Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10039103September 18, 2003
STRUCTURE
SEVERE FLOODING OF PASSENGER FLOOR OF VEHICLE. ELECTRICAL RISK. MOLD & ALLERGY PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038894September 15, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
PREMATURE CORROSION OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CAUSING FAILURE OF NYS VEHICLE INSPECTION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038926September 15, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVER'S SEATBELT LATCH PLASTIC CASE CRACKED, CAUSING SEATBELT TO REMAIN LATCHED. CONTACTED 2 CHRYLSER DEALERSHIPS. ONE WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE OTHER DID A COMPUTER SEARCH FOR ALL DODGE WAREHOUSES. FOUND NO PARTS IN STOCK IN PROPER COLOR. THERE WAS AN ESTIMATED 8 MONTH WAIT FOR PART. PART WAS REPLACED BY USED PART, FOUND AT A JUNKYARD. SECOND PART FAILED AS WELL, HELD TOGETHER BY TAPE AT THIS TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038952September 15, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS ON DODGE DAKOTAS. MINE HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES IN 50,000 MILES. THE ORIGINALS WERE REPLACED UNDER WARANTEE IN 2000 MILES. I CAN'T KEEP A SET OF ROTORS ON THE TRUCK WITHOUT THEM WARPING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038954September 15, 2003
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR, SUSPENSION
POWER STEERING FAILS. LOSE CONTROL OF STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER ABOUT 1.25 HOURS. FIRST OCCURANCE IN AUGUST 2002, THEN OCTOBER, 2002. DID NOT DRIVE ON HIGHWAY FOR EXTENDED PERIOD UNTIL AUGUST 2003 - FAILED AGAIN AND AGAIN ON MOUNTAIN ROADS, EXITS, STRAIGHTAWAYS WHILE PASSING, GENTLE CURVES. NOVEMBER 2002 DEALER REPLACES RACK AND PINION AND BUSHINGS AT 23,997 MILES. AUGUST 18, 2003, 31424 MILES, DEALER REPLACES COLUMN, INTERMEDIATE SHAFT AND BOLT PER STARLINE. SEP 3, 2003, 31904 MILES, DEALER REPLACES ALL FOUR CONTROL ARMS - CANNOT REPLICATE PROBLEM AS THEY WILL NOT DRIVE THE REQUIRED MILES, I'M THEIR TEST DUMMY. THE KNOBS FOR AIR CONDITIONING ALSO BROKE AT THIS TIME - CHARGED TO FIX THIS. MANUFACTURER SAYS TO CONTACT DEALER, DEALER WON'T DRIVE NECESSARY MILES - I STILL HAVE TO CHECK THE SEP 3 REPAIR TO SEE IF IT REALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM. EACH TIME THE ALIGNMENT IS OUT AND THEY WILL NOT FIX THIS AS PART OF THE WARRANTY ITEM ALTHOUGH I MAINTAIN MY VEHICLES' ALIGNMENT. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN RELINED AT 26K MILES BECAUSE THE DEALER SAID THEY WERE SHUDDERING - WHICH I HAD NOT EXPERIENCED UNTIL THEY REPAIRED THEM. SHOCKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE REAR STRUTS REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE SWAY AND LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN CARRYING A LOAD, ANOTHER THING THEY CLAIM NOT TO REPLICATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040606September 12, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SEAT BELTS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S ENGINE.*MR WHEN USING THE DEFROST OR A/C, THE ENGINE PUMP DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE SEAT BELT WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY AND ALSO THE WHEEL BEARING WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD A HOSE WOULD BE PLACED ON THE RETAINING BOLT.*TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038777September 12, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
TOOK MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA TO GET ALIGNMENT AT LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND WAS TOLD UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN EXCESSIVELY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 45000 MILES ON IT, THIS IF YOU ASK ME IS UNACCEPTABLE. ALSO THE TRUCK WAS IN THE DEALER 2 TIMES BEFORE THIS BECAUSE OF A NOISE IN THE FRONT END, AND THEY COULD NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG, AND I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE RELATED. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039885September 12, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
REGARDLESS OF HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING, THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM DOES NOT STOP THE VEHICLE IN A REASONABLE DISTANCE IN AN EMERGENCY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033557September 12, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER STATES BOTH UPPER BALL AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING WITHOUT WARRANTY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10027076September 12, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING THE BRAKE ROTORS WORE OUT, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE ROTORS WERE SEVERELY WARPED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE LIKE DRIVING ON A WASHBOARD WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE DEALER DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038703September 11, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT DISC BARKES - ROTORS WARPED AT 38,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING BADLY WHEN BRAKING AND STOPPING TIME WAS GREATLY AFFECTED DUE TO THIS CONDITION. