Dodge Dakota Complaints (2005)

470 consumer complaints on file.

#10203269September 17, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2005 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 V-6 PURCHASED NEW. RECURRENT BRAKE ISSUES STARTING IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE, FIVE VISITS TO THE DEALER, EACH MORE INVOLVED THEN THE LAST, CULMINATING IN HAVING ALL BRAKES REPLACED (SUPPOSEDLY) WITH REAR AXLES INCLUDED (BENT FROM FACTORY WE WERE INFORMED). THE VIOLENT PULSATING IS BACK AGAIN EXACTLY THE SAME AS BEFORE AND GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THIS CANNOT BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AS WE WERE INFORMED BY A "TECH" THAT THE REAR BRAKE REPLACEMENTS WERE SHIPPED IN A VACUUM SEALED CLAMSHELL WITH CARBOARD BACKING! THIS TRUCK IS LITERALLY GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE DRIVE IT FOR FEAR THAT SHE WILL BE HURT IN A PANIC STOP SITUATION. IT IS SCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER VISIT BUT IS NOW PAST WARRANTY... MY INTEREST IS IN WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS SUCH AS THIS AND IF THERE IS A RECALL PENDING... *JB
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#10202958September 13, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE PROBLEMS ON 2005 DODGE DAKOTA SINCE BOUGHT IN 2005
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No
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No
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0
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#10200788August 26, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS
VEHICLE STARTS TO SHAKE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT A SPEED ABOVE 55MPH, PROBLEM IN THE REAR BRAKES THAT IS CAUSING THIS ,I AM ASE CERTIFIED BRAKE AND THIS IS NOT A SAFE CONDITION. *TR
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No
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0
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#10200096August 20, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
I HAD BEEN NOTICING SOME MAJOR PULSATING (TO THE POINT I THOUGHT I WAS LOOSING A TIRE) IN THE FRONT END OF MY 05 DODGE DAKOTA WHEN I STEPPED ON THE FRONT BRAKE SO I HAD THE BRAKES LOOKED AT BY MEINEKE MUFFLER. THEY SHOWED ME HOW THE DUST BOOT ON THE CALIPERS WERE DETERIORATING AND THAT THE ROTORS WERE TURNING BLUE FROM OVER-HEATING. THEY SUGGESTED I CONTACT DODGE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS OR IF IT WAS COVERED BY MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. MY TRUCK HAS 24K MILES ON IT. I CONTACTED DODGE REGARDING THE WARRANTY AND THEY SAID THAT ONLY THE CALIPERS WOULD BE COVERED EVEN THOUGH THE DEFECTIVE CALIPERS CAUSED THE PREMATURE WEARING OF THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. THE BRAKE PADS STILL HAD AT LEAST 50% WEAR ON THEM. MY TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT STEVENS DODGE IN MILFORD CT. TOMORROW WILL BE 2 WEEKS SINCE I BROUGHT IT THERE AND SUPPOSEDLY THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE PARTS TO COME IN. ACCORDING TO THEIR SERVICE DEPT THE PARTS ARE NOT ON BACK ORDER BUT THEY STILL AREN'T IN. THIS TRUCK IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO TOW UP TO 7,000 POUNDS BUT WITH THE BRAKES FAILING AFTER ONLY 24K OF NORMAL DRIVING (MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES) I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF I TOWED THINGS WITH IT REGULARLY. *TR
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10197660July 27, 2007
SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
CONSISTENT DRIVELINE VIBRATION, UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR. I TOOK MY 2005 DODGE LARAMIE QUAD CAB IN FOR A FRONT END ALIGNMENT ON MARCH 5, 2007 TO TRY AND REPAIR THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED PROBLEM. SINCE THIS TIME I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP A MINIMUM OF TEN TIMES AND IT HAS BEEN IN THEIR POSSESSION AT LEAST 60 DAYS. THE DEALER HAS VIRTUALLY REPLACED ALL OF THE FRONT END PARTS, BRAKES, ROTORS, CALIPERS, ROTATED TIRES, REPLACED AND TRIED ELEVEN (11) MICHELIN TIRES, BALANCED, HIGH SPEED BALANCED, MY RIMS HAVE OVER FIFTY NOTCHES WHERE THEY HAVE PLACED WEIGHTS TO BALANCE THE TIRES WITHOUT RESULT. SIMILAR COMPLAINTS LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS INVESTIGATED SINCE BY THEIR OWN ADMISSION THEY CAN NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10195305July 4, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT
PURCHASED A PRE OWNED 2005 DODGE DAKOTA 2/2007.THE DEALERSHIP GUARANTEED ME THE VIBRATION IN THE VEHICHLE WOULD BE RESOLVED. THE FIRST 2MONTHS THEY HAD THE VEHICLE MORE THAN I. 5 TIMES THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THIS DEALERSHIP. REPLACED THE ROTORS, BREAK PADS, NEW SWAY BAR(THAT WAS DISCONNECTED). THE VEHICLE STILL VIBRATES.AT SPEED OF 50-60 MPH WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE CONSIDERABLY. AT NORMAL SPEED IT STILL VIBRATES BUT NOT AS MUCH. THE WARRENTY ON THE VEHICLE IS UP IN ABOUT 30 MILES. I BELIEVE THE DEALERSHIP HAS JUST WORN US DOWN. THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP SAID HE WOULD MAKE THINGS RIGHT, BUT AS OF TODAY, NOTHING.NO RESOLUTION. SOMETHING IS DEFINETLY WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE AND I WON'T DRIVE IT FAR FOR FEAR OF FAILURE. MY WIFE OWNED A JEEPLIBERTY W/RECALLS ON BALL JOINTS...NEEDLESS TO SAY THE 2ND SET OF BALL JOINTS FAILED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND $4000 LATER WAS TRADED OFF. WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER DODGE CHRYSLERJEEP PRODUCT AGAIN IN MY LIFE. GURESS WE GO BACK TO CHEVY.
