Dodge Dakota Complaints (2005)

470 consumer complaints on file.

#10154469April 3, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
2005 DODGE DAKOTA'S HAVE A SERIOUS BRAKING SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. DODGE SEEMS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BUT SERIOUS ACCIDENTS ARE ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153366March 21, 2006
SUSPENSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR REPAIRS. THE FIRST TIME, THEY ALIGNED THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND TIME, THEY REPLACED THE FRONT AXLE, LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153106March 18, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
REAR BRAKE PULSATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151197February 25, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
MY 2005 DODGE DAKOTA 4 DOOR PICKUP STARTED TO SHIMMY VERY BAD AND I HAD A HARD TIME CONTROLLING THE TRUCK WHILE BRAKING ON STEEP DOWNHILL HIGHWAYS IN VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THEY RESURFACED THE ROTORS THAT THEY WOULD NOT LAST THROUGH VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. MY TRUCK ONLY HAD 9,400 MILES ON IT. THIS IS THE SECOND PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON MY TRUCK. IF I HAVE NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM IN THE PAST I COULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON THESE STEEP GRADES. RESURFACING THE ROTORS OR DRUMS IS NOT THE SOLUTION, BUT IS GOING TO MAKE THE PROBLEM MORE SERIOUS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHEN THESE PARTS ARE RESURFACED THEY TAKE AWAY METAL FROM THE ROTORS OR DRUMS WHICH MAKES THESE PARTS HEAT UP EVEN FASTER IN THIS SITUATION. THESE PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACES. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON A NEW TRUCK WOULD BE TAKEN MORE SERIOUS THAN JUST RESURFACING THE ROTORS. BUT I GUESS DODGE IS TRYING TO REPAIR THE BRAKES THE CHEAP WAY, UNTIL SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED DUE TO THE BRAKES. THEN DODGE WILL MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151898February 16, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
2005 DAKOTA QUAD CAB HAS SEVER BRAKE PULSATION. CONSUMER HAD ROTORS REPLACED UNDER RECALL, BRAKES CONTINUED TO PULSATE. *TS ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** THE CONSUMER STATED HIS WIFE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABRUPT STOP. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE ACCIDENT WAS BECAUSE OF THE BRAKE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE FAILED STATE INSPECTION DUE TO THE BRAKE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE DEALER CLAIMED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150187February 13, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
LEASED NEW DAKOTA 5/05. ON 10/05 WITH 5344 MILES REAR BRAKES ,DRUMS AND WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE REPLACED DEALER AND DODGE SAID NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND WOULD NOT WARRANTY THEM SAID I USE THE BRAKES TO MUCH. ON 2/06 TRUCK WAS RETURNED TO DEALER NEEDED NEW REAR BRAKES ,DRUMS WERE TURNED,FRONT PADS WERE METAL ON METAL AND REPLACED , ROTORS AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED ALSO. MILES ON TRUCK WAS 9,700 DEALER AND DODGE SAID NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AGAIN AND WOULD NOT COVER THIS TOTAL COST SO FAR 1,400.00. I THINK IT COULD BE A DESIGN FLAW BECAUSE THEY PUT THE ADJUSTER AT THE TOP BY THE WHEEL CYLINDER. I KEPT ALL THE PARTS AND TOOK PIXS. SO I'M NOW ON THE 3RD SET OF REAR BRAKES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150855February 9, 2006
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
2005 DODGE DAKOTA TILT STEERING DOES NOT WORK, BRAKES SHUDDERED. *TS ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE BRAKE BUT THAT THE REAR AXLE HAD BEEN MILLED INCORRECTLY CAUSING THE BRAKES TO SHUDDER AND VIBRATE. THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE BRAKES SHUDDERED AND LOCKED UP. AS A RESULT HE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE BRAKES WERE CHECKED. NEITHER THE TECHNICIAN NOR THE COMPUTER FOUND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE CONSUMER TRADED THE VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER 2005 DODGE DAKOTA. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10148476January 24, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
