Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10025320July 2, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY
ELECTRIC BLUE PAINT ON EVERY DAKOTA LITERALLY FLAKING OFF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE RIGHT DOWN TO THE PRIMER,HAS TO BE A PAINT DEFECT,CHRYSLER SAYS TOO BAD. EVERY DODGE THAT IS THIS COLOR LOOKS THIS WAY.*AK
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10026244June 30, 2003
AIR BAGS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
WHEN DRIVING AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATE AND THEN GO OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. ALSO, AIR BAG LIGHT WILL TURN OFF IF TURN SIGNALS ARE ENGAGED.*AK
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0
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#10025180June 30, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BAD VIBRATIONS IN FRONT BRAKES. ROTORS WERE VISIBLY WORN AND HAD PITS IN THEM. THIS WAS ONLY AFTER 16,000 MI. ALL HIGHWAY DRIVING, NO TOWING OR OFF ROAD DRIVING. WAS OUT OF WARRENTY AND HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS TURNED. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT MANY HAVE THIS ISSUE. COULD PROVE TO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE IF NOT TAKEN CARE OF.*AK
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10023944June 28, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE SEAT BELT LATCHING MECHANISM STOPPED WORKING, IT WILL NOT LATCH ANYMORE. UPON CONTACTING THE LOCAL DEALERSHIPS PARTS DEPARTMENT TO ORDER NEW OEM SEAT BELT LATCH ASSEMBLIES I LEARNED THAT THIS PART FOR THIS TRUCK IS ON A "NATIONAL BACK-ORDER" WITH NO EXPECTED SHIP DATE. THIS SEEMS TO INFER THAT THIS PART IS IN HIGH DEMAND, THUS MEANING THERE IS MOST LIKELY A PROBLEM THAT ORIGINATES AT THE MANUFACTURER. THIS LATCH ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN INOPERABLE ON MY TRUCK FOR ALMOST (1) YEAR NOW, AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET THE OEM PART FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. *NLM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023899June 27, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT ROTOR ON 2002 DAKOTA WARPING FOR SECOND TIME. HAD THEM TURNED ABOUT 10,000 MILES AGO AND ARE ALREADY STARTING TO WARP AGAIN. DEALER OFFERING NON-WARRANTY SOLUTION. DEALER ADMITS IT IS COMMON WITH THE DAKOTAS AND DURANGOS BUT THERE IS NO RECALL NOTICE ON THEM SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. *JB
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No
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0
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0
#10023909June 27, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE DISKS HAVE WARPED TWICE IN 30,000 MILES. I DO MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. HAVE HAD THEM TURNED TWICE, THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM THEY KNOW OF WITH THE ROTORS. *JB
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10021606June 27, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE DRIVER LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A TREE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED DEPLOY. *NLM. *AK *CB *JB
Crash:
Yes
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026400June 26, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
FRONT AXLE ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE. *MR THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS A MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SEVERAL SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITHIN ONE YEAR WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON UP TO 80 MPH. *SCC *JB
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018247June 26, 2003
TIRES
THE TIRES CRACKED UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *JB *TS *JB
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10017874June 26, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION RECALL WAS DONE IN JUNE 2000. SINCE THEN, THE VEHICLE HAD TO WARM UP FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE. *JB PH *JB
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0
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0
#10023743June 25, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IN WINTER TIME TRANSMISSION DOES NOT WANT TO SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR WHEN IT SHOULD WILL EVENTUALLY USUALLY AT ABOUT 1500 TO 2000 RPM AFTER GETS REALLY WARM STILL WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. CHANGED FLUID MYSELF WITH ATF 3 OR 4. HAVE HAD AT SHOPS NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT CAUSES THIS THEY GUESS A LOT. *NLM
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No
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0
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0
#10023770June 25, 2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAVE FAILED. 40,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. BALL JOINTS SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER THAN THIS. DEALER WANTS $1,200.00 TO CHANGE THEM. TRUCK HAS ALREADY HAD NEW FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, NEW SWAY BAR BUSHINGS, NEW DRIVER SEAT CUSHION, NEW FUEL INJECTORS, NEW ELECTRIC MOTOR IN RIGHT REAR WINDOW. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO "RAM TOUGH". MAY HAVE TO GO BACK TO "LIKE A ROCK". OLD PICKUP 1979 CHEVROLET NEVER HAD BALL JOINT PROBLEMS, MUCH LESS ANY THING ELSE MAJOR. THANKS RICK WORSFOLD. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023787June 25, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
