1996 Dodge RAM 1500

MY DODGE RAM 1500'S DASHBOARD IS COMPLETELY FALLING APART. IT STARTED 5 YEARS AGO AND HAS ACCELERATED OVER THE PAST THREE, NO MATTER HOW PROTECTED THE DASH BOARD IS FROM THE SUN. IT HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS WHICH ARE CAUSING THE DASH BOARD TO COLLAPSE AND BECOME LOSE AND IS BECOMING A SAFETY HAZARD AS WELL AS VERY UNAPPEALING. I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW AND HAVE TAKEN EXCESSIVELY GOOD CARE OF IT. THERE IS NO REASON THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED DUE TO MY ACTIONS. IT IS A QUALITY OF MANUFACTURE AND MATERIALS. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING TO TOWN AND AS I ENTERED THE TOWN AS I STARTED TO BRAKE I COULD FEEL THAT MY BRAKE PEDAL WAS FEELING SPONGY AND THE PEDAL SEEMED TO BE GOING TO THE FLOOR. I FELT AS THOUGH 90% OF MY BRAKING WAS GONE. I WAS ABLE TO STOP SAFELY THOUGH I HAD VERY LITTLE BRAKING. I FELT THAT I COULD NOT STOP SAFELY IN AN EMERGENCY. I RETURNED HOME VERY CAREFULLY AT SLOW SPEEDS. AFTER LOOKING MY VEHICLE OVER I SAW THAT ALL THE BRAKE FLUID WAS GONE FROM BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR COMPARTMENTS OF THE MASTER CYLINDER. UNDER MY VEHICLE IT SEEMED TO BE WET FROM BRAKE FLUID BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND FRAME RAIL WHERE THE BRAKE LINES RUN. THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND LEAKED OUT ALL FLUID. I FEEL THERE MAY BE 2 DANGEROUS ISSUES. 1 THAT IF THE FRONT OR REAR LINE LEAKS, THE REMAINING CHAMBER OF THE 2 CHAMBERS IN THE MASTER CYLINDER SHOULD NOT LOOSE ITS FLUID. THIS ALLOWS LIMITED BRAKING WITH THE BRAKE SECTION THAT HAS NOT LOST ITS FLUID. THE 2ND ISSUE IS THAT THE REAR BRAKES LINE RUNS IN THE FRAME RAIL BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK. THE FUEL TANK IS CONSTANTLY SWEATING ON HUMID DAYS WHICH SUBJECTS THE BRAKE LINES TO CONSTANT RUSTING. UNTIL THEY RUST THROUGH. I MAY TAKE SEVERAL YEARS. WITH THE BRAKE LINE RUNNING IN THE VEHICLE FRAME RAILS VERY CLOSE TO THE FUEL TANK YOU CAN NOT EASILY SEE IF ANY RUSTING HAS OCCURRED UNTIL ITS TOO LATE. I HAVE ALSO HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE OF ANOTHER MANUFACTURER ALSO RUST COMPLETELY THROUGH LOOSING ALL BRAKES. I FEEL ANY VEHICLE THAT HAS A FUEL LINE IN THE FRAME NEXT TO A FUEL TANK WILL ALSO RUST THROUGH. BECAUSE OF THE FUEL TANK SWEATING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE HOOD SUDDENLY FLEW UP, BUCKLED AND FRACTURED THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V040000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH). THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A REPRESENTATIVE SENT FROM THE MANUFACTURERS OFFICE HOWEVER, THE REPRESENTATIVE DECLINED RECALL REPAIRS AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE, STATING THAT THERE WERE TWO PRIOR RECALL NOTICES SENT TO OWNERS OF THE RECALLED VEHICLES TO PREVENT A FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD NEVER TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS WHEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,064 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 116,267.

I HAVE A 1996 DODGE RAM AND LIKE JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER RAM OWNER MY DASH IS CRACKED ALL TO PIECES.ALL THE OTHER PICTURES OF DODGE RAMS THAT HAVE CRACKED DASHES THE CRACKS ARE IN THE SAME PLACE AS MINE THIS IS A DEFECT AND DODGE KNOWS IT BUT REFUSES TO FIX IT THEY WOULD RATHER ME PAY 600.00 TO HAVE IT REPLACED THIS IS COMPLETE '!@#$%SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP IN AND ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. *TR

ENGINE LOST POWER ON HIGHWAY HAD TO GET A TOW HOME FOUND A WHOLE WITH SHINY CLEAN THREADS IN INTAKE MANIFOLD DEALER CANT HELP ME. SO I TRIED ANOTHER DEALER. THEY COULD NOT HELP.THE 2ND DEALER SAID MY TRUCK SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS OPENING IN THE BACK OF INTAKE MANIFOLD MY TRUCK IS STOCK 5.9 MOTOR I DON'T KNOW IF MY TRUCK TAKES A PLUG BACK THERE OR A TUBE OR A VACUUM LINE. *TR