Dodge Ram Complaints (1999)

1,486 consumer complaints on file.

#10267496May 1, 2009
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DASH PAD CRACKED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10265953April 18, 2009
STRUCTURE
DASH IS CRACKING AND COLLAPSING INSIDE OF VEHICLE. SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT I CAUGHT EARLY ENOUGH FOR EITHER THE DASH CUTTING WIRES, OR FROM THEM BAKING IN THE SUN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10265631April 16, 2009
STRUCTURE
DASHBOARD ON 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 CRACKED AND FELL APART. PIECES OF DASH FALLING OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10265634April 16, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. SLIPS WHEN HOT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SLIPS GOING INTO GEAR WHEN COLD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10265655April 16, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE AND THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING; HOWEVER, THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. NUMEROUS GAUGES WOULD NOT WORK WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR A SECOND OPINION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BRAKING ISSUE WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, BUT THERE WAS NO RESOLUTION. THE VIN WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE SYSTEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000. UPDATED 05/05/09. *LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10263742March 31, 2009
SEAT BELTS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. THE FAILURE WOULD PREVENT OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE FROM BEING PROTECTED IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V119000 (SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR) AND THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN THE CONTACT ENTERED HER VIN ON THE MANUFACTURER'S WEBSITE, THE OUTPUT STATED THAT HER VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 64,000. UPDATED 5/5/09 *CN THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DID NOT EXTEND OVER THE PASSENGER. THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WAS FROZEN SO THE BELT CAN'T BE RELEASED. UPDATED 05/06/09.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10263074March 25, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BEFORE ANY ENGINE PERFORMANCE UP GRADE, RECOGNIZED AFTER TBS 18-019-01 INSTALLED IN THE ECM/PCM OF MY 1999 DODGE DIESEL 2500 24V COOLANT NOT CIRCULATING THROUGH ENGINE. TEMP FIX WITH NEW ECM AND TSB UPGRADE 10-040-02. NO CODE OR SERIOUS OVER HEAT ESPECIALLY DURING WINTER MONTHS. BUT DOES RUN 190 DEGREES OR MORE UP HILL- WINTER MONTHS. SCALDING SIGNS INSIDE ENGINE AT THERMOSTAT CHANGE. MECHANIC CLUELESS UPON VISUAL OVER PRESSURE OF TOP RADIATOR HOSE AFTER ENGINE REACHES OPERATING TEMPS. SOFTWARE SEEM TO GO INTO DEFAULT OR HACKED CAL MODE. WITH THIS DECREASE IN PERFORMANCE IS SUDDENLY MILEAGE DECREASE, POWER AND SHIFTING ERRATIC SUDDENLY. OTHER SYMPTOMS NOT OBVIOUS EITHER. AGAIN EVERYTHING SEEM FINE AFTER LAST SOFTWARE BOOT BUT AFTER 100 MILES OR SO RETURNING HOME FROM OUT OF TOWN DEALERSHIP, TRUCK RUNNING LOOSELY AFTER OVER NIGHT SIT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262903March 24, 2009
STRUCTURE
DASH IS SEVERELY CRACKED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10261979March 16, 2009
STRUCTURE
THE DASHBOARD ON MY 1999 DODGE RAM TRUCK IS CRACKED, BROKEN, AND COMING APART. PARTS OF THE DASH ARE FALLING INTO THE VENTS AND OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10259895February 25, 2009
STRUCTURE
I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE DASH IS LITERALLY FALLING APART. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I THINK THIS IS VERY IRRESPONSIBLE ON THE PART OF THE DODGE AND NOT TO MENTION A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE HAD TO SHUT OFF MY PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG BECAUSE IM AFRAID THAT I COULD BE INJURED BY FLYING DEBRIS IF I WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258538February 13, 2009
STRUCTURE
1999 DODGE RAM 1500. DASH HAS CRACKED ALL OVER, AND HAS FALLEN THROUGH IN PLACES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258296February 11, 2009
STRUCTURE
OVER TIME THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING IN MULTIPLE PLACES. PIECES HAVE BROKEN OFF. NO EXCESSIVE WEAR WAS PLACED ON THE DASH. HAVE NOT REPLACED THE DASH DUE TO COST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257066January 31, 2009
