Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10113498May 26, 2005
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW FAILED THEN TWO WEEKS LATER DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW FAILED. THE POWER DOOR LOCKS MADE A LOUD NOISE WHEN LOCKING OR UNLOCKING. MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108689May 26, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
AFTER HEARING A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING WERE WORN. *JB *SB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122084May 25, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
1) AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES MY FRONT DRIVERS SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT STARTED MAKING AN EXTREMELY LOUD CRUNCHING NOISE AS IF METAL WERE GRINDING WITH METAL. 2) I SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK MY TRUCK TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO NOTIFIED ME THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT WAS LOOSE AND THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE PREVIOUS RECALL WHICH COVERED THE UPPER BALL JOINT ONLY. 3) THE PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE THIS PART COST IN EXCESS OF $270.00 NOT INCLUDING THE $40 INSPECTION FEE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122108May 25, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS, SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
DAIMLERCHRYSLER MOTOR CORPORATION P.O. BOX 21-8004 AUBURN HILLS, MI 48321-8004 ATTENTION: QUALITY ASSURANCE MY DODGE PRESENTLY HAS 49,200 MILES. IT HAS BEEN SERVICED AT RECOMMENDED AND REQUIRED INTERVALS AT MANAHAWKIN DODGE APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3,000 MILES. EARLY INTO MY OWNERSHIP I HAD INTERMITTENT TROUBLE WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER AND THEY TRIED TO ASSESS THE PROBLEM. THEY DID A RECHARGE OF THE SYSTEM AND CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD AT 28998 MILES THAT THE "PULSING" WHEN MY BRAKES WERE APPLIED WAS DUE TO "HOT SPOTS" ON MY FRONT ROTORS. WHEN I INQUIRED AS TO HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN TO A RELATIVELY NEW TRUCK THAT IS USED AS A PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE I WAS TOLD THEY REALLY "DID NOT KNOW BUT HAVE HAD TO REPLACE OTHERS." IT IS NOTED THAT I NEVER HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS ON MY PREVIOUS NISSANS. THAT ENDED UP COSTING ME $393. I BEGAN HEARING A NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION AND INTERMITTENT DELAYED SHIFTING INTO GEAR RESULTING IN THE TRANSMISSION BEING SERVICED WHICH INCLUDED CHANGING FILTERS, LUBRICANT, ETC. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT MY UPPER BALL JOINT WAS WORN AND REPLACED ONE SIDE ONLY. THIS I SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SOME DODGE VEHICLES AND I HAVE SINCE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM DAIMLERCHRYSLER REGARDING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE PART. TODAY I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD PLAY IN THE RIGHT FRONT BALL BEARING AND THE HUB NEEDED A TOTAL REPLACEMENT. ALONG WITH THAT A STRUT HAD TO BE REPLACED AND AN ALIGNMENT ONCE IT WAS COMPLETED. WHEN I ASKED HOW AXLE BEARING COULD GO BAD WITH THIS LOW A MILEAGE I WAS TOLD THAT THE HUB IS SEALED AND NO WAY TO LUBRICATE AND THAT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE BAD. IN ADDITION, I HAVE A NOISY LEFT LEAF SPRING THAT NEEDS A PART. THE COST FOR THE FRONT HUB IS OVER $600. I RARELY GET OVER 16 MILES PER GALLON EVEN I THE BEST DRIVING CONDITIONS. SINCERELY, CHARLES W. STAUFFER CC: NHTSA NJ DIVISION CONSUMER AFFAIRS FILE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121987May 24, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
ALL 4 FRONT BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 86,000 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122017May 24, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: WHILE DRIVING HE NOTICED HE HAD A HARD DOWN SHIFT FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR. THE NEXT DAY IT WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD. GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122018May 24, 2005
WHEELS, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DT: CONSUMER STATES: WHEEL DIDN'T FIT HUB CORRECTLY AND IT WAS STRIPPING LUGS: NUTS AND STUDS WHEN HITTING SMALL BUMPS. THERE WAS NOTHING TO HOLD THEM. . DODGE SAID NEEDED A FACTORY RIM, AND THEY DIDN'T MAKE THEM ANYMORE. *AK UPDATED 01/09/07. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122039May 24, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
MECHANIC DETECTED FAILING BALL JOINT, FRONT RIGHT I WAS INFORMED CONDITION COULD FAIL, AND VEHICLE COULD BE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE HAD MECHANIC REPAIR DEFETIVE BALL JOINT. CHRYSLER REFUSED WARENTEE, AS THEIR DEALERSHIP DID NOT REPAIR DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122058May 24, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
BADBALL JOINTS ON 1997 DODGE DAKOTA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121847May 23, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
UPPER BALL JOINTS ON PASSENGER SIDE IS MAKING LOUD POPING SOUNDS AND PAINT ON HOOD IS COMING OFF. HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT BY SOMEONE BECAUSE OF DISABILITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119020May 23, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR IN FOR STATE INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO CORROSION. *NM UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED BY DEALER AT 34,000 MILE. AT STATE INSPECTION IN 2004 THE UPPER AND LOWER JOINTS WERE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER RECALLED THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE BUT ONLY MODEL YEAR 2000. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121800May 21, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
ALL 4 BALL JOINTS IN FRONT OF VEHICLE HAVE FAILED. ADVISED TO NOT DRIVE VEHICLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121315May 18, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
