Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10060340March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
MY WIFE AND I OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA AND A 2003 DODGE DURANGO. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT MY DAKOTA NEW THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH POPPING NOISES FROM THE FRONT END. AFTER SEEING THE RECENT NEWS STORY ABOUT BAD UPPER BALL JOINTS I AM CONVINCED THIS IS THE PROBLEM. NOW I AM WORRIED WE WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH OUR DURANGO, AND MY DAKOTA IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FROM THE SOUNDS OF THIS PROBLEM, AND AFTER DOING SOME MORE RESEARCH ON MY OWN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060351March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
I HAVE A DODGE DAKOTA THAT IS A 1997 MODEL. I HAVE REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS AT UNDER 30,000 MILES AND I NOW HAVE ONES MY MACHANIC SAYS ARE BAD AND NEED REPLACED. I WAS A WARE OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. MY MACHANIC THOUGHT IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL FOR THEM TO WEAR OUT SO FAST
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060354March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
HAD TO REPLACE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON A 1999 DODGE RAM 4 X 4 PICKUP WITH ONLY 29,000 MILES ON IT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060355March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
MY HUSBAND AND I USE TO OWN A 2000 DAKOTA QUAD CAB.I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHEN WE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM, BUT I DO REMEMBER THE COST TO FIX IT WAS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY $2000.00. WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A TIRE OR BRAKE OR AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. OURS DIDN'T SQUEEK OR CLUNK, OURS SHIMMIED SO BAD OUR WATCHES ON OUR ARMS (WHILE DRIVING) RATTLED. WHEN WE TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS CAUSED DUE TO US NOT PUTTING THE ORIGINAL TIRES BACK ON THE TRUCK WHEN WE REPLACED THE TIRES. PUTTING ORIGINAL TIRES BACK ON THE TRUCK DID ALLEVIATE ENOUGH OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE TRADED THE DAKOTA FOR ANOTHER VECHICLE WITHOUT TAKING A TREMENDOUS LOSS AS WAS THE SITUATION WHEN WE TRIED TO TRADE IT IN BEFORE RETURNING THE TIRES TO ORIGINAL. FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BELIEVE IT WAS DUE TO OVERSIZE TIRES THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. WE ONLY PUT COOPER TIRES COMPARABLE TO THE ORIGINALS ON THE TRUCK, BUT GOODYEAR IS THE ONLY MAKER OF THE SIZE OF TIRE WE NEEDED AND THOSE TIRES WERE ON BACK-ORDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060369March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
VEHICLE HAS DEFINITIVE CLUNK WHEN CROSSING OVER SMALL BUMPS OR TURNING TIGHTLY. WORN BALL JOINTS ARE TO BLAME. VEHICLE HAS 50,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060370March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
HAD TO REPLACE LOWER BALL JOINT AT 55,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060373March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
FAILURE OF ALL BALL JOINTS IN MARCH OF 2003 AND THEN A SUBSEQUENT REPLACEMENT OF 2 OF THOSE BALL JOINTS IN JULY OF 2003. CURRENTLY 1 MORE OF THE BALL JOINTS IS GOING BAD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060375March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
I BOUGHT MY 2002 DODGE DAKOTA NEW IN MARCH OF 2002. EVER SINCE APPROXIMATELY JULY OF THAT SUMMER, I HEARD THE NOW INFAMOUS CLUNKING NOISE IN MY FRONT END. IT WASN'T UNTIL LAST FALL OF 2003 AND SEVERAL VISITS TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS, THAT THEY FINALLY SOMEWHAT FIXED MY VEHICLE. I HAVE SINCE SEEN THE REPORTS BY CBS NEWS IN REGARDS TO THE BALL JOINTS AND THAT HAS PUT FURTHER CONCERN IN THE RELIABILITY OF MY VEHICLE. EVEN THOUGH SEVERAL PARTS, INCLUDING THE BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIPS (NONE OF WHOM SAID THEY COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, OR EVEN CLAIMED THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN I SAID I HEARD THE NOISE), I STILL HEAR THE CLUNKING AND FEEL THAT IT WILL NEVER BE FIXED. I HAVE PUT IN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AT CHRYSLER, SO MY PROBLEMS SHOULD BE VERY WELL DOCUMENTED, BUT FEEL IT IS CHRYSLERS RESPONSIBILTY IF ANYTHING FUTHER WOULD HAPPEN TO MY VEHICLE, OR ANY OTHER FOR THAT MATTER. PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER BEFORE SOMEONE DOES GET SERIOUSLY HURT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060366March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
1996 DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP FRONT BALL JOINT FAILURES. BOTH BALL JOINTS HAVE FAILED DURING INSPECTIONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061314March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT, CONSUMER HEARD A RATTLES NOISE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT SHOP, MECHANIC DETERMINED NEED TO BE REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS. DEALER NOTIFIED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061315March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
AT ANY SPEED WHEN VEHICLE HITS A BUMP A RATTLING SOUND IS HEARD IN THE FRONT END. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060382March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061320March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT. CONSUMER WAS NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061325March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN VEHICLE HIT A BUMP A CLICKING SOUND CAME FROM THE FRONT WHEELS. A MECHANIC EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE SEVERELY WORN OUT. ALSO, ROTORS ON BOTH SIDES WERE WARPED TO THE POINT THAT THEY COULDN'T BE TURNED SAFELY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061327March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AFTER THE CONSUMER SAW A TV REPORT ABOUT BALL JOINT FAILURE. THE CONSUMER HAD NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BALL JOINTS BEFORE THE NEWS REPORT. THE DEALER MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT AND THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN IN THIS CONDITION. ALSO THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE BALL JOINTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061329March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT AXLE, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061333March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DEALER REPLACED LOWER BALL JOINTS AT 60,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060407March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT END PROBLEMS ARE NUMEROUS ON THIS VEHICLE. ALL BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, SWAY LINKS REPLACED, SWAY BAR BUSHINGS REPLACED, POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED, TIE RODS REPLACED... AND THIS IS ALL BETWEEN 24-60K MILES!! NOW IT IS MAKING ANOTHER FRONT END NOISE THAT THE DEALER CAN'T FIGURE OUT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061352March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DEALER REPLACED THE LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS AT 90000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060412March 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
MY 2000 DODGE DAKOTA HAS WORN OUT BALL JOINTS. THERE IS NO WAY THESE THINGS SHOULD HAVE WORN OUT. I COULD NOT FIND ANYPLACE TO GREASE THEM. MY DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. MY TEEN SON IS DRIVING THIS TRUCK AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. I CAN'T BELIEVE CHRYSLER IS STICKING THERE HEADS IN THE SAND!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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