Dodge Dakota Complaints (1998)

545 consumer complaints on file.

#10110795February 19, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
FAILURE OF EQUIPMENT......MANUFACTURER DEFECT...REPLACED 3 CATALYATIC CONVERTERS ON MY 1998 DAKOTA RT.....VIN# [XXX]........COST EACH SERVICE $600..........NOW REAR END NOISES (PINIONS AND BEARINGS OUT)...DUE TO OWNERS MANUAL STATES TOWING CAPACITY 3 TIMES HIGHER THAN WHAT TRUCK CAN TOW....WAS A CHANGE AFTER MARKET. *AK *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110799February 19, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
LOUD REAR AXLE NOISE....BROUGHT TO DEALER.........REPLACED PINION AND CARRIER BEARINGS IN AXLE.......CAUSE WAS BECAUSE MAUFACTURER CHANGED TOW CAPACITY ON RT'S AFTER OWNERS MANUAL WAS PUBLISHED....I BOUGHT USED TRUCK AT 40,000 MILES AND HAS NO IDEA IT COULD ONLY TOW 2,000 LBS VRS OWNERS MANUAL SAID 6,000...AN 8CYL TRUCK AND CAN'T TOE BOAT.....HOW WEEK FOR DODOGE!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110800February 19, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
LOUD REAR AXLE NOISE....BROUGHT TO DEALER.........REPLACED PINION AND CARRIER BEARINGS IN AXLE.......CAUSE WAS BECAUSE MAUFACTURER CHANGED TOW CAPACITY ON RT'S AFTER OWNERS MANUAL WAS PUBLISHED....I BOUGHT USED TRUCK AT 40,000 MILES AND HAS NO IDEA IT COULD ONLY TOW 2,000 LBS VRS OWNERS MANUAL SAID 6,000...AN 8CYL TRUCK AND CAN'T TOE BOAT.....HOW WEEK FOR DODOGE!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105260February 18, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHEN TURNING OR DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS THERE WAS A DRY SHUTTERING NOISE IN THE FRONT END. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, AND DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PARTS WERE REPLACED. FAILURE RECURRED 3 YEARS LATER ON UPPER BALL JOINTS ONLY. *AK CONTROL ARM, BALL JOINT, AND TIE RODS WERE REPLACED AGAIN AT 136,807. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111224February 9, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM THE GAS PUMP CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THEN THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE FELL/DROPPED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE THAT THE FRONT RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS THE LOWER BALL JOINT. ALSO, THE LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110203February 9, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
(1) FRONT END MAKING A POPPING NOISE. WHEN I TURNED. TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY DEALERSHIP KEPT SAYING IT WAS BRAKE NOISE. (2)UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE, BALL JOINTS WERE RUSTED OUT, (3)ALL 4 BALL JOINTS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE,WHEN TRUCK WAS BARELY OUT OF WARRANTY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110080February 8, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
HEATER CORE FAILED - NOW I HAVE NO DEFROSTER AND ANTI FREEZE LEAKED ALL OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE CARPETING CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO VACATE THE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110118February 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
I HEARD A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END AND A LOW PITCHED GROWL FROMN THE REAR END. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT AT 35,428 MILES THEAT IT NEEDED TWO UPPER BALL JOINTS AND A NEW DIFFERENTIAL (REAR END) . VEHICLE IS A 1998 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110046February 7, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
I BOUGHT MY 1998 DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK IN AUGUST OF 1998 IN MARCH OF 1999 BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR BECAUSE IT WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE BRAKE BECAUSE THIS WOULD OCCUR OFF AND ON WHILE DRIVING AND AT TIMES THERE WAS AN ODOR THAT SMELLED LIKE THE BRAKES WERE BURNING. THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED AND THE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CALIPER WAS SEIZING UP AND DAMAGED THE ROTOR. THE CALIPER, BRAKE PADS, AND ROTOR WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER THE WARRANTY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110049February 7, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
