Dodge Dakota Complaints (1998)

545 consumer complaints on file.

#10083079August 1, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM, STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS DETERIORATING 5-24-2004, 27,675 MILES STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT 6-22-2004. BALL JOINTS, LOWER CONTROL ARM, AND RIGHT WHEEL BEARING HAD TO BE REPLACED BY DEALER.*AK STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT FREEHOLD DODGE NJ VERY LOOSE FRONT END, HARD TO CONTROL, BOUNCE. TYPICAL SYMPTOMS OF A FRONT END FALLING APART. DATES ABOVE ARE REPLACEMENT DATES. THIRD MAJOR PROBLEM IS ALL OF THE BOLTS ATTACHING THE CAB ARE DETERIORATED. TAKING TO MY NM DODGE DEALER. CAN NOT EVEN TAKE OFF THE BOTS THEY ARE SO BAD ON THE CAB OF MY TRUCK [XXX] I HAVE BEEN THE OWNER FROM DAY ONE. IN MY PARENTS NAME IN NEW JERSEY FOR INSURANCE RATE REDUCTION. UPDATED 07/24/2012* 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
#10082527July 23, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO PASS STATE (MO) SAFETY INSPECTION. VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS ONLY 35311 AND THE INSPECTION AND REPLACEMENT WAS PERFORMED BY A DODGE DEALERSHIP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082234July 19, 2004
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
(1) NOISE FROM REAR END (2) BEARINGS FAILED, ALL PINION AND CARRIER (3) REPLACEMENT OF BEARINGS AND SEALS ONLY 75,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075987July 19, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. CONSUMER WILL HAVE THE MECHANIC REPLACE THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. *AK THE VEHICLE MADE A SQUEALING NOISE. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED A BALL JOINT PROBLEM. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE P/S WHEEL SQUEAKED WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063110July 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
AN INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS LAT SEPTEMBER AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE CV DRIVE AND AXLE SHAFT WERE ALSO REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080688July 9, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
(1) EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE WERE SIMPLY NORMAL DRIVING. NOTHING SPECIAL OR OUT OF THE ORDINARY WAS DONE OR ATTEMPTED. (2) THE BALL JOINTS ON BOTH OF MY UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS HAVE FAILED. THE JOINTS WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND ARE PERMANENTLY SEALED SUPPOSEDLY REQUIRING NO MAINTENANCE. HOWEVER THE RUBBER BOOT SURROUNDING THE JOINT FAILED, THUS LEADING TO WATER AND OTHER ROAD GRIT TO ENTER THE JOINT. THUS THE JOINTS DID NOT REMAIN LUBRICATED, EVENTUALLY LEADING TO MECHANICAL FAILURE. (3) DUE TO DODGE NOT SELLING THE INDIVIDUAL BALL JOINTS, I OPTED REPLACED BOTH OF THE ENTIRE FRONT CONTROL ARMS. DUE TO THE COST OF THAT REPAIR I OPTED TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL AFTERMARKET BALL JOINTS FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS RATHER THAN REPLACE THE ENTIRE ARM AS HAD BEEN DONE WITH THE UPPER. THE REPAIR WAS VERY LABOR INTENSIVE; ESPECIALLY ON SOMETHING WHICH SHOULD REQUIRE MINIMAL IF ANY MAINTENANCE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078913June 28, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
I HAVE A DODGE DAKOTA 98. I WENT IN FOR AN ALIGNMENT TODAY. MY 69 DOLLAR ALIGNMENT WAS BUMPED UP TO 830 DOLLARS. THEY SAID THAT ALL OF THE BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH THE DODGE TRUCK OF THIS YEAR THRU 2003. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY WHEELS MIGHT JUST FALL OFF. I TOLD THEM NOT TO PERFORM THIS SINCE I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY AND THEY TOLD ME TO WATCH OUT FOR BUMPS AND SHARP TURNS. MY TRUCK IS NOT MAKING ANY WIRED NOISES AND I CANT BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE WAS LEGITIMENT SINCE YOU WOULD THINK A RECALL WOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUES FOR SUCH A DANGEROUS THING. I WENT ONLINE OF COURSE TO LOOK INTO THIS AND FOUND THAT THIS IS CURRENTLY BEING LOOKED INTO BY THE FEDS. IF I HAD NOT GONE IN FOR THE ALLIGNMENT, AND MY WHEEL FELL OFF WITH MY 6 YEAR OLD CHILD IN THE CAR I OR HER / BOTH MIGHT NOT BE HERE. I WILL BE DRIVING MY OTHER VEHICLE FOR THE TIME BEING AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THIS WILL BE RECALLED / ADDRESSED. FIRESTONE PUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RECOMMENDED SERVICES: SYSTEM FAILURE - REQUIRED UPPER-BOTH BALL JOINTS/ LOWER BOTH BALL JOINTS THE MONEY IS ONE THING. ME AND MY KID IS ANOTHER. AND WITH NO INDICATION OF THIS PROBLEM, THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061322June 23, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT AT LOWER SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING THROUGH THE FRONT END. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WORE OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065430June 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072919May 20, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
