Dodge Dakota Complaints (2000)

806 consumer complaints on file.

#889078May 24, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON WHEN OTHER VEHICLE CUT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE OFF. NONE OF FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745855May 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
PROBLEM IS THAT THE BRAKE PADS ARE LIKE BRAND NEW AND THE ROTORS ARE HEAVILY GROOVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROTOR AND IT IS BOTH ROTORS.IT TOOK THE FACTORY REP FROM DODGE TWO MONTHS TO LOOK AT IT AND WHEN HE FINALLY DID HE SAID IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.I HAVE HAD VEHICLES FOR OVER 7 YEARS FOR ONE VEHICLE AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO EVEN REPLACE THE BRAKES.THEY TRIED TO TELL ME IT IS STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR PULLING MY BOAT AND I TOLD THEM I HAVE ONLY PULLED IT ABOUT 5 TIMES.WHY WOULD YOU PUT A TOWING PACKAGE ON THE TRUCK IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE ROTORS EVEY 15 THOUSAND MILES.THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND SOMEONE IS GOIN TO BE KILLED ONE DAY IF THEY ALREADY HAVEN'T.CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OR ARE WE JUST SCREWED AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745857May 24, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHIELD AND SIDE WINDOWS ON PASSENGER SIDE HAS STARS IN IT AND THE MANUFACTURER'S REP SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BUT WILL INVESTIGATE IT FURTHER.THEY SEEM TO BUBBLE UP AND YOU CAN SCRAPE THE TOP OFF OF THEM WITH A RAZOR BLADE.ONE OF THE MECHANICS SAID THEY HAD A WHOLE LOAD OF CARAVANS THAT CAME IN LIKE THAT AND THEY REPLACED ALL OF THE WINDOWS.DODGE NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND IT'S PRODUCTSAND GIVE THE CUSTOMER WHAT THEY PAID FOR BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT CHEAP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745858May 24, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHIELD AND SIDE WINDOWS ON PASSENGER SIDE HAS STARS IN IT AND THE MANUFACTURE REP SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BUT WILL INVESTIGATE IT FURTHER.THEY SEEM TO BUBBLE UP AND YOU CAN SCRAPE THE TOP OFF OF THEM WITH A RAZOR BLADE.ONE OF THE MECHANICS SAID THEY HAD A WHOLE LOAD OF CARAVANS THAT CAME IN LIKE THAT AND THEY REPLACED ALL OF THE WINDOWS.DODGE NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND IT'S PRODUCTSAND GIVE THE CUSTOMER WHAT THEY PAID FOR BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT CHEAP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745789May 23, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
AT 9,000 MILES I NOTICED A SHAKE WHENEVER I USED THE BRAKES AND IT WAS GETTING WORSE. I WENT INTO LYNNWOOD DODGE - THEY RESURFACED THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND THE SHAKING STOPPED FOR A WHILE. THE SHAKING CAME BACK SO AT 16,000 MILES THEY REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS. WITHIN A FEW THOUSAND MILES THE SHAKING HAD BEGUN AGAIN AND AT 26,000 MILES (MY NEXT APPT. WITH THE DEALER) THEY RESURFACED THE BRAKES AGAIN. NOW AT JUST ABOVE 27,000 MILES I AM TRYING TO BE SUPER SENSITIVE ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL IT STARTS SHAKING AHEAD. THE SERVICE GUY AT THE DEALER SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DAKOTAS AND THAT THE FRONT ROTORS ARE UNDERSIZED FOR THE SIZE OF THE TRUCK. I WAS TOLD I WOULD BE CONTACTED BY THE SERVICE MANAGER OF LYNNWOOD DODGE (WHERE I HAD IT SERVICED) BUT I HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM HIM AS OF YET. *AK ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CONSUMER STATES AT 29,700 MILES - ROTORS RESURFACED AGAIN AND ALSO AT 34,000. (MJJ - HOTLINE)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745803May 23, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
HAD CALIPERS REBUILT AND ROTORS TURNED BECAUSE OF WARPAGE BY DEALER AT 12000 MILES I AM NOW AT 2100 MILES AND HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY SAYING 12000 MILES IS THE LIMIT TO THE BRAKE WARRANTY I KNOW OF OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS FIXED BEYOND THE 12000 MILE MARK. I ONLY HAVE 9000 ON THIS SET OF BRAKES. THEY TELL ME THEY KNOW OF THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT COVER IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888375May 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPING AND CAUSING SERIOUS BOUNCING/ VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND APPLYING BRAKES. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT DEFECT WAS A RESULT OF HARD DRIVING OF VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE SHOWED SIGNS OF WARPING AAT 12000 MILES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
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
#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
#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
