Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10090907September 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
AT MY LAST REGULAR SERVICE (OIL, FILTER CHANGE) THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN ADVISED ME THAT THE UPPER RIGHT BALL JOINT WAS ON THE VERGE OF FAILURE. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A PREMATURE FAILURE DO TO THE LOW MILEAGE AND THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN REGULARLY SERVICED BY THE SAME DEALER SINCE NEW. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090908September 13, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
1997 DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP WITH 18,000 MILES. NEVER DRIVEN OFF ROAD. BOTH FRONT BRACK LINES COMPLETELY RUSTED. ONE BURST WHILE DRIVING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090841September 11, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
FRONT END NOISE. EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND FREQUENT FRONT END ALLIGNMENTS. 2 LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILURE REQUIRES REPLACEMENT REPLACEMENT OF FAULTY LOWER BALL JOINTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090757September 10, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 DODGE DAKOTA PICK-UP ON THE EXPRESSWAY MY REAR LEFT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. UPON STOPPING AND INSPECTION, THE TIRE HAD A SIDE BLOWOUT WITH ONLY 15,775 MILES OF WEAR. THIS TIRE CAME WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN I PURCHASED IT NEW IN APRIL 2004. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING ON THE ROADWAY AND WAS DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 55MPH. I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN THE BLOWOUT OCCURRED. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE AND AM CONCERNED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECT WHICH CAUSED THE SIDE TIRE BLOWOUT*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091848September 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091684September 9, 2004
SUSPENSION
WHILE TURNING/DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091704September 9, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. THIS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY MRS. WILLIAMS HUSBAND CURTIS ENGLAND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090691September 9, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
I DRIVE MAINLY ON PUBLIC ROADS, SO I OCCASIONALY HAVE A FEW POTHOLES. I HAVE TO KEEP TAKING MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER FOR BALLJOINTS AND CONTROL ARMS. *AK THE DEALER SAYS IT FIXED AND WITHIN TWO WEEKS TIME I HEAR A BONK IN THE FROUNT END AND NEED TO SEE THE DEALER AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091609September 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND LURCHED FORWARD AFTER SHIFTING OUT OF PARK OR NEUTRAL. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090651September 8, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AFTER 6000 MILES, BRAKE PADS SQUEAL AFTER LESS THAN 100 MILES. WAITED UNTIL 22,000 MILES TO HAVE INSPECTED, AND TOLD THE WARRANTY ON PRODUCT IS ONLY 12,000 MILES 12 MONTHS. REFUSED TO REPLACE WARPED ROTORS WITH LESS THAN 25,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, AND PADS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION DESPITE SQUEAKING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063249September 8, 2004
SUSPENSION
THE UPPER CONTROL ARM BROKE AT 5 MPH. THIS CAUSED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE TO CAVE IN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE UPPER CONTROL ARE ON BOTH SIDES. *AK ON RIGHT HAND TURNS, THERE WAS A CLUNK NOISE AND THE STEERING HAD BECOME DIFFICULT. THE TIRE COLLAPSED IN THE WHEEL WELL. THE CONTROL ARM BROKE. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090511September 6, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
NOTICEABLE GRINDING AND STRESS SOUND ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING A SHARP TURN OVER AN UNEVEN SURFACE, SUCH AS TURNING INTO DRIVEWAY WHILE TRAVERSING A SHALLOW CURB. WHILE GETTING VEHICLE INSPECTED, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY UPPER BALL JOINT WAS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT BEFORE TOTAL FAILURE. THIS SEEMS RATHER A PREMATURE FAILURE OF SUCH A PART SEEING AS HOW THE TRUCK IS A 2001 WITH THEN AROUND 55,000 MILES ON IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090448September 5, 2004
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
