Dodge Dakota Complaints (2000)

806 consumer complaints on file.

#10057668April 20, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GARAGE FOR INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. *AK THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED TWICE AT 30K MILES. THE SERVICE DEALER AND CHRYSLER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BALL JOINTS AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067400April 19, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067226April 15, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BOTH FRONTAL UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066095April 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
2000 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT 49,000 MILES, NEED BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED. UPON HEARING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED PRIOR TO GOING ON A TRIP. AFTER THE DEALER LOOKED AT THE TRUCK, THEY SAID THE RIGHT WHEEL WAS ABOUT READY TO FALL OFF AND THE LEFT WAS BAD AS WELL. THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT DRIVE IT ACROSS TOWN. THEY PROVIDED ME A CAR TO DRIVE UNTIL THEY FIX IT. DODGE NEEDS TO PERFORM A RECALL ON THESE AND FIX THE PROBLEM FOR GOOD. I'M AM CONCERNED THAT IT WILL JUST HAPPEN AGAIN LATER, JUST LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER REPORTS OF NEEDING REPLACEMENT MULTIPLE TIMES. IF THEY DON'T DO A RECALL, IT WILL NOT ONLY EFFECT MY WALLET, BUT ALSO FUTURE BUYING DECISIONS. I WANT A COMPANY TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I THINK THE RESALE VALUE WOULD ALSO BE EFFECTED IF A RECALL IS NOT DONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067079April 13, 2004
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE WAS THREE YEARS OLD WHEN THE RIGHT BALL JOINT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH THE CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH ALERTED HIM OF A PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065864April 9, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT. MAKES A HORRIBLE POPPING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL OR INTIALLY GOING FORWARD AND BACKING UP WHILE CUTTING THE WHEEL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063279April 8, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
AT VERY LOW MILEAGE, AN INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065674April 7, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT
I OWN A 2000 DODGE DAKOTA, AND HAVE NOTICED A POPPING NOISE ON THE DIRVERS SIDE FRONT END. I HAVE SINCE DETERMINED THAT IT IS IN FACT THE UPPER BALL JOINT THAT IS BADLY WORN, AND HAS AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF PLAY IN IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS BECOMMING A GROWING PROBLEM AND WANTED TO ADD TO IT IN HOPES OF GETTING IT REPLACED BEFORE MY FRONT WHEEL FALLS OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064580April 5, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, STEERING:COLUMN, SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
AT APPROX. 8K MILES, PULSING AND SHIMMY STARTED IN FRONT END. HAD TO RESURFACE ROTORS. HAD TO DO AGAIN LATER AT ABOUT 35K. NOT NORMAL. AT 15K REPORTED FRONT END CREAKS/GROANS DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM. AT 35K MORE OF THE SAME, DEALER REPLACED FRONT STABILIZER/SWAY BUSHING. AT 38K MILES, REPLACED LOWER STEERING COLUMN. HELPED SOME BUT STILL CREAKING WHEN STEERING AT LOW SPEED. AT 53K ASKED AGAIN ABOUT STEERING GROAN. DEALER SAYS HE COULD FIX FOR ABOUT $1000 (OF COURSE OUT OF WARRANTY NOW! AND I'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS SINCE 15K MILES). ALSO AT 53K, REPLACED LOWER BALL JOINTS LEFT SIDE AND FUEL PUMP. AT 59K BACK IN THE SHOP TODAY TO REPLACE RIGHT BALL JOINTS WHICH CAUSE VEHICLE STEERING TO "WANDER" AND HAVE BADLY WORN INSIDE RIGHT TIRE. QUALITY OF VEHICLE IS LOUSY AND THEY WON'T ADMIT IT OR STAND BEHIND IT. THE ROTOR AND FRONT END PROBLEMS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY IMPAIR THE DRIVERS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061317April 1, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT UPPER FRONT BALL JOINT WERE WORN OUT. CONSUMER WAS NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. DEALERSHIP HAD NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER RECEIVED A COPY OF A CONSUMER REPORT REGARDING THE PROBLEM WITH BALL JOINTS ON VEHICLE, BUT MANUFACTURER SAID THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE EXISTING PROBLEM. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061376April 1, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A POPPING METAL NOISE IN THE FRONT END. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE UPPER THEN THE LOWER BALL JOINTS BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN OUT. *AK THE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED AT 27K MILES AND AGAIN AT 65K MILES. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061413April 1, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER HAD THE PROBLEM REPAIRED. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059882April 1, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT STEERING COLUMN/HEADLIGHTS. WHEN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS IN THE TILT UPRIGHT POSITION, THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS OPERATED. WHEN THE TILT STEERING WHEEL WAS IN THE STRAIGHT POSITION THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS WENT OUT AUTOMATICALLY.*AK THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THE LOW BEAM WIRE AT THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH HAD BROKEN AT THE CONNECTION AND SHORTED OUT.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059534April 1, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, THE SUSPENSION COLLAPSED COMPLETELY, SEVERING THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE WHICH COLLAPSED TO THE GROUND. THE TOWING MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064059March 29, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS FAIL REPEATEDLY AND OFTEN. THEY PRESENT A REAL DANGER IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION OR FIRE, WHEN THE DOOR MAY NOT BE EASILY OPENED. ON A MORE MUNDANE LEVEL I WOULD THINK THEY COULD BUILD AN ELECTRIC LOCK SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 12-24 MONTHS. I AM TOTALLY DISGUSTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064049March 28, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DURING ROUTINE BRAKE MAINTENANCE, DEALERSHIP WARNED THAT UPPER BALL JOINTS ARE LOOSE AND UPPER CONTROL BUSHINGS ARE CRACKED AND BOTH ARE IN URGENT NEED OF REPLACING. VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS AT 55,746. BALL JOINTS ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST TO 100,000 MILES. VEHICLE IS SECONDARY FAMILY VEHICLE AND ONLY DRIVEN FREEWAY WITH NO TOWING, HEAVY LOADS, OR HAULING. IF VEHICLE WAS NOT MAINTAINED REGULARLY THIS DEFECT WOULD HAVE BEEN MISSED AND SERIOUS HARM OR DEATH TO PREGNANT WIFE, 7 YEAR OLD, AND MYSELF WOULD HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO THE NATURE AND SEVERITY OF DEFECT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064764March 24, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
FAX FM KERRIE M. STUDLEY (MA) RE THE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS ON HER 2002 CHRYSLER DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 QUAD CAB PICKUP TRUCK, REPLY ATTN MARK STERNMAN/BOSTON OFC. *PH *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064738March 23, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE THE TIRES WERE BEING ROTATED MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER ABOUT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS, AND RECOMMENDED THAT VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062739March 21, 2004
SUSPENSION
BALL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE DRY, LOOSE, AND WORN OUT ACCORDING TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. WHEEL WOULD HAVE COME OFF THE TRUCK WHILE DRIVING IF NOT REPLACED IN TIME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046072March 17, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
THE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT BASED ON THE OBSERVATION OF A MECHANIC THAT WAS SERVICING THE VEHICLE. *AK *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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