1999 Dodge RAM 1500

THE UPPER DASH PANEL/PAD IN THE 1999 SERIES OF DODGE RAM PICKUP'S HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING CRACKS IN IT. THESE CRACKS START AND THEN DO NOT STOP. ON MY PARTICULAR TRUCK I AM MISSING A HUGE CHUNK OF THE DASH DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE SEARCHED AND SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR A REPLACEMENT PART, BUT TO MY SURPRISE THERE ARE NONE AT A DECENT REPLACEMENT RATE. THE BODY MAN I SPOKE TO AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT ALL THE DODGE DASH PADS ARE LIKE THIS, AND I HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE CORRECT. I HAVE READ COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF INCIDENTS OF SIMILAR PROPORTIONS IN FORUMS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE MAKERS OF DODGE ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS ITEM AND REPLACE IT AT NO COST TO OWNERS LIKE ME EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM WITH A PRODUCT THAT WILL NOT CRACK LIKE THIS ONE HAS. IT IS DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE NOT ONLY BY THE SHARP CORNERS OF BROKEN PIECES OF DASHBOARD, BUT FOR SOME IT HAS SHORTED OUT WIRES THAT HAVE MELTED FROM EXPOSURE TO THE SUN AND CAUSED SEVERE RISK TO THEIR SAFETY. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I MYSELF HAVE CUT MY ARM OPEN ON A PIECE OF BROKEN DASH WHEN ONE OUT OF NO WHERE JUST DECIDES TO BREAK OFF. *TR

CRACKING AND BROKEN DASH. THE DASH AROUND THE AIR VENTS AND PILLARS ARE BROKEN AWAY IN LARGE CHUNKS WITH CRACKS EXTENDING FROM AROUND 3" AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE DASH. DASH IS LOOSE AS A RESULT OF THE CRACKING AND BROKEN PIECES THAT HAVE FALLEN OUT. THIS IS A "COMMON PROBLEM" TO DODGE RAMS. DODGE SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPLACE THE DASHBOARDS WITH DECENT ONES INSTEAD OF EXPECTING CUSTOMERS TO PAY $800 FOR THE SAME INFERIOR AND FAULTY PART. THESE DASHBOARDS SHOULD BE REPLACED DUE TO AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING FLAW/PROBLEM. *TR

AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF DODGE OWNERS, MY DASH HAS IMPLODED. IT STARTED IN JAN. WHILE USING THE DEFROSTERS. CRACKS JUST APPEARED FROM THE DEFROSTERS OUT THE ENTIRE DASH. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT WITHOUT LUCK. NOW THE HEATER CORE AND CONDENSER WERE REPLACED AND THERE ISN'T ENOUGH OF THE DASH LEFT TO PUT A COVER OVER. MY WIFE READ THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DASHES AND AIRBAG FAILURES, AND REFUSES TO RIDE IN THE TRUCK WITH ME FOR FEAR OF THE AIRBAG AND/OR PROJECTILES COMING FROM THE DASH. *TR

1999 DODGE RAM WITH MAJOR CRACKS ON DASHBOARD AND ANYTHING THAT MOUNTS TO IT. GLOVE BOX SNAPS OFF BECAUSE IT IS ALSO MOUNTED AND MADE OF THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC. VERY UNSAFE IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR WITH JAGGED SHARP PLASTIC PIECES. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DEFECTS DUE TO THE SUN BEATING DOWN ON EXPOSED WIRING BECAUSE THERE IS NO DASHBOARD TO COVER IT. DODGE WILL NOT ADMIT TO IT BEING A PROBLEM THAT THEY WILL RECALL. IT WILL HAVE TO TAKE SOMEONE GETTING SEVERELY INJURED FOR DODGE TO MAYBE RECONSIDER THERE DECISION OF RECALLING THE DASHBOARD. *TR

OVER THE PAST YEAR MY DASHBOARD HAS SLOWLY SELF DESTRUCT. IT STARTED WITH A SINGLE CRACK, THEN ANOTHER AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER, TO THE POINT WHERE IT HAS LITERALLY COLLAPSED. MY A/C VENTS ARE EFFECTED AS WELL AS MY RADIO IS NOW STARTING TO ACT UP. I AM IN FEAR THAT WITH THE INTENSE ARIZONA SUN, MY WIRING MAY START TO SHORT OUT AND CAUSE A FIRE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. CAN DODGE BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? I'M WORRIED. *TR