Dodge Dakota Complaints (2002)

678 consumer complaints on file.

#10093709October 6, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
NOISE IN FRONT END PICKUP MOVES SIDE TO SIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093546October 4, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
WHILE DRIVING HOME AFTER HAVING TRANSMISSION REBUILT MY BRAKES STARTED TO SOUND AS IF THERE WAS DIRT ON THE PADS. AS THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 19000 MILES AT THE TIME THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVED. THE NOISE OVER THE NEXT WEEK GOT LOUDER AND THE TRUCK HARDER TO STOP SAFTLY. CONTACTED DEALER BROUGHT IN AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ROTORS WERE SCARED AND THE PADS WERE GONE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE ROTOR WAS PITTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX EXCEPT AS A MAINTENCE ISSUE. THEY DID HOWEVER REPLACE UPPER BALL JOINTS . I BELIEVE THE LOOSE FRONT END CAUSED THE VIBRATION IN WHEELS WHICH LED TO BRAKE FAILURE. I HAVE READ MANY COMPAINTS OF BRAKES ON THE WEB. DODGE NEEDS TO RECAL THIS VEICLE -- SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093401September 30, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WORN BALL JOINTS AND RELATED SUSPENSION NOISE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093268September 28, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
2002 DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP TRUCK EXHIBITS PREMATURE WEAR ON UPPER BALL JOINTS RESULTING IN LOUD POPPING NOISE DURING TURNS AND FRONT IN RATTLE ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089513September 28, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH HEARD NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT. HAD NO DIFFICULTY WITH THE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DID NOT NEED TO REPLACE BALL JOINTS ON THE LEFT. HAD PREVIOUSLY FILED COMPLAINT #12187283. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093101September 23, 2004
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
PASSANGER SIDE FLOOR FLOODS WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS ON. EVERYDAY I NEED TO SUCK OUT THE WATER WITH A VACCUME. INSIDE OF TRUCK SMELLS AS A RESULT OF THE PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093972September 21, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. DEALER STATED THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WILL BW AVAILABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091016September 14, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
UPON TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, I WOULD HEAR "POPPING" COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION. BROUGHT IT IN FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BAD BALL JOINTS. REPLACED BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS (LEFT AND RIGHT). THE CONDITION OF THE UPPER BALL JOINTS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE READY TO POP OUT OF THE SOCKET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081684September 14, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
INTERMITTENTLY THE BRAKES FAILED TO RELEASE FULLY AFTER BEING DEPRESSED. THE BRAKE PEDAL CAME BACK UP WHEN RELEASED, BUT THE BRAKES DRAGGED. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE FRONT ROTORS OVERHEATED. THE DEALERSHIP TURNED THE FRONT ROTORS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED A MONTH LATER. THIS TIME THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS OVERHEATED. *AK *SC *JB
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
#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
#10089990August 30, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA A RECALL 04V21600 ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TWO MONTHS AGO. TWO MONTHS LATER, DEALERSHIP STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO CONDUCT THE RECALL. THIS DEALERSHIP IS THE ONLY ONE IN TOWN. THE NEXT DEALERSHIP IS ABOUT 350 MILES AWAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088820August 30, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089917August 27, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT ABS LOCKED UP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON WET ROAD SURFACE. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088628August 26, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS
FELT PULSING IN FRONT BRAKES DUE TO ROTOR OVERHEATING AND WARPING. BRAKE FAILURE, NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088457August 24, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
PREMATURE FAILURE ON LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT FOR 2002 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4, 36,990 MILES. POPPING SOUNDS COMING FROM FRONT LEFT, SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR EVALUATION. I WAS CHARGED FOR THE BALL JOINT CHECK AND DEDUCTABLE ON EXTENDED WARRANTY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088462August 24, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
SHAKING IN FRONT END WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, ALSO RATTLE IN FRONT END. DODGE DEALER FOUND FRONT BRAKE ROTORS TO BE SEVERELY RUSTED AND PITTED AND THAT BRAKE PAD CLIPS WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED OFF FRONT PADS CAUSING RATTLE. ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED AND OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. DODGE REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIRS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088222August 19, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
I HAVE HAD CLUNKING AND SQUEAKING NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY 2002 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB SINCE ABOUT 18,000 MILES. I HAVE MENTIONED IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAY THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS. AFTER VIEWING THE INTERNET I HAVE REALIZED THAT THERE IS MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. I WILL SOON BE RETURING TO THE DEALER WITH THE INFO TO TRY TO GET IT FIXED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088127August 18, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
I HAVE A 2002 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB--WITH 49000 ON IT AND IT NEEDS LOWER BALL JOINTS! IS THERE ANY TYPE OF RECALL OR COURSE OF ACTION I CAN TAKE ? THESE BALL-JOINTS SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED AT 49000. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086905August 15, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TRAVELING APPROX 25 MPH ON WET ROADS. APPLIED BRAKES NOTHING HAPPENED. TRUCK DIDN'T SLOW DOWN WITH BRAKE TO FLOOR. COLLISION OCCURRED (REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE) AND FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WEARING SEAT BELT. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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