1999 DODGE RAM 1500 Structure Problems

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DASHBOARD CRAKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. *AK

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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