1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Structure Problems

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 HOOD LATCH RECALL CAN NOT OPEN THE HOOD, LATCH IS BROKEN, MISSING OR MALFUNCTIONED

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP, WHILE DRIVING AROUND 35-45 MPH USUALLY ON A DOWNHILL GRADE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE,THE ONLY WORD TO DESCRIBE IT IS VIOLENTLY AND WILL NOT SUBSIDE UNTIL YOU CAN GET THE SPEED BELOW 20MPH BUT YOU CAN NOT JUST APPLY THE BREAKS OR THE SHAKING BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE,I HAVE REPLACE MOST OF THE SUSPENSION(CONTROL ARMS,BALL JOINTS ECT.)NOTHING WORKS.THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES! I'VE TALKED TO OTHERS AND THERE IS A NAME FOR IT, DODGE DEATH WOBBLE. ALSO I AM ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE DODGE DASH CANCER, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS MY DASH HAS BASICALLY DISINTEGRATED....CONSIDERING BRINGING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT

Mileage: 154,000

THE PLASTIC DASH BROKE IN SEVERAL PLACES WHILE DRIVING ON A ROUGH ROAD. THIS ALSO AFFECTED THE VIN PLATE CAUSING ONE RIVET TO BE DISLODGED AND CAUSING PROBLEMS REGISTERING IT. IN SOME AREAS IT IS CONSIDERED VIN TAMPERING EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.

Mileage: 240,000

I HAVE PURCHASED A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 SPORT. THE DASH HAS HAD A PROBLEM IN THE PAST AND CRACKED AND SPLIT. I HAVE REPLACED IT BUT EXPECT THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THIS OCCURS DURING AN ACCIDENT, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE BROKEN PIECES OF THE BRITTLE PLASTIC TO BECOME SHRAPNEL AND PUNCTURE OR BECOME A FLYING PROJECTILE IN THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE. IF IT IS CAUGHT BY THE AIRBAG, THE SPEED CAN BE ACCELERATED WHEN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS. WHEN WILL NHTSA ISSUE A RECALL ON THE DASHBOARD OF THESE TRUCKS. THE BEZEL AND THE GLOVEBOX'S ARE ALSO SPLITTING AS WELL. WHEN CAN THE RECALL BE EXPECTED. I HAVE NOTED BEFORE THAT THIS PROBLEM EXIST ON NHTSA'S WEBSITE UNDER SEVERAL CATEGORIES.. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE DASH CRACKS OR BREAKS OFF DURING AN ACCIDENT. OWNERS ARE WAITING FOR A RECALL SO THAT THEY DO NOT CONTINUE TO HAVE TO PULL MONEY OUT OF THERE POCKET TO FIX REPAIRS ON ITEMS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM.

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING ON THE RAILROAD TRACK AT 10 MPH, THE DASHBOARD SHATTERED. THE AIR BAGS AND THE WIRES WERE NOT EXPOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 208,437.

Mileage: 208,437

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 48 MPH AND THE HOOD FLEW UP AND BENT MY HOOD HINGES.

Mileage: 131,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ARMOUR OIL MIGHT HAVE WEAKENED THE STRUCTURE OF THE DASHBOARD AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ARMOUR OIL WAS NEVER USED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. THE DASH CRACKED AND PIECES FELL INTO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. THE BALL JOINTS FAILED. ALL AROUND 120,000 TO 130,000 MILES. THE FUEL INJECTORS BEGAN TO FAIL AT 120,000 MILES.

Mileage: 130,000

99 RAM 1500 CAUGHT FIRE WHILE RUNNING HEATER! CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS THE DEFECTIVE DASH MATERIAL FALLING APART AND THE INSULATION FELL ONTO THE RESISTOR LOCATED ON TOP OF THE BLOWER MOTOR CAUSING A INTERIOR FIRE. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY MYSELF A MECHANIC FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND A CERTIFIED PAINT AND BODY SHOP. TRUCK WAS IN MINT CONDITION AND NOW A TOTAL LOSS. THE TRUCK WAS IN A STATIONARY POSITION IN A COLLEGE PARKING LOT! CONTACTED MANUFACTUER ONLY REPLY WAS SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. I KNOW OF SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES IN A 5 MILE RADIUS SAME MAKE AND MODEL THAT THE SAME THING HAPPENED TOO.

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE WOULD OPERATE AS NORMAL. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY DIM AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT FAILED CAUSING THE BULB TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES JERK FORWARD AND A SECTION OF THE DASHBOARD WOULD DETACH AND FALL TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,859.

Mileage: 168,859

THE WHOLE DASHBOARD IS PRACTICALLY GONE DUE TO THE CRACKS AND DODGE NOT WILLING TO REPLACE IT WITH ME PAYING FOR IT. SAID IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. EVEN THOUGH WHILE DRIVING IT IS FALLING APART AND ROLLING AROUND THE TRUCK, (DASHBOARD, SEATS AND FLOOR) ALSO BEING I CAN SEE ALL OF THE WIRES UNDER NEATH AND ALL OF IT'S INNERS'. THAT COULD POSSIBLE CAUSE A FIRE. I CURRENTLY HAVE THE VIN NUMBER TAPED TO HE WINDSHIELD SO IT DOESN'T FALL OFF AS WELL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE 131 SOUTH ABOUT 9 O'CLOCK GOING ABOUT 70 MPH AND THE HOOD SOMEHOW OPENED AND FLEW BACK ON MY WINDSHIELD AND SMASHED IT. HIT THE BRAKES AND VEERED OFF THE ROAD. SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME TOOK ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO BRING THE HOOD BACK DOWN TO STRAP IT. THE HINGES SNAPPED ON ONE SIDE AND RIPPED AND BENT CORNERS OF THE HOOD. THIS TRUCK HAS 123K ON IT WITH NO RUST ON THE HOOD OR MECHANISMS. IF THIS WILL NOT BE TAKEN CARE OF FREE OF CHARGE I WILL NOT BE A HAPPY CAMPER.. I WORK ON CARS I KNOW HOW TO LUBE HOOD LATCHES I ALSO KNOW HOW TO CLOSE HOODS. MY VIN DOESN'T PULL UP A RECALL BUT THIS HAPPENED AS A MANUFACTURERS ERROR AND I HOPE THIS WILL BE PROFESSIONALLY TAKEN CARE OF FREE OF CHARGE . BEFORE I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK I HAD CHECKED FOR RECALLS. IF THIS WERE TO HAVE POPPED UP ON MY VIN THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. I'M JUST GLAD I COULD GET IT OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. *TR

Mileage: 123,120

THE DASHBOARD SUDDENLY CRACKED ON DAY WITHOUT ANY OUTSIDE CAUSE. IS NOW IN PIECES WITH SEVERAL SHARP EDGES THAT COULD CAUSE INJURY IF IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

THE DASH IN THIS TRUCK HAS BROKEN TO PIECES. THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF SUN EXPOSURE OR CLIMATE--IT IS SIMPLY DEFECTIVE MATERIALS. NOW WHEN THE TRUCK IS DRIVEN WITH THE WINDOW(S) OPEN SHARP PIECES OF DASH PLASTIC FLY UP HITTING THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN THE FACE. ADDITIONALLY THE ELECTRONICS FOR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS NOW EXPOSED TO SUN AND POSSIBLE MOISTURE. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

THE DASH IS CRACKED WITH SHARP PLASTIC PIECES ALL OVER. *TR

DASH PANEL BREAKING CAUSING DANGEROUS SHARP PIECES. *TR

DASH IS TOTALLY FALLING APART. I WAS CONCERNED THAT PASSENGER AIRBAG WOULD NOT WORK. I AM HAVING DASH REPLACED NOW FOR ABOUT $1400.00 AND I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY OTHER CAR OR TRUCK DO THIS. THERE IS SOMETHING DEFECTIVE ABOUT THIS PLASTIC. THIS IS NOT SUN DAMAGE. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

DASH BOARD HAS CRACKED AND FALLING APART. THE OTHER DAY I CAUGHT MY HAND ON A PIECE THAT HAS CURLED UP WITH A SHARP CORNER WHILE RETRIEVING MY SUNGLASSES I TOOK OFF TO PUMP GAS. *TR

Mileage: 162,543

DASH PIECES FALLING INTO HEATER VENTS AND OTHER COMPONENTS. *TR

Mileage: 156,000

THE DASH STARTED CRACKING MORE AND MORE FOR NO REASON AT ALL. NOW THERE ARE CHUNKS OF THE DASH THAT HAVE FALLEN BEHIND THE DASH. THIS COULD DAMAGE THE WIRING OR CIRCUITRY OR AIR BAGS BEHIND THE DASH BECAUSE THE PIECES THAT HAVE FALLEN HAVE VERY SHARP EDGES. *TR

Mileage: 100,123

DASHBOARD CRUMPLING AND FALLING INTO AIR VENTS AND BEING BLOWN AROUND INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT IF A LITTLE BLOWS INTO EYES. *JS

Mileage: 47,000

THE DASHBOARD HAS CAME ALL APART. FROM 1998 TO 2004 THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHT MARE FOR OWNERS. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER DODGE FOR SAFETY REASONS PEOPLE COULD BE STRUCK WHILE DRIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 77,000

DASH BECAME BRITTLE WITH LARGE CRACKS AND LARGE PIECES OF PLASTIC BREAKING OFF DASH FALLING IN FLOOR BOARD. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

DASHBOARD CRACKED AND FELL APART, PUTTING PIECES OF PLASTIC INTO THE VENTS. THIS A DANGEROUS WHEN PUTTING ON THE VENT AND HAVING PLASTIC BLOWING ALL OVER. CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THIS DEFECT AND HAS DONE NOTHING'. *TR

THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKING (LIKE EVERY OTHER DODGE) AND A PIECE HAD FALLEN DOWN AND SOME HOW GRABBED TWO WIRES AND CAUSED THEM TO TOUCH. LUCKY FOR ME IT SMOKED BEFORE IT WENT UP IN FLAMES. MY GIRLFRIEND HURRIED UP AND RIPPED THE WIRES APART. PLEASE FIX THIS DODGE! YES MY TRUCK IS OLD BUT THIS IS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM SINCE IT WAS NEW. *TR

Mileage: 224,000

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

MY DASH HAS A HOLE AROUND FOOT LONG AND MORE THEN 6INCH WIDE DO TO THE SUN DRYING OUT ITS VERY THEN AND CHEAP PLASTIC THE CUP HOLDERS ARE BROKE TO I HAVE HAD OLDER CARS AND TRUCK WERE THE DASH CRACKS BUT I'VE NEVER HAD ONE WITH A HOLE IN IT AND MY DASH KEEPS CRACKING AND FALLING A PART IM HAPPY WITH MY TRUCK BUT FILL DODGE NEEDS FIX THESE PROBLEMS I PLAN TO DRIVE MY TRUCK FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE PROBLEMS SOLVED AND NOT AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. *TR

Mileage: 80,200

DASH CRUMBLING AND FALLING APART, BIG CHUNKS JUST BREAK AWAY WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP OR JUST TOUCH THE DASH EXPOSING WIRES, AIR DUCTS AND HEATER CORE, I'VE HAD PIECES FLY OUT OF AIR DUCTS WHILE AC IS ON, HITTING ME IN THE FACE, I WOULD HATE TO IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I'M INVOLVED IN A WRECK AND AN AIR BAG DEPLOY WITH SHARDS OF SHARP PLASTIC FLYING AT MY FACE OR BODY, IT WOULD BE LIKE KNIVES FLYING AT YOU AND STABBING OR CUTTING YOU SEVERELY. THIS PROB STARTED NOT LONG AFTER PURCHASING THE TRUCK USED, AFTER ABOUT 70,000-75,000 MILES THIS PROBLEM STARTED, I BELIEVE DODGE SHOULD AT LEAST PAY FOR A NEW DASH MADE WITH BETTER PLASTIC, I'VE HEARD OF AND KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WITH DODGES THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, I'VE BEEN TOLD BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE IT IS BUT SUPPOSEDLY DODGE WAS USING DEFECTIVE PLASTIC IN THE DASHES FROM I THINK 97 THROUGH 05. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

