1998 DODGE RAM 1500 Structure Problems

HE DASH STARTED CRACKING NOT THAT LONG AFTER WE GOT THE TRUCK. IT WAS NOT EVEN PAID OFF WHEN IT STARTED COMING APART WAS USED. WE EVENTUALLY PUT A MAT DASH COVER ON IT TO KEEP THE PARTS FROM FLYING AROUND. IT HAS VIRTUALLY DISSOLVED SINCE THEN. VERY POOR MATERIAL WAS USED ON THESE. *TR

DASH BREAKING APART, LEAVING SMALL AND LARGE SHARDS OF VERY SHARP PLASTIC POINTING TO PASSENGERS/DRIVER. *TR

UPPER DASH TOTALLY GONE AND BEZEL AROUND CLUSTER CRACKED AND FALLING APART. *TR

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING. *TR

WHOLE DASH HAS OPEN HOLE THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL, AND CRACKS FROM DRIVERS SIDE TO PASSENGER SIDE. MORE OPEN SPACE THAN DASH LEFT. IT CRACKS, BREAKS, AND CRUMBLES TO WHERE TAPE DOESN'T EVEN WORK ANYMORE. FALLS INTO CAB AND BEHIND DASH. *TR

I HAVE OWNED THE 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 NEW IN THE DASH IS CRACKED. *TR

I WAS CLEANING FRONT WINDSHIELD. JULY 2007 WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE DASH PANEL CRACK ,HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN THERE I DO NOT KNOW. *TR

THIS IS MY SECOND DODGE RAM THAT MY DASH HAS CRACKED AND CAME APART. THE LAST ONE WAS A 2002 DODGE RAM. WITH THE SHARP EDGES THIS CAUSES AND THE WIRING DANGERS THIS IS DEFENATLY A HAZARD AND DODGE SHOULD RECALL ALL THESE TRUCKS AND REPLACE AT NO CHARGE. I HAVE SEEN COUNTLESS WEB SITES WITH SO MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING ITS REDICULAS DODGE CAN GET BY WITH THIS... SO MUCH FOR AMERICAN WORKMANSHIP... *TR

THE DASH BOARD BEGAN TO CRACK, NOW IT IS VIRTUALLY NON EXISTENT. I CANNOT PLACE ANYTHING ON THE DASH BECAUSE IT HAS HUGE CHUNKS MISSING. IF I ROLL DOWN MY WINDOWS ON THE INTERSTATE, SOME MORE PIECES OF THE DASH FALL OFF . IT IS UNUSABLE. IT MAY BE A HAZARD BECAUSE SMALL SHARP PLASTIC PARTS SHOULD NOT BE IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. I HAVE CUT MY HAND ON THE EDGES WHEN I WAS PICKING UP ALL THE BROKEN SHARDS OF PLASTIC. I AM APPALLED THAT DODGE IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR SHORTCOMINGS IN NEARLY EVERY SINGLE DODGE PICKUP TRUCK. I HAVE HAD MECHANICS THAT HAVE TOLD ME TO GO ELSEWHERE, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INEVITABLE BREAKING OF THE DASH THAT OCCURS WHEN YOU HAVE TO WORK ON THE INTERIOR. *TR

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SPORT 360 4X4 WITH THE 5.9. MY DASH HAS NOW STARTED CRACKING AND THE CRACK IS GETTING WORSE. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE CRACK IS ABOUT 4 INCHES IN LENGTH AND IS SPREADING. IT IS LOCATED RIGHT ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND CLOSE TO THE VENT BY THE FRONT GLASS. I HAVE BEEN A DEDICATED DODGE OWNER ALONG WITH EVENING OWNING A DODGE WEBSITE (WWW.DODGE-CHAT.COM) AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT THAT DODGE HAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF THIS ISSUE. I THINK DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A BIG ISSUE. *TR

DASH CRACKED AND IS CLOSE TO BECOMING A HOLE. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUE I KNOW OF AT LEAST 200 OTHER DODGE RAM OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT IS JUST IN TAMPA FL. STOP DRAGGING YOUR FEET AND SAVE US SOME MONEY FROM THEM CUTTING COST AND DOING IT WRONG THE FIRST TIME. *KB