PURCHASED TRUCK IN 1998 AND SINCE THEN THE LEFT FRONT CALIPER SEIZED AND THE ROTOR PADS AND CALIPER HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER COVERED THIS UNDER WARRANTY THE TRUCK HAD ONLY 12000 MILES AND THIS OCCURRED IN 1999. SINCE THAT TIME THE RIGHT FRONT CALIPER ALSO SEIZED IN 2002. THE MILEAGE ON MY TRUCK WAS 62260 MILES. THE CALIPER PADS AND ROTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AND BRAKE LINE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110050February 7, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
PURCHASED TRUCK IN 1998 AND IN 2001 AT 48000 MILES HAD TO REPLACE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS IN THE FRONT END ON BOTH SIDES AND I THINK I AM GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THEM AGAIN AND MILEAGE IS OVER 99000. I ALSO MADE TWO OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR BOTH FRONT CALIPERS SEIZING ON THIS WEBSITE. I WOULD HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS SOONER, BUT JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS SITE. I WANTED TO MAKE COMPLAINTS AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE DODGE DAKOTA AND DURANGO MODEL YEAR 2000 AND UP WITH THEIR BALL JOINTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109518February 1, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING HEARD A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. DRIVER NOTICED WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL A CLANKING NOISE WOULD FOLLOW. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108226January 29, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS SEVERELY WORN . DUST BOOTS TORN AND NO GREASE FITTINGS (SUPPOSE TO BE LIFETIME LUBRICATED). REPLACED WITH AFTER MARKET ONES WITH GREASE FITTINGS. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 64,700 MILES . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108000January 27, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
UPPER BALL JOINTS PREMATURELY WORN OUT DUE TO LUBRICATION BEING WASHED OUT (SAME PROBLEM AS DETAILED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V596000, BUT MY VEHICLE IS A 1998 MODEL AND THIS CAMPAIGN IS FOR 2000 AND NEWER).*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107853January 24, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
POPPING SOUND WAS COMING FROM LEFT FRONT OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE BAD AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN WITHOUT IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT. HAD SERVICE WORK DONE FOR $1500. CONSIDERING THE PROBLEM IS OBVIOUSLY RELATED TO THE SAME ISSUE THAT SPARKED THE RECALL NOTICE IN LATER MODEL DAKOTAS, I FEEL I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108636January 21, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN
WHILE MAKING A 90-DEGREE RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING LOCKS UP. AFTER A WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO UNLOCK THE STEERING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE HEAT SHIELD FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FELL DOWN ONTO THE STEERING LINKAGES, WHICH WAS LOCKING UP THE STEERING. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106426January 16, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR
FAN BLOWER GOING ON AND OFF. NO DEFROST ,HEAT,AC AVAILABLE WHEN BLOWER IS OFF. SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. IT IS A 1998 DAKOTA. EVERYONE IS SAYING THE PROBLEM IS A RESISTOR, WHICH IS HARD TO GET TO. SEEMS AS IF THE WHOLE DASH HAS TO COME OFF TO GET TO THIS AREA. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $85. FOR DIAGNOSTIC. CLOSE TO $200-$300 PROBLEM FOR ONLY A $9-$12 PART. SAD JUST ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR THE DODGE LOVERS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110971January 13, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER NOTICED FRONT TIRE ON DAKOTA WAS HAVING ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS DUE TO FRONT BALL JOINTS. *BF THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108518January 13, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DODGE DAKOTA 1998 FRONT END HAS FAILED. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE RECALL INFO DOESN'T INCLUDE THE '98 MODEL YEAR. THE VEHICLES FRONT WHEEL COULD HAVE FALLEN OFF AT ANYTIME BECAUSE THE BALL JOINTS WERE SO BAD. *BF *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107310January 12, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
1998 DODGE/DAKOTA HAS SAME PROBLEM AS 2000-2003. UPPER BALL JOINTS PROBLEMS. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY ARE YOU EXCLUDING 1998 WHEN THE PROBLEM EXISTED IN THE 1998. *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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