DASH IS CRACKED AND IT POSES A THREAT OF INJURY EITHER IN A MINOR ACCIDENT. DUE TO ITS EXTENT OF DAMAGE IT CONTINUES IT COULD AFFECT THE PROPER DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG. IT COULD SO CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO BECOME A WEAPON. IN SOME CASES THE PLASTIC PARTS THAT FALL LOOSE FROM THE DASH AS THE DASH CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE END UP IN THE VENT SYSTEMS AND CAN BLOW OUT WHEN THE FAN IS TURNED ON. I WISH YOU WOULD INVESTIGATE AS DODGE WON'T ADMIT IT IS A DEFECT. WHEN THEY DO INSTALL A REPLACEMENT DASH IT IS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND THE CYCLE REPEATS. DODGE NEEDS TO HELP THE THOUSANDS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE HOOD SUDDENLY OPENED AND SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN AUTO GLASS TECHNICIAN WHO REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD ON HAD BECOME BRITTLE AND STARED TO CRACK. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT ANY TIME A HAND WAS PLACED ON THE DASHBOARD, IT FRACTURED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

A PART OF THE DASH OF MY 1999 DODGE RAM , DISLODGED FROM ITS POSITION ATOP OF MY DASH. THE DASH OF THE VEHICLE IS CRACKED AND CAVING IN LIKE ALL DODGE DASHES THIS YEAR AND MODEL. I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP ON A HILL, WHEN A PIECE DISLODGED FROM IT POSITION ON MY DASH, AND CUT ME IN THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE BELOW MY LEFT EYE, THIS COULD HAVE BLINDED ME, AND I KNOW THE NHTSA, WOULD NEVER ALLOW A VEHICLE WITH LARGE SHARP ABS PLASTIC PIECES FLYING AROUND THE CABIN. THE ABS PLASTIC DASH IS IN HORRIBLE CONDITION, IT IS CRACKED AND FALLEN IN AND PIECES FLY OUT ALL THE TIME. I AM PREPARED TO SUE CHRYSLER CORP. IF THIS IS NOT ADDRESSED BY THE NHTSA, THANK YOU *TR

Mileage: 141,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AND CAVING IN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

Mileage: 94,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AND FRACTURED INTO PIECES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE DASHBOARD WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 326,000.

Mileage: 326,000

I NOTICED A SLIGHT LINE IN THE DASH SOMETIME IN 2009, NEXT TO THE WINDSHIELD AND ABOUT 5 OR 6 INCHES FROM THE PASSENGER DOOR. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A SURFACE SCRATCH. LATER ON, IT GOT LONGER AND LONGER, BECOMING NOTICEABLE AS A CRACK, UNTIL NOW IT IS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE DASH AND TO THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT, COMING AT AN ANGLE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE TRUCK. ABOUT A YEAR AFTER I NOTICED THAT THE CRACK HAD GOTTEN LONGER, PERHAPS 1/2 WAY ACROSS THE DASHBOARD, I WAS HIT IN THE BACK END BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. ABOUT 7 MONTHS AFTER THAT, THE CRACK ELONGATED TO IT'S FULL LENGTH ACROSS THE DASH FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. I AM WORRIED THAT THE DASH WILL FALL IN. *TR

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.

Mileage: 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

Mileage: 150,000

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

Mileage: 176,419

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

Mileage: 93,000

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.

Mileage: 106,000

CRACKED DASHBOARD IN DODGE TRUCK. *TR

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

CRACKED DASH. *TR

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

Mileage: 86,416

DASH HAS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES. NOT SAFE TO RIDE IN FOR ANY PASSENGER OR DRIVER. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON LONG ENOUGH. EQUIPMENT FAILURE IS PART OF WHY THESE COMPLAINTS ARE ENTERED HERE. DOES NO ONE LISTEN? AIRBAGS, SHARP CORNERS, ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHAT MORE HAS TO HAPPEN? *KB

DASHBOARD ON TRUCK HAS COMPLETELY FALLEN THROUGH. *KB

CRACKED DASHBOARD. ITS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE EDGES ARE VERY SHARP. I HAVE ALREADY CHANGE IT ONCE BUT THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. SUGGESTING A RECALL ON DODGE RAM CRACKED DASHBOARDS. *TR

DASHBOARD ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM HAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. I JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK 2 MONTHS AGO AND IT ALREADY HAD ONE LARGE CRACK AND HAS GOTTEN SEVERAL MORE SINCE I PURCHASED IT. I THINK DODGE NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, ITS A WELL DOCUMENTED DEFECT. I ALSO BELIEVE ITS A SAFETY HAZARD. IN AN ACCIDENT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PLASTIC FROM MY DASHBOARD TURNING INTO SHRAPNEL WHEN THE AIRBAG GOES OFF. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKING AND SEPARATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN WHICH THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CRACKS BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 44, THE DASH HAS COMPLETELY CRACK AND BROKEN OUT. I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND A PIECE THE SIZE OF A PLATE FALLS INTO THE LOWER PART OF THE DASH. MY DASH COMPLETELY HAS COLLAPSED, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE ON ANY VEHICLE. THEN I READ THE BLOBS AND SAW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ARE TRUCKS, AND EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, AT WHAT POINT DO WE SAY MANUFACTURER DEFECT. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY THE SAME THING BEFORE SOME ONE DOES SOMETHING, THEY ARE NOT EVEN OFFERING A REASONABLE REPAIR. $1000 TO REPLACE THE DASH IS A JOKE, A PLASTIC COVER, ARE YOU KIDDING! DODGE DOES NOT EVEN MAKE THIS DASH ANY MORE SO IT IS SUPPLY AND DEMAND! SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. *TR

Mileage: 129,000

ENTIRE DASH IS COMPLETELY CRACKED AND GONE. FRONT INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS NOTHING TO ATTACH TO AND FALLS OFF WHEN I DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 99,276

APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF MY THEN BRAND NEW DODGE RAM 1500, THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK. THE CRACKS CONTINUED TO GROW IN SIZE AND INCREASE IN NUMBER UNTIL CHUNKS OF THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CAVE IN AND POP OUT. CURRENTLY THE DASHBOARD IS EITHER MISSING COMPLETELY IN VERY LARGE SECTIONS, OR CHIPPED, CRACKED AND CAVED IN OTHERS. THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS WILL NOT CAUSE, OR IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN AN ACCIDENT, OR EVEN JUST UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. *TR

CRACKED DASHBOARD. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AND OVER TIME IT HAD INCREASED IN SIZE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH HIS STEREO DUE TO THE CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

DASHBOARD CRACKED IN 2 DIFFERENT AREAS. ONE CRACK IS INLINE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. THE OTHER IS INLINE WITH THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. BOTH RUN FROM THE WINDSHIELD BACK TOWARDS THE SEAT. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

THE DASH STARTED CRACKING YEARS AGO AND CONTINUES TO CRACK SO BADLY THAT CHUNKS ARE FALLING OFF LEAVING SHARP EDGES EXPOSED. THERE ARE MANY RAM OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT'S APPARENT THAT THIS A A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. I DON'T WANT TO REPLACE IT WITH THE SAME DASH AND HAVE THE SAME THING HAPPEN, BUT THERE A RISK OF BEING SERIOUSLY CUT BY THE SHARP POINTED EDGES AS THE DASH CONTINUES TO CRACK AND FALL APART. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

MY 1999 DODGE RAM TRUCK DASH ASSEMBLY IS FALLING APART. THE UPPER PAD STARTED BY CRACKING AND FINALLY FALLING INTO THE MAIN DASH AREA ABOUT 70% OF THE DASH PAD IS BROKEN OFF. NOW THE MAIN DASH ASSEMBLY IS CRACKING AND UNABLE TO HOLD THE ACCESSORIES ATTACHED TO IT ON ITS OWN. I AM ASKING DODGE TO REPLACE THE DASH ASSEMBLY AT THEIR COST WITH NO LUCK. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

THE DASH IN THIS VEHICLE IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART APPARENTLY FROM EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT. THIS COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY FROM EXPOSURE TO SHARP OBJECTS LOCATED UNDER THE DASH AND COULD CAUSE PLASTIC SHARDS TO BE EMBEDDED IN ONES FACE AND EYES SHOULD THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT A REPLACEMENT FROM DODGE WILL DO THE SAME THING AND WILL COST ME ABOUT $1200 TO REPLACE. I HAVE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT ALMOST ALL 1999 DODGE RAM'S HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM AS DO OTHER YEAR RAM'S. *TR

Mileage: 34,522

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD PICK-UP. CRACKING-FRACTURED DASHBOARD AND BEZEL. THE DASHBOARD PANEL HAS HAD SEVERAL LONG CRACKS COMPLETELY TRANSVERSING AND TRANSECTING THE DECK IN MANY AREAS AND MANY NEWER ONES. WHAT STARTED AS A FEW THIN CRACKS HAVE CONTINUED TO MULTIPLY AND WIDEN. NOW, THE ENTIRE DASH HAS FRACTURES. PIECES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE DASH AMONG THE WIRING AND DUCTS LEAVING LARGE HOLES ON TOP. THE BRITTLE PLASTIC EDGES ARE VERY SHARP AND LEAVE THE SURFACE UNEVEN AND WEAKENED. AN AFTERMARKET FABRIC OVERLAY WAS APPLIED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AT FIRST TO CONCEAL CRACKS, BUT RECENT INSPECTION REVEALED CURRENT STRUCTURAL FAILURE CONDITION. THE INSTRUMENT BEZEL IS ALSO CRACKED IN SIMILAR AREA TO DASH CRACKS. THESE WEAKENED COMPONENTS AND THE STATE OF FRACTURE PROGRESSING THROUGHOUT PANEL CONCERNS ME AS TO THE SAFETY AND FUNCTION OF THIS VEHICLE IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. WHAT AFFECT COULD IT HAVE ON THE AIRBAG DEPLOYING OR THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND FUNCTION OF COMPONENTS ATTACHED TO THE DASH PANEL? LOOSE PLASTIC PIECES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS TO OCCUPANTS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT OR BECOME LODGED FUNCTIONALLY IMPAIRING DRIVEABILITY. INTERNET RESEARCH HAS INFORMED ME THAT THIS IN NOT AN ISOLATED CASE. AFTERMARKET VENDORS HAVE FULL DASHBOARD REPLACEMENT PART FOR ~$400., PRESUMABLY BETTER ABS QUALITY THAN OEM PART. THE DODGE DEALER QUOTED ABOUT $900. FOR LABOR ONLY! THESE VENDORS ALSO CARRY A MOULDED ABS PLASTIC "DASH CAP AND BEZEL" OVERLAYS TO BE GLUED OVER DAMAGED DASHES TO "IMPROVE APPEARANCE", (~$300.), A QUICK DYI JOB, BUT WILL NOT SOLVE STRUCTURAL WEAKNESS NOR CONTINUED BREAKAGE OF ORIGINAL DASH FROM BELOW CAP, ADDITIONALLY THESE OVERLAY "CAPS" DO NOT HAVE THE ATTACHMENT TABS FOR AIRBAG OR INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, ETC., SO THE ORIGINAL TABS WOULD HAVE TO DO THE JOB BUT MAY BE STRUCTURALLY COMPROMISED FROM CRACKING ALSO. I HAVE YET TO DECIDE WHICH IS THE BEST OPTION TO TAKE. IN ANY CASE, THE OLD PART IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE TIME BEING. *TR

MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH IS WEATHERED AND CRACKED BADLY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON THING AMONG DODGE RAMS OF THIS AGE. I FEAR THAT IN A CRASH SITUATION THE DASH COULD BE VERY HARMFUL WHEN DISLODGED. THE EDGES OF THE CRACKS ARE VERY SHARP AND WOULD BECOME AIRBORN VERY EASILY IN AN IMPACT. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH IS CRACKING. THE CRACKING STARTED WITH NO ACTION TO CAUSE SUCH CRACKING. THE CRACKING IS SPREADING TO A POINT THE ENTIRE CENTER SECTION OF THE DASH WILL SOON CAVE IN LEAVING ALL WIRING BEHIND THE DASH EXPOSED. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! *TR

