1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Structure Problems

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DASHBOARD CRACKING. *TR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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