Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10080402July 6, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
UPPER BALL JOINTS ARE FAILING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081394July 6, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO CLAIMED THAT THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ANOTHER CERTIFIED MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE. RECENTLY THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, AND THE DEALER WAS STILL DENYING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075743July 6, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING/TURNING OR BRAKING FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS MADE A POPPING NOISE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BY THE DEALERSHIP, THEY NOTICED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED.*AK ADDITIONALLY THE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND AUGUST 2003, THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR BOX. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074139July 6, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE AND ROTOR SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER FOUR TIMES. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED BROKEN RIBS. *AK SC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10080356July 5, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
BOLTS BROKE ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD SHIELD AND SHIELD FELL BETWEEN STEERING SHAFT AND MOTOR, CAUSING STEERING TO JAM IN STRAIGHT AHEAD POSITION ON HIGHWAY. COULD NOT PULL OVER TO BREAKDOWN LANE TO AVOID OTHER TRAFFIC. BOLTS BROKE FROM HEAT STRESS I IMAGINE, NOT TOO GOOD A THING TO HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORST IN CITY IF I COULD NOT STEER AWAY FROM PEDISTRIANS. JUST CHEAP UNDERSIZED BOLTS THAT BREAK. CHECKED THE OTHER SIDE AND FOUND ONE BROKE THERE TOO. BOLTS ARE TOO SMALL TO HOLD THE MANIFOLDS IN PLACE AFTER THEY WEAR WITH AGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079166July 2, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
ONLY 70000 ON THE 2000 DODGE DAKOTA. TIE RODS BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. HAD TO REPLACE 2 OUTER AND 1 INNER TIE ROD. AT THE SAME TIME THE BALL BEARINGS WERE FOUND TO BE IN HORRIBLE SHAPE. THOSE HAD TO BE REPLACED TOO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080261July 1, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH THE CONSUMER TURNED A CORNER AND THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SNAPPED OFF. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE UPPER RIGHT BALL JOINT</A> HAS MALFUNCTIONED. THIS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE UNDER BODY OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO THE RIGHT CONTROL ARM BROKE AFTER THE RIGHT BALL JOINT WAS REPLACED. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079016June 29, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DODGE DAKOTA 02 WITH JUST 50000 MILES HAS NOISE IN FRONT END, THUD IN FRONT END ON BUMPS AND TURNS, CAMBER SEEMS TO CHANGE AT TIMES WHEN VEIWED WHILE PARKED, CALLED DODGE AT 1-800-992-1997, GOT A RUNAROUND FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE, IF I TAKE TRUCK TO DODGE AND PAY FOR A DIOGNOSTIC ON BALL JOINTS THEY MAY HELP WITH REPAIRS. THIS HAS TO BE EXTREMLY POOR QUALITY PARTS FOR THIS MANY VEHILCLES TO HAVE PROPLEMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080168June 29, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN THE RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT DISENGAGED. VEHICLE WAS MOVING ABOUT 5 MPH AT TIME OF INCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074129June 29, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD CRACKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM ONCE, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED FOR A SECOND TIME. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073554June 29, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE JERKED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK TWO WEEKS BEFORE TALKING TO THE DEALER, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS WERE COMING APART AND COULD NOT BE TURNED. (DEFECTIVE STEEL, BIG CHUNKS OF METAL MISSING, LAMINATED STEEL) THE DEALER STATED THAT IT SEEMED LIKE POCKETS WERE IN THE ROTORS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074079June 29, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