Mileage: 155,423

THE UPPER DASH PANEL/PAD IN THE 1999 SERIES OF DODGE RAM PICKUP'S HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING CRACKS IN IT. THESE CRACKS START AND THEN DO NOT STOP. ON MY PARTICULAR TRUCK I AM MISSING A HUGE CHUNK OF THE DASH DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE SEARCHED AND SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR A REPLACEMENT PART, BUT TO MY SURPRISE THERE ARE NONE AT A DECENT REPLACEMENT RATE. THE BODY MAN I SPOKE TO AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT ALL THE DODGE DASH PADS ARE LIKE THIS, AND I HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE CORRECT. I HAVE READ COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF INCIDENTS OF SIMILAR PROPORTIONS IN FORUMS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE MAKERS OF DODGE ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS ITEM AND REPLACE IT AT NO COST TO OWNERS LIKE ME EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM WITH A PRODUCT THAT WILL NOT CRACK LIKE THIS ONE HAS. IT IS DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE NOT ONLY BY THE SHARP CORNERS OF BROKEN PIECES OF DASHBOARD, BUT FOR SOME IT HAS SHORTED OUT WIRES THAT HAVE MELTED FROM EXPOSURE TO THE SUN AND CAUSED SEVERE RISK TO THEIR SAFETY. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I MYSELF HAVE CUT MY ARM OPEN ON A PIECE OF BROKEN DASH WHEN ONE OUT OF NO WHERE JUST DECIDES TO BREAK OFF. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE 1500 WITH 79,000 MILES ON IT . ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO MY DASH STARTED TO CRACK I NOW HAVE A LARGE HOLE IN MY DASH AND CAN SEE THE AIR BAG MATERIAL . I'M THINKING THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS. DODGE WON'T DO ANYTHING . I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW. *TR

CRACKING AND BROKEN DASH. THE DASH AROUND THE AIR VENTS AND PILLARS ARE BROKEN AWAY IN LARGE CHUNKS WITH CRACKS EXTENDING FROM AROUND 3" AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE DASH. DASH IS LOOSE AS A RESULT OF THE CRACKING AND BROKEN PIECES THAT HAVE FALLEN OUT. THIS IS A "COMMON PROBLEM" TO DODGE RAMS. DODGE SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPLACE THE DASHBOARDS WITH DECENT ONES INSTEAD OF EXPECTING CUSTOMERS TO PAY $800 FOR THE SAME INFERIOR AND FAULTY PART. THESE DASHBOARDS SHOULD BE REPLACED DUE TO AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING FLAW/PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

SHOULD HAVE NEVER CRACKED KEPT BOARD CLEANED AND WELL HYDRATED USING PROPER CLEANING PROCEDURES. CRACKED DASHBOARD CAUSES CUT HAZARD DUE TO SHARP EDGES. *TR

Mileage: 22,000

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH IS COMPLETELY BROKEN OUT. I HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AFTER THE PIECE FELL INSIDE DASH. RIGHT NOW I JUST HAVE A PIECE OF CLOTH OVER THE HOLE TO KEEP THE SUN OFF THE WIRING. THE SHARP EDGES ARE DANGEROUS IF I WAS EVER INVOLVED IN A CRASH. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF DODGE OWNERS, MY DASH HAS IMPLODED. IT STARTED IN JAN. WHILE USING THE DEFROSTERS. CRACKS JUST APPEARED FROM THE DEFROSTERS OUT THE ENTIRE DASH. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT WITHOUT LUCK. NOW THE HEATER CORE AND CONDENSER WERE REPLACED AND THERE ISN'T ENOUGH OF THE DASH LEFT TO PUT A COVER OVER. MY WIFE READ THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DASHES AND AIRBAG FAILURES, AND REFUSES TO RIDE IN THE TRUCK WITH ME FOR FEAR OF THE AIRBAG AND/OR PROJECTILES COMING FROM THE DASH. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

1999 DODGE RAM WITH MAJOR CRACKS ON DASHBOARD AND ANYTHING THAT MOUNTS TO IT. GLOVE BOX SNAPS OFF BECAUSE IT IS ALSO MOUNTED AND MADE OF THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC. VERY UNSAFE IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR WITH JAGGED SHARP PLASTIC PIECES. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DEFECTS DUE TO THE SUN BEATING DOWN ON EXPOSED WIRING BECAUSE THERE IS NO DASHBOARD TO COVER IT. DODGE WILL NOT ADMIT TO IT BEING A PROBLEM THAT THEY WILL RECALL. IT WILL HAVE TO TAKE SOMEONE GETTING SEVERELY INJURED FOR DODGE TO MAYBE RECONSIDER THERE DECISION OF RECALLING THE DASHBOARD. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. I AM HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE DASH HAVING MULTIPLE SEVERE CRACKS AND BREAKS. I AM AFRAID THAT THIS WILL AFFECT THE AIR BAG DEVELOPMENT IF EVER NEEDED. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON COMPLIANT IN THESE VEHICLE'S AND SIMILAR MODELS. HELP IS NEEDED! *TR

OVER THE PAST YEAR MY DASHBOARD HAS SLOWLY SELF DESTRUCT. IT STARTED WITH A SINGLE CRACK, THEN ANOTHER AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER, TO THE POINT WHERE IT HAS LITERALLY COLLAPSED. MY A/C VENTS ARE EFFECTED AS WELL AS MY RADIO IS NOW STARTING TO ACT UP. I AM IN FEAR THAT WITH THE INTENSE ARIZONA SUN, MY WIRING MAY START TO SHORT OUT AND CAUSE A FIRE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. CAN DODGE BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? I'M WORRIED. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

DASHBOARD IS BREAKING UP WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

DASHBOARD IS SEVERELY CRACKED AND FALLING APART ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK WITH OVER 160,000 MILES. PIECES OF THE DASH ARE JAGGED AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. *TR

TYPICAL PROBLEMS WITH CRACKED PLASTIC DASHBOARD ON 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUPS (2) COMBINED WITH FAILURE OF AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. BOTH SEEM TO BE EPIDEMIC IN PROPORTION, UNFORTUNATELY HAVE EXPERIENCED BOTH. DASH IS NOT SAFE WITH CRACKED, JAGGED PLASTIC EDGES WAITING TO IMPALE OR SLICE YOU, ASSUMING THAT FLYING PEICES WOULDNT DO EVEN MORE HARM IF AIRBAG HAD GONE OFF. SAME PROBLEM IN DASH ON TWO PERSONAL VEHICLES, NOW RELUCTANT TO GO ANYWHERE IN ONE THAT WASNT WRECKED BECAUSE AIRBAG PROBABLY WONT WORK IN IT EITHER IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN. I KNOW MINE ISNT THE ONLY ONE, WHOVER HAS CONTROLLING INTEREST OF DODGE THIS MONTH NEEDS TO STEP UP AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. RIDICULOUS TO THINK OF REPLACING DASH FOR $800 - 1200 WITH A PART OF NO BETTER INTEGRITY THAN THE ONE IT ALREADY HAD. MORE RIDICULOUS IS THE FACT THEY KNOW THE AIRBAGS FAILURES ARE AN ISSUE ON THESE TRUCKS FOR YEARS NOW AND HAVE DONE NOTHING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. IT SHOULDNT BE UP TO THE CUSTOMER TO WORRY ABOUT THESE TWO CRITICAL SAFETY ITEMS . I SPENT A MAJORITY OF MY WORKING LIFE IN THE DODGE BUSINESS, HAVE SEEN IT FROM ALL ANGLES, NOW AS THE IRATE AND DISGUTED OWNER OF TWO VEHICLES THAT LEAVE ME WITH NO DESIRE TO OWN/OPERATE. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. DASHBOARD CRACKED EXTENSIVELY. NEEDS INVESTIGATION. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

DASHBOARD IS BADLY CRACKED. *TR

Mileage: 98,583

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 QUAD CAB. DASH HAS 2 HOLES WHERE THE DASH HAS CRACKED AND FALLEN THRU. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF CLAIMS ON MESSAGE BOARDS WITH SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT THE PLASTIC FALLING ON WIRES CAUSED SHORTING OUT ELECTRONICS. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH A SEVERELY CRACKED DASH AND RECENTLY MY DAUGHTER CUT HER HAND ON IT. HOW THE NTSB CAN SAY THAT THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IS NOT A VEHICLE OCCUPANT HAZARD IS BEYOND ME. SOMEONE NEEDS TO FORCE CHRYSLER CORP TO FIX / REPLACE THESE DASH SKINS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT.. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

1999 DODGE DASHBOARD CRACKED SITTING IN PARKING LOT ON SUNNY DAY. *TR

Mileage: 81,423

DASH CRACKING ON 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP. *TR

Mileage: 33,000

DASHBOARD CRACKED AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE; AFRAID IT MAY FALL IN AND RUIN SOME OF THE WIRING OR TRIP THE AIRBAG TO COME OUT. THE CRACKING STARTED SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AND THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD NOT NOR WOULD DODGE COVER THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT. PRETTY SAID AND I FOUND A WEBSITE WITH OVER 99 PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES. THIS SHOULD BE FIXED BY DODGE. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

DASH IS CRACKING VERY BAD. THIS IS NOT THE WAY A DASH SHOULD LOOK. THIS ALSO TAKES AWAY THE VALUE OF MY TRUCK VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 40,000

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM MAGNUM 1500 THE DASH IT CRACKED IN TO DIFFERENT PLACES LIGHTS ON TOP DON'T WORK THE PUSH BUTTON IS BROKEN, AND THE CUP HOLDER TRAY IS BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: 122,000

DASH CRACKED ,GETTING WORSE,POINTY PIECES OF HARD PLASTIC THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS IN AN ACCIDENT,AND ALSO EXPOSING WIRING AND AIR BAG TO SUN DAMAGE. *TR

PURCHASED A 1999 DODGE 1500 WITH APPROXIMATELY 49K MILES ON IT IN 2004. HAVE HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEM WITH DASH BREAKING. IT IS NOW TO THE POINT THAT I FEEL THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WILL BE IMPAIRED OR EVEN BECOME LETHAL IF IT DEPLOYED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT WITH NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS HAVING THE SAME COMPLAINT. DODGE HAS REFUSED TO HELP CORRECT PROBLEM. THIS MAKES IT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER. I AM AFRAID WITH THE CONDITION OF THE DASH AT THIS POINT SERIOUS BODILY INJURY MAY OCCUR DUE TO ITS CONDITION. IT ALMOST APPEARS THAT THE DEFAULT HAS CAUSED THE POSITION OF THE DASH TO CHANGE SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGING THE POSITION OF THE AIRBAG. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH HAVE DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCKS AND BOTH DASHBOARDS ARE CRACKING MY HUSBANDS IS WORSE AND HAS A HOLE THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO PUT YOUR HEAD INTO. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK A FEW NIGHTS AGO WHEN MINE "EXPLODED" OR WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE FIRED A GUN IN THE CAB OF MY TRUCK THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THERE ARE ALOT OF COMPLAINTS WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO GET OFF THEIR REARENDS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS OR IS IT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE WRECKING AND POSSIBLY DYING TO GET CHRYSLERS ATTENTION AND LET ME JUST SAY THEY ARE DANG LUCKY THAT I WAS STOPPED WHEN IT HAPPENED CAUSE IF I HAD WRECKED MY TRUCK I WOULD HAVE THROWN A MASSIVE LAWSUITS ON THESE PEOPLE AND I DON'T CARE WHO IT WOULD OF HURT THIS IS INSANE. MY BEST FRIENDS SON CUT HIS HAND OPEN ON HIS DASH BECAUSE OF IT THERE IS NO NEED THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED IT IS A HAZARD. HELLO FIX IT! *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH IS BUSTING INTO PIECES. DODGE NEEDS TO FIX THIS BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE A 4YR OLD AND A 2 YR OLD GRANDKIDS AND DON'T WANT THEM OR ME TO GET HIT WITH PIECES OF THE DASH. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

