Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10046815November 12, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
DODGE DAKOTA TOP PAINT WEARING OFF AND BACK WINDSHIELD LEAKING 1999 CLUB CAB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046816November 12, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
STARTER SHORTED AND CAUSED A FIRE ON THE WIRING FROM BATTERY TO STARTER
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045963November 11, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
2002 DODGE DAKOTA R/T. ISSUE IN WIRING HARNESS/ELECTRICAL CAUSES THE 5AMP FUSE REGILATING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING TO BLOW REGULARLY, CAUSING A LOSE OF ALL INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045967November 11, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
2002 DODGE DAKOTA DEALER IDENTIFIED LT BALL JOINT/CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT @ 42,000 MI. PROBLEM EXISTED SOME 6000 - 7000 PRIOR BASED ON DRIVABILITY/NOISE. VEH HAS HAD REPEATED EVAP LEAK SINCE 14,000 MI.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045972November 11, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045979November 11, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
UPPER BALL JOINT ON 02 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB NEEDS TO BE REPLACE W/ ONLY 27,200 MILES ON TRUCK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046021November 11, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
THERE IS TERRIBLE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUADCAB. DEALER GREASED BUSHINGS BUT NOISE IS BACK AND WORSE THAN EVER!!!!!!!!!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045850November 10, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
LOWER CONTROL ARM PASSENGER SIDE RUBBER BUSHINGS WORN OUT CAUSING LOWER CONTROL ARM AND FRAME MOUNT TO CONTACT EACH OTHER. WHICH CAUSES MISALIGNMENT OF FRONT END AND EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045873November 10, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
1999 DODGE DAKOTA SLT 4WD. ROUTINE STATE INSPECTION REVEALED FRONT BALL JOINTS EXCESSIVE WEAR AND PLAY. FAILED NEW HAMPSHIRE INSPECTION[SAFETY RELATED ITEM:CONTROL] ONLY 54K MILES. BALL JOINTS REPLACED AND ALIGNMENT COMPLETED AT SULLIVAN TIRE INC. MANAGER REVEALED HE HAD DONE ANOTHER DAKOTA AND A DURANGO THAT SAME DAY FOR BALL JOINTS ALSO. FREQUENT ITEM FOR DODGE SO HE NOW KEEPS THEM IN STOCK IN HOUSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046695November 10, 2003
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHILE DRIVING AT 40-50 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT RACK AND PINION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046726November 10, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE WHEN TURNING CORNERS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THAT UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045893November 10, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
APPROX 30,000 MILES ROTORS WARPED, DURING STOPPING STEARING WHEEL VIBRATED SO BAD IT WAS HARD TO HANG ON TO IT, THE DEALER TURNED THEM. AT 60,000 ROTORS WARPED AGAIN, HAD THEM REPLACED. AT 70,000 MILES THE FRONT END STARTED MAKING A CREAKING NOISE WHENEVER GOING OVER A SMALL BUMP AND PULLED TO ONE SIDE. HAD IT INSPECTED AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED TO BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY WARN AND COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME. UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED, 4 SWAY BAR BUSHINGS REPLACED. THE DAKOTA AND DURANGO FRONT END COMPONENTS NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED FOR EARLY FAILURE BEFORE THERE IS AN ACCIDENT AND/OR DEATH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045903November 10, 2003
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BROKE WHEN SITTING DOWN AND I FELL BACK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT THE BOTTOM BOLT AND MIDDLE SCREW SNAPPED. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN IF I WAS ON A FREEWAY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046738November 10, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH DRIVER NOTICED SPARKS WERE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045788November 9, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, EQUIPMENT
1997 DODGE DAKOTA, VIN#[XXX]: DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 8000 MILES. THE FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS NEEDED @ 30,000MI, BUT NOT DONE UNTIL 55,668MI. 2ND SET WORE BEYOND .19" 8000MI LATER. LITHIA DODGE'S REMARKS: NOT LIFE THREATENING, JUST KEEP THEM GREASED.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045800November 9, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
REQUESTING FURTHER INFO ON DOGE "DURANGO/ DAKOTA" INVESTIGATION ON UPPER BALL JOINT PROBLEM. I OWN A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA AND EXPERIENCE FRONT END SQUEAKING, EXCESSIVE ABNORMAL FRONT TIRE WEAR, AND BANGING WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP OR TURNING A SHARP CORNER{GOING ON A YEAR NOW}. I HAVE PRESENTED THIS PROBLEM TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE, DEMEANINGLY, ONLY DETERMINED THE ISSUE TO BE TIRES UNBALANCED AND ROTATED THE TIRES TO ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ( QUICK FIX AND GET OUT!! )YET THE TIRE WEAR CONTINUES AND NOISES OF METAL CLANKING OCCURS. I HAD SEEN THE REPORT ON CBS NEWS ON OCTOBER 27, 2003 AND NOW HAVE A HIGHER CONCERN OF THIS ISSUE, AS DESRIBED ABOVE. WHAT SORT OF RESOLUTIONS ARE BEING PERFORMED AND WHAT SHOULD I DO????*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045825November 9, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8 2003 I WAS GOING THROUGH A INTERSECTION AT APPROX. 10 MPH, I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW MY TIRE IS ALMOST LAYING FLAT ON THE GROUND. I CANNOT BELIEVE A VEHICLE WITH 31,900 MILES THE UPPER BALL JOINT WOULD COMPLETELY COME APPART. I CANNOT IMAGINE IF YOU WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS HAPPENED, DODGE HAS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045727November 8, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
UPPER BALLJOINTS ON MY 2000 DODGE DAKOTA WERE BADLY WORN OUT AND TOOK IT TO KIRKWOOD DODGE SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY DID NOT FIX IT. THEN TOOK IT TO NEWARK DODGE AND THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM AND FIXED IT BUT MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED SO I HAD TO PAY FULL PRICE. I WAS LUCKY THAT NOTHING BAD HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING BUT STILL THE DANGER WAS THERE. I WANT CHRYSLER TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE CAR RENTAL AND THE COST OF THE WORK THAT GOT DONE TO MY TRUCK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045733November 8, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
THE POWER STEERING COOLER LINE WAS CHAFFED(RUBBED A HOLE) FROM A BIGGER POWER STEERING HOSE WITH A GUARD ON IT. CHAFFED LINE TURNED INTO A LEAK OF THE POWER STEERING FLIUD, WHICH IN TIME WILL CAUSE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE TO THE SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE THIS IS ON, IS A 2000 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB PICKUP. HAS A 4.7L V-8 ENGINE W/ AUTOMATIC. HAS ABOUT 60,000 MILES ON IT AT TIME OF LEAK BEING NOTICED . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045739November 8, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION IN MY DODGE DAKOTA. THE FRONT END VIBRATES AT SPEEDS OVER 60MPH . I FEEL THIS IS NOT RIGHT, CORRECT, OR SAFE. I GOT ANOTHER OPINION FROM DAIGLE STEER-O-MASTER.THEY FOUND THAT THE RIGHT BALLJOINT IS THE PROBLEM.THE DEALER CLAIMS THE BALLJOINT ON ALL THE WHEELS ARE WITHIN SPECS . AFTER ANOTHER OPINION THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL STILL HAS EXCESS PLAY,WHICH I FEEL IS NOT SAFE AT ANY SPEED. IT ALSO WOULD NOT PASS THE STATE INSPECTION. MY DODGE DAKOTA ONLY HAS 17,152 MILES. I THINK THAT THE DEALER WILL NOT CORRECT THIS PROBLEM UNTIL THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED OR THERE IS A RECALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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