#886731April 25, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKES ARE OUT OF ROUND, AND VEHICLE VIBRATES REAL HARD. HARD TO HANDLE, AND HARD TO STOP. DEALER FEELS THAT CONSUMER IS HITTING BRAKES TOO HARD, AND MAY BE ABUSING THEM. CONSUMER WENT THROUGH THIS ONCE BEFORE WITH REAR BRAKES, AND THEN WITH FRONT BRAKES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886441April 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT
THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE IN REAR AXLE. MANFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE WAS SENT OUT AND ACKNOWLEGED THE PROBLEM,BUT COULD NOT FIX IT. *AK THE REAR AXLE WAS REPLACED AFTER KEEPING THE VEHICLE FOR A PERIOD OF NINE DAYS, COME TO FIND OUT THE AXLE WAS NOT REPLACE THE AXLE WAS JUST REPAINTED THAT JUST JUSTIFIES THAT REAR AXLE IS NOISY THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS THE SAME.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886403April 20, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH ON A COOL DAY DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED, GLASS WAS FLYING ALL OVER INSIDE OF VEHICLE. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744287April 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKES CONTINUE TO WEAR OUT AT ABOUT 4-5000 MILES. WHEN WORN, THE BRAKES BEGIN TO VIBRATE AND VEHICLE HAS DIFFICULTY STOPPING. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE BRAKES THREE TIMES AND THE FRONT ROTORS 2 TIMES. THEY BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT A BIG PROBLEM. OR MAYBE THEY ARE WAITING TO ME TO GET INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THE ADMIT THE VEHICLE IS A LEMON. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN PROVIDE ME ANY HELP. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744194April 17, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM
FRONT ROTERS AND REAR DRUMS GO OUT OF ROUND AND WARP AFTER APROX 1K MILES. THIS PORBLEM HAS HAPPENED 5X . AFTER 4TH TIME ROTERS WERE REPLACED WITH PADS AT OWNERS COST. PROBLEM STILL SHOWING UP AFTER MORE THEN 3K OF DRIVING. MOSTLEY INTERSTATE DRIVING. NO CITY STOP AND GO IN THIS PART OF NH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885875April 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. MECHANIC PUT VEHICLE UP ON A LATHE AND POINTED OUT HOW DRUM WOBBLED WHEN IT WAS ROTATED. IT WAS ABOUT A 1/8 OF AN INCH OFF CENTER. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY SAID BRAKE SYSTEM WAS ONLY W ARRANTIED FOR 12,000 MILES. VEHICLE HAS BEN IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR VIBRATION WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER SAID IT WAS ROTORS OVERHEATING . TURNED ROTORS SMOOTHLY AND CHECKED ADJUSTED BRAKES. CONSUMER HAD 8,000 MILES AT THE TIME, AND THOUGHT IT WAS TOO EARLY TO BE TURNED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885716April 11, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
RUBBER COVER CAME OFF BRAKE PEDAL WHILE APPLYING AND CAUSING DRIVER'S FOOT TO SLIDE ONTO ACCELERATOR PEDAL, WHICH ACCELERATED VEHICLE AND CAUSED A FOUR CAR ACCIDENT. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK THE RUBBER COVER FOR THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT GLUED AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACCIDENT. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#743751April 9, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
I TOOK MY DAKOTA TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH POPPING NOISES IN THE BRAKES AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. I TOOK IT ON A LONG TRIP BEFORE THE 12000 MILE WARRANTY ON THE BRAKES WAS UP. IT STARED VIBRATING WHEN I BRAKED. I FINALLY GOT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THE 2000 PLUS MILE TRIP AND THEY SAID THE FRONT DISC BRAKES WERE WARPED AND HAD TO BE TURNED. COST ME $168.00 TO TURN TWO DISC BRAKES. THAT'S BULL! I FOUND 30 PLUS COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA ABOUT THE SAME THING. I WANT MY MONEY BACK. THE DAKOTA IS A PIECE OF CRAP. I TRADED IN IT1. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743146March 27, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
MY WIFE HIT A CAR THAT TURNED IN FRONT OF HER (T-BONE)AT 35 MPH. AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE REAR SEATBELTS FAILED TO LOCK UP AND RESTRAIN BACK SEAT PASSENGER.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#743159March 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WE HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THE ROTORS. 4 OF THE TIMES THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS AND ONCE THEY ONLY CUT THEM. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND THIS IS NOT NORMAL AS THE DEALER TRIED TO CLAIM IN THE BEGINNING. THE 4TH TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS AND DISC BRAKE PADS ON THE FRONT AND ALSO REPLACED THE VALVE , WITH SWITCH ASSEMBLY, BRAKE COMBINATION. THIS WORK WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE AT 34,281 MILES AND NOW WE ARE AT 45,000 APPROX. AND THE ROTORS ARE SHOT AGAIN FOR A 5TH TIME. THIS TIME IN THE VEHICLE ALSO NEEDED TO HAVE THE SWAY BAR BUSHING REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 1 YEAR OLD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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