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0
Deaths:
0
#10192852June 10, 2007
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
MY 2005 DODGE DAKOTA SHAKES WHEN DRIVING ON SMOOTH ROAD AND BRAKING, RPMS REV REALLY HIGH, HAS NO PICK UP, AND GETS 9 MPG OF GAS, DEFECT IN DRIVERS SEATBELT NONE OF WHICH ARE COVERED BY DODGE OR A WARRENTY
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10192427June 4, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
DEFECTIVE BRAKE MASTER CYLYNDER CAUSING BRAKES TO STAY ENGAGED. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10188917April 26, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN BRAKING A HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE BRAKING SYSTEM HAS A SEVERE SHUTTER. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY ISSUES. THEY DID, HOWEVER, TURN THE FRONT ROTORS. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE REAR BRAKES. I CAN TELL WHEN THE FRONT HAS A PROBLEM. IT IS A DIFFERENT FEEL. MY 2001 DAKOTA HAD EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE AND THEY COULD NEVER FIND A PROBLEM WITH IT EITHER. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS NORMAL. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES IN THE REAR ARE WHAT CAUSES THE PROBLEM. THEY KNOW OF NO WAY TO FIX IT. I PUT IN THE "NUMBER OF FAILURES" THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 481 FAILURES, SINCE THAT IS HOW LONG I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE AND IT OCCURS DAILY. IT WAS EXTREMELY RARE FOR IT TO HAPPEN UNTIL IT HAD ABOUT 15,000 MI. ON IT AND I CAN WORK THE BRAKES AND GET IT TO STOP IF I DON'T HAVE TO STOP FAST. I HAD THE WORST ISSUE THIS MORNING COMING TO WORK. I HAD A VEHICLE RUN A STOP SIGN AND I HAD TO DO A PANIC STOP FROM 65 MPH AND THE TRUCK SHOOK SO BAD I DID NOT THINK IT WAS GOING TO STOP. I HAVE JUST GOTTEN FRUSTRATED AND LIVED WITH THIS PROBLEM, SINCE I GET TOLD IT IS JUST NORMAL ANTI-LOCK BRAKES............NOT LIKELY!!!!! ALSO, I NOTICED THERE IS A DAIMLER/CHRYSLER SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM. IT IS #0500405 DATED 05/10/2006. SINCE MY LAST EXPERIENCE WITH THE DEALERSHIP, I HAVE JUST STAYED AWAY, SO I HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD ABOUT THIS SERVICE BULLETIN. *TR
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10181282January 31, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
PURCHASED 2005 DAKOTA QUAD CAB ON 9/30/05. IMMEDIATELY NOTICED PULSATING OR SHUDDERING OF THE BRAKES WHEN APPLIED AT HIGHER RATES OF SPEED & WHEN BRAKING ON AN INCLINE. VISITED DEALERSHIP ON 10/13/05 & REAR DRUMS WERE TURNED. VISITED DEALERSHIP AGAIN ON 10/21/05 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM. BRAKES PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED & RETURNED AGAIN TO DEALERSHIP ON 11/15/05. DEALERSHIP ORDERED PARTS & WE RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP ON 12/14/05 & REAR BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED. SEVERAL MONTHS PASSED & BRAKE SHUDDERING RETURNED AGAIN. VISITED DEALERSHIP AGAIN WITH SAME COMPLAINT ON 9/19/06 & THE DEALER REPLACED REAR BRAKE SHOES, BRAKE DRUMS, & ROTORS. NOT TWO MONTHS LATER, THE SAME BRAKING PROBLEM RETURNED. AFTER TAKING THE TRUCK IN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASSIONS WITHOUT A RESOLVE, WE FILED FOR OUR RIGHTS UNDER THE FLORIDA LEMON LAW. DAIMLER CHRYSLER SET UP AN APPT WITH DEALERSHIP TO HAVE TECHNICIAN LOOK AT OUR TRUCK. THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH OUR TRUCK OTHER THAN A BAD TIRE. THE TECHNICIAN DID NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT I DESCRIBED TO THEM. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO SEARS TO HAVE THE TIRES LOOKED AT & THERE INDEED WAS A FLAT SPOT ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. I QUESTIONED WHY THERE WOULD BE A FLAT SPOT ON A TIRE THAT HAD ONLY 24K ON IT WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION. WE HAD THE TIRE REPLACED & ALSO HAD THE FRONT END ALIGNED. IN THE MEANTIME THE BRAKE PULSATION ONLY CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. I HAVE CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AGAIN TO REQUEST ANOTHER REVIEW OF OUR CASE & WE NOW HAVE TO TAKE THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP & THIS TIME STAY WITH THE TECH AND DRIVE WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY THE PULSATING BRAKES. WE ARE TRYING TO BE PATIENT WITH THE PROCESS BUT IT IS GETTING VERY TRYING. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING DEFECTIVE WITH THE ENGINEERING OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF TRUCK & IT IS TIME THAT CHRYSLER TAKE RESPONSIBLITY FOR IT. I ONLY HOPE THAT THEY CORRECT THE SITUATION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED BECAUSE OF IT.
