1999 DODGE RAM 1500

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SMELT SMOKE. WE PULLED OVER, I LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICAL AND THERE WAS A FIRE NEAR THE GAS TANK. I TRIED TO SPLASH WATER ON IT BUT HAD NO LUCK. KNOWING THE FIRE WAS NEAR THE GAS TANK WE GOT AWAY FROM THE TRUCK AND CALLED 911.

Mileage: 122,000

TL* THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING THE BROTHER-IN-LAWS 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THEY STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLES ACCELERATOR PEDAL SELF INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ALTHOUGH THE DRIVER HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET OF THEIR HOME. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS WHICH ILLUMINATED PRIOR OR AFTER. THE CONTACTS NEIGHBOR EXPERIENCED A MINOR INJU

Mileage: 150,000

TRAVELING 30 MPH ON CITY STREET, WHEN SMALL 2003 TOYOTA 4WD PICKUP PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. I HIT HIS DRIVERS TIRE IN MIDDLE OF MY GRILL. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE SEAT BELT LOCKED AND KEPT ME FROM BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE DRIVER WAS CITED BY THE POLICE. MY VEHICLE IS TOTALLED. PLEASE SEE PICTURES. IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE.

Mileage: 100,500

DRIVING 30 MPH SUDDEN STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE THEN VISIBLE WHITE FOG OF VAPOR ROSE FROM DEFROST VENTS (DEFROSTER/FAN NOT ON) PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY BUT BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WITH NO ACTIVATION OF BRAKES. ALL THIS HAPPENED QUICKLY, WITHIN 10 SECONDS USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE TO EVACUATE 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND SELF BARELY IN TIME. BYSTANDER SHOUTING THAT IT WAS ON FIRE. FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDER HOOD AND SPREAD INTO CAB. FIRE DEPT. CALLED BY BYSTANDER AS WE USED FIRE EXTINGUI

Mileage: 139,000

DRIVING 30 MPH SUDDEN STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE THEN VISIBLE WHITE FOG OF VAPOR ROSE FROM DEFROST VENTS (DEFROSTER/FAN NOT ON) PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY BUT BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WITH NO ACTIVATION OF BRAKES. ALL THIS HAPPENED QUICKLY, WITHIN 10 SECONDS USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE TO EVACUATE 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND SELF BARELY IN TIME. BYSTANDER SHOUTING THAT IT WAS ON FIRE. FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDER HOOD AND SPREAD INTO CAB. FIRE DEPT. CALLED BY BYSTANDER AS WE USED FIRE EXTINGUI

Mileage: 139,000

DRIVING 30 MPH SUDDEN STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE THEN VISIBLE WHITE FOG OF VAPOR ROSE FROM DEFROST VENTS (DEFROSTER/FAN NOT ON) PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY BUT BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WITH NO ACTIVATION OF BRAKES. ALL THIS HAPPENED QUICKLY, WITHIN 10 SECONDS USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE TO EVACUATE 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND SELF BARELY IN TIME. BYSTANDER SHOUTING THAT IT WAS ON FIRE. FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDER HOOD AND SPREAD INTO CAB. FIRE DEPT. CALLED BY BYSTANDER AS WE USED FIRE EXTINGUI

Mileage: 139,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, THEN THERE WAS SMOKE EMITTED IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE CAUSING A FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

99 RAM 1500 CAUGHT FIRE WHILE RUNNING HEATER! CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS THE DEFECTIVE DASH MATERIAL FALLING APART AND THE INSULATION FELL ONTO THE RESISTOR LOCATED ON TOP OF THE BLOWER MOTOR CAUSING A INTERIOR FIRE. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY MYSELF A MECHANIC FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND A CERTIFIED PAINT AND BODY SHOP. TRUCK WAS IN MINT CONDITION AND NOW A TOTAL LOSS. THE TRUCK WAS IN A STATIONARY POSITION IN A COLLEGE PARKING LOT! CONTACTED MANUFACTUER ONLY REPLY WAS SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. I KNOW OF SEVERAL OT

Mileage: 150,000

99 RAM 1500 CAUGHT FIRE WHILE RUNNING HEATER! CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS THE DEFECTIVE DASH MATERIAL FALLING APART AND THE INSULATION FELL ONTO THE RESISTOR LOCATED ON TOP OF THE BLOWER MOTOR CAUSING A INTERIOR FIRE. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY MYSELF A MECHANIC FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND A CERTIFIED PAINT AND BODY SHOP. TRUCK WAS IN MINT CONDITION AND NOW A TOTAL LOSS. THE TRUCK WAS IN A STATIONARY POSITION IN A COLLEGE PARKING LOT! CONTACTED MANUFACTUER ONLY REPLY WAS SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. I KNOW OF SEVERAL OT