STRUCTURE
THE DASHBOARD ON THE 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 AND MOST DODGES FROM 1994-2001 SPECIFICALLY ARE CRACKING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE HAD A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD AFTER GETTING THE AIR CONDITIONER FIXED. WE THOUGHT IT WAS THERE FAULT BUT DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF DASHBOARDS BEING SHATTERED IN THESE TRUCKS FROM MANY PEOPLE I DON'T THINK IT IS. NOW THE WHOLE DASH IS IN DANGER OF CAVING IN. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE NEWS MANY TIMES AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING FED UP. THIS COULD CAUSE ELECTRICAL DAMAGE AND THE SHARP PLASTIC FROM THE JAGGED CRACKS CAN HURT SOMEONE. I BELIEVE THE DASHBOARDS NEED TO BE RECALLED OR SOMEONE WILL BE HURT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256960January 30, 2009
STRUCTURE
I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN NOVEMBER OF 1998. IN 2003 THE DASH BOARD STARTED CRACKING, AND IT NOW LOOKS LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE. CHRYSLER SAID THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS UP. EVERY DODGE RAM FROM 98-01 THAT I HAVE LOOKED AT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK REPAINTED AT HILL-KELLY DODGE IN PENSACOLA FL IN 2004 BECAUSE IT WAS PEELING. THE CLEAR COAT IS NOW COMING OFF OF THE ROOF, AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT PAINTED IT SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME SINCE IT WAS OVER THREE YEARS AGO. IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE, I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256506January 27, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS. THE VAN HAD AN UNDER HOOD FIRE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE ABS MODULE AREA WHILE PARKED. THE VAN IS DECLARED A "TOTAL LOSS". DAIMLERCHRYSLER ISSUED SAFETY RECALL D20 IN 2004 TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BUT THE RECALL REPAIR HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. VERIZON HAS HAD 30 UNDER HOOD FIRE INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND ACTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256259January 25, 2009
STRUCTURE
DASH BOARD IS CRACKING ALL OVER. IT JUST STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IS GETTING WORST. MY TRUCK IS IN SHOW CONDITION AND THIS REALLY BITES. I THINK DODGE SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH A RECALL. I DON'T THINK MY AIRBAG WILL WORK BECAUSE THE HOUSING IT SEATS INTO IS CRACKED TOO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10255081January 14, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
FUEL INJECTOR PUMP FAILED JUST BEFORE ENTERING THE FREEWAY, WAS TOWING STOCK TRAILER WHEN I LOST ALL POWER. HAD TO HAVE THE 1999 DODGE 2500 DIESEL TOWED ALONG WITH THE STOCK TRAILER, THE COST IS $3150.00 FOR THE FUEL INJECTOR AND $124.00 FOR TOWING. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE AND NOT ONLY ON THE 1999 MODEL, SO I CALLED DODGE TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED, THE ANSWER WAS NO! I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOSE ALL POWER, WE WERE LUCKY THAT WE HAD NOT ENTERED THE FREEWAY YET WE WERE STILL ON THE ON-RAMP AND IT WAS NOT SAFE WITH THE 18-WHEELERS AND OTHER VEHICLES INCREASING THEIR SPEED TO ENTER THE FREEWAY. I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST NOT ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10254803January 12, 2009
STRUCTURE
DASH IN 1999 DODGE RAM CRACKING AND FALLING APART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10254195January 7, 2009
STRUCTURE
I OWN A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THIS PAST SUMMER THE DASH BOARD JUST STARTED CRACKING AND THE DASH BOARD PIECES ARE FALLING OUT CONSTANTLY. I NOW HAVE ONLY A PARTIAL DASHBOARD LEFT WITH HOLES IN IT BIG ENOUGH TO PUT YOUR HANDS THROUGH. EVEN WHILE I AM DRIVING, SMALLER PIECES WILL POP OFF THE DASH AND SHOOT AT ME. I AM READING COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET REGARDING THE EXACT SAME THING, O I KNOW IT'S NOT A PROBLEM UNIQUE TO ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10252941December 28, 2008
STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1999 DODGE LARAMIE 1500 QUAD 4X4. DASH HAS CRACKED AND BROKE INTO PIECES AND FALLEN INTO DASH WIRING HARNESSES. CURRENTLY HAS ONLY AFFECTED THE FRONT SPEAKERS. CONCERNS ABOUT THE AIRBAG AND HEADLAMP WIRES LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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