SUNDAY 1-22-06 THE CD PLAYER QUIT WORKING IN 2005 DODGE DAKOTA. THIS TRUCK HAS 6, 540 MILES ON IT. TODAY 1-24-06 THE BATTERY WAS DEAD WHEN I WOKE UP DUE TO THE CD PLAYER TRYING TO EJECT THE CDS ALL NIGHT LONG. I DROVE THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE TO ORDER A NEW RADIO. I DROVE OVER 30 MILES TO GET TO THE DEALER AND 30 MILES BACK. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10148410January 23, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKES THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHIMMY BADLY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY HAD TO RESURFACE THE ROTORS. THIS TRUCK HAS 6,524 MILES ON IT. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE ROTORS AND DRUMS BECAUSE MY 2001 DODGE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT 14,000 MILES, THE DEALERSHIP SAID, "THESE ARE NEW AND IMPROVED ROTORS AND DRUMS". THEY ONLY LASTED 6,500 MILES. THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING AND SHOULD BE LOOKED AT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145988December 23, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING AT 45 MPH WHEN A DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. HE PRESSED ON THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND JUMPED. THE BRAKES LOCKED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO OVER A HILL. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE VEHICLE NEEDED THE FRAME REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.*AK UPDATED 01/23/06. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10145456December 16, 2005
AIR BAGS
SINCE PURCHASING MY 2005 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB IN FEB. OF '05, I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS UP INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER CHECKED THE "CODES" AND FOUND NOTHING THAT INDICATED A CIRCUIT PROBLEM, SO THEY DONE NOTHING TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. TWO DAYS AFTER THE SERVICE, THE AIR BAG LIGHT AGAIN CAME ON. THE DEALER EVEN SAID THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM WOULD NOT OPERATE WHENEVER THE LIGHT IS ON. WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON, IT SOMETIMES STAYS ON 15 MINUTES, AND TYPICALLY ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 15 MINUTES. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE SYSTEM WOULD FAIL IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, ENDANGERING MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. THIS IS THE PRIMARY FAMILY VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145235December 14, 2005
STEERING
MY 2005 DODGE DAKOTA HAS HAS A STEERING PROBLEM STARTING JULY 2005. THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD NOISE/SQUEALING SOUND WHEN STEERING IS TURNED EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT. THIS NOISE IS MADE WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND CONTINUES TO THE STOP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED THREE TIMES REPLACING THE BELT AND TENSIONER TWICE, POWER STEERING PUMP, AND POWER STEERING RACK. VEHICLE STILL MAKES NOISE AND DEALERSHIP HAS NO IDEA WHAT PROBLEM IS. I CONTACTED CORPORATE AND ADVISED THEM OF THE PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM THEM ALSO. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, YET THEY TELL ME IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE! AS OF TODAY THEY CONTINUE TO TELL ME THAT ENGINEERING IS LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143555November 23, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V460000 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THEIR LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THEIR MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143456November 22, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
PURCHASED MY NEW DODGE QUAD-CAB DAKOTA IN AUG 2005. IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE TRUCK WOULD SHAKE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, ESPECIALLY AT ABOUT 50 MPH. SOME NEW VEHICLES CAN HAVE BRAKE ROTOR AND DRUM RUST AND I ASSUMED THAT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM. BUT AFTER 3000 MILES ON VEHICLE, I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER TO HAVE THEM DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I HAD WAITED TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP SO THE OIL COULD BE CHANGED AT THE SAME TIME. I ALSO WANTED TO ALLOW AMPLE TIME TO WEAR-IN THE NEW SHOES AND ROTORS ETC. DEALER ORDERED NEW FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ON NOV 8 2005 AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED ON NOV 22 2005 WITH TRUCK SHOWING ABOUT 3600 MILES ON ODOMETER. DEALER INFORMED ME WHEN I PICKED UP THE TRUCK THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT YET FIXED AND THAT REAR BRAKE PARTS WERE BEING ORDERED. THE SHIMMY AND SHAKE WHEN BRAKING AT AROUND 50 MPH IS SERIOUS AND WOULD CAUSE SAFETY CONCERNS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS SUCH AS SLICK OR ROUGH ROADS, AS APPLYING BRAKES CAUSES A BOUNCING SENSATION AS IF YOU WERE TRAVELING ON A WASHBOARD ROAD (SERIES OF SMALL HUMPS OR BUMPS). IT IS UPSETTING TO ME THAT THIS NEW VEHICLE IS SOLD WITH THE FACTORY BEING AWARE THAT THIS PROBLEMS EXISTS ON THESE VEHICLES. IT IS FRAUDULENT TO SELL A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE SUCH AS THIS AND KNOWING THE PROBLEM EXISTS. UNSAFE WHILE BRAKING AT MODERATE SPEEDS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143009November 17, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT VIBRATED. THE BRAKES LOCKED, AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE AXLE, THE BRAKING SYSTEM, AND THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. THIS ONLY MADE THE PROBLEM WORSE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SPECIFICALLY DIAGNOSED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD AGAIN HAVE TO REPLACE THE AXLE, BRAKING SYSTEM, AND THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO BE REPAIRED AS SOON AS THE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *AK UPDATED 01/11/06. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142310November 9, 2005
