Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#731258September 13, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731111September 12, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
GEAR LEVER DOES NOT ALWAYS ENGAGE INTO PARK AND SOMETIMES GETS STUCK IN PARK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730972September 11, 2000
SEATS
I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH I WAS REAR-ENDED. AT THAT TIME, BOTH OF THE FRONT SEATS BROKE, AND WE WERE THROWN BACKWARD. SUBSEQUENTLY, I COULD NOT SEE WHERE I WAS GOING NOR REACH THE BRAKE PEDAL, SO I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE POOR QUALITY OF THE SEAT DESIGN CONTRIBUTED TO HEAD AND NECK INJURIES, ACCORDING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#870195September 11, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
VENT WAS NOT BLOWING OUT COOL AIR, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY PLACED THE MODE DOOR AND THE DUCT. DEALER REPLACED IT AND IT BROKE AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869878September 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS KEPT WARPING FOR NO REASON. BRAKES WOULD SHAKE WHEN APPLIED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF ROTORS WARPING. REPLACED ROTORS AGAIN. THIS WAS SECOND TIME THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554374September 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF, THE AUXILIARY FAN KEEPS RUNNING, DEALER REPLACED FAN AND FOUND THE RELAY WAS STICKING. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730545September 6, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
DEFECT APPLIES TO 5 SPEED TRANSMISION MODELS. VEHICLE INTERMITTANTELY STALLS SHUTTING DOWN POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKING SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554371September 6, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE
THE TAILGATE OF THE TRUCK WAS EASILY OPENED BY CONSUMERS GRANDCHILD, AS A RESULT THE CHILD WAS HIT IN THE SHOULDER AND KNOCKED TO THE GROUND, THE TAILGATE OF THE TRUCK IS VERY HEAVY. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#730388September 6, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
8/10/2000 12:00 NOON 4 MILES SOUTH OF NORMAN,OK,AT 75MPH THE LEFT REAR TIRE PEELED THE TREAD CASING, SENT IT FLYING AT TRAFFIC BEHIND THE VEHICLE, TJE TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE AND I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP WITHOUT LOSING CONTROL. THE CASING DAMAGED THE FUEL LINE AND THE BRACKET ATTACHING THE FUEL LINE TO THE FUEL DOOR AND THE LEFT REAR FENDER WELL AND EXTERIOR PANEL. WHO MANUFACTURES THE PRIVATE LABEL TIRE TITLED AS PATRIOT DESIGN NUMBER 9332, PLEASE ADVISE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869764September 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRAVELING AT 10 MPH BRAKES LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE STARTED SLIDING, AND TOUCHED THE BUMPER OF ANOTHER CAR, WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES THERE WAS AJUMPING MOTION LIKE BRAKES WERE TRYING TO LOCK UP.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730186September 5, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
I AM A CANADIAN DODGE TRUCK OWNER THAT FEELS THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION MAY WISH TO KEEP TABS ON A POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT DISC BRAKES ON THE 1997, DAKOTA. I'VE HAD 3 SETS OF ROTORS AND PADS INTALLED NOW AND STILL GET SQUEALING GRINDING AND GRABBING. I THINK THERE IS MORE TO PROBLEM THAN CHRYSLER LEADS ME TO BELIEVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730189September 5, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
IGNITION SWITCH BECAME VERY HOT AND MELTED THE STEERING COLUMN PLASTIC, SMOKE EXITED KEY HOLE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AIR CONDITIONING AND BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869616September 5, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRIED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, ENDING ON HEAD FIRST COLLISION WHERE NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730003September 3, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRUCK WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY TO THE HOUSE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND IN THE "PARKED" POSITION. NOBODY WAS IN THE TRUCK AND IT AUTOMATICALLY RAN INTO THE GARAGE AND RAN INTO THE HOUSE. IT DAMAGED THE HOUSE, LAWNMOWER, POWER WHEEL CAR AND RADIATOR. THE TRUCK WAS THEN TURNED OFF WITH THE TRANSMISSION STILL IN THE "PARKED" POSITION.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869291September 1, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
FRONT DISC BRAKES WILL HEAT UP AND SEPARATE IN HALF AND HALF OF THE BRAKES WILL FALL OUT DUE TO THE SEPARATION CAUSING COMPLETE FAILURE OF BRAKES.DLR CLAIMS IT IS GLUE THAT SEPARATES DUE TO THE HEAT. CONSUMER REPLACED FRONT DISC BRAKES BUT DEFECT WILL REOCCUR. SO FAR CONSUMER HAS REPLACED IT 3 TIMES AND IT WILL ONLY LAST ABOUT 3 MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869346September 1, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE JUST DIED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729638August 31, 2000
AIR BAGS
VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN IT WAS IMPACTED BY A MID SIZE GM AUTO TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME SPEED. IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE EXTENDED FROM THE FRONT GRILL AREA TO THE LEFT SIDE ENDING AT THE DRIVER DOOR. EXTENSIVE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FRONT DRIVELINE DAMAGE OCCURED. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#729671August 31, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
INTERIOR WATER LEAK@6620MILAGE,2 SERPENTINE BELTS REPLACED,5 TIMES ENGINE/INTERIOR ENGINE LIGHT ELUMINATED CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729673August 31, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
INTERIOR WATER LEAK@6620MILEAGE,WHOLE INTERIOR REPLACED,2 SERPENTINE BELTS REPLACED, 5 TIMES FOR ENGINE STALLING EITHER IN IDLE OR WHILE DRIVING , ENGINE LIGHT ELUMINATED AND VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND NOT START, TOWED TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM. CURRENTLY AWAITING ABITRATION HEARING WITH NCDS THROUGH CHRYSLER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869241August 31, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND COMING TO A STOP SIGN, CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES, ALMOST HIT A DUMP TRUCK, CONSUMER STOPPED WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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