CRACKED DASHES MAY LEAD TO RIPPED AIRBAGS ON DEPLOYMENT. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

1999 RAM 1500 DASHBOARD CRACKED FRONT TO BACK NEAR PASS. SIDE AIRBAG. VEHICLE AND INTERIOR KEPT IN IMMACULATE CONDITION WITH ONLY 66K MILES AND CRACK APPEARED WITHOUT ANY OCCURRENCE. COST OF DASH REPLACEMENT PROHIBITIVE. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

DASHBOARD HAZARD THE PART BEGAN FAILING WHILE I WAS HAVING SOME INTERIOR WORK DONE ON MY VEHICLE. IT STARTED WITH A SMALL CRACK AND NOW IT'S TURNED INTO 2 GAPING HOLES. THE DASHBOARD ON THE 1999 DODGE RAM IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD. THEY ARE VERY BRITTLE AND SUBJECT TO CONSTANT ONGOING CRACKING. IF EVER THERE IS A CASE OF FRONTEND COLLISION OR AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS COULD BE BLASTED WITH NUMEROUS PIECES OF SHARP HARD PLASTIC. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

1999 DODGE RAM DASHBOARD CRACKING ALL OVER MOST OF CRACKS AROUND PASSENGER AIR BAG . INCASE OF ACCIDENT AFRAID STRONG IMPACT WILL SEND LOSE SHARP DASH PIECES ONTO PERSON INSIDE VEHICLE. AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT MIGHT CAUSE DASHBOARD OBJECTS TO IMPALE PERSON INSIDE. UNKNOWN IF WATER COULD CAUSE A SHORT IN THE WIRING SYSTEM TO EXPOSED DASH CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF WHILE ON HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 60MPH. VERY CONCERNED WITH THIS DEFECT AND AFRAID TO PUT ANYONE IN VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 THAT THE UPPER DASH HAS COMPLETELY CRACKED AWAY IN LARGE AND SMALL PIECES. THEY ARE SHARP & IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT COULD BECOME MISSELS OR DROP INTO THE WIRING BEHIND THE DASH. THIS IS HAPPENING FROM YEARS 1998-2004. THE DODGE DEALER I WENT TO ADMITTED THERE WAS A MIX-UP IN THE PLASTIC MIXTURE BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD OR WOULD DO.*CW

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKED DASH - DASH CRACKED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE WITH MANY CRACKS. SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE IN CASE OF AIRBAG DEPLOYING AND DASH PROJECTILES FLYING ABOUT.*TR

DEFECT IN 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP DASHBOARD DASHBOARD HAS CRACKS AND IS CRUMBLING APART...!!!! I USED ARMOR ALL TO PROTECT DASHBOARD BUT IT KEEPS FALLING APART AND IS RISK FOR INJURY/DEATH IF AIR BAG IS DEPLOYED..I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE CAUSE OF DODGE SKIMPING ON MATERIALS..I WANT DODGE TO REPLACE THIS AT NO COST TO ME.. *TR

Mileage: 119,200

THE DASHBOARD HAS RACKS IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND THE ENTER FINALLY FELL IN ONTO THE TOP OF THE RADIO. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED OR IN A WRECK. I WALKED OUTSIDE ONE MORNING AND NOTICED THE DASHBOARD CRACKED. ABOUT A WEEK LATER IS WHEN THE CENTER FELL IN. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. DASHBOARD DETERIORATED AND HAS FINALLY RESULTED IN LARGE VOIDS AND SHARP EDGES BEING EXPOSED TO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE MOUNTING LOCATION FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG HAS DETERIORATED TO THE POINT WHERE THE AIRBAG CAN FALL OUT. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

DASH CRACKED AND FELL APART CAUSING HEADLIGHT WIRE TO MELT AND HEADLIGHTS TO GO OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

THE DASH BOARD ON MY DODGE RAM TRUCK IS CRACKING AND FALLING TO PIECES. THE PIECES FALLING INTO THE DASH CAN CUT OR EXPOSE ELECTRICAL WIRES AND IN A CRASH THE EXTRA BROKEN DASH PIECES CAN ADD TO THE PROBLEM OF FLYING DEBRIS THAT CAN CUT PASSENGERS. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

CRACKED DASH ON TOP AND DOWN FRONT ON 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 QUAD CAB. IT HAS BEEN PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE OVER THE YEARS. IT IS A HAZARD IN MY OPINION IF THE AIRBAGS EVER HAD TO DEPLOY... IT WOULD SEND PIECES OF THE DASH FLYING AT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. THIS COULD BE FATAL. PLEASE HELP MAKE DODGE/CHRYSLER REPAIR THE DASHES IN THESE TRUCKS. FROM MY RESEARCH ONLINE... THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. NOT ONLY WITH THE 1999 MODEL DODGE RAMS, PLEASE HELP. *TR

DASHBOARD HAS BROKEN APART AND COMPLETELY CAVED IN LEAVING EXPOSED WIRING AND TURNED BROKEN PIECES INTO PROJECTILES IF THE AIR BAG WAS TO DEPLOY. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT POSES A RISK TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY AND EXISTS IN A GROUP OF VEHICLES OF THE SAME DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE. BECAUSE IT IS A CRITICAL VEHICLE COMPONENT THAT HAS BROKEN, FALLEN APART, AND SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, IT COULD CAUSE INJURY TO PERSONS INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE.I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM AND IF YOU DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE (WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM)YOU WILL SEE HOW WIDESPREAD THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY IS. DODGE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR NOT ALREADY RECALLING ALL TRUCKS WITH THIS PROBLEM AT NO CHARGE TO THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

CRACKED DASH 1999 DODGE RAM. EXPOSED WIRES. SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

THE "DODGE DEATH WOBBLE" IS FOR REAL. WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 ON THE INTERSTATE, I WENT OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE WHOLE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO CONTROL AND DID NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN TO UNDER 20 MPH. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND DODGE SHOULD BE FORCED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN FIVE TIMES IN MY TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

I BOUGHT A 1999 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB BRAND NEW IN MILTON FL. THE TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 76000 MILES AND THE COMPLETE DASH ASSY HAS BROKEN AND CRACKED INTO A DOZEN PIECES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS HAS BECOME A SERIOUS AIR-BAG/ FOD HAZARD IF IT NEEDS TO DEPLOY AND COULD CAUSE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. DEALERS AND MANUFACTURER REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE AND REPAIR THE DEFECTED DASHES. *TR

I BOUGHT A 1999 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB BRAND NEW IN MILTON FL. THE TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 76000 MILES AND THE COMPLETE DASH ASSY HAS BROKEN AND CRACKED INTO A DOZEN PIECES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS HAS BECOME A SERIOUS AIR-BAG/ FOD HAZARD IF IT NEEDS TO DEPLOY AND COULD CAUSE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. DEALERS AND MANUFACTURER REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE AND REPAIR THE DEFECTED DASHES. *TR

WE HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM EXT CAB AND THE DASH CRACKED AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS NOT A ISSUE BUT AFTER READING ONLINE I AM SEEING THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THAT IT COULD BE DANGEROUS IF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS FOR NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT MY CHILDREN. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS 1999 DODGE RAM IN 2002 WITH ABOUT 40,000 MILES ON IT. I NOW HAVE 79,000. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, THE DASH CRACKED. AFTER ABOUT 10 CRACKS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE DASH IN EVERY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION. I WENT TO THE "5 STAR" LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND SHOWED THEM THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM AND ESTIMATED $1500 TO REPAIR. UNTIL NOW, I THOUGHT THAT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH THE PROBLEM AND ASSUMED THAT THIS CERTAINLY WASN'T A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT MAY BE IN LINE FOR A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. I ORDERED A CUSTOM FIT MAT TO PUT OVER THE CRACKS. THE CRACKS HAVE CONTINUED AND ARE NOW GOING VERTICAL ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEZEL. THERE ARE PROBABLE 15 CRACKS IN ALL. IN ADDITION, THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT PLASTIC DOOR FRAME HINGE PIN (PART OF THE DASH) BROKE OFF ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE. I EPOXIED IN A PIECE OF WOOD DOWEL ROD TO MAKE THE GLOVE BOX DOOR WORK. SEEMS LIKE THE DASH FALLING APART WOULD SET OFF THE AIR BAG OR SHORT THE WIRING TO CAUSE UNSAFE OPERATIONAL PROBLEM SUCH AS A FIRE. IF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS WITH A FRAGMENTED DASH, WILL THE SHARP FRAGMENTS BECOME MISSILES THAT COULD INJURE OR KILL THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER? THIS APPEARS TO BE A REALLY UNSAFE CONDITION. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON THE INTERNET. CAN YOU HELP PUT THE PRESSURE ON DODGE FOR A RECALL TO REPLACE OUR DASHES? *TR

Mileage: 40,000

THE DASH IS CRACKING AND FALLING IN. IF THIS TRUCK WAS EVER IN A CRASH THE SHARP PIECES WILL GO EVERYWHERE AND HURT THE PASSENGERS IN THE TRUCK! *TR

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS EXAMINING HIS VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO WEAR AND CRACK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTICED PRIOR THAT THERE WERE SMALL CRACKS FORMING ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 152000.

Mileage: 152,000

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 BUSTED DASH. MY CONCERN IS THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE DASH IS SO BUSTED UP THAT I'M WORRY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I'M EVER IN AN ACCIDENT. IF THE AIR BAGS COME OUT WILL ALL THE SHARP PIECES OF THE DASH FLY OUT AND HIT ME. THOSE PIECES ARE REALLY SHARP AND I FELL LIKE THEY COULD DO JUST AS MUCH DAMAGE TO SOMEONE AS BEING IN A WRECK. THE BUSTED DASH IS SUCH A SAFETY HAZARD. THE WIRING IS ALSO EXPOSED AND THAT ALONG CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, I WOULD HATE FOR ONE OF THEM TO GET HURT JUST BECAUSE DODGE WILL NOT DO A RECALL. I'M NOT SURE OF THEIR REASON FOR NOT DOING IT, BUT IN THIS ECONOMY, THEY ARE LOOSING BUSINESS FAST DUE TO THEIR LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM WITH 88,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRUCK IS ALWAYS KEPT IN THE GARAGE AND IN PERFECT CONDITION EXCEPT THE '!@#$% DASH BOARD. ON AUG 11 2009 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE BLOCK AND A PC OF THE DASH CRACKED OF HITTING ME IN THE EYE!!!!!!!! I LOST CONTROL FOR A SECOND AND ENDED UP ON THE PARKWAY GRASS! THANK GOD NO ONE WAS PLAYING IN THERE YARD CAUSE FOR A MOMENT I WAS UNABLE TO SEE! I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED TO WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHILE DRIVING A CHRYSLER MADE PRODUCT!! I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM AND HE SAID"ILL GIVE YOU A GOOD DEAL ON A NEW ONE! WHY DO I WANT ANOTHER PC OF '!@#$% FROM THEM? START STANDING BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT AND MAYBE I WOULD BUY ANOTHER ! I CANT LET ANYONE ELSE DRIVE THIS AND IM AFRAID TO AS WELL, FEARING WHAT OTHER PART OF THE DASH IS GOING TO FLY OFF NEXT! THERE ARE CRACKS ALL OVER IT FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE GAUGES FROM SIDE WINDOW TO SIDE WINDOW! THIS MUST BE REPLACED!!! *TR