FRONT BALL JOINTS ON MY 1998 DODGE DAKOTA FAILED. I NOTICED A POPPING NOISE IN MY FRONT END THAT TRANSITIONED UP THROUGH MY STEERING COLUMN. THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067507May 20, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS UNDER THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073646May 14, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO DEFECTIVE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT BALL JOINTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063143May 11, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AFTER A ROAD TRIP. DEALER DETERMINED THAT UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE ABOUT TO SEPARATE, AND THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT. UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073318May 7, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
1998 DODGE DAKOTA BALL JOINT FAILURE. *MR CONSUMER FELT THAT FAILURE OF BALL JOINTS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF POOR DESIGN AND VEHICLE BEING UNSAFE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071886April 29, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FOIA REQUEST ALL MATERIAL RE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, STUDIES TESTS, RECALLS, CIVIL SUITS INVOLVING 1998 CHRYSLER DODGE DAKOTA, FIRM REPRESENT CLIENT CHARGED W/DEATH OF A PASSENGER IN HIS VEHICLE FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT (SEARCH ATTACHED) (NAR) *PH *CB *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10073402April 29, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
VEHICLE HAS A CRACKED MIRROR, CRACK IN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND A BROKEN MANIFOLD BOLT. (NAR) *MR THE EVENING THAT THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME HE NOTICED A RATTLING NOISE IN THE ENGINE AREA WHICH HE DID NOT NOTICE DURING THE TEST DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT A DIFFERENT DEALER FOR AN UNBIASED OPINION. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A BROKEN MANIFOLD BOLT, A CRACK NEAR/ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND A BROKEN MIRROR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INITIALLY DECIDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. LATER THE DEALER REFUSED REPAIR STATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AS IS. *NM *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067477April 20, 2004
SUSPENSION
INQUIRY INTO ANYTHING CONSUMER COULD DO TO GET DODGE TO TAKE CARE OF THE BALL JOINT FAILURE WHICH HE EXPERIENCED. *PH THE CONSUMER STATED THE BALL JOINTS RUSTED AND LOOSENED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067437April 15, 2004
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER QUESTIONED WHETHER THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF BALL JOINT FAILURE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO ISSUE A RECALL. *PH WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP TO BE SERVICED, HE WAS TOLD THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL WERE BAD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066225April 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE
I AM ON MY THIRD CATALYTIC CONVERTER ON A 1998 DODGE DAKOTA, I JUST HIT 70,000 MILES AND THERE SEEMS TO BE AN AWEFUL LOT OF BAD CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ON THIS VEHICLE. NOW THE DEALER TELLS ME THE BIGGEST SAFETY PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK IS THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS (IT'LL COST ALMOST $1000), THESE ARE THE SAME AS USED ON THE DURANGO AND THEY HAVE HAD ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS ALSO.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067015April 12, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FOIA REQUEST ALL MATERIAL RE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, STUDIES, TESTS, RECALLS, CIVIL SUITS INVOLVING 1998 CHRYSLER DODGE DAKOTA, FIRM REPRESENT CLIENT CHARGED W/DEATH OF A PASSENGER IN HIS VEHICLE FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT (SEARCH ATTACHED). (NAR) *PH *CB *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1

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