Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10128979July 16, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
I OWNED A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB SINCE 09-99. IT WAS BOUGHT NEW. .BEFORE MY WARRANTY EXPIRED ON SEPT-2000, THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE FROM MY FRONT END, WHICH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE BALL JOINTS. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT EVERY TIME I FILLED IT UP, GAS WOULD START POURING OUT FROM THE TANK. I TOOK IT TO THE THE DEALERSHIP MAROONE DODGE IN PEMBROKE PINES, FL), AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE I PUT TOO MUCH GAS IN IT. AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, THE PROBLEM GOT WORST, AND I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP GASKET, AND THE BALL JOINTS. I ASKED WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD THAT BEFORE MY WARRANTY EXPIRED, BUT THE SERVICE ADVISOR THAT ATTENDED ME WASN'T WORKING THERE ANYMORE. I COMPLAINED TO CHRYSLER, TRYING TO SERVICE MY TRUCK SINCE I HAD COMPLAINED FROM BEFORE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, BUT THEY NEVER GOT BACK TO ME. I WAS JUST IN THIS CHAT ROOM, AND SAW THAT PLENTY OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE BALL JOINTS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FUEL LEAKING ALL OVER FROM THE TANK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128853July 15, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
2004 DODGE DAKOTA WITH 14,000 MILES TRUCK <1YEAR OLD FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED NOT COVERED BY CHRYSLER FROM SEARCHING THE INTERNET IT APPEARS THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM AS NUMERIOUS OTHER INDIVIDUALS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM IN DODGE DAKOTA TRUCKS. ROTORS SOULD NOT WARP IN 14,00 MILE S UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MATERIAL DEFECT IN THE ROTORS. I HAVE REPLACED BRAKES NUMERIOUS TIMES ON OTHER VEHICLES I HAVE OWNED AND NEVER HAD THIS OCCUR WITH SO FEW MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128860July 15, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHACED IN MARCH 2004 A USED 2000 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB WITH 71,000 MILES. WITH IN THE FIRST MONTH THE RIGHT REAR WINDOW REGULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN JULY '04 THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR REGULATOR WENT OUT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN SEPT '04 THE LEFT REAR WINDOW WENT BAD. IN MAY 2005 THE LEFT FRONT DOOR REGULATOR WENT OUT. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THERE IS NO RECALL ON ANY OF THESE REGULATORS. EVEN THOU ITS A 2000 AND IN GOOD SHAPE. THE DEALER INFORMS ME NO RECALLS. I HAVE RESEARCHED ON LINE FOR ANY INFORMATION TO CONFIRM THIS? NO LUCK. I'M VERY FRUSTERATED AS A DODGE OWNER. THERE HAS TO BE SOME INFORMATION SOME WHERE TO SUPPORT ALL THESE PROBLEMS HAPPING WITH IN THE FIRST YEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128866July 15, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
THOUGHT I WOULD "BUY AMERICAN" AND GET THE DODGE DAKOTA 4 DR CREW. LOVE ITS STYLE, COMFORTS, MORE POWER THAN I NEED (4.7L V8) 2WD HAS NO TRACTION IN SNOW OR ICE. VERY EASY TO DRIVE AND COMFORTABLE 6FT.2 220LBS.(2 TRIPS NJ TO CALIF.) GAS MILEAGE STINKS...13-18MPG, NO LOADS. BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED 28K, LEFT TOP BALL JOINT WORN (NO RECALL YET)A/C NEEDED CHARGING, RIGHT FRONT HUB AND BEARINGS REPLACED 49K, REAR LEAF SPRING NOISY, TRANSMISSION HESITATION OCCASIONALLY. GREAT TRUCK TO DRIVE AND HAUL BUT RELIABILITY REALLY IN QUESTION WITH ONLY 49K. PROBABLY BACK TO NISSAN OR TOYOTA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126834July 15, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
