Dodge Dakota Complaints (1998)

545 consumer complaints on file.

#746700June 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THE MAINFOLD BOLTS BROKE FLUSH WITH THE MANIFOLDS. 1998 4 CYLINDER DAKOTAS ARE KNOWN FOR THIS DEFECT. CHRYSLER WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY PART OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM IGNORANCE AND BASICALLY TOLD ME I WAS STUPID FOR NOT BUYING AN EXTENDED WARANTY. I TALKED TO AND SHOWED THE TRUCK TO OTHER MCHANICS AND THEY SAID, "THIS SHOUDL NOT HAVE HAPPEND TO THIS TRUCK." CHRYSLER ALSO TOLD ME WHEN I CALLED TO TAKE IT TO A CHRYSLER/DODGE DEALER TO GET THE WORK DONE FOR ANY CONSIDERATION OF HELPINGH TO COVER EXPENSES. I DID THAT AND GOT AN OUTRAGEOUS BILL FRO 1806.99. I CALLED THE DAMLER CORP. BACK AND JOSH TOLD NE TOO BAD. I ALSO HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN RECORDE IN 4 CYLINDER DAKOTAS YOU CNA SSUME THE AME PROBLEM EXISTS IN THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND YEAR TRUCKS. I AM OUTRAGED. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH MY 1998 DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK. TO DATE THE CATALLETIC CONVERTER, DRIVE COLUMN, GEAR BOX, DOME LIGHT SWITCH AND BALL JPINT HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ALL WERE COVERED EXCEPT THE BALL JOINT. THEY TOLD ME IT JUST PASSED AT THE LOWER END OF THEIR STANDARD USING SOME SORT OF TOOL. THAT'S A CROCK. ALSO, I HAD TO TAKE IT TO 3 DEALER STO GET A WATER LEAK FIXED. I HAD OVER 3 INCHES OF WATER IN MY TRUCK AT ONE TIME. THEY FINALLY FOUND IT AND HAD TO RIP OUT THE ENTIRE INTERIOR AND CLEAN IT BECASUE4 IT STANK. HOW DO I KNOW THAT ISN'T GOING TO RUST IN THE FUTURE BECASUSE OF THE LEAKS. NOW, THE MANIFOLD STUDS HAVE BROKEN. I ALSO HAD TO GET A CAR RENTAL AT THE COST OF 600 PLUS DOLLARS. WHAT CAN I DO AND HOW DO I GET DAIMLER TO OWN UP TO THEIR POOR QUALITY/DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889926June 6, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A CHEVROLET, CELEBRITY AT 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745702May 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON WHILE WE WERE ON A TRIP TO PALM COAST, FL ON THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2001. THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED FROM NORMAL TO 0. WE PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT. THE TRUCK WAS STILL RUNNING, HOWEVER WE CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD TOW IT TO THE NEAREST DODGE DEALERSHIP. WE TOLD THEM TO TAKE IT TALLAHASSEE AS WE WERE IN MADISON. AFTER ONE WEEK BEING IN THE SHOP THEY TOLD US THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN DUE TO NON-MAINTENANCE (OIL CHANGES). WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE WE HAD THE OIL CHANGED. IT WAS NOT EVERY 3000 MILES BUT IT WAS SUFFICIENT. THEY TOLD US THAT THE OIL HAD NEVER BEEN CHANGED IN THIS TRUCK. THIS IS TOTALLY UNTRUE. WE GAVE THEM RECEIPTS WHERE IT WAS CHANGED AND THEY SAID THE INSPECTOR FROM CHRYSLER HAD TO CHECK IT OUT. WE HAD TO PAY RUSSELL DODGE OVER $200.00 TO BREAK IT DOWN JUST FOR AN INSPECTION. THE INSPECTOR FOR CHRYSLER CAME AFTER 3 DAYS AND SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SO MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR PRESTIGE INFINITI DEALERSHIP IN TALLAHASSEE AND WE HAD IT TOWED TO THEIR GARAGE TO LOOK AT. THEY TOLD US THE ENGINE WAS GONE AND THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. WE BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE 6 CYLINDER 1998 DODGE TRUCK ENGINES, BECAUSE WE CAN PROVE THAT THE OIL WAS CHANGED, THEREFORE SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE WAS NOT WORKING AND CAUSED A BACK UP OF OIL OR SOMETHING WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE FUNNY THING IS THAT WHEN WE CALLED TO GET A REPLACEMENT ENGINE, THE PERSON WE ORDERED IT FROM SAID THEY HAD SOLD 17 ENGINES FOR 1998 DODGE 6 CYCLINDERS IN THE LAST MONTH. NOW COME ON 17 IN A MONTH, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE???? A 1998 IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND OUR ENGINE HAD 42,000 MILES ON IT. SHOULD NOT AN ENGINE LAST MORE THAN 42,000 MILES WITHOUT BEING TOTALLED???? I THINK THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG HERE. ALSO THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION WILL NOT SEND US A COPY OF THEIR INSPECTION REPORT DO THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745606May 21, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