Mileage: 55,000

I CURRENTLY OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP AND MECHANICALLY IT HAS BEEN A PRETTY GOOD CAR. HOWEVER, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, MY DASH STARTED CRACKING AND HAS SINCE DEVELOPED MULTIPLE CRACKS THAT RUN FROM THE FRONT OF THE DASH TO THE WINDSHIELD!! I'VE WITNESSED MANY OTHER DODGE PICK-UP TRUCKS WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND SOME HAVE BIG CHUNKS OF PLASTIC THAT HAVE BROKEN OUT OF THE DASH. I'M CONCERNED THAT WIRING WILL BE EXPOSED, THE PLASTIC AS IT BREAKS OFF IN CHUNKS WILL FALL DOWN INTO THE DASH AND CAUSE PROBLEMS! I REALLY BELIEVE THAT DODGE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE PLASTIC USED IN THE DASHES OF THEIR PICKUP TRUCKS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THEY SHOULD PAY TO HAVE THESE DASHES REPLACED!! THANKS! *TR

Mileage: 135,000

99 DODGE RAM 1500 , DASH BOARD HAS CAVED IN . SHARP EDGES ARE IN PLAIN SIGHT. THIS COULD BE LIFE THREATENING IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. THIS DASH FELL IN ON ITSELF WITH NO OUTSIDE HELP. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WAS NOT DAMAGED BY ANYONE. *TR

DASH IS CRACKING AND COLLAPSING INSIDE OF VEHICLE. SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT I CAUGHT EARLY ENOUGH FOR EITHER THE DASH CUTTING WIRES, OR FROM THEM BAKING IN THE SUN. *TR

Mileage: 171,000

DASHBOARD ON 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKED AND FELL APART. PIECES OF DASH FALLING OFF. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

DASH IS SEVERELY CRACKED. *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM TRUCK IS CRACKED, BROKEN, AND COMING APART. PARTS OF THE DASH ARE FALLING INTO THE VENTS AND OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICES. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

1999 DODGE RAM 1500. DASH HAS CRACKED ALL OVER, AND HAS FALLEN THROUGH IN PLACES. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

THE DASHBOARD ON THE 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 AND MOST DODGES FROM 1994-2001 SPECIFICALLY ARE CRACKING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE HAD A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD AFTER GETTING THE AIR CONDITIONER FIXED. WE THOUGHT IT WAS THERE FAULT BUT DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF DASHBOARDS BEING SHATTERED IN THESE TRUCKS FROM MANY PEOPLE I DON'T THINK IT IS. NOW THE WHOLE DASH IS IN DANGER OF CAVING IN. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE NEWS MANY TIMES AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING FED UP. THIS COULD CAUSE ELECTRICAL DAMAGE AND THE SHARP PLASTIC FROM THE JAGGED CRACKS CAN HURT SOMEONE. I BELIEVE THE DASHBOARDS NEED TO BE RECALLED OR SOMEONE WILL BE HURT. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN NOVEMBER OF 1998. IN 2003 THE DASH BOARD STARTED CRACKING, AND IT NOW LOOKS LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE. CHRYSLER SAID THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS UP. EVERY DODGE RAM FROM 98-01 THAT I HAVE LOOKED AT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK REPAINTED AT HILL-KELLY DODGE IN PENSACOLA FL IN 2004 BECAUSE IT WAS PEELING. THE CLEAR COAT IS NOW COMING OFF OF THE ROOF, AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT PAINTED IT SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME SINCE IT WAS OVER THREE YEARS AGO. IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE, I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU *TR

Mileage: 54,000

DASH BOARD IS CRACKING ALL OVER. IT JUST STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IS GETTING WORST. MY TRUCK IS IN SHOW CONDITION AND THIS REALLY BITES. I THINK DODGE SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH A RECALL. I DON'T THINK MY AIRBAG WILL WORK BECAUSE THE HOUSING IT SEATS INTO IS CRACKED TOO. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THIS PAST SUMMER THE DASH BOARD JUST STARTED CRACKING AND THE DASH BOARD PIECES ARE FALLING OUT CONSTANTLY. I NOW HAVE ONLY A PARTIAL DASHBOARD LEFT WITH HOLES IN IT BIG ENOUGH TO PUT YOUR HANDS THROUGH. EVEN WHILE I AM DRIVING, SMALLER PIECES WILL POP OFF THE DASH AND SHOOT AT ME. I AM READING COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET REGARDING THE EXACT SAME THING, O I KNOW IT'S NOT A PROBLEM UNIQUE TO ME. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

1999 DODGE LARAMIE 1500 QUAD 4X4. DASH HAS CRACKED AND BROKE INTO PIECES AND FALLEN INTO DASH WIRING HARNESSES. CURRENTLY HAS ONLY AFFECTED THE FRONT SPEAKERS. CONCERNS ABOUT THE AIRBAG AND HEADLAMP WIRES LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH 64,000 MILES. JUST RECENTLY I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE DASH DEVELOPED A CRACK THAT GREW IN LENGTH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. NOW THERE IS A NOTHER CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK. THE CRACK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE GOES FROM THE WINDSHIELD ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE DASH. THE OTHER ONE ISN'T THAT BIG BUT IT IS STARTING TO GET BIGGER. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

MY DASH BOARD IS CRACKING DAY AFTER DAY AND IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. IT STARTED ABOVE THE AIR BAG SECTION AND I'M WORRIED AFTER SOME TIME IF THIS MAY HAVE SOME SAFETY ISSUE PROBLEMS. THE QUALITY OF THE DASH BOARD IS CHEAPLY MADE. *TR

THE FRONT DASH IS BEGINNING TO FORM SERIOUS CRACKS. CAR IS AT ABOUT 110K MILES AND THE PROBLEM IS DRAMATICALLY ESCALATING, WITH ABOUT 5-7 CRACKS NOW. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4, AND MY DASH IS JUST FALLING APART DAY BY DAY. THE PLASTIC IS VERY BRITTLE. I TRIED A DASH COVER BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO HOLD IT UP. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY 1999 DODGE RAM TRUCK 1500 BEGAN GETTING CRACKS ON THE DASH IN 2006. I REPORTED IT AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NOT ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE SINCE IT IS NOT A RECALLED PART. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE A HUGE OPENING ON MY DASH AND CONTINUES TO GET LARGER EVERY DAY. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES SUCH AS AIR BAG, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING WHEEL, POWER BRAKES. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH THIS AS MY PRIMARY AND ONLY VEHICLE AND WELL I NEED NOT TELL YOU WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW...I CAN NOT AFFORD TO BE W/O TRANSPORTATION NOR W/O SAFETY REGARDING MY VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP. DASH BOARD IS COLLAPSING, I'M WORRIED THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I.E HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT OR SOMETHING WORSE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM FOR DODGE TRUCK OWNERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. *TR

1999 DODGE TRUCK 1500 DASHBOARD CRACKING DRIVING ALONG AND A PIECE OF THE DASHBOARD FLEW OFF THE DASHBOARD AND HIT ME RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES IS THE GOVERNMENT WAITING TILL SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR MAIMED BEFORE THEY MAKE CHRYSLER DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM NOW NOW NOW AND NOW READ THE INTERNET. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

DASH CRACKING AND BREAKING UP. CAVING IN, BIG HOLE IN DASH. UNSAFE NOW. HAPPENED OVER SUMMERS, MADE TOO THIN. ONE CRACK WHEN I BOUGHT IT. ALL BROKE UP NOW. '04-'08. *TR

DASHBOARD CRAKED AND BASICALLY DISINTERGRATED! *TR

Mileage: 180,000

DASHBOARD IS FALLING APART PIECES ARE COMING OFF IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR I MIGHT BE HIT BY A FLYING OBJECT IN THE EYE AND NOT BE ABLE TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM THE COMPANY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I DRIVE A 99 DODGE RAM 1500 AND IM HAVING DASHBOARD PROBLEMS THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MINE AT FIRST BUT THAN I GOT ON THE INTERNET AND DID RESEARCH ABOUT IT AND ITS NOT JUST MY TRUCK THERE IS ALOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM THE DASHBOARDS IN THE 99 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACK AND LEAVE BIG HOLES EXPOSING WIRES THE NEWS SAID IT COULD LEAD TO A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

CRACKED DASHES MAY LEAD TO RIPPED AIRBAGS ON DEPLOYMENT(SAFETY ISSUE). *TR

Mileage: 108,000

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 DASHBOARD CRACKING INTO LARGE PIECES CAUSING SHARP EDGES EXPOSED ON THE DASHBOARD. ALSO LARGE PIECES FALLING UNDER DASH ON TOP OF PASSENGER AIRBAG WHICH COULD CUT AIRBAG. AN PERSON CAN AND WILL BE SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM THE SHARP EDGES AND DEBRIS FROM THESE MANUFACTURING FLAWED DASHBOARDS. POSSIBILITY OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG FAILING DUE TO BEING CUT BY FAILED DASHBOARD. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!! *TR

Mileage: 45,000

THE TRUCKS DASHBOARD BECOME CRACKING AND HAS BECOME FALLING APART. I HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH THE TRUCK BUT THIS HAS BECAME IN ISSUE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. *TR

THE DASH TOP ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP CRACKED INTO LITTLE PIECES AND FELL INTO THE LOWER HALF OF MY DASH. WHEN I TALKED TO DODGE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME MY TRUCK WAS OVER THE WARRANTY. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED I DRIVE THIS TRUCK LIKE A CAR ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF NEVER WRECKED OR OFF ROAD. I THOUGHT THIS JUST HAPPENED TO MINE UNTIL I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND LEARNED THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF US WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. MODEL YEARS 1997-2003. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOUR GOING TO DO FOR US. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS ? WILL YOU MAKE THIS A RECALL? WILL YOU STAND BY US? PLEASE LET ME KNOW. DODGE TURNED THERE BACK ON US. DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS. THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 80

DASHBOARD CRACKING. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

CRACKED DASH BOARD, 1999 DODGE RAM WE HAD IT REPLACED THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND CONTINUES CRACKING - LARGE CHUNKS ARE FALLING IN BELOW THE DASH WHERE MOST CRUCIAL WIRING IS LOCATED. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

1999 DODGE RAM DASH CRACKING WHICH COULD LEAD TO FAILURE OF ELECTRICAL SAFETY FUNCTIONS SUCH AS AIR BAGS, HEADLIGHTS AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS. DODGE AND DODGE DEALERSHIPS ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS. REPORTS OF LARGE CHUNKS FALLING INTO ELECTRICAL WIRING. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

I HAVE A 99 DODGE RAM 59XXX MILES. THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES. THE TRUCK HAS A DASHMAT AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PARKED UNDER A CANOPY. I NEVER PUT ARMOR ALL ON THE DASH.(IN A FORUM THIS IS WHAT SOME SAID WHAT CAUSED THE DASH TO CRACK). I'VE HAD 3 TO 4 COMPANY VEHICLES IN 11 YRS AND NEVER HAD THIS HAPPENED. I REFUSE TO PAY THE DEALER $800 TO $1000 TO REPLACE. THIS HAPPENED APPROX. 2 YRS AFTER I HAD THE TRUCK. *TR

DASH BOARD IS CRACKING AND BREAKING APART FOR NO REASON, I'M AFRAID PIECES ARE GOING TO FALL IN AND CAUSE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. WILL THIS CAUSE AIRBAGS NOT TO DEPLOY CORRECTLY? *TR

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE HOOD POPPED OPEN AND SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD. THE ENTIRE FENDER AND GRILL WERE BENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 183,000.