DT: WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SAW SMOKE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT AND WAS SHAKING. THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE CONSUMER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC BUT HE COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLE'S WHEELS TO MOVE. THE MECHANIC TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE CALIPERS FROZE AND THE BRAKE PADS WERE SO HOT THEY APPEARED TO BE READY TO CATCH ON FIRE. THE CONSUMR HAD THE PROBLEM REPAIRED. THE DEALER CLAIMED TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE FAILURE AND TOLD THE CONSUMER TO CALL NHTSA. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET.*AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128754July 14, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DT: CONTACT STATES THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A REJECTION NOTICE FROM A SAFETY INSPECTION. THIS YEAR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE INSPECTED THEY REJECTED THE SAFETY PART OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY IN ALIGNMENT. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN IT MADE A THUMPING NOISE AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT SIDE. THE STEERING WHEEL CONSTANTLY HAD TO BE TURNED TO THE LEFT. THERE WAS ABNORMAL WEAR ON THE TIRES, AND THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON MODEL YEAR 2003-2004 FOR THIS COMPONENT, BUT THIS MODEL YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER YET. THE CONSUMER WAS GOING TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128548July 13, 2005
SUSPENSION, STEERING:LINKAGES
MULTIPLE SUSPENSION COMPONENT FAILURES PLEASE REOPEN INVESTIGATIONS INTO DODGE DAKOTA/DURANGO PRODUCTS. STABILIZER BUSHINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES, UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED AND WERE REPLACED, STEERING INPUT SHAFT FAILED AND REPLACED ONCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128486July 12, 2005
STEERING:LINKAGES
SQUEEK DEVELOPED AT RIGHT FRONT WHEEL AREA OF 1999 DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP WITH ONLY 43,596 MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALER I PURCHASED IT FROM AND THEY DISCOVERED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DRY ROTTED AND ALL LUBRICATE WAS GONE. UPON FUTHER INVESTIGATION, THE LEFT SIDE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE ALSO DETRIORATED AND CRACKED TO A LESSOR DEGREE. I FEEL THESE PARTS WERE DEFECTIVE UPON INITIAL INSTALLATION. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF THE HIGHWAY, NEVER IN ANY ACCIDENT, NOR ABUSED IN ANY WAY TO CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. I REALIZE THE TRUCK IS ALMOST SEVEN YEARS OLD BUT STILL FEEL I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO SPEND $738.40 ON THIS .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128537July 12, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT
MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAS HAD UPPER FRONT BALL JOINTS REPLACED DUE TO POPPING IN FRONT END, THE POPPING IS STILL THERE. FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE OF BEING WARPED CAUSING VIBRATION IN STEERING AND ROUGH BRAKING. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND HUB HAS WENT OUT CAUSING LOUD SQUEEKING NOISE WHEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD THERE IS A CONSTANT SQUEEKING NOISE NOW FROM FRONT END. THE BLOWER FAN HAS STOPPED WORKING DUE TO WIRING PROBLEMS. THE REAR END HAS A POPPING NOISE WHEN PUTTING IN PARK DODGE HOUSE SAYS THATS NORMAL (I HAVE NEVER HAD A TRUCK DO THAT BEFORE) AND U JOINTS ARE GOOD, AND I REPORTED IT TO THEM WHEN MY WARRANTY WAS GOOD AND NOW MY WARRANTY IS OUT AND I HAVE ALL THESE REPAIRS THAT I CANNOT AFFORD !!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128232July 10, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1. YEAR OLD TRUCK NO WRECKS 2. SOMETHING LEAKING, WET CARPET ON PASSENGER SIDE FROM DAY ONE. 3. THEY REPLACE BACK WINDOW SEAL BUT LEAK STILL OCCURS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127852July 7, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I LOVE THIS VEHICLE, HOWEVER WILL JOIN THE MASSES REPORTING A FAILED UPPER BALL JOINT AT 55,000 MILES, 3 SETS OF WARPED FRONT BRAKE DISCS AND LACK OF PROPER BRAKING FOR THE ABS SYSTEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127699July 6, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY
PAINT BEGAN BUBBLING ABOUT A YEAR AGO ON THE ROOF OF THE CAB. SINCE THEN EVERY SINGLE PANEL ON THE VEHICLE(HOOD, ROOF, FRONT 1/4 PANELS, DOORS, CAB BODY, AND REAR FENDERS) ALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE SPOT WHERE PAINT HAS BUBBLED AND PEELED. SOME SPOTS AS BIG AS A FOOT IN DIAMETER AND GROWING. THIS IS NOT RANDOM. I MEAN EVERY BODY PART HAS PAINT JUST "LETTING GO". THIS IS AN OBVIOUS CASE OF POOR PAINTING PROCEDURES AND IS SEEN IN MANY OTHER MAKES AND MODELS FROM DODGE IN THIS SAME TIME FRAME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127697July 6, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
