1999 Dodge RAM 2500

THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT REGARDING DASH BOARD. THE DASH STARTED CRACKING WITH JUST 30,000 MILES ON TRUCK, WHEN I PUT IN COMPLIANT TO NHTSA. NOW 109,000 THE ELECTRICAL, AIR BAGS, COMPUTER HARNESS WIRING ARE EXPOSED WITH A INTERMITTENT STALLING AND A GUESSING GAME FROM AUTHORIZED DODGE DEALERS AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE THE ISSUES. "UNDETERMINED ELECTRICAL SHORTS FROM CRACKED DASH A POSSIBILITY" "ABS SERVICE LIGHT STAYS ON, ALSO "UNDETERMINED BY DEALER", "CAN'T TRACK CODE" "DON'T DRIVE AS AIRBAG MIGHT DEPLOY BECAUSE DASH HAS DASH DEBRIS FROM CRACKS" PLUS HEARING "REFUSE TO SERVICE UNLESS REPLACE THE DASHBOARD" ALL THESE QUOTES WHEN TRYING TO TAKE TO GET THE TRUCK FIXED. MAIN COMPUTER HARNESS INTERMITTENT "NO BUS" CAN'T FIND SHORTS! STALLS OUT ON FREEWAY. THE GLOVE BOX EVEN HANGS ON ONLY ONE SIDE. UNSAFE IF AIRBAGS DEPLOY. SPLINTERING OF REMAINS CHARDS OF FAULTY DASHBOARD PLASTIC, STALL ON FAST LANE OF 14 FREEWAY IN CA HAD TO COAST TO RIGHT SIDE WITH NO POWER STEERING LUCKY THE BRAKES WORKED AND THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT. SHORT IN WIRE DUE TO EXPOSED DASH BOARD.

DASH COVER AND PLASTIC SUBSTRUCTURE CRACKED AND SHARP PIECES FALLING OFF INTO THE DASH. DASH PULLING AWAY FROM THE FIREWALL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. HEADLIGHT AND HVAC CONTROL MOUNTING POINTS BROKEN LOSE AND FALLING INTO THE DASH. CONCERNED ABOUT PROPER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT IN EVENT OF A CRASH WITH LOSE DASH FRAGMENTS AND THE DASH DETACHING FURTHER FROM THE FIREWALL AND BECOMING A PROJECTILE CAUSING ADDITIONAL INJURY TO OCCUPANTS. *JS

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

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

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500 THAT I PURCHASED NEW. IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY COLLISION NOR SUSTAINED ANY DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE IS NORMALLY PARKED IN A COVERED LOCATION OUT OF THE SUN AND IS WELL MAINTAINED. IN LATE 2009 A SHORT CRACK APPEARED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE DASH EXTENDING FROM THE WINDSHIELD TOWARDS THE PASSENGER SEAT. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER SEVERAL OTHER CRACKS APPEARED. AS OF FALL 2012 SEVERAL MAJOR CRACKS APPEARED IN FRONT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CRACKS ARE JAGGED AND SHARP EXPOSING OCCUPANTS TO BEING CUT. THE DASH APPEARS TO BE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING AND DEFECTIVE AND CONTINUES TO SPALL. ALSO THIS CRACKED DASH APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION OR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR

THIS VEHICLE IS VERY SELDOM DRIVEN, ONCE A WEEK 1/4 MILE. IT IS PARKED WITH A WINDSHIELD COVER ACROSS WINDSHIELD TO PROTECT DASH. THE DASH IS COMPLETELY FALLING APART IN PIECES. IT BEGAN WITH SMALL HAIRLINE CRACKS, THEN PIECES BEGAN TO FALL IN. IT APPEARS THAT A DEFECTIVE MATERIAL WAS USED TO MAKE THE DASHBOARD. THE PLASTIC HAS TURNED INTO A CERAMIC TYPE MATERIAL. NOW HUGE PIECES ARE FALLING IN. I ORDERED A DASHBOARD COVER WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST BEGAN BUT BEFORE IT HAS EVEN ARRIVED I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING LEFT TO PLACE THE COVER ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD CRACKED INTO PIECES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE DASHBOARD EVEN THOUGH THE AIR BAGS WERE SHOWING. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE DASH HAS BROKEN INTO SEVERAL PIECES (THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE) AND IS NO LONGER INTACT OR ATTACHED TO THE MOUNTING AREAS. IT STARTED WITH ONE LITTLE CRACK AND THEN LARGER PIECES BEGAN BREAKING FREE. THE EDGES ARE VERY SHARP AND WILL CUT YOU. UPON ANY KIND OF IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE, PIECES WILL FLY INTO THE EYES, FACE, BODY AND THE DRIVER OR OCCUPANTS WILL BE INJURED. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THE TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO OPERATE/DRIVE WITH THE DASH IN THIS CONDITION. *TR