Mileage: 150,000

DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS CONNECTED WHEN A COLLISION OCCURRED AT AN INTERSECTION INVOLVING A HONDA ACCORD. UPON COLLISION, DRIVERS SEAT BELT STRAP BROKE THE TOP RING PORTION OF BUCKLE DURING DRIVER'S FORWARD MOMENTUM WHICH CAUSED THE METAL RING TO SNAP RELEASING THE SAFETY BELT STRAP AND FAILING TO ARREST DRIVER IN HIS SEAT AND CAUSING DRIVER TO IMPACT TOP DOOR FRAME WITH HEAD. BOTH AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR SCALP CONTUSIONS AND MINOR SORE NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN. VALL

Mileage: 92,000

DASH BOARD HAS CRACKED AND FALLING APART. THE OTHER DAY I CAUGHT MY HAND ON A PIECE THAT HAS CURLED UP WITH A SHARP CORNER WHILE RETRIEVING MY SUNGLASSES I TOOK OFF TO PUMP GAS. *TR

Mileage: 162,543

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE DASHBOARD WITHOUT WARNING AS FLAMES IGNITED FROM UNDERNEATH THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE DASHBOARD WITHOUT WARNING AS FLAMES IGNITED FROM UNDERNEATH THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. BEING UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE DRIVER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES TO HER HAND. THE POLICE WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED AND HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING LINKAGE FRACTURED DUE TO THE FRAME BEING RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFA

Mileage: 136,000

THIS TRUCK HAS ALWAYS HAD PLAY IN STEERING. IN ORDER FOR ME TO GO STRAIGHT, THE WHEEL HAS TO BE TURNED ABOUT 45 DEGREES TO THE LEFT, EVEN AFTER AN ALIGNMENT. I HAVE GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE TIE ROD ENDS, AND OTHER STEERING COMPONENTS. I CAN TURN THE WHEEL ABOUT 25% BACK AND FORTH, AND THE TRUCK GOES NO WHERE WHICH IS NOT SAFE, WAY TO MUCH PLAY IN STEERING AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF INCIDENTS WHERE THIS HAPPENED WITH OTHER PEOPLE. DODGE NEEDS A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

A PART OF THE DASH OF MY 1999 DODGE RAM , DISLODGED FROM ITS POSITION ATOP OF MY DASH. THE DASH OF THE VEHICLE IS CRACKED AND CAVING IN LIKE ALL DODGE DASHES THIS YEAR AND MODEL. I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP ON A HILL, WHEN A PIECE DISLODGED FROM IT POSITION ON MY DASH, AND CUT ME IN THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE BELOW MY LEFT EYE, THIS COULD HAVE BLINDED ME, AND I KNOW THE NHTSA, WOULD NEVER ALLOW A VEHICLE WITH LARGE SHARP ABS PLASTIC PIECES FLYING AROUND THE CABIN. THE ABS PLASTIC DASH IS IN HOR

Mileage: 141,000

TL* THE OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH ENDURO HT RUNAWAY TIRES, SIZE: 265/70 R17. THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRES DO NOT STOP ON WET PAVEMENT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER AND ON A SLIGHT INCLINE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO SLIDE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THEN A SECOND VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. TH

Mileage: 230,000

TYPICAL PROBLEMS WITH CRACKED PLASTIC DASHBOARD ON 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUPS (2) COMBINED WITH FAILURE OF AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. BOTH SEEM TO BE EPIDEMIC IN PROPORTION, UNFORTUNATELY HAVE EXPERIENCED BOTH. DASH IS NOT SAFE WITH CRACKED, JAGGED PLASTIC EDGES WAITING TO IMPALE OR SLICE YOU, ASSUMING THAT FLYING PEICES WOULDNT DO EVEN MORE HARM IF AIRBAG HAD GONE OFF. SAME PROBLEM IN DASH ON TWO PERSONAL VEHICLES, NOW RELUCTANT TO GO ANYWHERE IN ONE THAT WASNT WRECKED BECAUSE AIRBAG PROBABLY WONT W

Mileage: 110,000

TYPICAL PROBLEMS WITH CRACKED PLASTIC DASHBOARD ON 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUPS (2) COMBINED WITH FAILURE OF AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. BOTH SEEM TO BE EPIDEMIC IN PROPORTION, UNFORTUNATELY HAVE EXPERIENCED BOTH. DASH IS NOT SAFE WITH CRACKED, JAGGED PLASTIC EDGES WAITING TO IMPALE OR SLICE YOU, ASSUMING THAT FLYING PEICES WOULDNT DO EVEN MORE HARM IF AIRBAG HAD GONE OFF. SAME PROBLEM IN DASH ON TWO PERSONAL VEHICLES, NOW RELUCTANT TO GO ANYWHERE IN ONE THAT WASNT WRECKED BECAUSE AIRBAG PROBABLY WONT W

Mileage: 110,000

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH A SEVERELY CRACKED DASH AND RECENTLY MY DAUGHTER CUT HER HAND ON IT. HOW THE NTSB CAN SAY THAT THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IS NOT A VEHICLE OCCUPANT HAZARD IS BEYOND ME. SOMEONE NEEDS TO FORCE CHRYSLER CORP TO FIX / REPLACE THESE DASH SKINS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT.. *TR

Mileage: 62,000