Dodge Ram Complaints (1999)

1,486 consumer complaints on file.

#10583630April 19, 2014
SUSPENSION, STEERING
THIS 1999 DODGE DAKOTA HAS DEVELOPED A VIOLENT SHAKING AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE SHAKING OR WOBBLE LASTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAN BE SLOWED AND CONTROL REGAINED. THIS SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO DEATH WOBBLE TALKS. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10579449April 13, 2014
STRUCTURE
DASHBOARD CRUMPLING AND FALLING INTO AIR VENTS AND BEING BLOWN AROUND INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT IF A LITTLE BLOWS INTO EYES. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10578031April 7, 2014
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I HAD ONEIDA THE TIRES ON BACK OF MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 ON MY WAY HOME ON A DRY SATURDAY AFTERNOON I WAY ON THE FREEWAY RUNNING 75 MPH WHEN THE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF OF THE TIRE IT BEAT UP FRONT AND BACKSIDES OF MY FENDER WELLS AND SUPPORT BRACKETS AND NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE MY BED AS WELL AS THE TIRE I HAVE ONLY HAD THE TRUCK A LITTLE OF 2MONTHS AND THE TIRE HAD 75PERCENT TREAD LEFT ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10577151April 3, 2014
STRUCTURE
MY 1999 DODGE RAM 2500 DASH IS FALLING APART. IT IS STARTING TO "CHUNK" MEANING PIECES ARE COMING OUT OF IT IN WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS SHARP JAGGED "SHARDS" WITH POINTY EDGES. NOTICED IT BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR AS A SINGLE CRACK, NOT IT IS EXTENSIVE AN SPREADING ACROSS MY ENTIRE DASH. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE NOW WIRING IS EXPOSED WHICH COULD SHORT LIGHTS ETC. THE CHUNKS COULD FLY OUT AT HIGH SPEEDS INTO MY EYES BLINDING MY VISION. IN A WRECK WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567808March 7, 2014
STRUCTURE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544925September 23, 2013
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 3500 EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH COMMERCIAL TIRES, SIZE: TA LT215/85/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, SHE NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE THE TIRES BALANCED BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES TREAD WAS SEPARATING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED WITH THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE WAS 20,000. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 194,044. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544850September 22, 2013
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY DODGE RAM 2500'S DASH STARTED SHOWING SMALL CRACKS WITHIN A FEW YEARS OF PURCHASE. I IGNORED THIS UNTIL THE CRACKS STARTED SPREADING OVER THE WHOLE DASH. I THEN TAPED OVER THE CRACKS AND PUT A DASH RUG OVER THE DASH FOR PROTECTION. I RECENTLY REMOVED THE RUG, AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THE CRACKS HAD BECOME LARGE PIECES OF DASH MATERIAL THAT WERE FALLING DOWN UNDER THE DASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543743September 15, 2013
STRUCTURE
DASH BECAME BRITTLE WITH LARGE CRACKS AND LARGE PIECES OF PLASTIC BREAKING OFF DASH FALLING IN FLOOR BOARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10542547September 9, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10542454September 7, 2013
SEATS
ENTIRE FRONT SEAT FRAME IS RUSTED. THE INTERIOR HAS NO SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGE OR MOISTURE EXPOSURE. *LN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10537339August 26, 2013
STRUCTURE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10525513July 18, 2013
AIR BAGS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAD A LEAKY HEATER CORE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH REQUIRED ME TO REMOVE THE DASHBOARD. I NOTICED SOME HAIRLINE FRACTURES IN THE DASH BEFORE I REMOVED IT, HOWEVER IT LOOKED VERY MUCH IN TACT SO I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. AFTER REMOVING THE DASH FROM ITS MOUNTED POSITION HOWEVER IT BEGAN BREAKING APART AND THROWING SHARDS OF SHARP BROKEN PLASTIC TO THE FLOORBOARD AND SEATS. IT VIRTUALLY BEGAN TO DISINTEGRATE BEFORE MY VERY EYES AND I COULD NOT HELP BUT IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAVE ALL OF THOSE PLASTIC SHARDS BEING PROPELLED INTO MY BODY AND FACE. I AM TERRIFIED WHEN I THINK OF MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. THE PLASTIC IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE. IS DODGE AWARE OF THIS, ORVAM I THE ONLY ONE? WHAT A NIGHTMARE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521314June 23, 2013
STRUCTURE
THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513825May 28, 2013
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM B1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED HOLES IN THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509832April 29, 2013
STRUCTURE
CRACKED DASHBOARD. I CUT MY FINGER ON THE SHARP EDGE OF THE CRACKED DASHBOARD. I STARTED DOING RESEARCH ON REPAIRING OR REPLACING THE DASHBOARD SO NONE OF MY CHILDREN WOULD INJURE THEMSELVES LIKE I DID. MY RESEARCH FOUND THAT THERE IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH DODGE RAM DASHBOARDS CRACKING,SO I DECIDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10508389April 16, 2013
STRUCTURE
DASH BEGAN CRACKING IN 2003, AND HAS CONTINUED UNTIL NOW IT IS FALLING IN. I AM AFRAID THAT THE PIECES WILL CAUSE AN UNKNOWN HAZARD IN THE PARTS HOUSED UNDER THE DASH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504390March 25, 2013
STRUCTURE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503428March 18, 2013
STRUCTURE
THE VEHICLE HAS A CRACKED DASHBOARD. SEEMS COMMON FOR SOME MODEL YEAR DODGE RAM PICKUPS. I AM CONCERNED THAT CHUNKS OF THE DASH COULD COME OFF AND BLOW INTO MY FACE WHILE DRIVING WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS WHO HAVE A DODGE RAM WITH A CRACKED DASHBOARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502349March 11, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY BRAKE LINE SPRUNG A LEAK - DRIVERS SIDE REAR. I AM SEEING MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE / LOCATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499941February 25, 2013
STRUCTURE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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