THE DASHBOARD ON MY 1998 DODGE RAM HAS CRACKED AND FALLEN INTO THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN SEVERAL PLACES. IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE PLASTIC ITSELF AS NO EXTERNAL SOURCES CAUSED THE DAMAGE. IT STARTED HAPPENING IN FEBRUARY OF 2009 AND HAS GOTTEN STEADILY WORSE.THE PLASTIC HAS BECOME SO SHARP AND BRITTLE THAT DRIVING ON A BUMPY ROAD WILL ACTUALLY CAUSE PIECES TO FALL INTO THE DASH.THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN CRASH, THE DASHBOARD COULD BECOME AIRBORNE IN SHARDS. THESE SHARDS OF PLASTIC ARE SHARP ENOUGH TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY IF THEY WERE TO STRIKE YOUR FACE OR EYES. THE PIECES FALL INTO THE DASHBOARD AND ONTO ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, ONCE THEY FALL INTO THIS POSITION IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE INSIDE OF THE DASHBOARD. I CAN SEE FUTURE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS A VEHICLE FIRE RESULTING FROM...

THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING. IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS NOW, BUT IT HAS GOTTEN ALOT WORSE. I MEAN ALOT WORSE. I'VE NEVER SEEN CRACKING OF THE DASHBOARD QUITE THIS BAD EVER IN MY LIFE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE IN THE DASHBOARD.THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,450.

I OWN A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 EXTENDED CAB. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW. FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING AND THE PLASTIC AIR CONDITIONING VENTS ARE FALLING APART. I HAVE MADE NO REPAIRS AND IT NEEDS FIXING. ALSO THE REAR END IS ROARING PROBABLY FROM A BEARING GOING BAD. OTHER THAN THIS PROBLEM, IT HAS BEEN A GOOD TRUCK. *TR

DASH HAS NUMEROUS CRACKS. CONCERNED ABOUT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG BEING DEPLOYED AND CAUSING INJURY WHEN PARTS OF DASH COME OFF. *TR

DASH IN MY 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS CRACKS AND KEEPS GETTING WORSE. *TR

DASH CRACKED IN THE AREA OF PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. *KB

MY DODGE TRUCK 1998 RAM 1500 DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE CRACKS NOW ARE MOVING TOWARD THE PANEL OF INSTRUMENTS AND THE CRACKS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE HOLES I CAN NOT GET THE EVAPORATOR FOR MY AIR CONDITIONER FIXED DUE TO THE FAULTY DASH. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND STATED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AND WOULD NOT REPAIR DASH. I WENT ONLINE AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THE RAM 1500 MY TRUCK IS KEPT INSIDE WHEN NOT BEING USED AND IS UP TO DATE ON ALL MAINTENANCE. *TR

I OWN A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK THAT HAS A STRANGE ISSUE. FOR YEARS I HAVE SUFFERED WITH A CRACKED DASHBOARD THAT CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE. THERE ARE MANY EXPOSED ELEMENTS THAT I FEEL WOULD COMPROMISE MY SAFETY IF I WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN THIS VEHICLE. THE SHARP EDGES MADE BY THE CRACKS ARE ALSO A HAZARD AS WELL. JUST TODAY, I HAVE LEARNED THAT COUNTLESS DODGE OWNERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM AS WELL AND THE COMPANY HAS SEEMED TO TURN A DEAF EAR. I ACTUALLY STUMBLED ACROSS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AS I WAS SEARCHING ONLINE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR MY VEHICLE DASHBOARD. I HAVE BEEN USING MATS AND TOWELS OR WHATEVER I COULD CONJURE TO COVER UP THE PROBLEM FOR A YEAR OR SO, BUT NOW THE DAMAGE IS WAY MORE THAN THAT TYPE OF "BANDAID" CAN FIX. FOR THE MOST PART,...

