Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10181491February 3, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT IN FRONT SUSPENSION OF 2004 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4, SIDE TO SIDE LATERAL MOVEMENT AND STEERING DIFFICULTY. DODGE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND EXCESSIVE PLAY IN LOWER BALL JOINTS ON BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT WHEELS AND STEERING RACK COMING APART AT TIE ROD. FAILURE OF BALL JOINTS CAN CAUSE WHEEL TO DETACH FROM VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR UPPER BALL JOINTS WITH SAME ISSUE. PARTS MUST BE REPLACED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10181282January 31, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
PURCHASED 2005 DAKOTA QUAD CAB ON 9/30/05. IMMEDIATELY NOTICED PULSATING OR SHUDDERING OF THE BRAKES WHEN APPLIED AT HIGHER RATES OF SPEED & WHEN BRAKING ON AN INCLINE. VISITED DEALERSHIP ON 10/13/05 & REAR DRUMS WERE TURNED. VISITED DEALERSHIP AGAIN ON 10/21/05 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM. BRAKES PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED & RETURNED AGAIN TO DEALERSHIP ON 11/15/05. DEALERSHIP ORDERED PARTS & WE RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP ON 12/14/05 & REAR BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED. SEVERAL MONTHS PASSED & BRAKE SHUDDERING RETURNED AGAIN. VISITED DEALERSHIP AGAIN WITH SAME COMPLAINT ON 9/19/06 & THE DEALER REPLACED REAR BRAKE SHOES, BRAKE DRUMS, & ROTORS. NOT TWO MONTHS LATER, THE SAME BRAKING PROBLEM RETURNED. AFTER TAKING THE TRUCK IN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASSIONS WITHOUT A RESOLVE, WE FILED FOR OUR RIGHTS UNDER THE FLORIDA LEMON LAW. DAIMLER CHRYSLER SET UP AN APPT WITH DEALERSHIP TO HAVE TECHNICIAN LOOK AT OUR TRUCK. THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH OUR TRUCK OTHER THAN A BAD TIRE. THE TECHNICIAN DID NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT I DESCRIBED TO THEM. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO SEARS TO HAVE THE TIRES LOOKED AT & THERE INDEED WAS A FLAT SPOT ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. I QUESTIONED WHY THERE WOULD BE A FLAT SPOT ON A TIRE THAT HAD ONLY 24K ON IT WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION. WE HAD THE TIRE REPLACED & ALSO HAD THE FRONT END ALIGNED. IN THE MEANTIME THE BRAKE PULSATION ONLY CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. I HAVE CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AGAIN TO REQUEST ANOTHER REVIEW OF OUR CASE & WE NOW HAVE TO TAKE THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP & THIS TIME STAY WITH THE TECH AND DRIVE WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY THE PULSATING BRAKES. WE ARE TRYING TO BE PATIENT WITH THE PROCESS BUT IT IS GETTING VERY TRYING. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING DEFECTIVE WITH THE ENGINEERING OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF TRUCK & IT IS TIME THAT CHRYSLER TAKE RESPONSIBLITY FOR IT. I ONLY HOPE THAT THEY CORRECT THE SITUATION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED BECAUSE OF IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10180999January 29, 2007
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
2001 DODGE DAKOTA SLT A PLASTIC PART ON THE DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE AND HAD TO REPLACE THE REGULATOR AND MOTOR AS ONE PART. 3 MONTHS LATER THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. IN REASEARCHING THIS, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH THIS REGULATOR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10180786January 26, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. WHEN THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE ABS TOOK OVER. THE BRAKES SQUEAKED AND DID NOT IMMEDIATELY STOP THE VEHICLE UNLESS THE CONTACT TOOK FOOT OFF THE PEDAL AND APPLIED THE BRAKE AGAIN. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE ABS FUSE AND THE BRAKES WORKED NORMALLY. HOWEVER, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ALSO CONNECTED TO THAT FUSE SO THE SPEED WAS NOT REGISTERING CORRECTLY WITHOUT THE FUSE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45MP AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10180691January 25, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HER 2000 DODGE DAKOTA (139000 FAILURE MILEAGE) AT 50 MPH IN THE LIGHT RAIN, SHE ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND A SLIGHTLY SHARP CURVE, BUT THE CURVE TURNED OUT TO BE SHARPER THAN EXPECTED. WHEN THE CONTACTS APPLIED THE BRAKES HEAVILY THE WHEELS LOCKED, AND THE CONTACT SKIDDED, HITTING THE EMBANKMENT. AFTER THE CRASH, IN THE PROCESS OF EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SEAT BELT BELT DID NOT TIGHTEN TO SECURE THE OCCUPANT IN THE SEAT. AS A RESULT, SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10180625January 24, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK. THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A NOISE, AND THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 48,900. