Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10023120June 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
MY ROTORS ON MY DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 (2002) BEGAN TO WARP AT 15,000 MILES. I AM NOW AT 40,000 MILES AND THE VIBRATION HAS BECOME SO BAD THAT I WILL BE REPLACING THEM. THIS PROBLEM IS SO BAD THAT IT IS A VERY BAD SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE HEARD MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS BEFORE 80,000 MILES. IN MY OPINION A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THIS SAFETY DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024146June 16, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023024June 13, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS WARP ON 2000 DODGE DAKOTA. I HAD TO HAVE THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS TURNED TWICE, FOLLOWED BY REPLACEMENT OF THE ROTORS, ALL BEFORE 50,000 MILES. THE NEW ROTORS HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO WARP, LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AFTER INSTALLATION. NOTE: BRAKE PADS SHOW NO UNUSUAL WEAR AND HAVEN'T BEEN REPLACED; THE PADS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE SACRIFICIAL PART, NOT THE ROTORS!!! ALL WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY CLEAR LAKE DODGE AND ALLEN SAMUELS CHRYSLER, BOTH IN HOUSTON; AT NO TIME HAS EITHER PLACE MENTIONED ANY SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH DAKOTA BRAKE ROTORS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023027June 13, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE WARPED BRAKE ROTORS ON NEWER DODGE DAKOTA'S. EVERYONE I TALK TO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. IF YOU REPLACE THEM, THEY GO BACK TO BEING WARPED AFTER A FEW THOUSAND MILES. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024039June 13, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE COULD NO LONGER BE DRIVEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023032June 13, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED/PULSATE/OUT OF ROUND. PADS ARE STILL OK, HAVE TORQUES LUG NUTS EVERYTIME TO 95 FT/LBS WITH A HAND TORQUE WRENCH. REAR BRAKES DRUMS ARE CONSTANTLY ADJUSTED. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023043June 13, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
ELECTRICAL LOCKING SYSTEM HAS FAILED. IF YOU USE THE ELECTRICAL LOCK SYSTEM, THE DOORS DO NOT ELECTRONICALLY OPEN, YOU MUST MANUALLY PUSH THE LOCKS UP TO OPEN AND EXIT THE VEHICLE. YOU CANNOT MANUALLY PUSH THE LOCKS UP TO EXIT THE VEHICLE UNLESS YOU HIT THE ELECTRIC DOOR BUTTON UP AND THEN AND ONLY THEN CAN YOU PUSH THE BUTTON UP AND THEN OPEN THE DOOR. IF YOU DO NOT HIT THE ELECTRONIC BUTTON, WHICH DOES NOT ELECTRONICALLY UNLOCK THE DOORS BECAUSE IT HAS FAILED, THEN YOU CANNOT EVEN EXIT THE VEHICLE. YOU ARE LOCKED IN, CANNOT ESCAPE. MANUALLY AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM HAS FAILED. IF AN ACCIDENT CAUSES THE DRIVER TO BE PINNED IN THE VEHICLE, OR UNCONSCIOUS OR THE VEHICLE MANGLED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT YOU COULD NOT PUSH THE ELECTRIC BUTTON UP, MY CHILDREN (8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND 11 YEAR OLD SON) WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. WHAT IF THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE AND THEY COULDN'T GET OUT, IF WE WERE UNABLE TO PUSH THAT BUTTON OR THEY WERE UNABLE TO PUSH THAT ELECTRIC BUTTON UP, THE BUTTON MUST BE PUSHED BY THE DRIVER'S SIDE IN ORDER FOR IT TO ALLOW YOU TO UNLOCK THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD RESULT IN POSSIBLE DEATH. WE TOLD DEALER, THEY WILL NOT FIX, THEY WANT TO CHARGE US $100.00 PER DOOR, I BARELY MAKE ENDS MEET, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I HAVE TO DRIVE TO GET TO WORK, THE DEALER COULD CARE LESS.....WE SPOKE WITH CHRYSLER, THEY COULD CARE LESS AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE NOT HAD A FATALITY SO UNTIL THEY DO, THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS SAFETY ISSUE. SOMEONE HAS TO BE INJURED OR DIE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO FIX VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE, BY MANUALLY TRYING TO UNLOCK THE DOORS, IF THE ELECTRONIC OPENER IS NOT PUSHED FIRST, THEN YOU CANNOT MANUALLY UNLOCK THE DOORS, THE DRIVERS ELECTRIC DOOR BUTTON MUST BE PUSHED UP, EVEN THOUGH IT DOES NOT MAKE THE DOORS ELECTRONICALLY UNLOCK, IF IT IS NOT AT LEAST PUSHED, YOU ARE LOCKED IN AND CANNOT UNLOCK THE DOORS BECAUSE THE LOCK WILL NOT GO UP....YOU ARE TRAPPED. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567140June 9, 2003
