN I LOST ALL POWER. HAD TO HAVE THE 1999 DODGE 2500 DIESEL TOWED ALONG WITH THE STOCK TRAILER, THE COST IS $3150.00 FOR THE FUEL INJECTOR AND $124.00 FOR TOWING. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE AND NOT ONLY ON THE 1999 MODEL, SO I CALLED DODGE TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED, THE ANSWER WAS NO! I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOSE ALL POWER, WE WERE LUCKY THAT WE HAD NOT ENTERED THE FREEWAY YET WE WERE STILL ON THE ON-RAMP AND IT WAS NOT SAFE WITH THE 18-WHEELERS AND OTHER VEHICLES INCREASING THEIR SPEED TO ENTER THE FREEWAY. I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST NOT ME. *TR

MY DASH ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 2500 HAS COMPLETELY FELL THROUGH CAUSING WIRING PROBLEMS MY LIGHTS WILL JUST STOP WORKING. *TR