1999 Dodge RAM 2500

1999 DODGE RAM 2500 ENTIRE DASHBOARD CRACKED AND FELL APART. REGULAR MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED, AND IT WAS USUALLY IN COVERED PARKING. PIECES FELL INTO THE WIRING AND MECHANISMS STOPPING THEIR USE. I BOUGHT AN OEM REPLACEMENT AND IT ALSO CRACKED. I HAD TO REPLACE THE VENTILATION CONTROLS BECAUSE A PIECE OF THE PLASTIC WEDGED INTO IT AND BROKE THE LEVERS. ALSO, NOTICED TWO WIRES THAT HAD A SHARP PIECE OF PLASTIC BETWEEN THEM ,AND THE VIBRATION HAD WORN AWAY THE INSULATION. I REPLACED THOSE WIRES BEFORE THEY COULD SHORT OUT. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WIRING HARNESS IS STRETCHED TO TIGHTLY AND THE WIRES DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SLACK. THE WIRING CONNECTIONS FAILED. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE LAST YEAR. OWNER HAS BEEN FIXING THE PROBLEM HIMSELF. THE OWNER HAS CONTACTED DODGE, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALLS ON THE TRUCK. THERE WERE MULTIPLE HOT WIRES AND THEY COULD CAUSE A SHORT. THE OWNER HAS NEVER TAKEN HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE OWNER USUALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM HIMSELF. THE OWNER HAS A COMPANY VEHICLE . ALSO, OWNER THINKS THAT DODGE DID NOT BUILD THE PART RIGHTLY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WILL START TO ACCELERATE. IT WILL BE HARD FOR VEHICLE TO DECELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT COME WITH A THROTTLE LINKAGE, BUT IT COMES WITH A COMPUTER AND SENSOR SWITCHES WHICH OPERATE THE THROTTLE. WHEN THE SENSOR SWITCHES FAILED THE ENGINE FAILED TOO. *YH

ACCEPTED DELIVERY OF VEHICLE 8/7/99 FROM TIMOTHY DODGE. 1/20/00 SERVICED AT TIMOTHY DODGE - MILEAGE 6,834. TRUCK WAS PULLING SEVERELT TO RIGHT WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. BRAKE DRUMS, FRONT CALIPERS, ROTOR AND PADS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS RELIEVED PULLING FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,800 MILES. THE PULLING PROGRESSIVELY DEVELOPED ANEW. 5/12/00 SERVICED AT TIMOTHY DODGE - MILEAGE 12,122. TRAILER HARNESS PROBLEM REPAIRED. CONTINUED PROBLEM WITH BRAKES REPORTED TO DEALER AND A REP TEST DROVE VEHICLE. HE ADVISED VEHICLE WAS BRAKING NORMALLY. ADVISED THAT BRAKES WERE A WEAR ITEM AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AFTER 12,000 MILES. ON 6/12/00 WENT TO TIMOTHY DODGE FOR PAINT TOUCH UP AND REQUESTED A REP TO TEST DRIVE VEHICLE AGAIN REGARDING THE BRAKES PULLING. MILEAGE AT THAT TIME 13,956. TOLD PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND THAT A BRAKE JOB WOULD COST $200.00 OR MORE. AS PARTS WERE NEW, DECLINED BRAKE SERVICE AT A CHARGE. ON 8/10/00 STOPPED AT TIMOTHY DODGE REQUESTING A SERVICE REP TO TEST DRIVE TRUCK AGAIN FOR SAME PULLING OF BRAKES. MILEAGE 16,302. HE DROVE TRUCK IN PARKING LOT AND ADVISED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. AGAIN DECLINED A BRAKE JOB AT A COST OF OVER $200.00 AS PARTS WERE STILL RELETIVELY NEW. ON 10/30/00 VEHICLE SERVICED AT TIMOTHY DODGE. MILEAGE 20,635. PROBLEM WITH EXCESSIVE PLAY IN STEERING AND CONTINUED PROBLEM WITH BRAKE PULLING REPORTED TO DEALER. THEY AGAIN SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM REPORTED. NO SERVICE PERFORMED. AGAIN TOLD BRAKES WERE A WEAR ITEM NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. ON 11/20/00 VEHICLE SERVICED AT TIMOTHY DODGE. MILEAGE 21,596. CONTINUED PROBLEM WITH EXCESSIVE PLAY IN STEERING AND BRAKE PULLING BECOMMING MORE SEVERE. STEERING GEAR BOX REPLCED UNDER WARRANTY. UPON PICKING UP VEHICLE, IMMEDATELY NOTICED THE STEERING BINDING AND CONTINUED EXCESSIVE PLAY. TRUCK RETURNED NEXT DAY, AND TOLD I SHOULD CONSULT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. AFTER DOING SO, STILL NO REDRESS TO DATE.*AK