Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#723652June 6, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE SHUTTERS AND SKIPS UPON SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION. PROBLEM IS LESS, BUT STILL EVIDENT. DOES NOT ALWAYS DOWNSHIFT WHEN DEPRESSING PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE LOOSES POWER WHEN GOIN UP A LONG GRADE. VEHICLE IS PASSED BY SCHOOL BUSES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862998June 5, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
RIGHT FRONT CALIPER HAS NEVER BEEN USED. THERE WAS NEVER ANY PULLING FROM THAT SIDE. MECHANIC FOUND CALIPER TO BE WORN OUT COMPLETELY. DEALER DIDN'T SEEM TOO CONCERNED WHEN CONSUMER MADE CONTACT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723518June 3, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ONGOING STALLING PROBLEM WHICH THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX. THE TRUCK HAS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. A TOW TRUCK WAS NEEDED. TRUCK HAD A PROBLEM ON THE FREEWAY FORCING THE TRUCK TO NOT EXCEED 40 MPH WHEN TRAFFIC WAS AT 55MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552479May 30, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED CONTINUED GRINDING AND BRAKE FADING, BRAKE FADING HAS RESULTING IN THREE SEPARATE ACCIDENT INCIDENTS, SEVERL REPAIR ATTEMPTS HOWEVER, VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH SYSTEM. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862657May 30, 2000
SUSPENSION
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE RATTLES AND MAKES EXCESSIVE NOISES. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 8 TIMES, AND CAN'T FIND A SOLUTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723101May 23, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IDLING IN PARK ON FLAT LAND, SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AND HIT PARKED CAR. 2 PREVIOUS INCIDENTS OF REVERSE INTO NUETRAL WHILE BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE. 3 INCIDENTS OF DRIVE INTO 2ND. SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF "SETTLING" SOUNDS WHILE IN DRIVE. MANUFACTURER SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG AND REFUSING TO PERFORM WARRANTY REPAIR.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862295May 22, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT AVERAGE SPEED TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING, AND LOST POWER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862181May 19, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING. *AK REPLACED HARNESS STILL HAD PROBLEM. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862182May 19, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK REPLACED HARNESS STILL HAD PROBLEM. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722837May 18, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
I LOOKED THROUGH THE RECALLED SECTIONS AND FOUND THIS PROMBLEM IN THE DODGE RAM .WOULD THAT BE THE NOTICE THAT I WOULD NEED?NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862094May 18, 2000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED FRONT RIGHT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#862124May 18, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING A DRUNKEN DRIVER HIT CONSUMER ON DRIVER'S SIDE, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#722661May 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
SECOND FAILURE ON EXHAUST STUD ALLOWING EXHAUST GASES TO ENTER CAB. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861833May 12, 2000
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
RECALL 96V-094000/ STEERING GEAR MOUNTING BOLT FAILURE. CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE, DRIVEABILITY OF THE VEHICLE WORSENED. CONSUMER HAS NOTIFIED THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722589May 12, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM, STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT
PRIOR TO EXP. OF WARRANTY, (36000 MILES) VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT INTO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP FOR A COMPLETE INSPECTION. WAS INFORMED BALL JOINTS AND IDLER ARM WERE COMPLETELY WORN OUT. PREVIOUS OWNER, (A PERSONAL FRIEND) AND MYSELF NEVER '4 WHEELED' THE TRUCK. NORMAL CITY/HIGHWAY USE. VIEWED INTERNET BULLETIN BOARDS ON DAKOTA MAINT PROBLEMS, AND FOUND OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH EARLY BALL JOINT/IDLER ARM FAILURES. 36,000 MILES UNDER NORMAL USE IS FAR TO EARLY FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. I FEAR THERE ARE MANY DAKOTA'S OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722512May 10, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
THIS PROBLEM OCCURS AT THE FREQUENCY OF EVERY 6000. MILES WITHOUT EXCEPTION. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN THE SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552199May 9, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WHEN VEHICLE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A UTILITY POLE (PASSENGER WENT FORWARD STRIKING RIGHT TEMPLE OF HER HEAD ON THE REARVIEW RESULTING IN FATAL INJURY TO PASSENGER). NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#722453May 9, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE TRUCK WAS FIRST NOTICED WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT 7K MILES. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY "RESURFACED THE PADS AND ROTORS" BUT FOUND NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. AT 14,500 MILES THE DEALER REPLACED THE DRUMS, ROTORS, PADS, AND SHOES TO STOP SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. BY 19,000 MILES THE VIBRATION HAD STARTED BACK. AT 24,000 MILES THE VIBRATION IS SEVER AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861647May 9, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 65 MPH, TRUCK ACCELERATED UP TO A SPEED OF 85 MPH BEFORE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DISENGAGE THE SYSTEM. TRUCK WILL BE SEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP. TRUCK WAS CORRECTED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM IN FEBRUARY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861589May 8, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL GAUGE IS INOPERABLE. FUEL GAUGE DOESN'T READ ON THE DASHBOARD, AND THERE IS NO WAY TO READ OR INFORM THE CONSUMER THAT FUEL IS HALF OF GAS TANK OR GAS TANK IS FULL. CHRYSLER CLAIMS THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF SUCH PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLES. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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