BEGAN SMELLING FUEL WHILE AT IDLE OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHUTTING ENGINE OFF. IF VEHICLE WAS LEFT SHUT OFF FOR 30 MINUTES OR SO THE SMELL WOULD SUBSIDE AND CEASE. VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TAKING SEVERAL SECONDS OF CRANKING TO START WHICH ADDED TO THE CASE THAT FUEL WAS ESCAPING FROM THE PRESSURIZED FUEL LINE WHILE SITTING. I OBSERVED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER TRUCK ON DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE IN THE CAB REGION AND UPON CLOSER INSPECTION FOUND THE METAL FUEL LINE SHOWED EVIDENCE OF RUBBING AGAINST UNDER SIDE OF CAB BODY AND WAS SPRAYING FUEL TOWARD CENTER OF TRUCK AND HAD THE UNDER SIDE OF TRUCK CAB WET IN ABOUT A 2 FOOT SQUARE. FUEL LINE SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF BEING IMPACTED AND IS STILL HELD IN ROUTING AND SECURING CLAMPS UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE ORIGINAL ROUTING OF FUEL LINES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127452July 5, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I TOOK MY 1998 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 IN FOR A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND FOUND OUT THAT ALL FOUR FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE BAD. ONE SIDE WAS VERY LOOSE AND WAS ALMOST READY TO BREAK. I TALKED TO SEVERAL MECHANICS WHO SAID THIS IS EXPECTED FOR ANY DAKOTA OF THIS ERA. I FOUND OUT THAT THE 2000 AND ABOVE YEARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. WHY AREN'T THE 98'S INCLUDED IN THIS, THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127314July 1, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
1999 DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP, V-6. THE VEHICLE FRONT BALL JOINTS ARE DEFECTIVE AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY BY MY MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC MENTION A RECALL ON ON THE BALL JOINTS SO I CONTACTED THE DEALER. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE RECALL IS ONLY FOR 2000-2003 VEHICLES. SINCE THE BALL JOINTS ARE FAULTY, I BELEIVE THE RECALL NEEDS EXPANDING TO OTHER YEARS AND IF SERVICE HAS BEEN COMPLETED, REIMBURSEMENT IS WARRANTED TO THE OWNER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127243July 1, 2005
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DT: THE CONSUMER HAD A 98 DODGE DAKOTA, TOOK TO TIRE SHOP, TRUCK COULD NOT BE ALIGNED BECAUSE IT HAD DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS. CONTACT CALLED THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER, WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AFTER REPAIRS WERE DONE VEHICLE HAD STEERING PROBLEM. THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THEN, AT REPAIR SHOP OWNER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE STEERING GEAR, AND WOULD COST $800. OWNER DID NOT REPAIR STEERING AND VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT/LEFT. TIRE COMPANY STATED THE CROWN OF THE ROAD CAUSED VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT/RIGHT. TIRE SHOP INDICATED THEY COULD REPAIR THE PROBLEM,BUT THERE WERE 500 STEERING GEARS ON BACK ORDER. OWNER FELT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING GEAR OTHERWISE THERE WOULDN'T BE 500 STEERING GEARS ON BACK ORDER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127245July 1, 2005
SEAT BELTS
SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127202June 30, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT
HAD TO REPLACE RACK&PINION AFTER ONLY 35000 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124139June 28, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE DAKOTA. THE FRONT END UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CHRYSLER SAID THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. *AK ALSO FRONT END WAS ALIGNED AND THE BRAKE FRONT ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED. *TT *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126556June 24, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
1. CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK. 2. UPPER BALL JOING WEAR AT A DANGEROUS LEVEL. 3. I HAD TO HAVE THE PARTS REPLACED, AND I STILL HAVE THE OLD PART. THIS PART WAS RECALLED UNDER THE 4X4 VEHICLES, AND MINE IS 2WD SO I HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. I BELIEVE MY SAFETY WAS AT RISK, AND IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT A 4WD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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