ON FEB. 21, 2005, WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WITH INFANT DAUGHTER. REALIZED SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT AND SLOWED TO 2 MPH IN 1ST GEAR. CAME UP ON 9% GRADE WITH 4 S-TYPE CURVES. ENTERED 1ST CURVE AT 2 MPH, TRUCK RAN OFF ROAD, COULD NOT KEEP IT ON ROAD. GOT IT BACK ON ROAD ONLY TO COMPLETELY LOSE CONTROL AND ENDED UP ON OTHER SIDE OF ROAD IN A PARKING AREA (STOPED SIDEWAYS). TRUCK WAS PUT ON ROLLBACK AND SENT TO RAMEY DODGE (PRINCETON, WV) THE NEXT MORNING. THEY KEPT TRUCK UNTIL THAT EVENING, COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. PARKED TRUCK UNTIL FRIDAY 2/25/05, FATHER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC TO HAVE FRONT END ALIGNMENT. WAS INFORMED THE WHEELS WERE READY TO FALL OFF AND TRUCK NEEDED TO BE TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP ON WRECKER. MY FATHER DROVE THE TRUCK TO PRINCETON WHERE HE WAS TOLD IT NEEDED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED ON BOTH SIDES. THEY KEPT MY TRUCK FOR ALMOST A WEEK. TOTAL REPAIR BILL $811.00. DAD DID NOT GET BALL JOINTS THAT WERE TAKEN OFF. I CALLED BACK TO GET THEM AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD DISPOSED OF THEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121336May 18, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. REAR WHEELS LOCK UP AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN ROAD IS WET THEN RELEASE BRAKES CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. DOES SAME IF REAR WHEEL HIT A BUMP OR POT HOLE DURING BRAKING. BRAKES RELEASE DURING MILD STOPS. THIS CONDITION HAS CAUSED SEVERAL CLOSE ACCIDENTS. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. THIS DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121592May 18, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2002 DODGE DAKOTA EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS, INTERIOR LIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND THE KEY FOD ACCESS.*MR THE TI MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121159May 17, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
NO FAILURE JUST YET. EVERY SO OFTEN THE AIR BAG, ABS LIGHT COMES ON ONCE THAT HAPPENS THE FAN STOPS WORKING, THE POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT WORK. NOW MY HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT WORK AT ALL BUT MY PARKING LIGHTS WILL. I HAVE TRIED TO GET THE DEALER TO FIX IT UNDER A RECALL THEY WON'T DO IT. I KNOW IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121522May 16, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
2002 DODGE DAKOTA FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS FAILED AND THE BRAKE DISCS WERE WARPED. *MR THE LEFT BRAKE CALIPER FAILED AS WELL. IN BOTH CASES THE BRAKES GRABBED AND SMOKE WAS PRODUCED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118929May 16, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER RECEIVED A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE D47 FOR UPPER BALL JOINTS .*AK THE DEALER HAD THE PARTS BUT REFUSED TO DO THE WORK STATING THEY COULD ONLY DO 1 OR 2 REPAIRS A DAY AND WERE BOOKED UNTIL END OF JUNE. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120936May 15, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
SUDDEN NEAR-COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO DEFECTIVE BOLT HOLDING MASTER CYLINDER IN PLACE TO HYDRAULIC BRAKE BOOSTER PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR. ON 05-14-2005, MY 18 YEAR OLD SON COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AT WORK. HE WENT OUT TO OUR 1994 DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP AND STARTED THE ENGINE. AS HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL HE HEARD A METALLIC NOISE AS IF SOMETHING HAD BROKEN. HE DROVE TO OUR NEARBY RESIDENCE AT VERY LOW SPEED. THERE WAS NO COLLISION, BUT HE REPORTED SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED BRAKE PERFORMANCE. AT OUR RESIDENCE, MY MECHANIC AND I INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. I AM A 21-YEAR EXPERIENCED POLICE COLLISION INVESTIGATOR. WE FOUND THAT THE LEFT (DRIVER SIDE) BOLT HOLDING THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER TO THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE BOOSTER PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR (AKA: HYDROBOOST) HAD BROKEN OFF. THE BOLT APPEARS TO BE A LOW GRADE STUD THAT IS PRESSED INTO THE FORWARD COVER OF THE HYDROBOOST UNIT. THE BOLT / STUD IS OF SMALL DIAMETER FOR SUCH A CRITICAL COMPONENT. IT APPEARED TO BE OVER-TIGHTENED AT THE FACTORY (MOST LIKELY), OR WORE OUT DUE TO METAL FATIGUE (LESS LIKELY AS THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 51,000 MILES ON IT). THERE IS A SECOND BOLT HOLDING THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE HYDROBOOST. THE SECOND BOLT HELD IN PLACE, ALLOWING REDUCED BRAKING ABILITY. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS FALLING DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT AT ABOUT A 35 DEGREE ANGLE. HAD THIS DEFECT OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, OR WHEN PULLING A LOAD, A CATASTROPHIC COLLISION WOULD HAVE LIKELY OCCURRED. THE TWO BOLTS APPEAR TO BE TOO SMALL IN DIAMETER FOR ANY VEHICLE, PARTICULARLY A LIGHT PICKUP TRUCK. ALTHOUGH THIS VEHICLE IS A 1994 MODEL YEAR, IT IS STILL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I LIVE IN A SEMI-ARID AREA, SO THERE IS NO RUST. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO NEVER BEEN IN A COLLISION AND IS PARKED IN A GARAGE WHEN NOT IN USE. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW AND HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN OTHERWISE EXTREMELY RELIABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120730May 12, 2005
EQUIPMENT
2002 DODGE DAKOTA WARPED ROUTERS. THIS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM WITH MANY OF THE DAKOTA'S THIS WEBSITE ALONE HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE ONLY ONE YEAR AND JUST TOOK FOR INSPECTION, POWER STEERING RACK HAD TO BE REPLACED IN EXCESS OF $900 AND EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH VIBRATION WHEN STOPPING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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