Mileage: 183,000

THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING. THAT IS A SEPERATE FAILURE. THE NEXT FAILURE IS WHEN GOING OVER ANY BUMPS IN THE ROAD, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS, RPMS, GUAGES, BELLS CUTS OFF AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF, IT WILL NOT RESTART. IT IS NOT CORRECTED AND AFTER CONTACTING CHRYSTLER, THEY OPTED TO DO NOTHING TOWARDS THE REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH IS CRACKING ALL TO PIECES. I JUST HEARD A STORY ABOUT HOW WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE SHARP PIECES CAN CUT MY WIRING BENEATH THE DASH. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

MY 1999 DOGE RAM 1500 DASH CRACKED AND THEN EXPLODED INTO PIECES WHILE DRIVING I NOW HAVE ARGE HOLES IN THE DASH WITH THE WIRING EXSPOSED. *TR

Mileage: 8,800

WE OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM SPORT AND THE DASHBOARD IS LITERALLY CRUMBLING AWAY. IT IS SEVERELY CRACKED ALL OVER. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF WE ARE IN A WRECK THAT THE PIECES WILL FLY OFF THE DASH AND HARM THE PASSENGERS AND THAT THE AIRBAGS WON'T DEPLOY PROPERLY. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT PIECES WILL FALL DOWN INTO THE DASH AND CAUSE FURTHER PROBLEMS. I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM YET BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I BOUGHT MY 99 DODGE RAM NEW IN TUCSON, AZ. WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS I BOUGHT A CARPET DASH COVER TO PROTECT THE DASH FROM THE SUN. HAVE NOT LOOKED UNDER COVER TILL TRUCK EXPERIENCED HEATER CORE PROBLEMS. TOOK TRUCK IN TO GET PART FIXED AND WAS INFORMED MY ENTIRE DASH WAS CRACKED. I NEVER USED PROTECTIVE CHEMICALS LIKE ARMORAL OR REMOVED THE DASH COVER, SO SUNLIGHT/CHEMICALS SHOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. AS WITH OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS "DODGE DASH CRACK" PROBLEM I HAVE LOST MY RIGHT FRONT SPEAKER AND OTHER ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT APPEARS TO BE HAVING ISSUES. NOTHING SPECIFIC YET EXCEPT FOR THE SPEAKER. HAVE APPOINTMENT FOR TRUCK, BUT DON'T EXPECT MUCH AS MY TRUCK IS SITTING AT 64,000+ MILES AND IT IS A FEW YEARS PAST WARRANTY. AM CONCERNED THAT THE DASH COULD BE CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH COULD LEAD TO FIRE OR AIR-BAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR

SAME AS ALL OTHER DASHBOARD COMPLAINTS. DASHBOARD IS JUST SELF DESTRUCTING WITH LARGE PIECES FALLING INTO THE INSIDE OF THE DASH. NOTHING SHORTED OUT YET BUT I'M SURE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I PURCHASED MY 99 DODGE TRUCK IN 2001 AND HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED IT. ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO I NOTICED A CRACK DEVELOP ON THE DASH. THIS CRACK HAS GROWN AND SPIDER OUT AND NOW THE ENTIRE DASH IS BROKEN INTO PIECES. I HAVE COVERED THE DASH WITH A PLASTIC COVER BECAUSE DODGE WOULD NOT REPAIR THE ISSUE. THE ENTIRE DASH HAS CONTINUED TO CRACK UNDER MY COVER AND WILL EVENTUALLY CRUMBLE TO PIECES. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 DASHBOARD FALLING APART. WHEN I TURNED THE DEFROSTER ON SOMETHING FLEW OUT AND HIT ME IN THE FACE. LATER I FOUND A SMALL PIECE OF THE DASH IN MY LAP. THIS COULD HAVE HIT ME IN THE EYE. DASH IS FALLING COMPLETELY APART. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

OWN A DODGE RAM 1500 (1999). DASH BEGAN CRACKING ABOUT A YEAR AGO, NOW IT HAS HUGE HOLES WHERE THE DASH HAS LITERALLY BROKEN OFF IN CHUNKS! I'M CONCERNED THAT THE DASH COULD BECOME A HAZARD IF THERE WERE A CRASH (WOULD IT BECOME SHRAPNEL?), WILL THIS PROBLEM AFFECT THE AIRBAGS? *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500: THE DASHBOARD CONTINUES TO CRACK AND CAVE-IN. A 10- 12 INCH DIAMETER SECTION HAS CRACKED AND FALLEN IN. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

DASH FALLING APART! MY PREVIOUS VEHICLE WAS A 1995 RAM AND I HAD THE SAME ISSUE. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM FOR DODGE. HAVING HAD THE PROBLEM BEFORE, I PURCHASED A DASH MAT FROM THE DEALER WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK BUT, THE DASH FELL APART ANYWAY. *TR

DASH IS ALL CRACKED UP AND NEEDS REPAIRED. ITS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKED IN HALF IN TWO PLACES,AND CRACKING MORE AND MORE EACH DAY,ONE OF THE BIG CRACKS IS IN FRONT OF THE AIR BAG. FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB ABOUT THESE DODGE DASHBOARDS FALLING APART,THIS COULD BE A REAL SAFETY PROBLEM I HOPE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT, I KNOW DODGE AIN'T DOING NOTHING ABOUT! *TR

DASH COVERING AIRBAG'S DETERIORATING, SEATBELT DOESN'T REWIND, SEAT BACK DOESN'T LATCH INTO A SECURE POSITION. I WONDER IF THE DASH WILL EXPLODE ON IMPACT AND WILL THE SHARDS OF PLASTIC CAUSE FURTHER INJURY. DURING A SUDDEN BRAKING EVENT WILL THE SEAT BACK THROW EVERYBODY IN THE VEHICLE INTO THE DASH IF THE SEATBELTS FAIL? NO INJURIES YET. CAN'T AFFORD ALL THE REPAIRS. *TR

Mileage: 30,500

DASHBOARD FALLING APART. GAPING HOLE IN THE MIDDLE, AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. *TR

Mileage: 64,000

MY 1999 DODGE RAM DASHBOARD JUST SEEMED TO EXPLODE ONE MORNING IN 2006. THERE WERE NO APPARENT CRACKS BEFORE INCIDENT. JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WHOLE DASH CRACKED AND BIG PIECES OF IT FELL OFF LEAVING LARGE HOLES IN THE TOP OF DASH. *TR

DASH CRACKING AND IT MAY BREAK INTO SMALL CHUNKS AND COULD PUT AN EYE OUT. DODGE SHOULD RECALL FROM 98 MODELS TO O4 MODELS, THIS SEEMS TO BE THE MOST REPORTED YEAR MODELS!!!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 97,000

1999 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB DASHBOARD DEVELOPED ITS FIRST CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ABOVE THE AIRBAG FIVE YEARS AGO. IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE DASH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS CONTINUING TO DISINTEGRATE DESPITE USING VISORS TO KEEP AS MUCH SUN OUT AS POSSIBLE. THE DRIVERS SIDE IS ALSO STARTING TO "CRUMBLE" AROUND THE AIR VENTS. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

DASH CRACKED TO PIECES AFTER SHOWING NUMEROUS APPARENT CRACKS FOR SOME TIME. *TR

Mileage: 102,350

THE VEHICLE'S UPPER DASH HAS DEVELOPED SIX MAJOR AND SEPARATE CRACKS WHICH POSES A POSSIBLE HAZARD. IT IS AN APPARENT DEFECT MOST LIKELY WITHIN THE PROCESS OF MOLDING THE DASH. IN THE MOLDING PROCESS, IF THE MOLTEN PLASTIC IS NOT THE PROPER TEMPERATURE, OR FORMULATED PROPERLY, THEN THE DASH WILL DEVELOP "STRESS CRACKS", WHICH ARE STRAIGHT LINES, NOT WEBBING. ADDITIONALLY, THESE CRACKS ARE NEITHER CAUSED BY SUN OR PROTECTORANT NOR HEAVY USE OR ENVIRONMENT. MAIN CONCERN: FURTHER CRACKING CAN AND WILL LEAD TO THE DASHBOARD FAILING AND FALLING INTO THE WIRING, POSSIBLY CAUSING A SHORT OR FIRE. ELECTRICAL FAILURE COULD CAUSE A FATALITY DUE TO THE DEPLOYING OF THE AIR BAGS IN A MANNER NOT RELATED TO AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT VIA A SHORT (TWO WIRES TOUCHING), OR THE FAILURE OF THE HEADLAMPS DURING DARKNESS, OR THE FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AT SPEED DURING HEAVY RAIN. I HAVE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER TO SEE IF THEY WILL ADDRESS THIS INHERENT FLAW IN THE PRODUCT. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

THE DASH ON MY 99 DODGE RAM QC 4X4 STARTED CRACKING IN 2003 AND NOW THERE ARE PIECES OF THE DASH BREAKING OFF AND FALLING INSIDE. NOW I AM HAVING WIRING ISSUES AND NOBODY WILL REPAIR OR EVEN LOOK AT THE TRUCK WITH THE DASH LIKE IT IS. I TALKED TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS COMMON AND IT WILL COST OVER $400 TO FIX. THEN I WILL HAVE TO PAY EVEN MORE FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE WIRING THAT THIS FAILURE CAUSED. NOW I AM WONDERING IF I DO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT IF THE AIRBAGS WILL EVEN DEPLOY! *JB

Mileage: 35,000

THE DASH ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB IS CRACKING ALL OVER. IT IS BEGINNING TO FALL APART. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE (ONE THAT I BABY) AND I AM ITS ONLY OWNER. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ON NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT ALSO MY PASSENGERS. IF WE WERE TO BE IN A WRECK, I AM NOT SURE THAT THE SHARP PLASTIC WOULDN'T BREAK OFF AND HURT US. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE 1500 QUAD CAB TRUCK AND BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN 1999. THIS PAST YEAR MY DASH BOARD STARTED CRACKING AND THEN JUST CAVED IN. I AM A SINGLE MOM WITH FOUR KIDS. THIS IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION. I AM NOW STARTING TO HAVE OTHER ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRICAL. THIS IS A HAZARD TO ME AND MY KIDS. I PROMISE SOMEONE WILL BE SUED IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO MYSELF OR MY KIDS. DODGE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT CALL THIS A RECALL. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH HAS CRACKED, SPLIT AND SUNK IN SINCE THE PURCHASE AND EVERY DAY THERE IS NEW CRACKS APPEARING! ONE POPPED SO HARD WHEN I TURNED THE HEAT ON LOW THAT A SMALL PIECE OF THE DASH FLEW UP AND GOT LODGED IN MY EYE. THIS HAS BEEN NON STOP WITH THIS DASH. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. CRACKED DASHBOARD ALL TO PIECES. THERE ARE MANY LARGE CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE DASHBOARD ALL OVER. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASH HAS DEVELOPED A CRACK ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE DASH THAT KEEPS GETTING BIGGER. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND MY DASH BOARD CRACKED FROM THE WINDOW ABOUT 6 INCHES UP. THE CRACKS HAVE MULTIPLIED SINCE THEN TO 12 CRACKS AND SOME PARTS OF THE DASH HAVE FALLEN INTO THE DASH. I DRIVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY QUOTED ME $550 FOR THE TOP PART OF THE DASH. I KNOW OF 6 OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY DASH REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

1999 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB PLASTIC DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED MANY CRACKS. 1999 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB HAS DEVELOPED STEERING CLUNK. *AK

Mileage: 83,000

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1999 DODGE RAM LARAMIE SLT. AFTER HAVING IT FOR A FEW MONTHS I NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AND CRAKING IN NUMEROUS PLACES. AFTER A FEW WEEKS I NOW HAVE NUMEROUS HOLES IN MY DASH BOARD. IT IS BEGINING TO LOOK LIKE A JIG SAW PUZZLE. THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT THAT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE. *AK

Mileage: 87,001

DASHBOARD CRACKED WITH TRUCK LESS THAN 4 YEARS. I REPLACED IT WITH A USED ONE AND IT CRACKED WITHIN A YEAR. BOTH MADE OF CHEAP MATERIAL. *AK

Mileage: 65,000

CRACKED DASHBOARD: ALL OF A SUDDEN MY DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK FOR NO REASON. CRACKING PIECES WERE FALLING UNDER THE DASHBOARD, POSSIBILITY OF SLICING WIRES. EXPOSED WIRES WERR NOW EXPOSED TO THE SUNLIGHT. COULD CAUSE MELTING OF THE WIRES. DODGE WON'T REPLACE THE ITEM EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT ACROSS ALL OF DODGE'S TRUCKS. *AK

Mileage: 50,000

1999 DODGE RAM PICKUP DASHBOARD CRACKED AFTER HAVING VEHICLE FOR ONLY A FEW YEARS. NOW DASHBOARD IS IN PIECES AND RATTLES THE ENTIRE RIDE. *AK

