NHTSA Complaint #10807643 — 1995 DODGE RAM 1500

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