Dodge Dakota Complaints (1998)

545 consumer complaints on file.

#558968January 19, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
THERE IS PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH CONTAINS THE RACK AND PINION STEERING, FIRST STARTING AT A HALF INCH, DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM, PLAY IS UP TO ONE INCH AND A QUARTER. *CJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739114January 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737935December 18, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SUSPENSION:FRONT
ROTORS (FRONT DISCS) WARP EXTEMELY QUICKLY BECAUSE OF CYLINDER SEAL. SEAL IS ALLOWING BRAKE PADS TO REMAIN IN CONTACT WITH ROTORS. BRAKING AT HIGH SPEED CAUSES THE FRONT END TO VIBRATE AND IS VERY DIFFICULT. ROTORS TURNED AND PADS REPLACED AT 36000, AND IS NEEDED AGAIN AT 59000. THIS VIBRATION IS ALSO CAUSING THE FRONT END TO GET OUT OF ALIGNMENT VERY QUICKLY. IN 59000 IT HAS REQUIRED 4 MAJOR ALIGNMENTS AND IS NOW IN NEED OF 5TH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876091December 6, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DUE TO WIRING HARNESS BURNING OUT. DEALER DID NOT ALLOW CONSUMER TO DRIVE VEHICLE HOME DURING THE DAY TO AVOID AN AUTOMOBILE FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875403November 22, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
GOODYEAR INVECTA GL TIRE P215/75R15 DOT M6HFD8ER098 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, PRIOR TO BLOWOUT, CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874936November 14, 2000
TIRES, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS:SWITCH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
ENGINE EXPERIENCES ROUGH AND LOW IDLE, AND STALLING, DEALER HAS REPLACED THROTTLE BODY, MANIFOLD GASKETS, AND VALVE BODY, HOWEVER STALLING STILL EXISTS, DEALER STATED THE COMBINATION OF STOPPING, SHIFTING, AND THE TURNING OF THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STALL, THERE WAS ALSO AN OIL PAN LEAK AND COOLANT LEAK, PURGE SOLENOID WAS ALSO NOISY. REVERSE LIGHTS HAD A DEFECTIVE SWITCH AND THE HEADLIGHTS HAD A DEFECTIVE SWITCH. EXHAUST WAS NOISY AND THE EXHAUST BOLTS WERE BROKEN. MOLDINGS WERE LEAKING, DEALER HAD TO ALSO REPLACE CARPET. BRAKES LOCKED UP, DEALER FOUND THEY WERE FULL OF BRAKE DUST, FRONT ROTORS GOUGED, DEALER REPLACED BRAKES AND ROTORS. STEERING GEAR BOX AND POWER STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY BOTH LEAKED. TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED MANY PROBLEMS, A DEFECTIVE LEAKING PRESSURE LINE, VIBRATION IN DRIVELINE, VEHICLE WOULD SLAM IN REVERSE WHEN GOING FROM DRIVE, DIFFERENTIAL WAS REPLACED DUE TO A HUMMING NOISE, AND THE GEAR SHIFT BROKE. NEW TIRES (NO SIZE OR BRAND) DUE TO VIBRATION IN FRONT END. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735818November 6, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THIS IS THE 13TH SEPERATE DAKOTA THAT I KNOW OF THAT HAD EVAPORATOR FAILURE AT 38-41000 MILES FROM THE LOCAL CAAR AIRCONDITIONING REPAIR SHOP HE SEES HUNDREDS A YEAR FROM DODGE VEHICLES AT ABOUT THIS MILEAGE THIS HAS TO BE A INHERANT PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE FIXED AND RECALLED FOR PROPER FIXING. IVE OWNED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN CARS IN MY FAMILY INCLUDING 8 CHRYSLER CARS AND NEVER HAD SO MUCH AS ONE EVAPORATOR OR AIR CONDITIONER FAILURE UP TO OVER 100000 MILES JUST TOO MUCH OF A CO-INCIDENCE THAT THIS COULD BE HAPPING TO ALL OF US PLEASE INVESTIGATE THANKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#556890November 3, 2000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
WHEN TIRES WERE BEING ROTATED AT 5,000 MILES, FOUR WHEEL STUDS BROKE OFF DURING NUT REMOVAL. *CJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735589November 1, 2000
TIRES