1999 DODGE RAM 1500, HAS A CRACKED DASH. THE WHOLE TOP OF THE DASH IS CRACKED. THIS STARTED ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO AND IT IS SLOWLY GETTING WORSE. IT POSES A THREAT FOR SAFETY, IF THE AIR BAGS WERE TO GET CAUGHT IN THE CRACKED DASH. *TR

YOU CAN ADD MY NAME TO THE LONG LIST OF OTHERS WHO HAVE A CRACKED DASHBOARD ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. IT HAS BEEN CRACKED FOR SOME TIME NOW BUT I THOUGHT I WAS JUST UNLUCKY BUT AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT DODGE WILL DO NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHICH I CONSIDER UNETHICAL. *TR

DASH BOARD COLLAPSED CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ON 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP. *TR

WHEN RIDDING DOWN THE ROAD, I WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER CAR I TURNED THE WHEEL TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR AND I HIT THE CURB THAT WAS ABOUT 3 INCHES HIGH. WHEN I HIT THE CURB MY DASH BOARD CRACKED. THERE IS A BIG HOLE IN THE MIDDLE, A LONG CRACK STRAIGHT ACROSS.I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO CLAIM BUT WAS DENIED BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURE DEFAULT. DEALER SAID IT WILL COST ME ABOUT 3,500 TO FIX. I WAS ONLY GOING 7 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

Mileage: 86,200

DASHBOARD CRACKED IN AND BUMPERS FADED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF NEW VEHICLE. *AK

Mileage: 50

DASHBOARD WAS FALLING APART. PIECES WERE FALLING DOWN INSIDE THE DASHBOARD AND COULD NOT BE RECOVERED. SAFETY PROBLEM FROM THE STAND POINT OF IF THERE SHOULD BE AN ACCIDENT THE PIECES COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES. *AK

THE DASHBOARD IN THE 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 STARTED DEVELOPING CRACKS IN IT A FEW YEARS AFTER PURCHASE. I TRIED TO CONTACT THE DEALER PERTAINING TO THIS, BUT WAS TOLD, "SORRY, IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY". THE CRACKS HAVE CONTINUED FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS DESPITE PURCHASING A WINDOW SHADE TO SCREEN IT FROM THE SUN. IF THE CRACKS CONTINUED, ENTIRE PIECES WILL BEGIN TO FALL SOMEWHERE BEHIND THE DASHBOARD ONTO ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AS WELL AS POSSIBLY SPREAD TO THE PASSENGER AIR BAG.*AK

THE DASHBOARD ON THE 1999 DODGE RAM TRUCK WAS CRACKED. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND WAS HOUSED UNDERCOVER. THE CRACK APPEARED ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. OUR LOCAL NEWS REPORTED HUNDREDS OF OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ,INDICATING THERE MAY BE A DEFECT IN THE DASHBOARD OF THESE VEHICLES.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK-UP. THE DASHBOARD STARTING CRACKING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND NOW THERE ARE SOME BIG PIECES MISSING, AND THE DASHBOARD LOOKS HORRIBLE. *AK

DASHBOARD ON A DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKED AND CAVED IN. DODGE HAD HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS.IT WAS A HAZARD BECAUSE OF EXPOSED WIRING.*AK

Mileage: 20,000

1999 DODGE RAM / DASHBOARD CRACKING IN MULTIPLE PLACES, ON VERGE OF COLLAPSING. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK

Mileage: 8,600

BROKEN AND CRACKED DASHBOARD. *AK

1999 DODGE RAM 1500, PURCHASED IT NEW. THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN CRACKING FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND HAS ON 5-8-07 BROKEN INTO ITSELF. NO SORT OF ACCIDENT HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT. *AK

1999 DODGE RAM 1500, SECOND DASH BOARD THAT IS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES. FIRST DASHBOARD REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY DAYS BEFORE IT EXPIRED!! NEW DASHBOARD WAS COVERED WITH DASHBOARD RUG TO PREVENT SUN DAMAGE AS SUGGESTED BY DEALER. NO GOOD, IT WAS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES AGAIN. *AK

THE DASHBOARD OF MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS SEVERAL CRACKS WITH AT LEAST ONE PIECE READY OF FALLING OFF. *AK

SEVERE CRACKING OF DASHBOARD ON 1999 DODGE RAM PICK-UP. TWO RECENT NEWS STORIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.*AK

Mileage: 70,000

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AND FALLING APART. *AK

THERE WAS NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO IT, THE DASH JUST CRACKED. THE FAILURE WAS THAT THE DASH CRACKED IN 4 DIFFERENT PLACES AND IS IN DANGER OF FALLING IN OR COMING APART. IT WAS BROUGHT TO A DODGE DEALER IN VERO BEACH AND THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

DASH BOARD CRACKS (HOLES) IN 1999 DODGE RAM. THE PROBLEM IN THE NEWS IS NOT ONLY 2001 TRUCKS, OUR DASH IS COMPLETELY GONE. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 THE DASHBOARD IN IT IS CRACKING AND FALLING IN LEAVING WIRES EXPOSED TO THE HOT SUN IT IS CRACKED ALL AROUND PASSENGER AIR BAG I DON'T KNOW IF AIR BAG STILL WORKS THE EXPOSED WIRING LOOKS LIKE FIRE HAZARD AND HEADLIGHT POSSIBLE HEAD OR TAIL LIGHT FAILURE THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 60,400 MILES ON IT STILL A LOT OF LIFE LEFT IN THIS TRUCK EXCEPT FOR THE DASH PROBLEM. THE LAST DODGE I WILL BUY UNLESS THEY STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT GOOD OR BAD. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HOOD SUDDENLY FLEW OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS THE HOOD LATCH ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 61,000.*AK

Mileage: 61,000

DASHBOARD CRACKED AND FALLING IN. BASED ON OTHER SIMILAR REPORTS FROM THE NEWS THIS CAN LEAD TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS CAUSING LIGHTS TO GO OFF, DASHBOARD TO SHORT OUT, ETC. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

DASHBOARD CRACKED AND CAVED IN. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB HAS CRACKED AND HAS BIG HOLES IN THE DASH...THE DASH CAN'T BE TOUCHED BECAUSE IT WILL FALL APART. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

1999 DODGE 1500 PICKUP. DASH BOARD CRACKED AND FELL APART FROM NO APPARENT REASON. DODGE WOULD NOT HELP IN REPLACING. I HAD IT REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROX $500 SO AS NOT TO CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. *TR

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND CAVING IN 1999 DODGE RAM PICK-UP TRUCK. DEALER REFUSED TO TAKE CARE OF PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASHBOARD CRACKED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE UPPER DASHBOARD ASSEMBLY. THE DASHBOARD CRACKED AGAIN TWO YEARS LATER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PIECES OF THE DASHBOARD FELL OFF, AND SHE HAS HAD TO USE DUCT TAPE TO KEEP IT TOGETHER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SUN WAS THE CAUSE OF THE CRACK, AND WILL NOT REPLACE IT FOR FREE. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES AND REPAIR INVOICES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 96,000 , AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. *AK

Mileage: 38,000

MY DASH ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK IS COLLAPSING. PIECES ARE FALLING INSIDE BY THE HEATER CORE. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY APPARENT REASON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. THERE ARE OTHER DODGE TRUCKS OUT THERE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO ALSO. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IS DISINTEGRATING. THERE ARE SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS THAT GO FROM WINDSHIELD TO FRONT OF DASH ALONG WITH OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE ACTUAL HOLES FROM CRACKING. *TR

Mileage: 61,110

DASHBOARD CRAKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. *AK

Mileage: 80,000

I AM THE OWNER OF A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE DASH BOARD ON MY TURCK WAS IN GREAT SHAPE WHEN I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. NOW WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS THE DASH BOARD HAS BEGAN TO DEVELOP LARGE CRACKS IN IT, AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE AIRBAG. THE PROBLEM HAVE GOTTEN PROGRESSIVLY WORSE UNTIL TODAY, WHILE SHUTTING MY HOOD, A VERY LARGE CHUNK AND SEVERAL SMALLER CHUNKS FELL INTO THE FIREWALL AREA WITH A COUPLE SMALLER PIECES FALLING DOWN ONTOP OF THE AIRBAG. I AM FILING A COMPLAINT DUE TO A FEAR THAT IF I WAS TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, WHERE AN AIRBAG WOULD SAVE THE FRONT PASSENGERS LIFE, THAT 1.) THE AIRBAG WILL FAIL TO DEPLOY PROPERLY DUE TO CHAFFING AND CUTS INTO THE AIRBAG FROM DASH PIECES FALLING AND 2.) LARGE PIECES OF PLASTIC DASH WILL BECOME SHRAPNAL FLYING AROUND THE CAR OF THE TRUCK RESULTING IN FURTHER AVOIDABLE INJURIES. I AM HAVING TO REPLACE THIS DASH OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. PAYING FOR A PROBLEM THAT COUNTLESS FELLOW DODGE OWNERS ARE HAVING. LOOK AROUND ON ANY DODGE RAM FORUM AND DO A SEARCH ON DASH AND YOU WILL PULL UP THOUSANDS ON TOP OF THOUSANDS OF POSTS ABOUT THE 2ND GEN DODGE RAM PICK-UPS (94-01) HAVEING THE SAME DASH BOARD PROBLEM.

Mileage: 14,000

DASHBOARD OF 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD 4X4 HAS HUGE CRACK RUNNING FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE GLOVE BOX OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN OFFROAD, WRECKED, OR HIT ANYTHING TO CAUSE THIS CRACK. AT THIS TIME I AM UNSURE ABOUT WHAT EFFECT THIS CRACK MAY HAVE ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. *NM

Mileage: 101,000

PLASTIC ON TOP OF DASH (DASH CAP) IS SEVERELY CRACKED AND IS NOW OPEN TO THE UNDERSIDE. I FEEL THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE OF TRUCK AND COULD DAMAGE OR HINDER THE AIR BAGS IF DEPLOYED. *NM

CRACKED DASH ON 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4. DASH IS CRACKED ON PASSENGER SIDE COULD INTERFERE WITH PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. *NM

MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS A CRACKED DASH AND THIS IS THE SECOND THAT I HAVE PUT IN IT. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THEM TO BE BREAKING AND AM WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES WITH AIR BAGS. *NM

THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE INCLUDING MYSELF THAT HAS BOUGHT A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASHES ARE CRACKING . I WAS TOLD IT WAS CRACKING DUE TO IT NOT HAVING ANY FLEXABILITY. CAN YOU HELP. *NM

DASH CRACKED ON PASSENGER SIDE FROM DEFROST VENT TO THE AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE IS A '99 DODGE P/U 1500. *NM

Mileage: 42,000

MY DASH HAS 3 CRACKS IN IT ONE FROM THE WINDSHIELD ALL THE WAY BACK, AND THE OTHERS ARE 1) FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO ABOUT 7" BACK AND 2) FROM THE WINDSHIELD MAKING A LARGE CURVE ABOUT 14" LONG. BOTH OF THE TWO ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ARE SLOWLY CREEPING TOWARD THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. THERE WAS NO ACTIONS SUCH AS CRASHES THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. *NM

I OWN, SINCE NEW, A 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAS 57,000 MILES AND IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. LAST YEAR I NOTICED A CRACK RUNNING ALONG THE BOTTOM OF MY DASH. AFTER THAT, THEY JUST KEPT COMING ONE AFTER ANOTHER. NOW I CAN TAKE IT APART LIKE A PUZZLE . ONE BIG PIECE DID COME OUT, LEAVING A GAPING HOLE. I"M WAITING FOR WARMER WEATHER TO TRY TO FIX IT. MY CONCERN IS ,BEING THAT THE WHOLE DASH IS IN PIECES,HOW SECURED IS THE AIRBAG ON THE PASS. SIDE ? *NM

1999 DODGE RAM 1500 HAVE HAD 2 DASHES IN IT BOTH HAVE CRACKED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF DASH EVERYONE I KNOW THAT HAS ONE OF THESE TRUCKS HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM DEALER WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SINCE OUT OF WARRANTY. *NM

