We had a 98 for almost ten years. They were not the ones recalled for the front end, that came on later models.
I think the only real issue we had, not induced by my mods, was the A/C evaporator. I just performed regular maintenance, the driveline was awesome. Towed heavy boats, car trailers etc, no problems.
Oh, I did have the darndest time finding a tail gate leak that was filling the jack compartment every time it rained. I fought that a long time, it turned out to be the tailgate washer res hose had come off of the bottle inside.
Good luck!