A CRACKED FIFTH GEAR LEFT ME COASTING IN NEUTRAL AT 55 MPH ON A SIX LANE LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY, DESPERATELY TRYING TO REACH THE SAFETY OF THE SHOULDER IN LATE EVENING TRAFFIC. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888711May 21, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A 10 YEAR OLD WAS ABLE TO CHANGE GEARS WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT A TREE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887450May 4, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
CONSUMER'S SHOULDER BELT ON DRIVER SIDE WASN'T RETRACTING ONCE IT HAS BEEN PULLED TO SECURE OCCUPANT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND THERE WAS ONLY A 36,000 MILE WARRANTY FOR SEAT BELTS. NO RECALL HAS BEEN INITIATED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887304May 2, 2001
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER WAS ON THIRD CLUTCH FAN. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 46,000 MILES. FIRST CLUTCH FAN WENT OUT AT 26,000, AND SECOND WENT OUT AT ANOTHER 19-20,000 MILES APART. DEALER COULDN'T EXPLAIN IF THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH THE PARTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886763April 25, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
REAREND HAS FAILED TWICE , FIRST AT 20,000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 25,000 LATER DUE TO BEARING AND RING/ PINION FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885262April 6, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE FROM VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WELDED TO VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884789April 2, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
WHILE TRAVELING UP A HILL NOTICED VEHICLE NOT GAINING POWER. ALSO, WHILE ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE WILL NOT TRAVEL OVER 45 MPH. TECHNICIAN STATED CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS STRANDED AND WAS UNABLE TO GET TO WORK DUE TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTOR FAILURE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884027March 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
DRIVESHAFT DISCONNECTED WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 75 MPH, CAUSING DAMAGES TO TRANSMISSON AND ENGINE BLOCK. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY, AND NOTHING WOULD BE DONE. CONSUMER COMPLAINED NOT ABOUT WARRANTY, BUT DAMAGE OF DRIVESHAFT AT LESS THEN 19,000 MILES OF WEAR. ASKING FOR NHTSA TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560428March 20, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
THE A-ARM/BUSHING FAILED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, THE FRONT END ALWAYS FELT UNSTABLE AND AFTER NUMEROUS REPAIRS THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO GET WORSE NOT BETTER. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742267March 11, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
I HAVE HAD A MASTER CYLINDER GO BAD AND UPON REPLACEMENT I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT I AM NOT GETTING BRAKE FLUID TO THE REAR BRAKES. BOTH REAR SIDES ARE NOT RECIEVING FLUID. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE OCCURING AT THE FRONT NEAR THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE IS A METAL BLOCK THAT RECIEVES FLUID FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE DISTRIBUTES IT TO THE ABS SYSTEM THEN TO THE WHEELS. FLUID IS LEAVING THE MASTER CYLINDER AND GOING TO THIS BLOCK BUT IS NOT LEAVING IT TO GO TO THE REAR BRAKES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742078March 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
