Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10177045December 27, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:BANJO HOUSING
THE REARS IN DODGE TRUCKS FAIL WITH MILEAGE BETWEEN 65000 TO 10000 AND THEY TELL EVERYONE THAT IT IS FROM NORMAL WEAR. MINE FAILED AT 83000 RESULTING IN THE REAR HAVING TO BE REBUILT AT A COST OF 2200 DOLLARS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10177028December 26, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
MY 2000 DODGE DAKOTA DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR HAS FAILED. I ALSO OWN A 2001 CARAVAN WHOSE DRIVERS SIDE REGULATOR BROKE 2 YEARS AGO AND MY 2001 DURANGO HAD BOTH LEFT SIDE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE AS WELL. THAT IS NOW 4 WINDOWS REGULATORS FAILED IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176858December 23, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY ONLY THE UPPER BALL JOINTS ON THE 2000-2004 DAKOTAS IS COVERED IN THE RECALL AS THE LOWER BALL JOINT ARE THE SAME DESIGN WHERE THERE IS NO WAY TO GREASE UP THE LOWER BALL JOINTS AND IT WOULD LEAD TO THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE UPPER BALL JOINTS? *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176801December 22, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
TL* - THE CONTACT STATES THAT ON 12/14/06, HE TOOK HIS 1999 JEEP DAKOTA SPORT IN FOR A TIRE ALIGNMENT BECAUSE HIS TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY. THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT HE COULDN'T DO THE ALIGNMENT BECAUSE ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS UPPER AND LOWER HAD GONE BAD. THE CONTACT DID STATE THAT HE HAD HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE JEEP LIBERTY'S AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS VEHICLE BECAUSE HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CONTACT STATES THAT HE DID CONTACT CHRYSLER CORPORATION ON 12/21/06 AND WAS TOLD HIS VEHICLE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND IT WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVE THAT HE HAS ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 1 1/2 YEARS. THE REPRESENTATIVE TOOK HIS COMPLAINT AND GAVE HIM A REFERENCE # 15798865.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176547December 19, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* - THE CONTACT SAID THAT HE WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM HIS TRUCK. THEN CONTACT PULLED OVER AT WHICH TIME HE NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING WHICH CREATED THE SMOKE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THEY FOUND A SMALL FIRE UNDER THE CAR. THE CONTACT SAID THAT HE WILL RETAIN A COPY OF THE REPORT ONCE IT IS RECEIVED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT KNOW ONE HAS HELPED HIM. THE DEALER (AUTO WEST DODGE) AT ROSEVILLE CA, TOLD HIM THE THEY CAN NOT REPAIR THE CAR UNTIL THE MANUFACTURER TELLS THEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176408December 18, 2006
PARKING BRAKE
WHEN I DROVE OFF WITH MY PARKING BREAK SET IT SHEARED OFF THE GRADE 8 BOLTS THAT HOLD THE BRAKES TO THE AXLE. RESULTING IN THE REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY SPINNING AND TEARING OFF THE BRAKE LINES AND BREAKING THE BRAKE CABLE. I HAD NO REAR BRAKES OR EMERGENCY BRAKE. COST $1200.00 TO REPAIR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176325December 17, 2006
PARKING BRAKE
I SET MY PARKING BRAKE. FORGOT IT WAS SET AND MOVED MY TRUCK THE BRAKE HELD TO THE POINT IT BROKE ALL 8 BOLTS HOLDING THE BACKING PLATES CAUSING THE ENTIRE BRAKE BACKING PLATE WHEEL CYLINDER, SHOES AND DRUM TO SPIN BREAKING THE BRAKE LINES AND BRAKE CABLE. RESULTING IN ON REAR BRAKES. THE COST TO REPAIR $1219.83. THANK GOD IT DID NOT BRAKE WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176328December 17, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
UPPER BALL JOINTS WORN OUT AT 52,00 MILES. WENT FOR TIRE CHANGE AND FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND FOUND PROBLEM. HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT DID NOT COVER. AM WAITING FOR PART AT THE COST OF ABOUT $600.00 TO REPLACE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176067December 13, 2006
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY IN RAINY WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHERS FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V216000, REGARDING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHERS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175953December 12, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
SQUEALING SOUND COMING FROM LEFT FRONT WHEEL. JACKED UP VEHICLE TO INSPECT AND WHEEL WAS WOBBLING BACK AND FORTH. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND LEARNED THAT THE BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON BOTH FRONT WHEELS. VEHICLE HAS 38,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN DRIVEN ALMOST ENTIRELY ON PAVED ROADS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175672December 9, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN I WOULD FORGET TO TURN OFF MY HEADLIGHTS AFTER TAKING KEYS OUT. MY INSIDE LIGHT WOULD START TO BLINK ALSO MY WARNING FOR SEAT BELTS WASN'T WORKING. THE LAST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS WHAT ALARMED ME. I WAS TRAVELING TO WORK IN THE EARLY MORNING WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON. WHEN I HEARD MY LOW GAS WARNING GO OFF . ALL OF A SUDDEN MY HEADLIGHTS STARTED TO BLINK ON AND OFF IN SEQUENCE WITH THE LOW GAS WARNING. AFTER WORK I CHECK AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED THEN I FILLED UP WITH GAS AND THE LIGHTS WORKED FINE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND THAT THE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE WAS BAD. OLD PART IS NOT AVAILABLE IT WAS JUST ALARMING FOR ME AND THE DRIVER IN FRONT OF ME WHEN MY LIGHTS STARTED TO BLINK I PULLED AND HAD TO WAIT ABOUT 15 MINUTES FOR IT TO BE LIGHT ENOUGH TO GET MOVING AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175600December 8, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