HAVE HAD FRONT ROTORS WARP 5 TIMES IN LESS THAN 48,000 MILES. DEALER WILL NOT RECTIFY PROBLEM. *NLM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024768June 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER BRAKES AND STEERING WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023521June 22, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
EXCESSIVE BALL JOINT WEAR. MY WIFE (STEPHANIE BALL) FILED A COMPLAINT BACK IN 1999 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK HIS NAME WAS STEVE FROM NHTSA CONTACTED US AND KEEP US INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM. SHE HAS HAD THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED FIVE TIMES IN HER DAKOTA. THE LAST CONTACT FROM NHTSA WAS THAT THEY WAS GOING TO MAKE DODGE RECALL THESE VEHICLES FOR THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANY MORE ON THIS ISSUE. I HELP BY GETTING NAMES OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I MANAGE AN AUTO PARTS STORE A AUTO OF MADISON WV AND THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISOLATED PROBLEM. I KNOW OF 4 DAKOTA THAT WERE WRECKED AND SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE DUE TO BALL JOINT FAILURE. THE ADJUSTER FROM STATE FARM'S MOTHER HAD A WRECK DUE TO BALL JOINT FAILURE. AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN SEVERAL THAT HAD WRECKED. I COULD REPLACE THESE BALL JOINTS WITH AFTERMARKET MOOG BRAND AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM. BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE UP TO ME TO SOLVE IT. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT AFTER THE FIRESTONE EPISODE THAT ISSUES LIKE THIS WOULD BE TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY. I CONTACTED THE DEALER TODAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CHECK THE BALL JOINTS EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE ON KILLING SOMEONE BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM THAT HAS EXISTED SINCE 1997. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE BALL JOINTS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SO MUCH PLAY FROM THE FACTORY. THE AFTERMARKET ONE I SELL DO NOT. ANYONE WITH COMMON SENSE KNOWS THAT IF A COMPONENT IN A HIGH STRESS AREA THAT TAKES A LOT OF BEATING IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY PLAY. THE LONGER YOU DRIVE IT THE WORSE IT GETS. I RECENTLY TOOK A WV STATE INSPECTION CLASS. THE STATE POLICE HAVE DODGE DURANGO'S. HE SAID TO MAKE SURE AND CHECK THE BALL JOINTS BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I AM . SO I THINK THE TIME HAS COME TO GET THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED, BEFORE SOME ELSE WRECKS OR SOMEONE GETS KILLED. ITS PRETTY EVIDENT WHEN THE TROOPER TEACHING THE INSPECTION CLASS TELLS YOU TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THIS PROBLEM! PLEASE NOTIFY ME IF YOU NEED ANYTHING. *NLM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023492June 21, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
NOTICED PULSATING OF BRAKES AT APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES. THE PULSATING HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY WORSE NOW AT 30,000 MILES. I FEEL THAT THE BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR SAFE, PREDICTABLE STOPPING. *NLM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024607June 20, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS ARE WEARING AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WILL HAVE A HEAVY VIBRATION, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023357June 19, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
SINCE THE PURCHASE OF MY VEHICLE IN APRIL 02 I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATION WHEN STARTING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. BASICALLY WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL THERE IS A DEAD SPOT (HESITATION).IF THE VEHICLE ACCELERATOR IS IN THE DEAD SPOT AND THE CLUTCH IS RELEASED THIS CAUSES AN UNSAFE CONDITION. *NLM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023282June 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHEN STOP AND IN NEUTRAL. IT'S VERY HARD TO PUT IT IN FIRST GEAR AND THE CAR GETS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT JUST WONT SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR YOU CAN BE THERE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES TRYING TO PUT IT IN FIRST GEAR, AND THIS CAUSES A TRAFFIC JAM BEHIND ME. I'M NOT SURE IF ITS THE GEAR BOX OR THE CLUTCH, BUT ITS VERY FRUSTRATING. THIS IS A 2001 TRUCK AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE HAVING A PROBLEM YET. MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM LIKE THIS. *NLM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023279June 17, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND MY FRONT AXLE BROKE. I ALSO HAD TWO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCK WERE IT WOULD ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN TO 80 MILES A HOUR AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP WAS TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PRESS ON THE BRAKES AND PRAY. I WAS OUT OF A CAR OVER THIRTY DAYS BETWEEN THE TWO TIMES TRYING TO REPAIR THE ACCELERATION. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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