Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10105438December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION
DODGE DAKOTA BALL JOINT FAILURE. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM AN ALIGNMENT BECAUSE THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE SEVERELY WORN. *TC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103571December 13, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE ANTI- BRAKES FROM A LOW SPEED BRAKES LOCKED. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102826December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
BALL JOINTS HAVE BEGUN TO FAIL..ONLY 64,000 MILES ON VEHICLE...57,000 AT THE TIME PROBLEM STARTED...KNOW THERE IS A RECALLL FOR 2000 AND HIGHER MODELS...BUT FEAR THIS IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN KNOWN IN EARLIER MODELS AS WELL....DEALER WILL FIX, BUT NOT PAY, AND HAVE NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THERE IS SUCH AN EARLY FAILURE.....ALSO HAVE NOTICED FROM YOUR SITE THAT THERE WERE OTHER RECALLS....DID NOT KNOW OF THESE...WILL TRY TO HAVE DEALER FIX THESE......AND CHECK ON MY 4 BALL JOINTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101374December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE MAKING A TURN THE TIRE RUBBED THE WHEEL WELL. *NM THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *TC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103595December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
BALL JOINTS WERE REPAIRED THREE TIMES. CONSUMER STATED THE BALL JOINT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE ENGINE, AND CAUSED THEM TO RUPTURE. PROBLEM CONTINUED TO HAPPEN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102834December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
I TOOK MY 1999 DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP TRUCK IN TO HAVE IT ALIGNED. THE MECHANICS AT BIG O TIRE TOLD ME IT COULD NOT BE ALIGNED DUE TO BAD UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS AND TIE ROD ENDS. BIG O TIRES INFORMED ME THAT NOT ONLY WERE THE PARTS WORN PREMATURELY, BUT THAT IT PRESENTED A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THAT MY WHEELS COULD FALL OFF THE TRUCK. I DID NOT BELIEVE BIG O, SO I TOOK THE TRUCK TO LOVELAND BEAR ALIGNMENT FOR A SECOND OPINION. LOVELAND BEAR ALIGNMENT VERIFIED WHAT BIG O TOLD ME, AND IN ADDITION TOLD ME THAT TO USE CHRYSLER PARTS WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE THE CHRYSLER REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE AS DEFECTIVE AS THE PARTS BEING REPLACED AND THAT IT WOULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF PREMATURE WEAR AND DANGER OF THE WHEELS FALLING OFF. THE VEHICLE HAD 67,571 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME I WAS TOLD THIS. DUE TO BOTH THE SAFETY CONCERN OVER MY WHEELS POSSIBLY FALLING OFF AND THE NEED TO ALIGN THE VEHICLE TO AVOID WEARING OUT MY NEW TIRES, I ORDERED THE BALL JOINT AND TIE ROD ENDS REPLACED WITH LIFETIME WARRANTY AFTERMARKET PARTS FOLLOWED BY ALIGNMENT. THE REPAIRS TO MY VEHICLE COST APPROXIMATELY $1,037.00. SO FAR, THE ONLY CONSEQUENCES WERE PREMATURE WEAR ON THE LAST SET OF TIRES AND THE FACT THAT I WAS COMPELLED TO REPLACE THE PARTS FOR SAFETY CONCERN AND THE ABILITY TO PERFORM A FRONT END ALIGNMENT ON THE VEHICLE. THE OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A RECALL IN EFFECT FOR THIS VEHICLE BUT ONLY FOR 2000 AND NEWER VEHICLES. I WANT YOU TO BE INFORMED THAT THE DEFECT ALSO AFFECTS AT LEAST SOME VEHICLES MANUFACTURED IN 1999 AND TO REQUEST THAT YOU EXTEND THE RECALL TO INCLUDE MY VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103610December 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER STATED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, THE POWER SWITCHES, AIR BAGS, AND HORN VBECAME INOPERABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102841December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
HAD BALL JOINTS REPLACED ONCE ALREADY AND THY NEED TO BE REPLACED AGIAN. FIRST TIME ON MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, THIS TIME WILL BE AT MY EXPENSE. IF THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF NEW VEHICLE MANUFACTURING TO HAVE TO REPLACE SAFETY COMPONENTS EVERY 2 YEARS. I WOULD RATHER GO BACK TO THE OLDER VEHICLES. THERE ARE NO GREASE FITTINGS ON THE NEW STILE BALL JOINTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102850December 13, 2004
STEERING
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE 4X2 DAKOTA'S ARE NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. MY 2001 RT HAS ALWAYS MADE A POPING SOUND WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS AND IS STARTING TO "WANDER" AND PULL TO THE LEFT. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN VERY HARD ON TIRES. LAST TIME IN, DEALER SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. OF COURSE THAT WAS JUST BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. ALL DAKOTAS SHOULD BE COVERED BY THIS RECALL, NOT JUST THE 4X4 MODELS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102852December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