SUSPENSION, STEERING
LETTER FROM EDWARD BAILEY (LA)THE SUSPENSION MADE EXCESSIVE NOISE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, THE BUSHINGS, FRONT SWAY BAR, UPPER CONTROL ARM, SHOCK ABSORBERS WERE ALL REPLACED. ALSO THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING. *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021258June 8, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED DURING COLD WEATHER. WAS SLUGGISH DURING SLOW IDLE. MOPAR MECHANIC SAID THAT COMPLETE REPLACEMENT WOULD COST OVER $1000 AND MAY STILL NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021210June 7, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN THIS DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB 4X4 SHIFTS WITH SUCH FORCE IT THROWS THE PASSENGERS NECK AROUND. IT HANGS IN LOWER GEARS AND DOWN SHIFTS WITH TOO MUCH FORCE. THE WORD SMOOTH HAS NOT BEEN ENTERED IN THIS TRUCKS COMPUTER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021225June 7, 2003
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
NOTICED ANTIFREEZE SMELL COMING OUT OF HEATER VENTS AND STEAM FOGGING UP WINDSHIELD AND SIDE WINDOWS, THIS IS THE THIRD FAILURE OF HEATER SYSTEM. WAS TOLD BY SERVICE MGR THAT COOLING SYSTEM WAS CONDUCTING ELECTRICAL CHARGE. DEALER HAD GROUNDED COOLING SYSTEM AFTER SECOND FAILURE BUT AFTER 5 MONTHS HEATER CORE FAILED AGAIN. CALLED CHRYSLER CONSUMER RELATIONS AND FILED A COMPLAINT CASE # 11323644 TALKED WITH DEALER ON 07 JUNE 03 CHRYSLER IS SENDING FIELD REP OUT TO LOOK AT TRUCK WAS TOLD THEY DON'T WANT TO BUY BACK TRUCK DUE TO MILEAGE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022557June 6, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
WHILE DRIVING UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. THEY WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE STEERING KNUCKLE. PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022558June 6, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING FLUID.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021161June 6, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
PAINT ON HOOD AND TOP OF TRUCK HAVE BEEN PEELING OFF. ALSO, THE HINGE ON THE DRIVERS DOOR HAS BROKEN OFF OF THE METAL. IN HEARING FROM OTHERS THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT ON EITHER ISSUE LISTED ABOVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022393June 5, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
THE ENGINE OVER HEATED EXCESSIVELY WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 1 WEEK OLD AND HAS LESS THAN 500 MILES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022397June 5, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021071June 5, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT ROTORS WARP AFTER ONLY 20,000 MILES . DEALER COULD NOT TURN THEM DUE TO THE SEVERE RUST PITTING .AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH I FIND THIS PROBLEM VERY COMMON. ALL OF THE REPAIR SHOPS AND DEALERS AND A MAJORITY OF DAKOTA OWNERS HAVE HAD WARPED ROTORS. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFTY ISSUE DUE TO THE DIMISHED BRAKE CAPACITY OF DEFECTIVE ROTORS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022537June 4, 2003
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S STEERING COLUMN. *MR THE CONSUMER ALWAYS NOTICED A SLACK OR A LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING . THE VEHICLE ALSO DEVELOPED A NOISE. THE INPUT SHAFT SEAL WAS DRIED AT THE RACK AND PINION AND THE DUST COVER WAS REMOVED TO THE INPUT SHAFT AND THE SEAL WAS PULLED BACK. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022304June 4, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
METAL ON FRONT BRAKE PADS IS DETERIORATING. AS A RESULT THERE IS A SHIMMY IN THE FRONT END WHILE DRIVING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022112June 3, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND STILL RUNNING WHEN WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE POPPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACK INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEIHICLE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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