WE TRADED OUR 1999 KIA SPORTAGE FOR A 1998 DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK 10-12-2000, AT THE CENTRAL KIA SUBARU DEALERSHIP IN PLANO TEXAS. WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK AND WE HAVE SPENT OVER $800.00 SINCE WE HAVE HAD THE TRUCK. WE CONTACTED THE KIA DEALERSHIP PH#972-422-5300, WHEN WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS THEY TOLD US THAT DODGE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REPAIRS ETC. THE TRUCK IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WE HAD DRIVEN THE TRUCK FOR ONE MONTH WHEN THE PROBLEMS STARTED. THE TRUCK IS A LEMON AND WE ARE STUCK WITH TRUCK PAYMENTS AND WE ARE IN DEBT OVER THE REPAIRS WE HAD TO PAY FOR OUT OF OUR OWN POCKETS. THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND SURELY IS NOT FAIR TO US. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO BLEDSOE DODGE, INC.PH#214-296-9800 @ [XXX]. LOVE FREEWAY DALLAS TEXAS MR. [XXX] SPOKE WITH US ABOUT THE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID ETC. AND HE TOLD US THAT DODGE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM THE KIA DEALERSHIP. SO WE HAD TO PAY $200.00 TO MR. [XXX] AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR BRAKE REPAIRS. WE NEED SOME JUSTICE WITH THIS MATTER AND YOU ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WE BELIEVE CAN HELP US WITH THIS MATTER. WE NEED OUR MONEY BACK THAT WE HAVE BEEN OUT OF BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS LEMON WE HAVE BEEN STUCK WITH. PLEASE HELP US? SINCERELY YOURS MR.& MRS [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *JS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742079March 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
WE TRADED OUR 1999 KIA SPORTAGE FOR A 1998 DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK 10-12-2000, AT THE CENTRAL KIA SUBARU DEALERSHIP IN PLANO TEXAS. WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK AND WE HAVE SPENT OVER $800.00 SINCE WE HAVE HAD THE TRUCK. WE CONTACTED THE KIA DEALERSHIP PH#972-422-5300, WHEN WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS THEY TOLD US THAT DODGE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REPAIRS ETC. THE TRUCK IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WE HAD DRIVEN THE TRUCK FOR ONE MONTH WHEN THE PROBLEMS STARTED. THE TRUCK IS A LEMON AND WE ARE STUCK WITH TRUCK PAYMENTS AND WE ARE IN DEBT OVER THE REPAIRS WE HAD TO PAY FOR OUT OF OUR OWN POCKETS. THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND SURELY IS NOT FAIR TO US. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO BLEDSOE DODGE, INC.PH#214-296-9800 @ [XXX] LOVE FREEWAY DALLAS TEXAS MR [XXX] SPOKE WITH US ABOUT THE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID ETC. AND HE TOLD US THAT DODGE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM THE KIA DEALERSHIP. SO WE HAD TO PAY $200.00 TO MR. JIM HURST AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR BRAKE REPAIRS. WE NEED SOME JUSTICE WITH THIS MATTER AND YOU ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WE BELIEVE CAN HELP US WITH THIS MATTER. WE NEED OUR MONEY BACK THAT WE HAVE BEEN OUT OF BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS LEMON WE HAVE BEEN STUCK WITH. PLEASE HELP US? SINCERELY YOURS MR.& MRS [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881402February 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
A FEW MONTHS AGO CONSUMER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP, AND DEALER SERVICED BRAKES ON 23RD OF FEBRUARY, 2001. CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT, AND BRAKES DID NOT WORK AS GOOD AS THEY SHOULD HAVE WORKED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE WERE 3 FATALATIES AND 1 INJURY. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
3
#881097February 22, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785285February 17, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY EXPLODED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CASE AND UNDERHOOD NOISE INSULATION. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559653February 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN OVERHAULED TWO TIMES, THE CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS EXCESSIVE AND THAT THE FIRST REPAIR SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER THAT 40,000 MILES. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880502February 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING STEPPED ON BRAKES PEDAL BUT BRAKES WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. WOULD HAVE TO STEP HARDER TO MAKE BRAKES WORK. BUT, AT TIMES COULD NOT STOP, AND ONCE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT STOPPED. CURRENTLY, THERE WAS MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 891. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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