Dodge Dakota Complaints (2000)

806 consumer complaints on file.

#10089463August 16, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
PROBLEMS REGARDING 2000 DODGE DAKOTA. *MR THE CONSUMER THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THIS WAS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. THE #5 CYLINDER MISFIRED DUE TO A CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD. THE LEFT HEAD AND GASKET WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH A BLOWN BELLY PAN GASKET. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED HIS MONEY BACK. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087951August 16, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE AN INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED BEING PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB A RECALL WAS FOUND. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087406August 9, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED AND FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE WERE SUSTAINED BECAUSE OF THE LOW SPEED BEING DRIVEN AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT AND TIE ROD SEPARATED AND FELL OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087385August 6, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AS RESULT, THE HEAD GASKET CRACKED. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086234August 5, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
I OWN A 2000 DODGE DAKOTA WITH JUST OVER 75,000 MILES ON IT. ON A RECENT SERVICE VISIT I WAS INFORMED THAT MY UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE NEED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE LOOKING ONLINE I SAW THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE DAKOTA AND DURANGO SO I WANTED TO REPORT IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083148August 2, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT
"CLUNKING NOISE" COMING FROM FRONT OF AUTO WHEN DRIVING OVER UNEVEN SURFACES/BUMPS. FRONT RIGHT WHEEL ASSEMBLY DETACHED FROM VEHICLE AT UPPER BALL JOINT. LOWER BALL JOINT REMAINED ATTACHED. ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS REPLACES. RIGHT BRAKE LINE REPLACED. WARNED OF DAMAGE TO CV SHAFT, HOWEVER DEALER ONLY REPLACE OUTER CV BOOT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#10083593July 26, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH BALL JOINTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE EXPLODED UNDERNEATH THE PICKUP, BREAKING INTO BITS AND PIECES. THE TIRE COMPLETELY DISENGAGED. THE AXLE WAS BENT, AND THE INNER TIE ROD HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *TS *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082503July 23, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
THE BRAKE DISC STEEL IS FAULTY, AND PITS. THIS CAUSES VERY JERKY, DIFFICULT, AND UNRELIABLE BRAKING. AS IF ONE WAS BRAKING ON TOP OF LOGS. TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD THE DISC(S) MACHINED, AND THAT FIXED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. BUT IT RETURNED. TODAY WE ARE HAVING THE DISCS REPLACED. I THINK DODGE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND RECALL IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081700July 12, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
FAX FM SARAH M. PENDLETON(FL) RE HER SON, DR. WIZARD PENDLETON'S 2000 DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK,DEFECTIVE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *MR IT'S THE OPINION OF THE TECHNICIAN WHO LOOKED AT THE CAR THAT THE ENGINE SUFFERED A MECHANICAL DEFECT IN THE #4 PISTON WRIST PIN. THAT WRIST PIN CRACK AND CAUSED THE PISTON TO BUCKLE, RUIN THE CYLINDER BORE AND BROKE THE OTHER PISTONS. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED ONCE PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE AT 3500 MILES BECAUSE IT BURNED A QUART OF OIL EVERY 300 MILES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081355July 6, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080356July 5, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
BOLTS BROKE ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD SHIELD AND SHIELD FELL BETWEEN STEERING SHAFT AND MOTOR, CAUSING STEERING TO JAM IN STRAIGHT AHEAD POSITION ON HIGHWAY. COULD NOT PULL OVER TO BREAKDOWN LANE TO AVOID OTHER TRAFFIC. BOLTS BROKE FROM HEAT STRESS I IMAGINE, NOT TOO GOOD A THING TO HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORST IN CITY IF I COULD NOT STEER AWAY FROM PEDISTRIANS. JUST CHEAP UNDERSIZED BOLTS THAT BREAK. CHECKED THE OTHER SIDE AND FOUND ONE BROKE THERE TOO. BOLTS ARE TOO SMALL TO HOLD THE MANIFOLDS IN PLACE AFTER THEY WEAR WITH AGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079166July 2, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
ONLY 70000 ON THE 2000 DODGE DAKOTA. TIE RODS BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. HAD TO REPLACE 2 OUTER AND 1 INNER TIE ROD. AT THE SAME TIME THE BALL BEARINGS WERE FOUND TO BE IN HORRIBLE SHAPE. THOSE HAD TO BE REPLACED TOO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080261July 1, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH THE CONSUMER TURNED A CORNER AND THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SNAPPED OFF. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE UPPER RIGHT BALL JOINT</A> HAS MALFUNCTIONED. THIS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE UNDER BODY OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO THE RIGHT CONTROL ARM BROKE AFTER THE RIGHT BALL JOINT WAS REPLACED. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080027June 28, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
2000 DODGE DAKOTA STEERING PROBLEMS.*MR THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE MADE STRANGE NOISES, SHOOK EXCESSIVELY AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE CONSUMER SUSPECTS THAT THE BALL JOINTS ARE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS ON THE DODGE DAKOTA'S. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078882June 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WOULD HEAT UP AND WE COULD ONLY USE FIRST GEAR. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE 25 MILES AT 55 MPH TRANSMISSION WOULD ONLY USE FIRST, REVERSE AND PARK. IT HAS BEEN TO TWO TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND TWO DEALERSHIPS AND STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078792June 25, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
BALL JOINTS ON 2000 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4, I HAVE JUST REPLACED ALL BALL JOINT,S ON MY VEHICLE, AN WAS JUST TOLD BY A COLISION BUSINES THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR IT, DUE TO THE FACT THAT DODGE IS HIDING THE FACT OF BAD BALL JOINTS ON THEIR VEHICLES, HE ALSO SAID THAT AT 59000 MILES I SHOULD NOT HAVE NEEDED THEM REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079375June 16, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BALL JOINT PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS NOISY AROUND 35,000 MILES . CURRENTLY, AT 50,000 MILES THE BALL JOINTS CORRODED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072304June 14, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
THE CONSUMER HAD THE BALL JOINTS CHECKED AND IT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE DODGE DEALER THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THERE WERE PROBLEMS WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS. *SC *JB BALL JOINTS FAILED TIRES FELL OFF. WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE BALL JOINTS CAME APART AND THE MANY PARTS WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF IT. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD TO BUY A LEFT INTER TIE ROD END. SHE HAS TO BUY THE WHOLE RACK PINON . THE VEHICLE DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND SKIDDED 215 FEET. THE STEERING BOX BROKE OFF THE FRAME. *TC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075220June 11, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
I HAVE A 2000 DDGE DAKOTA & WENT TO GET A TIRE FIXED & LEARNED THAT MY FRONT TIRES ARE ABOUT TO FALL OFF!!! I HAD NO IDEA THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE BAD! THEN I FOUND OUT THAT A RECALL MAY BE ISSUED FOR THESE CONCIDERING HOW MANY HAVE WENT BAD!!! I AM JUST VERY LUCKY THAT MY 2 INFANT CHILDREN WERE NOT INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT DO TO A FALTY PART THAT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED YET! IS THERE GOING TO BE A RECALL???*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10076085June 10, 2004
AIR BAGS
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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