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE COIL SPRING CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE HEAD GASKET . THE MECHANIC STATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10179379January 22, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE LEAVING HIS DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THE CONTACT USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE CONTACT OBSERVED BRAKE FLUID ON THE ENGINE AND UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE SHOP MECHANIC STATED THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE RUSTED WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE REPAIR ORDER STATED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTY AND ANY ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE FAILED. *AK UPDATED 2/13/2007 - *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10179130January 19, 2007
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE FRONT LEFT POWER WINDOW STOPPED WORKING. FOUND OUT IT WAS THE WINDOW REGULATOR, WHICH CAN NOT BE REPLACE FOR APPROX 1 MONTH DUE TO THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. EVERY PLACE I HAVE CALLED, HAS HAD AT LEAST 3 COMPLAINTS OF THIS FAILURE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, IF ALL AT ONCE THEY ARE ALL BREAKING IN THIS TRUCK. I READ THROUGH YOUR COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE, AND NOTICED THERE WERE SOME WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE MANUFACTURE PLANS ON A RECALL OF THIS PART. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10179058January 18, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
2003 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 PICKUP 1D7H32N03S124289 LOUD CLUNKING NOISES, FRONT END, STEERING LOOSESNESS,SKITTISHNESS, SEVERE VIBRATION AND POOR HANDLING FELT IN FRONT END SECTION OF VEHICLE. (PURCHASED FROM MITCHELL SIMSBURY,CT )BROUGHT TO LOCAL DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED & REPLACED (2)BAD /DEFECTIVE UPPER BALL JOINTS 17011019 BUT CHARGED FOR PARTS/SERVICE. APPROX MILEAGE:48,318 VERY PREMATURE FOR GOOD PRODUCT DESIGN & RELIABILITY. DANGEROUS SAFETY RELATED DEFECTS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10179068January 18, 2007
STEERING, SUSPENSION
2003 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 4.7 AUTOMATIC: STEERING/HANDLING LOOSENESS, INSTABILITY, SKITTISHNESS ON ROADWAYS WORSE AT HIGHER SPEEDS, VERY PRONOUNCED OVER BUMPS. INCONSISTENCIES IN ROADWAYS. VEHICLE "WALKS" SIDEWAYS WHEN GOING ACROSS ROAD DISCONTINUITIES. DEALER SERVICE RETURN FOR DIAGNOSIS: MAJOR SAFETY COMPONENT INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT DEFECTIVE/WORN. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178926January 17, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HIS 1998 DODGE DAKOTA, AT A SPEED OF 25 MPH IN DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL GAVE NO RESISTANCE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TAKE LONGER THAN USUAL TO COME TO A STOP. IN ORDER TO AVOID A COLLISION CONTACT HAD TO STEER THE VEHICLE ONTO THE GRASS MEDIAN. THE CONTACT CAN PROVIDE PICTURES IF NEEDED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178773January 16, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
I WAS ADVISED TODAY THAT MY 1998 DAKOTA IS PLAGUED WITH THE SAME ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE. THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE GARBAGE AT ABOUT 75,000. FORTUNATELY I DROVE MY WIFE'S CAR BY A STROKE OF LUCK AND THEY GAVE ME A LOT OF NOISE. SO I CAUGHT IT BEFORE A WHEEL FELL OFF. DODGE SHOULD BE RECALLING OR AT LEAST REPLACING FREE OF CHARGE ALL BALL JOINTS THAT FAILED. NOT JUST THE 2000-2003 MODEL NUMBERS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178511January 12, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HIS 2002 DODGE DAKOTA ON APPROXIMATELY DECEMBER 15, 2006; WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED AND TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE HE STRUCK A CURB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS DOES NOT ENGAGE PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES DO NOT STOP THE VEHICLE DURING SUDDEN STOPS. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND STATED IT IS OPERATING AS EXPECTED. THE CONTACT STATED THERE HAVE BEEN NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 91,000 MILES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178396January 11, 2007
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
TRUCK STARTED TO PULL TO RIGHT UPON MID-LEVEL BRAKING. WAS TOLD BRAKES OK, TIE ROD ENDS BAD/REPLACED, NO CHANGE. THEN TOLD RACK & PINION BAD/REPLACED, SLIGHT CHANGE, STILL PULLS TO RIGHT, GETTING WORSE. NOW 3 MONTHS LATER AND AFTER $400.00 IN REPAIRS, I GO WITH A DIFFERENT SHOP, I WAS TOLD BRAKES CALIPER BOLTS ARE STRIPPING OUT. THIS CAUSES THE BRAKE SHOES TO MOVE WHEN BRAKING, BINDING, THEN PULLING THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF HANDS. HAS ALSO CAUSED RIGHT TIE-ROD END TO GO BAD AGAIN. THE BIGGEST DANGER IS THAT UPON BRAKING THE STEERING WHEEL TURNS TO THE RIGHT AND I COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A GOOD USED STEERING KNUCKLE AND ALL THE ONES FOUND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE FIX IS, IF CAUGHT SOON ENOUGH, HELI-COIL NEW THREADS OR REPLACING THE STEERING KNUCKLE ($415.00 PART ALONE). *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178301January 10, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
