1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Driver assistance Problems

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

NHTSA ID

11516771

Incident

May 16, 2007

DASH FALLING APART IN CLUDING AIR BAG AIR BAG S/W VENTS FALLING OUT THE BEZEL FALLING THE GLOVE CONPARTMENT FALLING WIRES CUT HAD TO BE REPAIRED RADIO FELL OUT OF DASH GOT A DASH BOARD COVER AND HAVE TO TAPE THE CONPONITS TOGEATHER NEED TO REPLACE HEATER CORE NO SHOP WILL DO IT BECAUSE OF THE DASH I HAVE CUT MY HANDS AND ARMS DO TO DIGGING PIECES OF DASH OUT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE NHTSA NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER TRUCKI GUESS WHEN THE DASH FALLS IN THE FLOOR AND CAUSE IT TO WRECK.

NHTSA ID

10871406

Incident

Jan 2, 2000

VEHICLE PARKED. STARTED VEHICLE, TOOK IT OUT OF PARK AND IT LUNGED FORWARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, PARK BENCH AND TRUCK STRUCK A TREE. CAUSED DAMAGE TO TIE ROD, BROKEN PITMAN ARM, FRONT BUMPER, HEADLIGHT, POSSIBLE FRAME DAMAGE AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. THIS HAPPENED ON ONE PREVIOUS OCCASION, ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE. VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY WHILE BRAKING FOR A STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *NM

NHTSA ID

10171545

Incident

Oct 20, 2006

Mileage

95,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING MY FATHER'S 1999 DODGE 250 DIESEL PICKUP AT ANY SPEED BETWEEN 35 AND 65 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. ENGINE RACED AND ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN CRUISE SPEED. ACCIDENT AVERTED BY SWITCHING OFF CRUISE CONTROL. EVENT DUPLICATED MANY TIMES UNDER SAFE AND CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. NO MAINTENANCE PERFORMED YET. DEALER CONTACTED BUT UNAWARE OF THIS FAILURE SCENARIO.

NHTSA ID

10125305

Incident

Jun 14, 2005

Mileage

71,935 mi

CRUISE CONTROL ON VEHICLE WILL SURGE 10-15MPH OVER SPEED AT WHICH IT IS SET. IN ONE INSTANCE THE UNIT HAD BEEN HOLDING A STEADY 55MPH FOR APPROX. 10 MIN. AND BEGAN CLIMBING THROUGH 65 BEFORE IT WAS CAUGHT AND DISENGAGED. THIS SURGE BEHAVIOR APPEARS TO BE LOW-TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT AS IT CEASES IN THE SUMMER AND RE-OCCURS IN THE WINTER.*AK

NHTSA ID

10053180

Incident

Feb 1, 2000

Mileage

65,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

8016889

Incident

Jul 22, 2002

AT LOW SPEED TRANSMISSION SHIFTS OUT OF FIRST GEAR, THEN SUDDENLY ENGAGES AS RPM IS INCREASED. TRUCK SUDDENLY LUNGES FORWARD. *AK

NHTSA ID

716700

Incident

Dec 18, 1999

SUDDEN ACCELERATION ; WHILE TRAVELLING SLOWLY TRANSMISSION WILL DISENGEGE FROM FIRST GEAR, AS ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED, TRANSMISSION WILL ENGAGE SUDDENLY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. *AK

NHTSA ID

716005

WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS SET ENGINE ACCELERATES TO A HIGHER SPEED. DRIVER HAS TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN. DEALER CAN'T FIND A SOLUTION. *AK

NHTSA ID

853642