HEATER CORE BUSTED AT 42000 MILES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175623December 8, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT
MY TRUCK HAD BEEN MAKING THE NOTORIOUS SQUEAKING SOUNDS FROM THE FONT END THAT THE DODGE DAKOTA HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. I KNEW NOTHING OF THE BALL JOINT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE UNTIL MY FIANCE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WITH THE TRUCK. THE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED WAS FAULTED TO MY FIANCE'S FAULT. WHEN SPEAKING WITH HER, SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE TRUCK AND THEREFORE STRUCK THE OTHER CAR 'WHILE GOING AROUND THE CORNER'. WHEN SHE STOPPED THE VEHICLE AFTER THE ACCIDENT, SHE FOUND THE TRUCK LOWERED TO THE GROUND ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE DUE TO THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY POPPING OFF THE TRUCK. BY 'POPPING OFF' I MEAN THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT POPPED OUT OF ITS LOCATION AND THE RIVETS HOLDING THE TOP OF THE SPINDLE POPPED OUT OF THERE POSITION. YES I SAID POPPED. THERE WERE NO RIPPING OF PARTS ETC, THE ASSEMBLY JUST POPPED OFF THE TRUCK. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT A LOW SPEED GOING THROUGH A TURN. THIS IS THE EXACT ENACTMENT THAT CHRYSLER HAS STATED THAT THE WHEEL WOULD FALL OFF IF THE PART FULL MALFUNCTIONED. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN USING THE SAME PARTS IN THE 04 DAKOTA TRUCK AS THAT USED IN THE 00-03. WHY IS THE PART NOT BEING CORRECTED? WHY IS CHRYSLER NOT TAKING CONTROL OF THIS ISSUE AND RESOLVING THE ISSUE WITH A RECALL? CHRYSLER IS PUTTING LIVES AT RISK EVERYDAY THAT THEY ARE NOT RECALLING THIS PART AND CORRECTING THE ISSUE. IS IT GOING TO TAKE THE DEATH OF AN INDIVIDUAL CAUSED BY THIS FAILING PART FOR THEM TO STEP UP AND ADMIT THEY HAVE MESSED UP? WE CANT WAIT FOR THIS. START SAVING THE LIVES AT RISK NOW BY GETTING THIS RECALL STARTED AND GETTING ALL OF THE DAKOTA FIXED. IF IT IS NOT DONE NOW, EACH INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS THE POWER TO GET IT DONE, IS PUTTING MANY LIVES AT RISK. WHAT SHOULD WE AS DODGE DAKOTA OWNERS DO TO GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED AND PROTECT OUR FAMILIES? *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175632December 8, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
MOVEMENT OF TILT STEERING WHEEL IN LOWER HALF OF RANGE WILL CAUSE SHORT-CIRCUIT OF TURN SIGNAL OPERATION. LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WILL BE INOPERATIVE. RADIO CIRCUIT ALSO AFFECTED. MOVEMENT BACK INTO UPPER HALF OF RANGE WILL CORRECT PROBLEM. AS OF DATE NO REPAIR HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175291December 6, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHEAST I HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO SEPARATE INSTANCES WHERE THE FRONT BRAKES WOULD NOT DISENGAGE OR REMAINED PARTIALLY ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING. FIRST FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES, MECHANIC FOUND CALIPERS TO OPERATE NORMALLY BUT REPLACED ALL PADS AND ROTORS DUE TO HEAT DAMAGE EVIDENT ON "PASSENGER SIDE" FRONT. SECOND FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 35,000 AGAIN FOUND CALIPERS OPERATING NORMALLY BUT REPLACED FRONT BRAKE LINE, BRAKE FLUID, PADS AND MACHINED ROTORS. MECHANIC UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE BRAKES FREEZE WHEN EVERYTHING APPEARS TO OPERATE AS DESIGNED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175334December 6, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
A DESIGN FAILURE IN THE TIMING CHAIN COVER 4.7 CID 2000 DODGE DAKOTA IN THE HOUSING WHERE THE THER. HOUSING BOLTS TO THE COVER. A PIN HOLE LEAK OCCURRED. DODGE HAS REDESIGNED THIS COVER 2 TIMES TO CORRECT THE DESIGN ERROR. DEFECT COVER IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. 145,000 MILES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175264December 5, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
POPPING NOISE IN FRONT END ENTERING DRIVEWAY OR OVER SPEED BUMPS HAD DEALER INSPECT AND PERFORM TSB. ON UPPER BALL JOINTS PER LETTER FROM CHRYSLER CORP. THEY DID REPAIR AND TOLD ME THE HUB BEARINGS WERE ALSO BAD NOT COVERED, 552.00 I REPLACED THEM MYSELF I CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM THE HUBS . THE NOISE IS STILL THERE ! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10174879December 1, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A LOSS OF ALL OIL PRESSURE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE OIL PUMP FAILED, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10174625November 28, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
NO SINGLE INCIDENT. MANY ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS EVERY DAY. REPLACED ROTORS, CALIPERS, DRUMS, BRAKE SHOES AND REAR SENSOR. PROBLEM PERSISTS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10174420November 27, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
CATALYTIC CONVERTER INSPECTION. THERE IS A RECALL OUT FOR 1996 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH A 4.0 LITER ENGINE AND 1997 DODGE DAKOTA WITH A 2.5 LITER ENGINE. I HAVE A 1997 DODGE DAKOTA WITH A 3.9 ENGINE AND HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT ARE IN THE 2 MODELS DESCRIBED ABOVE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT COME ON AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER RATTLES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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