TL* - THE CONTACT STATED IN NOVEMBER 2005 WHILE TOWING A BOAT ON A BRIDGE THE BRAKES FAILED. HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DODGE DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE LINE AND CALIPER. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE FINE UNTIL DECEMBER 2006 WHEN HE HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD IT HAD TWO DIFFERENT CALIPERS ON IT, ONE WHICH BELONGED TO A DODGE RAM 1500. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DODGE DEALER. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE DODGE DEALER REPLACED THE CALIPER WITH AN INCORRECT CALIPER DURING THE BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THE DODGE DEALER WOULD NOT VERIFY THIS. THE CONTACT HAD NEW CALIPERS AND A ROTOR PLACED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD UNDER 36,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF FAILURE BECAUSE IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE CONTACT HAS THE OLD PARTS, PICTURES AND REPAIR INVOICES. *AK UPDATED 02/06/07. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178343January 10, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE DAKOTA, WHOSE LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BROKE OFF DUE TO DEFECTIVE WELDING. THE CONTACT'S DEALER ADVISED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEYOND THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND NOT REPAIRABLE. PER THE CONTACT, THE LOWER SUSPENSION BOLTS FELL OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. THERE WAS NO COLLISION AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. *AK UPDATED 2/2/2007 - *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178068January 8, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TL* - THE CONTACT' OWNS 1997 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT COMPLAINED THAT BRAKE WARNING LIGHT TURNED ON. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT BRAKE REPAIR FACILITIES, AND BOTH STATED THAT THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT STAYED ON DUE TO THE SENSOR, WHICH MEANT THAT THE ABS WERE TURNED OFF. THE SENSOR WAS LOCATED ON THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIR FACILITIES DIDN'T KNOW WHY THE SENSOR WAS FAILING. WHEN THEY INSPECTED THE BRAKES THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES IN WET CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE HAD A DIFFICULTY STOPPING, CAUSING IT TO SLIDE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10177655January 3, 2007
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DURING STOPS THE RPMS ON MY 2005 DAKOTA WILL GO ERRATIC. THE RPMS WILL GO FROM A FEW HUNDRED TO OVER 3000. THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND HAS TO BE PUT INTO PARK AND RESTARTED. NO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WILL EVER COME ON. I HAVE HAD IT AT THE DEALERSHIP WERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 3 TIME FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE IT. THE LAST TIME I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM IT STALLED IN TRAFFIC THAT SAME DAY I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK. THIS IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL ISSUES I HAVE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK THAT THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10177673January 3, 2007
TIRES:SIDEWALL
SIDEWALL FAILURE OF GOODYEAR WRANGLER 265/70R17 RT/S TIRE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE SIDEWALL OF TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE HAD ONLY 41000 MILES OF MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING. TREAD WEAR WAS VERY EVEN WITH NO UNEVEN WEAR OF ANY KIND. I HAD STOPPED FOR GAS ONLY 7 MILES BEFORE THE FAILURE, AND INFLATION OF TIRE APPEARED NORMAL. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10177444January 1, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT
MY 2004 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB HAS POPPING NOISES EMITTING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN MANEUVERING AT LOW SPEEDS. I'VE HAD THIS CHECKED AT 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS. THE FIRST VISIT RESULTED IN A "COULD NOT DUPLICATE" ANSWER. THE SECOND VISIT I WAS TOLD THE NOISES WERE PERFECTLY NORMAL NOISES COMING FROM THE STEERING RACK AS THE FLUID MOVES THROUGH THE SYSTEM. THE NOISES HAPPEN WHEN I STEER AT LOW SPEEDS AND THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK SHIFTS FORM SIDE TO SIDE. THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT HAS ALTERED AND THE TIRES ARE WEARING UNEVENLY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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