DASHBOARD LITERALLY FELL APART, I FEEL ITS UNSAFE IN THE EVENT OF A WRECK PARTS OF THE DASH OF THIS TRUCK COULD BE PROJECTILES. 1999 DODGE RAM1500 PICK-UP. *NM

Mileage: 89,000

SEVERELY CRACKED DASH ON '99 DODGE RAM P/U. EXTENDS TO PASSENGER AIR BAG. NOT YET REPAIRED. *NM

Mileage: 85,000

I AM THE OWNER OF A 1999 DODGE RAM. MY DASHBOARD BEGAN CRACKING LAST YEAR (2005.) THE TRUCK ISN'T THAT OLD AND I SEE NO REASON WHY IT SHOULD BE CRACKED AS IT IS... RIGHT NOW I HAVE A HUGE GAPING HOLE FOR A DASH. I'M ALSO AWARE MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE PLASTIC ON THE DASH IS VERY BRITTLE AND THE SLIGHTEST BUMP IS JUST CRACKING THINGS MORE AND MORE. DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT IN SOME OF THEIR TRUCKS. *JB

MY 1999 DODGE RAM TRUCK DASHBOARD HAD SHATTERED/CRACKED IN MANY LOCATIONS. I HAD TO REPLACE IT AT MY COST. I WAS OF CONCERN OF ITS INTERFERENCE WITH MY AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. SO I HAD IT REPLACED. THE PLASTIC MATERIAL USED ON THE DODGE TRUCKS DRIES OUT AND BECOMES BRITTLE . THOSE SAVING PEOPLE WITHIN NHTSA WOULD JUST MAKE SOME SIMPLE OBSERVATION WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT OR STOPPING SIGN DRIVING TO WORK THEY WOULD NOTICE THE MANY DAMAGED DODGE TRUCK DASHBOARDS.*AK

Mileage: 92,350

THE DASHBOARD OF 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKED, AND PARTS OF IT TOTALLY BROKE OFF. OTHER PARTS OF THE DASHBOARD HAVE NOT QUITE BROKEN OFF BUT IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH MORE FOR THEM TO DO SO. PIECES OF THE DASHBOARD THAT HAVE ALREADY BROKEN OFF AND HAVE FALLEN DOWN IN THE DASHBOARD WERE LOOSELY FLYING AROUND. IT LOOKED AS THOUGH IT WILL CAUSE ISSUES WITH AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, AND/OR CAUSE INJURY TO A PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE CRACK PROVIDED A SHARP EDGE(S) WHERE SOME BODY PART MAY GET CAUGHT, CUT, OR SLICED IF THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH IT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

IN MY 1999 DODGE RAM, I HAVE REPLACED THE DASH TWICE. IT HAS CRACKED BOTH TIMES. YOU CANT KEEP DASHES IN THESE TRUCKS! *NM

Mileage: 95,000

THE DASH BOARD OF MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKED, AND LOOKS AS THOUGH IT MAY CAUSE ISSUES WITH AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, OR CAUSE INJURY TO A PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE CRACK PROVIDES A SHARP EDGE(S) WHERE SOME BODY PART MAY GET CAUGHT, CUT, OR SLICED IF THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH IT IN AN ACCIDENT. *NM

Mileage: 58,600

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE DASHBOARD DISINTEGRATED. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL, AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR SIX MONTHS. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME. *AK

THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD, ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE MECHANIC ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN IN BIND SINCE ASSEMBLY, POPPED IN SEVERAL PLACES AND HE WAS UNABLE TO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT THE TIME. THE DASH HAD DEVELOPED SEVERAL LENGTHY CRACKS AND ONE OF THE CRACKS HAD INFRINGED THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF CHRYSLER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT CHRYSLER WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. *SC

Mileage: 106,000

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE 1500 RAM TRUCK. AT 38,000 MILES THE DASHBOARD CRACKED IN ONE PLACE, THEN IT SPREAD ALL ACROSS THE DASH. I HAD A FULL "AFTER MARKET" WARRANTY BUT IT WOULD NOT COVER IT. I CALLED DODGE HQS AS WELL AS DEALERS. ALL TOLD ME IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THEY WOULD COVER. MY ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO USE "SUPER GLUE" AND PUT A CARPET DASH COVER OVER THE UGLY MESS. *AK

Mileage: 38,000

DASHBOARD CRACKED FOR NO REASON, HAS FALLEN INTO PIECES. *AK

VEHICLE WHEEL ALMOST LAYED DOWN. BRAND NEW FRONT TIRES WORE DOWN. *TC THE BALL JOINTS FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. THE DASHBOARD CRACKED AND THE CONSUMER HAD IT REPLACED AT A COST OF $525.00. *JB

Mileage: 85,000

CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT RUST/CORROSION WAS NOTICED AROUND THE STRIKER PLATE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK

Mileage: 54,000

THE DASH BOARD CRACKED ACROSS THE TOP. THE CONSUMER WAS VERY CONCERNED WITH THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THE AIR BAG MAY DEPLOY. *JB *TC

DASHBOARD CRUMBLED INTO LITTLE PIECES. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL BEING USED. THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 30,000

PAINT DISCOLORATION BLACK PAINT TURNING WHITE.*AK

Mileage: 40,000

2 COUNTRY SQUIRE TIRES LT245/75/16 THREW THEIR TREAD BELTS FOR NO REASON WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WENT TO MY DEALER AND WANTED TO KNOW WHY. THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRES. I EXPLAINED THAT IF THESE TIRES HAD BEEN ON THE FRONT, I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK WITH THE MFG. THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE MFG. WAS AND REPLACED ONE OF THE TIRES WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY SQUIRE 245/75/16. THE OTHER TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SUMMIT TIRE WITH SIMILAR TREAD. I PAID FOR BOTH TIRES. WHEN THESE TIRES BLEW MY FENDER WAS DENTED & THE SHROUDS ABOVE THE TIRE WERE DESTROYED. MY MUD FLAPS WERE TORN OFF. DEALER REFUSED TO MAKE ANYTHING RIGHT. TOUGH LUCK. I STILL HAVE THREE OF THESE TIRES ON MY PICKUP. WHAT DO I DO? THESE TIRES HAD ONLY BEEN ON MY PICKUP FOR FOUR MONTHS WHEN I HAD TROUBLE. *AK

Mileage: 138,229

THE DASHBOARD CRACKED ON THE TOP , ENTIRE DASHBOARD, TO INCLUDE THE PASSENGER SIDE. CONSUMER COMPLAINED TO THE GM DEALER AND MAUFACTURER. CONSUMER FELT THE WINDSHIELD WILL BE AFFECTED.*AK

Mileage: 70,000

SEVERAL CRACKS ALL ALONG DASH BOARD FROM WINDOW SEAL TO FRONT OF AIRBAG/VENT SECTIONS, WHEN I SHOWED THE DEALER WHO I BOUGHT IT FROM, THEY BRUSHED ME OFF LIKE I WAS COMPLAINING OF COSMETIC DAMAGE. I CONSIDER THESE CRACKS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT HOLD VITAL COMPONENTS IF I OR MY PASSENGERS WERE EVER IN A WRECK, MY VEHICLE INTERIOR WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WHEN I BOUGHT IT FROM THE USED LOT IN OCTOBER 2001, I CAN'T SAY THE SAME FOR THE MECHANICS. THE FIRST DAY I HAD TO RETURN IT FOR THE HARMONIC BALANCER, THEN THE EMERG BRAKE LIGHT STAYED ON, THEN THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT WHICH LEAD TO REPLACEMENT OF DRUMS,ROTORS, AND CALIPERS. IN FEB 2003 I HAD TO TAKE IT IN FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR BURN OUT, AND THIS LAST MONTH THE WATERPUMP WENT OUT. CAN YOU ADVISE ME AS TO WHAT IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND WHAT PARTS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON A VEHICLE THAT NOW HAS 82,000 MILES AND REGULAR UPKEEP? AND IF THE SOUND OF AIR BLOWING THRU LOOSE METAL IS WHAT MY TRUCK SHOULD SOUND LIKE WHEN I ACCELERATE FROM A NORMAL STOP? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,AMBER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP, PIECES OF THE DASH BOARD FLAKES OFF. THERE ARE NUMEROUS CRACKS RUNNING THROUGH OUT THE DASH BOARD. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *PH

Mileage: 68,000

THE DASH IN MY DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK BEGAN WITH A HAIRLINE CRACK AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES. I BEGAN BY TAKING IT TO THE DODGE DEALER, WHO SAID THE REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER WOULD CALL ME. NO ONE EVER CALLED BACK. SINCE THEN, THE DASH AS LITERALLY FALLEN APART. THE IMMEDIATE SAFETY ISSUES ARE (1) THE AIR BAG AND ITS ABILITY TO DEPLOY, AND (2) PIECES OF THE DASH FLYING APART AND INTO OCCUPANTS IN THE EVENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. I HAVE EMAILED CHRYSLER; AFTER CHRYSLER'S 2ND REPLY, NO ONE WOULD RESPOND VIA EMAIL. I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER'S TOLL FREE CUSTOMER SUPPORT PHONE LINE. I SPOKE WITH A VERY YOUNG AND ADAMANT YOUNG MAN, WHO REFUSED TO BUDGE ON THE REPLY I OBTAINED VIA EMAIL. HE EVENTUALLY TERMINATED THE CONVERSTATION BY HANGING UP ON ME. NEITHER PARTY (EMAIL OR TOLL FREE SUPPORT LINE) WERE INTERESTED IN ACTUALLY SEEING DIGITAL PHOTOS OF THE PROBLEM. THE PHONE SUPPORT REP, WHEN TOLD OF MY SAFETY CONCERNS, SIMPLY RESPONDED THAT IF I THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A BIG DEAL THAT I SHOULD GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THE DASH MYSELF. SOME ANSWER! I DID STOP BY THE DEALER (AGAIN) THIS AFTERNOON AND GAVE ME A PIECE OF THE DASH IN THE ERSTWHILE HOPE THAT THE NEW SERVICE MANAGER WILL BEGIN TO WORK THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED AND QUITE SURPRISED AT THE TOTAL LACK OF CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE. I CAN AFFORD TO REPLACE THE DASH AT MY EXPENSE (LUCKILY), BUT AM TORN BECAUSE OF CHRYSLER'S REFUSAL TO "DO THE RIGHT THING" AND REPLACE THIS UNSAFE DEFECTIVE PART.WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST I DO?IF YOU WANT THE DIGITAL PHOTOS, I CAN SEND THESE AS WELL.*AK

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE HOOD POPPED OPEN. *JB

Mileage: 98,152

THE DASH BOARD MATERIAL CONTAINED A 16 INCH CRACK. *JB THE HINGE HAD BROKEN OFF OF THE GLOVE BOX. SCC

BUMPER WAS POORLY DESIGNED. BUMPER WAS PUSHING UNDER THE LOCATION AT A 5 OR LESS MPH IMPACT. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

RUST SPOTS IN 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUP- SERVICE ADVISOR CALLED IT RAIL DUST, BUT WON'T BUFF FROM PAINT. OWNERS SON ACKNOWLEDGES RUST IN PAINT. OWNERS SON AND I TALKED TO OWNER, HE SAID THA THE NEEDS TO GET A MANAFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE IN ON IT . WAS TOLD BY OWNERS SON ON FEB 8 CHRYSLER REP WOULD NOT OFFER TO REPLACE TRUCK, BUT HAVE IT REPAINTED. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE SINCE IT'S A NEW TRUCK WITH 800 MILES, 212 OF WHICH WAS ON ODOMETER ALREADY FROM DEALER . I NEED HELP OR INFORMATION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT A NEW REPAINTED TRUCK. I WANT A REPLACEMENT TRUCK . TRUCK IS NOW AT DEALER PENDING MANAFACTURE REPRESENTATIVE'S DECISION. I DIDNT WANT TO PUT ON A LOT OF MILES SO TOLD DEALER TO KEEP IT. HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM. *AK