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So who here DOESN'T have a cracked dash?

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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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11 years old, 174,000 miles, dark tinted windows, Agate, and not one single crack. I've even took it out before, and set it in the bed with the whole dash on top of it, still no cracking.
 
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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 01:19 PM
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wow...im kinda lucky i think..
1995 Ram 1500, 85k on it
im the second owner, dont know if its been replaced, but so yeah...middle of a hot chicago summer day, lotsa humidity, im smacking the dash with my fist because my radio went out...still no cracks, but the radio never started working.
thats the last time im smacking my dash
 
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Old Jul 18, 2010 | 02:10 PM
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Um................. If a hole the size of a football still qualifies as a crack, then I guess I I would have to say..... CRACKED! LOL!
 
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Old Jul 18, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by redheadhunter21
I call BS on the 94-97's having a problem, mine cracked years ago and has since been fixed and every other 2nd gen dodge I know has a cracked dash, all that are 97 or older, plus most of the 3rd gens my friends have also have a cracked dash must be the Florida weather
I don't. Mine is a 1997 and has one single crack in it. Before you go,"Oh now wait", that was inflicted by a passenger who attempted to have a tantrum in the cab of my truck and slammed a wrench on the dash leaving a nice 1" long hair line crack from the defrost vent towards the back of the cab. The crack has not moved nor advanced from that position.

Originally Posted by dodge dude94
^Maybe its Florida thing, since I haven't seen any 04 or newer 3rd gen Rams with this problem....
Oh, I have but it's largely due to what they pile on the dash. Know a guy with an 06 ram with a few cracks on his but that's due to the fact that he has left many of his text books laying on the dash for long periods of time.



I also want to note, I'm shocked that I haven't seen any claims about Armour All causing these issues. I'm glad to be honest since mine has sat in the sun for most of its life and had monthly sometimes weekly cleanings all of which used Armour All in some shape or form.
 

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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 01:17 AM
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Hey i look at it this way mine has been fixed already so whatever, and it never got as bad as my friends he has a 95 and it has disenegrated he has a dash cover that is supported buy the bezel and the very front of the dash, he says its a plus because he doesnt have to remove anything to mess with the wiring in his dash
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 07:00 PM
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Mine is cracked from window to the front of the dash and door to door.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 11:29 PM
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No cracks that I know of (knock on wood) 168,000 1998
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 11:40 PM
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haha, the other week i claimed that i did not. well, after my daughter decided to hold on to the drivers side a pillar, well, it is now. she pulled that thing somehow, and it cracked the dash right where they meet. i was kinda pissed cause she tore the sunroof wires too...
 
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 02:42 AM
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anyone want to post up some pics of there cracks , i know mine is still good maybe a hairline crack but cant notice it
 
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 02:05 AM
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I dont see how Armour All could hurt at all. In 98 Dodge decided to change how they built the dash and left out some of the lateral supports underneath while making the dash a little thinner on the top. Im guessing it saved them .0001 cents per dash so they stopped skimping out on the dash.
 
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