HELLO, I HAVE A 2002 DODGE DAKOTA SXT. I NOTICED WATER ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD OF THE VEHICLE. I CLEANED THE WATER AND ASSUMED I HAD LEFT THE WINDOW DOWN AT SOME POINT AND RAIN GOT INTO THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. TODAY I NOTICED THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD WAS SOAKED WITH WATER. I THOUGHT THAT MY HEATER CORE WAS BUSTED BUT THE FLUID WASN'T ANTIFREEZE IT WAS WATER. I PULLED THE CARPET BACK AND TO MY DISMAY THERE WAS 2 GALLONS OF WATER ON THE FLOOR BOARD UNDER THE CARPET. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 41000 MILES AND I THOUGHT THIS TO BE STRANGE AT SUCH AN EARLY TIME OF THE VEHICLE. I DECIDED TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET AND TYPED THE WORDS " DODGE DAKOTA PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD WET" AT MY YAHOO SEARCH ENGINE. I WAS AMAZED WHEN AT LEAST 50 MESSAGE BOARDS WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ASKING THE SAME QUESTION AND PEOPLE REPLYING TO THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE A LOT OF UPSET DODGE DAKOTA OWNERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IT APPEARS IN THE MESSAGE BOARDS THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS DEFECT WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSATION VENT TUBE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM IN MANY DAKOTAS. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP YET BUT INTEND TO. I BELIEVE THERE TO ALSO BE A HEALTH CONCERN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS APPARENT DEFECT. I HAVE NOTICED AN ODOR IN THE VEHICLE IN THE PAST AND IT WAS APPARENT WHEN I PULLED THE CARPET UP TODAY WHAT IT IS. THERE IS MILDEW AND MOLD ALL OVER THE FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THIS CONDITION/WATER DEFECT. PLEASE GIVE THIS MATTER THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BELOW ARE LINKS TO SOME OF THE RECENT MESSAGE BOARDS I HAVE FOUND REGARDING THIS SPECIFIC DEFECT. HTTP://WWW.WOODALLS.COM/FORUMS/INDEX.CFM/FUSEACTION/THREAD/TID/1543652/GOTOMSG/1569000.CFM HTTP://WWW.DAKOTAUSA.COM/VBULLETIN/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=11124 HTTP://WWW.DODGEDAKOTAS.COM/BOARDS/V8/2141.HTML HTTP://MYDODGESUCKS.ORG/DODGE_TRUCKS.HTM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090440September 4, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
FLAT TIRE. SIDE WALL HAS SLITS RIGHT NEXT TO THE RIM OF THE WHEEL. AFTER OBTAINING A FLAT TIRE I HAD MY GARAGE MAN CHECK THE OTHER 3 TIRES AND THEY ALL WERE THE SAME , WITH SLITS IN THE SIDEWALLS. UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090351September 3, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED UP, AND THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON BY THEMSELVES WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE, WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089050September 3, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DRIVING DOWN I-55 BY WILMINGTON TRUCK STARTED TO PULL REAL BAD TO THE LEFT GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY NEXT EXIT WENT STRAIGHT TO GARAGE THE MECHANIC PUT ON THE LIFT WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE BALLJOINT WITH HIS HAND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090108August 31, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
VEHICLE WOULD SHIMMY WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. DEALER INFORMED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090110August 31, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND UPON MAKING A RIGHT TURN THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES. ALSO, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATEED, AND EVAPORATION LEAKED. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088893August 31, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHED USED WITH LESS THEN 30,000 MILES AT THE TIME I NOTICED A SHIMMY IN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL, TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE WHEELS NOW HAVE AN EXCESSIVE SHIMMY AND GRINDING WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN. THE SHIMMY CAN BE FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AS WELL AS NOTICED FROM THE OUTSIDE WHEN THE TRUCK IS MOVING. HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND TOLD THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DODGE IS AWARE OF AND HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AS THE SERVICE MACHANIC SAID ITS JUST DODGE, THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY HE WOULDN'T OWN A DODGE DAKOTA AND HE SERVICES THEM!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079569August 31, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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