Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#888118May 14, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888162May 14, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WITHOUT WARNING ENGINE BLEW WHILE DRIVING. PRIOR TO INCIDENT, VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY DEALER. DEALER CHANGED THE GUAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888192May 14, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
BUSHINGS ON FRONT RIGHT OF VEHICLE WERE BECOMING WORN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP, WHO EXAMINED IT AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK LOCATED ON LOWER RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WELL AREA OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745223May 11, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
BAD GAS MILAGE/I GET ABOUT 200MILES TO A TANK OF GAS/IT HOLD 22 GAL. OF GAS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745161May 10, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
THE BOLT SUPPORTING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK HAS SHEARED NUMEROUS TIMES, CAUSING THE SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE. SO FAR THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN STOPPED WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED, BUT THIS COULD BE DEADLY IF FAILURE OCCURS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ONCE, THE BRACKET SUPPORTING THE SEAT BACK DEVELOPED A CRACK. THE PART WAS REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745128May 9, 2001
TIRES, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO UNUSUAL WEAR. TRANSMISSION SENSOR HAS GOEN OUT TWICE, BALL JOINTS & LEVERS ARE BAD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887846May 9, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHEN FAN IS ON HIGH WIRING HARNESS HEATS UP, RENDERING FAN AND HORN INOPERABLE. DEAELR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED*AK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785416May 8, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
CONSUMER STATES WHILE BOUNCING FROM A SLIGHT ASPHALT BUMP, HOOD LATCH RELEASED AND HOOD BLEW UP ON TOP OF THE ROOF CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
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
#887457May 4, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
PREMATURE WEAR OF LOWER BALL JOINTS. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887513May 4, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL WITHOUT PARKING BRAKE ON, CAR WAS RUNNING, CONSUMER ACCIDENTLY HIT GEAR SHIFT, AND CONSUMER 'S BODY WAS NOT ALL THE WAY IN TRUCK WHEN VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS, TRAPPING CONSUMER BETWEEN TRUCK AND DOOR, AND REAR SHOULDER WAS RAN OVER. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO SHIFT INTERLOCKING SYSTEM.*AK *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#887334May 3, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM
EVERY 7000 TO 7500 MILES BRAKE ROTORS AND DRUMS HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WARPING AND EXCESSIVE WEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *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
#561014May 1, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WARPED ROTORS, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT WHEN HE CALLED MANUFACTURER HE WAS ADVISED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON ROTORS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744771May 1, 2001
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
ENGINE GAUGE, QUIT UNEXPECTEDLY IN MIDDLE OF FREEWAY, NO POWER BRAKES ETC.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560982April 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
RECALL 01V077 WAS COMPLETED ON VEHICLE, HOWEVER AFTER REPAIR, CONSUMER DROVE ONTO DRIVEWAY WHICH IS ON A STEEP INCLINE, WAITED FOR GARAGE DOOR TO OPEN AND WHILE CONSUMER HAD FOOT ON BRAKE, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK 2 FEET OR SO, CONSUMER PRESSED ON GAS TO FIND ENGINE HAD CUT OFF, TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST STATED THIS IS NORMAL AND IT IS A SAFETY FEATURE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886925April 27, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744577April 26, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
DEALER SAID OUR INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS BLOWN AT 34000 MILES NOW A PLACE IS TELLING US OUR THERMOSTAT IS GONE, DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT FOR ONLY A 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886901April 26, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
2 FUEL LINES ROUTED OVER CROSS MEMBERS, HAVE BEEN RUBBING AGAINST THEM. THIS CAUSED FUEL LINES TO CRACK, RESULTING IN FUEL LEAKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886717April 25, 2001
TIRES
MANUFACTURER PUT GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT TIRES, P23575R15, DOT PDHLFEWR109, ON VEHICLE WHICH IS FOR MUD/SNOW, AND FOR A 4 WHEEL DRIVE. WHEN VEHICLE IS A 2 WHEEL DRIVE IT CAUSED FRONT TIRES TO CUP AND FLATTEN OUT, WHICH CAN CAUSE A BLOWOUT.*AK THE 2 BAD TIRES WERE REPLACED BY TIRE DEALER, CONSUMER FEARS THESE REPLACEMENT TIRES WILL DO THE SAME AS THE FAULTY TIRES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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