SEVERELY CRACKING DASH, PRODUCING SHARP EDGES AND LARGE SHARDS POTENTIALLY CAUSING INJURY TO DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. *TR

1998 DODGE RAM DASHBOARD IS CRUMBLING INTO LITTLE PIECES. I SMELL BURNT WIRES COMING FROM MY DASH SOMETIMES. I FEEL IT MAY START A FIRE. *TR

MY DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED ALL OVER WHERE IT MOUNTS TO THE FRAME AND THERE ARE LITTLE SHARP PIECES FLOATING AROUND THE CRACKED AREAS. *TR

THE DASH COMES APART INTO SMALL PIECES.*TR

NOTICED IN 2004 THE DASH OF MY 98 DODGE RAM 1500 WAS BEGINNING TO CRACK AND RECENTLY NOTICED IT HAS GOTTEN CONSIDERABLY WORSE TOO WHERE A BIG PIECE HAS CAME OUT. *TR

MY SON AND I PURCHASED A1998 DODGE RAM 1500 CLUB CAB PICK UP TRUCK AND THE DASH STARTED COMING APART (CRACKING/COLLAPSING IN CHUNKS) AND IN ONE INSTANCE AFTER DRIVING DOWN THE BUMPY DIRT ROADS HERE IN SC (WHICH IS LIKE DRIVING DOWN A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS AT TIMES EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS). PART OF THE DASH FLEW UP A CAUGHT ME IN THE EYE AND FACE. I WEAR GLASS', SO I DIDN'T SUFFER SERIOUS INJURY, BUT COULD HAVE EASY ENOUGH. I HAVE SINCE USED A COVER, BUT SO MUCH OF THE DASH HAS NOW FALLEN APART THAT'S NOT A SOLUTION ANYMORE. I'M NOT SURE WHO DESIGNED THIS DASH, BUT I ALSO DRIVE A 05 DODGE DURANGO AND A 06 DODGE POLICE CHARGER AND THIS HAS NOT YET HAPPENED IN THEM. THE DASH SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE TO THE POINT I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HOLDING IT TO...

PLASTIC DASH ON 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE DASH STARTED WITH 1 SMALL CRACK THEN THE WHOLE DASH IS CRACKED EVERYWHERE. IF INVOLVED IN A WRECK THE DASH WOULD BE DANGEROUS TO EVERYONE INSIDE FROM THE FLYING PIECES. *TR

1998 DODGE 1500 DASH CRACKED AND CAME APART IN TWO PLACES, HAS VERY SHARP EDGES THAT CAN CUT HANDS. *TR

CRACKED DASH COVER IS A HAZARD. *TR

WE OWN THREE DODGE RAMS, THE 99 & 98 DASHES HAVE CRACKED UP DUE TO DODGE USING CHEAP MATERIAL. WE CAN NOT AFFORD THE $1200 TO REPLACE JUST ONE OF THE DASH, NOR CAN WE FIND A USED ONE. NOW MY 6YR GRANDCHILD HAS CUT HIS HAND FROM ONE OF THE CRACKS SHARP EDGES. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS, I LOVE MY PERSONAL TRUCK BUT I UNABLE TO KEEP MY GRANDSON SAFE IN IT. *TR

DASHBOARD HOLE KEEPS GETTING LARGER 1998 DODGE RAM. *TR

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. MY DASH BOARD IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART. DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD BE HAPPENING, AS NO UNUSUAL USE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH A CRACKED DASH AND RESEARCHED OTHER YEARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM . I HAVE CALL DODGE LIKE A LOT OF OTHERS HAVE WITH NO RESULTS . MY CONCERN IS WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN I HAVE HAD A PEACE OF THE DASH FLY IN TO FACE WHILE DRIVING . AND I THINK IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. NOW I CANT ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS WITH OUT FEAR OF BEEN HIT IN THE FACE AGAIN ...... *TR

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AND EXPOSING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THERE ARE ALSO SHARPE EDGES EXPOSED CAUSING A SAFETY RISK. *TR

1998 DODGE RAM 4X4 SLE PICK-UP TRUCK WITH CRACKED DASH. SHARP EDGES ON DASH HAS CAUSED AN INJURY TO MY HAND WHILING CLEANING THE WINDOW. DAMAGE WAS NOT CAUSED BY ANY PERSON OR PERSONS IN YOUR AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE CRACKED DASH IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN 2ND GENERATE DODGE PICKS (1994-2001). *TR

1998 DODGE RAM 1500, SEVERELY CRACKED DASH. *TR

CRACKING DASH ON DODGE RAM SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE SINCE CHRYSLER WILL NOT. CRACKS ARE CAUSING SHARP EDGES AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *TR

