Because the people at the NHTSA arent idiots. They probably know that a dashboard wont affect you in a crash. Thats why they wont put out a recall.

 

Very nice Miami. I got to replace the cover & the sorry *** bezel. Wish I had the jack to get a custom dash built...

 

Looks good.I would like to get one like that.What website did you order from?

 

http://www.actionsalvage.com/detail.asp?product_id=drd8-1




"1998-2001 Dodge Ram 150 1998-2002 Dodge Ram 2500/3500
This is a complete dash not a cap or cover guaranteed to fit
DrD8-1

Our replacement dash is made of super strong ABS plastic that is UV coated to keep the sun from making it crack like the original. This Dodge Ram Dash is more durable than an original OEM part and is backed by a LIFETIME MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY!

Proudly Made in the USA and Guaranteed to fit!

It is only available in the color Black and can be painted to match your interior color."

 

Well purpl, I'll have you know that my findings object to this theory which is why I asked for proof. Well when my dash cracked, the pieces that fell did in fact have those lines. The only picture I can show you that you can see the (as you call it "reinforcement lines") is in my before shot.



I didn't think I would ever need a shot of the back on the old dash so I just took the pieces out and threw them away. My junkyard dash I pulled from a 99 to replace mine (along with some other goodies)



And here is the reverse side of the junkyard dash (that had two hairline cracks in it which I attempted to fix)



You can clearly see in this picture that a 99 dash also has the ridges. I encourage you to visually compare the mopar dash you linked to's underside, and the 99 dash I pulled from the junkyard. You will find them to be exactly the same including the casting mark positions. The only difference is my bro's camera did not capture the ridges clearly like in the other picture, but you can see that they do exist and are in the exact same position.

(ebay mopar original dash)


So for the record, we do have the ridges that purple claimed we didn't. And since I can't visually see any difference between the two, I think it is safe to assume that since the original failed, the replacement mopar on ebay will too since nothing structurally was changed.

 

that abs one should be good....that stuff is the shiznazz!!

 

Carcoverplanet.com, it was $64 shipped.

 

PCfixer, how big a job was it to replace? I'm guessing if you took one off a truck in a junkyard it wasn't too terribly difficult. Looking at it, there doesn't appear to be too many retaining screws. Does anything mount to it underneath that is hard to get to? Can I do it in a day? Is there a DIY somewhere for this?

 

what about in purples heater core thread?

 

wow I've never actually seen pics of a cracked dash. I didn't even know where they like to crack. That's pretty wild, the damned thing breaking apart that bad.


NON-cracked dash crew signing in!