Six problems related to equipment have been reported for the 1999 Dodge Ram 2500. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 based on all problems reported for the 1999 Ram 2500.
Driving over a speed bump under 5 mph the dash board crumbled into several pieces. If this were to happen in a collision that shrapnel would be deadly. My truck only has 99800 miles on it. In excellent condition there is no reason for this to happen. There are thousands of complaints online about these dashboards just falling apart. It's a serious safety issue and Dodge needs to be made to recall them.
The dashboard of my 99 Dodge ram is completly shattered. It is so brittle that it crumbles when touched. I have had pieces break off just by turning on my defroster. Pieces have fallen off while going over a speed bump.
This 1999 Dodge dakota has developed a violent shaking after hitting a bump in the road. The shaking or wobble lasts for approximately 15 seconds until the vehicle can be slowed and control regained. This seems to be related to death wobble talks.
I know I am not the only one that thinks this is a bad problem, in fact I have not met a person that has owned this era of Dodge ram that has their dashboard and the whole parts inside can have been falling apart. Mine has fallen and hit my legs and or lap. Now I don’t mean the whole dash at one time but I have glued, taped and put a dash pad over top to try to keep things from falling into the vents and blower motor or anything that is behind and under the top. This is a definite safety problem cause I never know when this will happen and happening more often. I bought this truck with 11 miles on it from logansport indiana, September of 1999. I had been looking for a 2 wheel drive with a cummins 5. 9 diesel and found it there in logansport we lived in lafayette indiana and hoped we would be able to travel and see this beautiful country. My wife’s family started having medical problems and after we did what we could for them, then my family needed help and none wanted nursing homes so we put aside our wishes and took care of them. They took care of us even so to many on both sides didn’t want to take care of us and some didn’t even want us, luckily we knew what that felt like so we didn’t turn our backs when we were needed, (golden rule) all that aside we wanted to be able to take the airstream 2002 we got in 2020 still wanted to travel. We sold florida home and made sure 2500 ran was mechanical sound and power train was checked, oil, transmission fluid changed put helper bags on leaf springs and drove to indiana, sold our home we had bought in 78 and sold that house and pulled the airstream to tucson az to find our forever home and think we might have finally got one and put our dream of travel aside. I was diagnosed with miligant myloma in florida cancer center and went through radiation and chemotherapy in port charlotte florida before the trip and now just went through radiation here at banner university cancer center and go see my cancer doctor at va here to see.
The dash is breaking into sharp pieces that may hit occupants and cause injury in an accident.
Consumer replaced trailer hitch prior to recall notification, requesting reimbursement (00v-107).