A RECENT RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DODGE DAKOTAS AND DURANGO ONLY INCLUDED THE MODEL YEARS OF 2000-2004 FOR FAILED BALL JOINTS AND WHEELS FALLING OFF. THIS COMPLIANT IS TO NOTIFIY THE NHTSA THAT EARLY MODEL YEARS ALSO EXPERIENCE THE SAMPLE PROBLEM. IN 2001, MY 1998 DODGE DAKOTA HAD THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL COLAPSE WHILE IN MOTION DUE TO A FAILED BALL JOINT. THE NHTSA SHOULD EXPAND THIS RECALL TO EARLIER MODELS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103685December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH OR MORE VEHICLE WANDERED WHILE IN MOTION. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON BOTH SIDES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102863December 13, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AT 20,000 MILES. PADS OK. TERIBLE PULSING WHEN STOPPING. LOCAL DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE A FEE JUST TO LOOK AT IT. I BELIEVE THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ARE AFFECTED BY THIS. BRAKES HORRIBLE IN WET CONDITION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103688December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH PASSENGER'S WHEEL BROKE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONTAL UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103697December 13, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE RACK AND PINION,AND BOTH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102887December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES:ROD:RELAY:CONNECTING
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB WAS SERVICED ON SIX SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR CLUNKING IN THE FRONT END WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS AND DURING TURNS. SEVERAL PARTS WERE REPLACED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BUT DEALERSHIP INSISTED THAT BALL JOINTS AND CV JOINTS WERE FINE. THEY ALSO STATED THAT NO OTHER COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN FILED AND THAT THERE WAS NOT A SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM BECAME APPARENT WITHIN THE FIRST 17,000 MILES AND CONTINUES TO PERSIST.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102888December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
DURING A ROUTEIN TIRE ROTATION AT MY CHRYSLER DEARER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AFTER ONLY 44,529 MILES THE BALL JOINTS WERE READY TO FAIL ON MY 1999 DAKOTA SPORT CC PICKUP. BEFORE I LEFT THE DEALER HE REPLACED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS BOTH SIDES AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT INNER TIE ROD ENDS. I WAS LUCKY I WENT IN FOR A TIRE ROTATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082173December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
EMAIL CONSUMER LETTER ADD TO ODI NUMBER 10051116 REGARDING UPPER BALL JOINTS ON 2000 DODGE DAKOTA.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED HIS VEHICLE EXHIBITED A POPPING NOISE. *JB *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102763December 12, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
MY UPPER BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED IN MY 1998 DODGE DAKOTA AT 56,000 MILES. WHY ARE THE 98 AND 99 DODGE DAKOTA'S NOT BEING COVERED UNDER THE SAME RECALL. THAT IS UN-ACCEPTABLE AS THEY HAVE THE EXACT SAME BALL JOINT IN THEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102767December 12, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
REPLACED BALL JOINTS TWICE IN MY 99 DAKOTA 1 TIME WITH DODGE PART SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM AGAIN COME ON HAVE THEM CALL THE EARLY ONE BACK TO OR SHOULD I NOT REPLACE THEM AND SELL THE TRUCK TO SOME PERSON WITH OUT THE KNOWLEDGE I KNOW IT'S A HARD BUT PLEASE STICK UP FOR THE LITTLE GUY OR GIRL THE DODGE BOYS NEW ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS BUT I THINK THEY BUT HOPE IT JUST WASH AWAY PLEASE HELP US. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102769December 12, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
MY WIFE DRIVES A 2000 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB 2 WHEEL DRIVE I DRIVE A 1999 DAKOTA 2 WHEEL DRIVE. FOR MONTHS MY WIFE'S TRUCK HAD A POPPING NOISE FROM THE LEFT FRONT END IT WAS EXAMINED AND NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG WE KEPT DRIVING IT,THE POPPING GOT MUCH WORSE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD JERK TO THE LEFT. ON ONE OCCASION WE HEARD A MUCH LOUDER POP WE PULLED BACK IN THE DRIVEWAY I JACKED UP THE FRONT LEFT OF THE TRUCK TO LOOK UNDER, ONCE THE WEIGHT CAME OFF THE FRONT END SIDE, THE WHOLE WHEEL FELL TO THE GROUND. AFTER EXAMINATION I FOUND THAT THE UPPER ARM BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY HAD SEPARATED. THE SOCKET WAS RUSTED VERY WORN,AND DID NOT CONFORM TO THE BALL. THE BALL WAS VERY WORN RUSTED AND MISS SHAPED THE RUBBER BOOT WAS WORN AND PIECES MISSING. THE BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED (WE KEPT THE OLD PART)MY 1999 DAKOTA EXHIBITS THE SAME PROBLEM AS MY WIFE'S AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. WE ARE STILL HEARING A POPPING NOISE FROM MY WIFE'S TRUCK THE SAME AS BEFORE. WE HAD HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM A YEAR AGO ON CBS NEWS AND CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER MANY TIMES AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. ON 12-9-04 THE FEDERAL GOV.ORDERED A RECALL,ON 2000-2003 DURANGOS 4X4 AND DAKOTAS WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE.OUR TRUCKS ARE 2 WHEEL DRIVE AND PROVE THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTS ON OTHER NON 4 WHEEL DRIVE TRUCKS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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