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE ONLY WAY TO REMOVE THE SHAKING WAS TO TURN THE ROTORS AT A COST OF $170. DEALER ALSO INDICATED THAT PADS ONLY HAD 45% WEAR AND ADVISIED THAT THIS CONDITION WOULD NOT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS AND TO JUST WAIT UNTIL PADS ARE WORN ENOUGH TO WARRANT A BRAKE JOB. I REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS IMMEDIATELY AS THIS CONDITION IS DANGEROUS AND COMMON TO THIS VEHICLE. I FEEL A RECALL OF THE FRONT ROTORS IS IN ORDER. THIS CONDITION AFFECTS STOPPING TIME!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039770September 11, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING TRANSMISSION FLUID PROBLEM. SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER HAD TO CHANGE TRANSMISSION FLUID EVERY YEAR. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED TO WORK AND VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038655September 10, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS WENT BAD AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES. EVERYONE I TALKED TO SAID THAT WAS MUCH TOO EARLY. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH UPPER CONTROL ARMS. ALSO MADE FOR EARLY TIRE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF WEAR. DODGE SHOULD REALLY HAVE A RECALL ON THESE ITEMS. ALOT OF DAKOTA OWNERS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038560September 9, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP AND BROKE INTO THREE PIECES. VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038371September 8, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, TIRES
WHILE TRAVELING AT 20 MPH DRIVER BEGAN TO HEAR CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL. STEERING WHEEL HAD A LOT LOOSE CONTROL, AND THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL WAS TURNING, BUT THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BUCKLED UNDER VEHICLE. TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY DUE TO UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037489September 8, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
MY 2002 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 HAD A DEFECT IN THE BRAKES/ROTORS WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 30000 MILES. FROM CHECKING CHAT SITES THIS IS APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK. DODGE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR ME THAT THE TRUCK WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038274September 5, 2003
AIR BAGS
HAD JUST STARTED VEHICLE AND IT WAS MOVING WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE RIGHT CENTER OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. HAD CONTACTED DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MECHANIC CHECK AIR BAGS NON-DEPLOYMENT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037275September 5, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, EQUIPMENT
BRAKE ROTOR ON MY 2000 DODGE DAKOTA HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN TWICE AND REPLACE ONCE IN 30,000 MILES. THE WAS DUE TO EXCESSIVE PULSATING AND DEGRADATION OF STOPPING ABILITY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE OCCURRENCE OF REDUCED BRAKING POWER. THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURING ONCE AGAIN AND NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DODGE THAT IS IS NORMAL WEAR AND WILL HAPPEN. A WARPED BRAKE ROTOR IS NOT CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR. THE PULSATION OF THE BRAKES CAN EASILY CAUSE SOMEONE TO LOSE CONTROL ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE. IT IS ALSO CONCIEVABLE THAT THE ABS SYSTEM MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY WHEN THE ROTOR IS WARPED. PLEASE LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS, THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037282September 5, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT ROTORS WARPED CAUSING VIOLENT PULSATIONS UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS. ROTORS WERE TURNED AND THEN FINALLY REPLACED AT 30K MILES. NEW ROTORS LASTED 5000 MILES BEFORE SHIMMY RETURNED. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ONGOING PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037222September 4, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHIFTING,SLIPPING,POOR ACCELARATION. PREVIOUSLY COMPLAINED ABOUT NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN TURNING. BAD IDLE AND POOR FUEL ECONOMY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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