Dodge Dakota Complaints (1999)

641 consumer complaints on file.

#10031793August 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK ON ACCELERATION, THEN HE NOTICED THE OIL CONSUMPTION STARTED TO GO UP. IT WAS CONFIRMED THE PLENUM SEAL LEAKED. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031795August 26, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
THE CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS EXPERIENCED PREMATURE FAILURE. *AK *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033419August 25, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I TOOK MY TRUCK IN BECAUSE THE OIL PRESSURE WAS INTERMITTENTLY DROPPING TO 0 THEN BACK UP TO 40. THE DEALER PERFORMED MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL TESTS BEFORE GOING TO THE PROBLEM. I DONT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TESTS DONE WHEN THE OIL PUMP HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM POSTED ALL OVER THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND NHTSA WEBSITES. THEY SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THAT FIRST.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033676August 12, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
CONUMEER HEARD A NOISE WHILE TRAVELING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032640August 12, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 28,000,FRONT BEARINGS AND HUB ASSEMBLY FAILED 47,000.NOW SURGING IN CRUISE CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032352August 7, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE KEEP ROLLING. CONSUMER PUMP BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES, THEN THE "ANTI-LOCK" AND "BRAKE" WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FUNCTIONALITY OF FRONT BRAKES WAS PARTIALLY RESTORED. DEALER DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS AND TURNED ROTORS. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032031August 4, 2003
POWER TRAIN, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THERE WAS A NOISE FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR END BOLTS AND OTHER COMPONENTS CAME APART. THE DEALER REPLACED THE GEARS AND DIFFERENTIAL. THE ABS SYSTEM ALSO FAILED. *AK *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031942August 1, 2003
AIR BAGS
THE VEHICLES FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING AND ACCIDENT. *MR *CB *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024103August 1, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL ACCIDENT AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10029119July 24, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM, STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT
I OWN A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA.( SAME SUSPENSION AS DURANGO).I WAS ADVISED BY MY MECHANIC THAT THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS, LOWER BALL JOINTS AND THE IDLER ARM WERE SEVERLY WARN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE DIASSEMBLING ALL JOINTS DID COME APART. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE HAD 73,778 MILES ON IT. 99 PERCENT OF THESE MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES, AND I WAS SURPRISED AND IRRITATED THAT THEY HAD WORN OUT SO SOON, ALSO GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD NOT CAUGHT IT PRIOR TO THE BALL JOINT SEPARATING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028936July 23, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
1999 DOGE DAKOTA. ONLY 44,000 MILES. NEEDS BOTH FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED WITH ALIGNMENT. BEEN TOLD NUMEROUS DAKOTAS HAVE THIS "PROBLEM"
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028894July 22, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
HAD TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS AT APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028810July 22, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
1999 DODGE DAKOTA P/U LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED AT 34000 MILES. ON REMOVAL AND INSPECTION THE PART CONTAINED LUBE WHICH HAD BROKEN DOWN AND SOLIDIFIED.THE BALL AND SOCKET WERE BADLY WORN ALMOST TO THE POINT OF SEPARATION. THIS IS A SEALED AND LIFETIME LUBED PART WITH NO PROVISIONS FOR RELUBE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029801July 22, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
VEHICLE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT HAS A FAILURE, THAT CAUSE THE" VEHICLE TO BOUNCE" WHILE DRIVING PER CONSUMER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028836July 22, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
I NOTICE TODAY AN INVESTIGATION BY NHTSA OF COMPLAINTS ON DODGE DURANGO UPPER BALL JOINTS. I OWN A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA AND HAVE REPLACED SAME AT 48,000 MILES (AT MY OWN EXPENSE). THIS TRUCK IS THE PICKUP VERSION OF THE DURANGO. THE TRUCK STILL EXHIBITS NEGATIVE CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS LOSS OF TRACKING AND CONTROL WHEN NEGOTIATING TURNS ON BUMPY ROADS. EXAMPLE IS THE ON-RAMP TO THE VERRAZZANO NARROWS BRIDGE (I-278), BROOKLYN SIDE. THE TRUCK WILL JUMP LANES AT SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH. NOT GOOD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025852July 11, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
SEEMS LIKE THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE DAKOTA'S AND BRAKE ROTORS IS A NEVER ENDING BATTLE. I REPLACED MY MYSELF BACK IN MARCH AFTER THE DEALER DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT THEIR IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT DISC ROTORS ON THE DAKOTA'S. I ALSO HAD THE ROTORS TURNED 6 MONTHS PRIOR BEFORE I REPLACED THEM. EVEN THE GUY THAT TURNED THE ROTORS TOLD ME THAT THE STOCK ROTORS ON THE DAKOTA'S WERE JUNK.NOW 4 MONTHS AFTER REPLACING THEM THEY ARE ACTING LIKE THET ARE WARPED AGAIN. SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET CHRYSLER (DODGE) TO OWN UP THAT THEIR IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DODGE ROTORS ON THEIR DAKOTA'S. ALSO AFTER READING SOME OTHER FORUMS I FIND THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021924July 3, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE DIDN'T PASS AN EMISSION TEST. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *CB *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023944June 28, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE SEAT BELT LATCHING MECHANISM STOPPED WORKING, IT WILL NOT LATCH ANYMORE. UPON CONTACTING THE LOCAL DEALERSHIPS PARTS DEPARTMENT TO ORDER NEW OEM SEAT BELT LATCH ASSEMBLIES I LEARNED THAT THIS PART FOR THIS TRUCK IS ON A "NATIONAL BACK-ORDER" WITH NO EXPECTED SHIP DATE. THIS SEEMS TO INFER THAT THIS PART IS IN HIGH DEMAND, THUS MEANING THERE IS MOST LIKELY A PROBLEM THAT ORIGINATES AT THE MANUFACTURER. THIS LATCH ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN INOPERABLE ON MY TRUCK FOR ALMOST (1) YEAR NOW, AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET THE OEM PART FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. *NLM
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

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