THIS TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE FREEWAY WITH NO WARNING AT FREEWAY SPEED,THE TIRE DESTROYED THE ALUMINIUM RIM, I SENT WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE TIRE TO PIRELLI, THEY CLAIM THAT THEIR EXAMINATION INDICATES NO MANUFACTURING DEFECTS, BUT THAT THE "TIRE SUFFERED AN IMPACT TO THE WHEEL AT THE 6:00 CLOCK POSITION THE IMPACT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE COMPLETE DEFLECTION OF THE TIRE DOWN TO THE WELL SMEARING THE INTERLINER RUBBER ON THE WELL OF THE WHEEL." I DID NOT HAVE AN IMPACT, THE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE RETAINED THE TIRE AND RIM. I HAVE 2 OTHER TIRES ON MY VEHICLE AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE MAY BE A DEFECT IN THE TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: CKHFGBC356 TIRESIZE: 215/75R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874091October 30, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN STEERING WHEEL PULLS EXTREMELY TO THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT, ALSO, AFTER VEHICLE IS IN PARK VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD,CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874064October 27, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUME R WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. VEHICLE WAS GOING LEFT TO RIGHT. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDERS . THREE OUT OF FOUR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. TIRES WERE GOODYEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557523October 24, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL (00V-193) COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#556730October 24, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
THE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT HAS BEEN IN SERVICE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DUE TO NOISE, REPLACED UNIT AND COMPONENTS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, HOWEVER THE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT CONTINUES TO MAKE NOISE, DEALERSHIP IS NOW REFUSING TO CONTINUE TO REPLACED PARTS IN THE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873744October 24, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER TOOK VECHICLE IN FOR A RECALL ON REAR BRAKES HOSE AND REPOSITION AXLE HOSE, WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUIMER RAN INTO A ROCK, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734976October 23, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
THIS GOING TO BE THE FITH CATALETIC CONVERTER I HAVE HAD REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873575October 23, 2000
TIRES
GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES HYDROPLANED ON VEHICLE. THIS HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO SLIDE INTO A DITCH AT 30MPH IN WET WEATHER. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734920October 22, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
HAVE HAD AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH HESITATION UPON ACCELERATION ESP. UPHILL. DEALER FINALLY (AFTER WARRANTY WAS UP AND WE HAVE HAD IT IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AT LEAST THREE TIMES NOW WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD) FOUND THAT THERE WAS AN AIRLEAK SOME WHERE. ALSO PERFORMED A TUNE UP. STRAPS ON BACK OF CONSOLE ARE BOTH BROKE, SCRATCH LEGS WHEN SITTING IN BACK SEAT. RAN OUT OF GAS TWICE ON 1/8 OF A TANK, THEN RAN OUT AT 1/4 TANK. THEY REPLACE THE "SENDING UNIT"? AT A COST OF 170.00 APPROX. (NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY BY 3000 MILES)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734214October 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THIS TRRUCK HAS BEEN A LEMON FROM BEGINNING AND CHRYSLER SERVICE CENTER TOLD ME TO GET A LAWYER AND THEY DO NOT CARE HELP ME!! I HAVE ONLY DRIVE MY TRUCK 1/2 THE TIME THAT I HAVE HAD IT, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS HAS BROKEN DOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#556041October 13, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
RECALL 00V193 WASN'T THOROUGHLY COMPLETED WITH THE RECALL LETTER CONSUMER RECEIVED, CUSTOMER DISSATISFIED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#872728October 11, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
TIE RODS ON BOTH ENDS ARE WORN OUT WITH ABOUT 48,000 MILES WHICH MAY CAUSE THE TIE RODS TO BREAK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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