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT DODGE RAM TRUCKS I OWN A 98 DODGE TRUCK IS THERE ANY RECALLS ABOUT THE DASHES CRACKING AND COMING APART WHILE YOUR DRIVING THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME I ALMOST WRECKED MY TRUCKED PLEASE LET ME KNOW THANK YOU *TR

I HAVE FOUND THAT THE DODGE PU'S ALL HAVE DEFECTIVE AND FAILING DASHES. WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET YOU TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED. A CHILD DECAPITATED IN A MINOR ACCIDENT FROM A "KNOWN DEFECT" IN DODGES DASHES. A FAMILY BURNED ALIVE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE DASH CAVES IN AND SHORTS OUT WIRING. OR PERHAPS AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS AT 70 MPH DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND DODGE/CHRYSLER NEED TO ADDRESS IT AND FIX IT NOW. OR PERHAPS WE ARE TOO BUSY FINANCING THE CONTINUED DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURING OF DEATH TRAPS BY DODGE/CHRYSLER WITH TAX PAYERS DOLLARS TO BE CONCERNED WITH LIVES OF WORKING CLASS AMERICANS WHO SUPPORTED THE COMPANY BY PURCHASING THEIR JUNK VEHICLES. MY DASHBOARD IS FALLING APART AROUND ME AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. YOU HAVE KNOWN OF IT,...

I HAVE TWO 1998 DODGE 1500 TRUCKS BOTH HAVE THE DASH BREAKING APART. *TR

DASH IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL USED FOR MAKING THE DASH. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES SHARP PROTRUDING PIECES. THIS COULD MAKE IT UNSAFE FOR THE DRIVER OR PASSENGERS IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. *TR

LIKE MANY OTHER AMERICAN CONSUMERS OWNING DODGE RAMS YEARS RANGING FROM 1994 -2006, THE TOP COVER OF THE DASH HAS CRACKED AND FELL IN. THIS HAS CAUSED MY AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON. WHETHER IT IS STILL FUNCTIONAL IS UNKNOWN, BUT HIGHLY UNLIKELY FOR THE LIGHT TO APPEAR. EVEN IF IT DOES WORK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO MY PASSENGERS, WHICH COULD VERY WELL BE MY FAMILY, AND I IN THE INSTANCE OF A CRASH HAPPENING IN THE TRUCK. IT IS VERY, VERY POSSIBLE BRITTLE, BROKE SHARDS OF PLASTIC WOULD END UP IN OUR FACE. WITH THE ACCELERATED RATE THAT AN AIRBAG DEPLOYS, THIS COULD END TRAGICALLY. PLEASE HELP THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF US THAT SHARE THIS FAULTY CHYRSLER PRODUCT PROBLEM. WITH LITTLE RESEARCH IT IS VERY EASY TO SEE JUST HOW WIDE SPREAD THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME. IT WILL ALSO BE CLEAR AS TO HOW MANY PEOPLE THIS...

I PURCHASED A USED 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 QUAD CAB AND THE DASHBOARD IS IN PIECES. OBVIOUSLY I KNEW IT'S CONDITION WHEN PURCHASED BUT ASSUMED A JUNK YARD WOULD BE THE ANSWER. I'M NOW REALIZING THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE RAM AND AM HOPING A RECALL WILL BE MADE...UNTIL THEN IT'S A DASH MAT. *TR

CRACKED DASH, 98 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP. *TR

THE DASH IN MY 1998 RAM 1500 IS ALL CRACKED AND FALLING APART. THE VIN HAS FALLEN OFF TOO (IT WAS RIVETED TO THE DASH). I THINK THIS COULD AFFECT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AIR BAG. *TR

1998 DODGE TRUCK DASH FALLING OUT ON LARGE PIECES. ONE PIECE GOT BEHIND BRAKE PEDAL AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *TR

THE DASH ON MY 98 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL CRACKS IN VARIOUS PLACES. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IN MY 1998 DODGE RAM PICKUP IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART. I HAVE NOT YET REPLACED THE DASH, BUT IF IT CONTINUES TO CRUMBLE, I WILL HAVE TO DUE TO SAFETY. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKED AND CRUMBLED FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. *TR

CRACKED , OR SHOULD I SAY FALLING APART DASH ON TRUCK. *TR