Dodge Dakota Complaints (2008)

91 consumer complaints on file.

#10928508November 29, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10928582November 29, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, POWER TRAIN
MY FOUR WHEEL DRIVE IS ENGAGING ON IT'S OWN. THE SHIFT MOTOR ENGAGES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED AND TURNED OFF. THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WILL ENGAGE ON IT'S OWN WHILE I AM DRIVING. I HAD THE VEHICLE TESTED AT A CERTIFIED GARAGE AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE TRANSFER CASE SHIFT MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AFTER RESEARCHING DODGE/CHRYSLER ISSUES, I HAVE FOUND THAT QUITE A FEW OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE. THEY ALSO CHANGED THE TRANSFER CASE SHIFT MOTOR AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF CHRYSLER IS GOING TO FIX THEIR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE DODGE FOUR WHEEL DRIVES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10926996November 18, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10917136October 20, 2016
AIR BAGS
2008 DODGE DAKOTA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REPLACEMENT PARTS NOT AVAILABLE IN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO REPAIR RECALL NOTICE 16V-352. *SMD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903145September 1, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10899421August 30, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKATA INFLATORS WHEN CAN I EXPECT MY TRUCK TO BE REPAIRED?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10889381July 28, 2016
AIR BAGS
RECALL FROM MAY 2015 ON AIRBAGS. I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A PHONE CALL THAT PARTS ARE IN AS I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER. A FRIEND OF MINE WENT AND ASKED FOR HIS DAKOTA AND WAS SCHEDULED RIGHT AWAY. I WENT IN TODAY WITH A NEW RECALL AND TOLD THEM I WAS IN LAST YEAR AND STILL HAVE NOT BEEN CALLED. ALL I GOT WAS THE RECALL I JUST RECEIVED WAS NEW AND THEY HAD NO PARTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10886006July 19, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. ...UPDATED 09/14/16 *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10882217July 5, 2016
AIR BAGS
2008 DODGE DAKOTA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REPLACEMENT PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL NOTICE. *SMD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876364June 24, 2016
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION
I WAS DRIVING HOME ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A POP LIKE SOUND FOUND OUT IN MORNING THE PINION WAS THE ISSUE AND NEIGHBOR FOUND NUT WAS LOSE AND I GOT ANOTHER AND HE IS A MECHANIC SO HE INSTALLED IT AND A WEEK LATER WAS MAKING NOISE SO I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND THEY FOUND IT LOSE AND INSTALLED ANOTHER ONE AND JUST THE OTHER DAY I TOOK IT BACK AND FOUND IT WAS LOSE SOME SO HE ORDERED ANOTHER ONE AND HE PUT SOME RETAINER OR NOT SURE BUT HE WILL PUT THE NEW NUT ON WHEN IT COMES IN AND I SEE 44,000 TRUCKS FROM 2009 TO 2010 AND TRUCKS FROM 2005 HAVE PINION PROBLEMS SO I AM AMAZED THAT 2008 HAS SAME ISSUE AND I SEE SO MANY POST BALL JOINTS I DID ONE SIDE ALREADY AND FOR GOD TO AND NOW AIR BAG I SEE AND HAD FORDS AND CHEVY AND ALL I REPAIRED ON THE WERE NORMAL THINGS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876355June 24, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, A LOUD POPPING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE EXTERIOR REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHOM REPLACED THE PINION NUT. THE FAILURE RECURRED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V474000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852121March 29, 2016
POWER TRAIN, SEAT BELTS, SUSPENSION
2008 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 IS THE BIGGEST PIECE OF JUNK I HAVE HAD 3 TRANS DONE AND TRANS LINES 3 TIMES ALL FRONT END TIE RODS STRUTS SWAY BARS WHEEL BARRINGS ROTORS RADIO AIR BAGS SEAT BELTS AND MORE REPLACED ON THIS ROLLING WHEELED PIECE OF JUNK IVE HAD PEOPLE SAY NICE TRUCK AND I SAY THANKS BUT DONT BUY ONE THEY ARE A JUNK ONLY 116K MILES ON IT AND WILL BE LOTS MORE TO SPEND ON THIS JUNK DEALER ASKED ME IF I EVER DROVE IT DOWN A DRIT ROAD AND I SAID WHY HE SAID THE TIE RODS ARE WORE OUT ON IT AND I SAID HOW THIS IS WHEN I HAD 10K MILES ON IT THEY SAID THEY THAT YOU SHOULD NOT GO ON ANY DIRT ROADS COME ON NOW WHERE ARE NO DIRT ROADS I LAUGHED AT THEM AND SAID I HAD NOT WENT ON ONE YET. NOW HOW DO ANYBODY GET THIS THING RIGHT ON GET RID OF IT WHAT A LEMON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10837377February 21, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL I RECEIVED A RECALL FROM FCA MONTHS AGO ON MY RECALL IN THE RECALL NOTICE THEY WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH A SECOND NOTICE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ONE. I CALLED MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY WHERE GETTING THEM IN A FEW DAYS, ICALLEDBACK A FEW WEEKS LATTER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WHERE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THEM, IT'S BEEN WEEKS AND STILL NO CALL. HOW LONG AM I SUPPOSE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT COULD HARM ME OR MY PASSENGER. CAN YOU TELL ME WHO I CAN SUE IF AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS AND WHO TO CONTACT FOR A LOANER VEHICLE SEEING AS I AM NOT HAPPY DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT COULD HURT ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821049January 19, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808192December 3, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE DRAGGING AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BOUNCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CALIPERS WERE STICKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 02/05/16*LJ UPDATED 05/02/18*JB *AS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808001December 2, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10794505November 17, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782938October 16, 2015
POWER TRAIN
PINION BEARING FROZE UP SPINNING RACE IN REAR END HOUSING. THIS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF ALL BEARINGS AND HOUSE ASSEMBLY. PINION BEARING WAS DEFECTIVE AT THE TIME IT WAS INSTALLED. PICKUP HAS ONLY 48K MILES ON IT. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED AGREED IT WAS BAD BUT REFUSED TO HELP ON REPLACEMENT. SAID WARRANTY WAS ONLY GOOD TO 36K. THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY BUT WAS ABLE TO GET TRUCK TO GARAGE. ALL REQUIRED SERVICES HAD BEEN COMPLETED PER CHRYSLER REQUIREMENTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782428October 15, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR DUE TO THE STATES OF HIGH HUMIDITY BEING A HIGH PRIORITY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10777753September 25, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO RESET THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER AND RADIO COULD NOT BE USED SIMULTANEOUSLY OR IT WOULD CAUSE ELECTRICAL FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO BE DIAGNOSED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,025.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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