THERE WAS A BALL JOINT PROBLEM. THEY MADE A CLANKING SOUND ALONG WITH A SQUEAL. THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR A CATALYTIC CONVERTER PROBLEM. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078913June 28, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
I HAVE A DODGE DAKOTA 98. I WENT IN FOR AN ALIGNMENT TODAY. MY 69 DOLLAR ALIGNMENT WAS BUMPED UP TO 830 DOLLARS. THEY SAID THAT ALL OF THE BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH THE DODGE TRUCK OF THIS YEAR THRU 2003. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY WHEELS MIGHT JUST FALL OFF. I TOLD THEM NOT TO PERFORM THIS SINCE I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY AND THEY TOLD ME TO WATCH OUT FOR BUMPS AND SHARP TURNS. MY TRUCK IS NOT MAKING ANY WIRED NOISES AND I CANT BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE WAS LEGITIMENT SINCE YOU WOULD THINK A RECALL WOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUES FOR SUCH A DANGEROUS THING. I WENT ONLINE OF COURSE TO LOOK INTO THIS AND FOUND THAT THIS IS CURRENTLY BEING LOOKED INTO BY THE FEDS. IF I HAD NOT GONE IN FOR THE ALLIGNMENT, AND MY WHEEL FELL OFF WITH MY 6 YEAR OLD CHILD IN THE CAR I OR HER / BOTH MIGHT NOT BE HERE. I WILL BE DRIVING MY OTHER VEHICLE FOR THE TIME BEING AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THIS WILL BE RECALLED / ADDRESSED. FIRESTONE PUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RECOMMENDED SERVICES: SYSTEM FAILURE - REQUIRED UPPER-BOTH BALL JOINTS/ LOWER BOTH BALL JOINTS THE MONEY IS ONE THING. ME AND MY KID IS ANOTHER. AND WITH NO INDICATION OF THIS PROBLEM, THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078954June 28, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
ROTORS WARPED AT 25000 MILES. HAD DEALER REPLACE ROTORS WITH BREMBO ROTORS AND PADS WITH RAYBESTOS CERAMIC PADS. RECEIVED FROM DEALER AFTER REPLACEMENT- BRAKES DRAGGED. TOOK BACK TO DEALER TWICE- FINALLY, DEALER DISCOVERED THAT ABS SYSTEM IS NON-FUNCTIONAL. DC PAID FOR THE PARTS TO REPAIR SYSTEM- LABOR WAS MY EXPENSE ( I HAD TIMED OUT OF WARRANTY). DEALER SAYS THAT NEW PADS ARE CRACKED FROM DAMAGE DONE AFTER REPAIR. HAVE TO REPLACE PADS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080027June 28, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
2000 DODGE DAKOTA STEERING PROBLEMS.*MR THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE MADE STRANGE NOISES, SHOOK EXCESSIVELY AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE CONSUMER SUSPECTS THAT THE BALL JOINTS ARE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS ON THE DODGE DAKOTA'S. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078882June 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WOULD HEAT UP AND WE COULD ONLY USE FIRST GEAR. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE 25 MILES AT 55 MPH TRANSMISSION WOULD ONLY USE FIRST, REVERSE AND PARK. IT HAS BEEN TO TWO TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND TWO DEALERSHIPS AND STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078792June 25, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
BALL JOINTS ON 2000 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4, I HAVE JUST REPLACED ALL BALL JOINT,S ON MY VEHICLE, AN WAS JUST TOLD BY A COLISION BUSINES THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR IT, DUE TO THE FACT THAT DODGE IS HIDING THE FACT OF BAD BALL JOINTS ON THEIR VEHICLES, HE ALSO SAID THAT AT 59000 MILES I SHOULD NOT HAVE NEEDED THEM REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079922June 25, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
AT 42,000 MILES THE FRONT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY FAILED. AS A RESULT, WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BOUNCED UP AND DOWN. ALSO, A GRINDING NOISE WAS PRODUCED AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE DEALER STATED TIRE LOOSENED ON THE AXLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078818June 25, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:BANJO HOUSING
THE ARMS THAT HOLD THE FRONT END IN PLACE ARE BROKEN THEY WILL KNOT FIX IT. THEY ARE SAYING IT GOT HIT THE TRUCK HAS 8320 MILES ON IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078820June 25, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB AND WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR, AND NEARLY CAUSED ME TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER THEY STATED TO ME THAT THE THE BRAKE PAD WAS SHEARED OFF BY THE RIVETS, CAUSING A METAL TO METAL CONTACT WITH THE ROTOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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