SUSPENSION
PURCHASED 2005 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB WITH 3 MILES , NOTICED A VIBRATION,SHIMMY IN STEERING WHEEL AND FLOOR BOARD AT ALL SPEEDS AND ON ALL TYPES OF ROADS, IT INCREASES ON BUMPY OR CONSTRUCTION ROADS. HAVE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 7 TIMES, THEY BALANCED THE TIRES THEY INSTALLED NEW TIRES THEN THEY INSTALLED REAR AXLES AND DRUMS BUT VIBRATION CONTINUES. THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES THEY SAID NORMAL FOR THAT VEHICLE OR COULD NOT DUPLICATE BUT THE AIR PRESSURE IN TIRES IS ALWAYS CHANGED OR TIRES ROTATED,. I FILED A LEMON LAW COMPLAINT BUT OF COURSE THE VERDICT IS DRIVES NORMAL. I JUST WANT A VEHICLE THAT DOESN'T SHAKE WHEN I DRIVE, COULD BE HAZZARD.SAFTY CONCERN. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10141912November 7, 2005
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC), SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING A T HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON BUMPY ROADS THE VEHICLE HAD POOR STABILITY. HE FELT AS THOUGH HE COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. HE NOTED DAIMLER/CHRYSLER WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT AT THIS TIME THERE WAS NO SOLUTION. THE DEALER RESURFACED A ROTOR ON THE FRONT BRAKES WHICH DID RELIEVE SOME VIBRATION IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. NO FURTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10141465November 1, 2005
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT WORKS SOME TIME IT DOESN'T. YOU CAN TURN THE SWITCH OFF AND BACK ON THE LIGHT MY GO OUT OR IT MAY NOT YOU NEVER KNOW WHETHER IT IS WORKING OR NOT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10139845October 17, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 5 TIMES. THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED GEARS, AND THERE WA SA CLANKING NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED THE PUMP AND THE CONVERTER. IT WILL STICK IN GEAR, AND IT SEEMED TO HAVE NO POWER WHEN GOING UP A HILL IN REVERSE. DEALER SAID TO KEEP BRINGING THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS. MANUFACTURER SAID TO THE CONTACT CALL CONSUMER OFFICE AND FILE A COMPLAINT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10139715October 14, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS TRUCK FOR 2 AND HALF MONTHS, ONLY 3800 MILES ON IT. I NOTICED IT WAS SHAKING REAL BAD WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. I TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP AND THEY HAD IT FOR 4 DAYS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD A TSB THAT THE REAR AXLES AND DRUMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SO THEY DID THAT AND GAVE IT BACK TO ME AND I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK THE SAME DAY, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT FIX IT. SO.. THEN THEY HAD IT FOR 9 DAYS AND I HAD TOLD THEM THAT I WAS GETTING REAL UPSET ABOUT THIS AND THE MANAGER LOOK ME IN MY FACE AND ASKED ME WHAT WAS I GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE REAL GOOD PEOPLE SELLING YOUR TRUCKS. BUT ANY WAY. WHEN I WAS FINALLY CALLED 9 DAYS LATER, THEY TOLD ME THAT DODGE HAD TO RE DESIGN THE REAR PLATE. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF THINGS DONE TO THESE TRUCKS AND NOTHING IS FIXING THEM. LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING TROUBLE. I ALSO CALL CHRSYLER AND THEY NEVER RETURNED MY CALL...I CALLED TWICE. THEY REFUSED A LOANER OR A RENTAL. TOLD ME I HAD TO DRIVE IT THE WAY IT IS...MAYBE UNTIL SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER...WHO KNOWS...I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS TRUCK...I WILL NOT PUT MY KIDS IN THIS TRUCK. I WILL NEVER DEAL WITH WALDORF DODGE AGAIN AND I WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN. SO MUCH FOR THE CONSUMER THERE..WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THERE MISTAKES....SOMEONE HELP.........OH YEAH I ASKED FOR THEM TO BUY THE TRUCK BACK AND THEY TOLD ME THAT FIRST THEY HAVE TO MAY SURE IT CAN BE FIXED SO THAT WOULD BEABLE TO RESELL IT...NOW WHAT KIND OF SERVICE IS THAT....HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 2 TIMES NOW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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