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0
Deaths:
0
#10177655January 3, 2007
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DURING STOPS THE RPMS ON MY 2005 DAKOTA WILL GO ERRATIC. THE RPMS WILL GO FROM A FEW HUNDRED TO OVER 3000. THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND HAS TO BE PUT INTO PARK AND RESTARTED. NO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WILL EVER COME ON. I HAVE HAD IT AT THE DEALERSHIP WERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 3 TIME FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE IT. THE LAST TIME I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM IT STALLED IN TRAFFIC THAT SAME DAY I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK. THIS IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL ISSUES I HAVE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK THAT THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. *NM
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10177673January 3, 2007
TIRES:SIDEWALL
SIDEWALL FAILURE OF GOODYEAR WRANGLER 265/70R17 RT/S TIRE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE SIDEWALL OF TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE HAD ONLY 41000 MILES OF MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING. TREAD WEAR WAS VERY EVEN WITH NO UNEVEN WEAR OF ANY KIND. I HAD STOPPED FOR GAS ONLY 7 MILES BEFORE THE FAILURE, AND INFLATION OF TIRE APPEARED NORMAL. *NM
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10174162November 24, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I HAVE A RECURRING BRAKE VIBRATION ON MY 2005 DODGE DAKOTA THAT STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 12000 MILES. THE DEALER WHO IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN HAS REPLACED REAR AXLES, DRUMS, BRAKE PADS, FRONT ROTORS, TURNED DRUMS, CHANGED WHEELS SEVERAL TIMES. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT LEASE 7 TIMES AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I WROTE LETTERS AND PHONED CHRYSLER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE INTERESTED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A CRASH. *JB
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10173170November 10, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
AT 1 K I NOTICED A VIBRATION WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS MY FRONT ROTORS. TOOK IT TO DEALER. THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND THEY REPLACED THE REAR BRAKE SHOES. IT WAS GOOD UNTIL ABOUT 4500 MILES. THE VIBRATIONS STARTED AGAIN. DURING INTERSTATE DRIVING IF I HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES SUDDENLY THE VIBRATION WAS VERY VIOLENT. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER. TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER NEW BRAKE DRUMS. AT 5700 MILES THE NEW DRUMS WERE INSTALLED. THE VIBRATION WAS STILL THERE WITH AN ADDITIONAL POPPING SOUND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. TOOK IT BACK THE NEXT DAY. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THE NEW DRUMS WERE WARPED? THE DEALER PUT THE ORIGINAL DRUMS BACK ON. THEY CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY WANT TO BALANCE THE TIRES. *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10170967October 16, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE, THE VEHICLE SHIMMIED. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE ROTORS AND DRUMS WERE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE REAR DRUMS, REAR AXLE SHAFT, REAR BRAKE SHOES AND REAR BRAKE DRUMS WERE REPLACED ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FRONT ROTORS WERE ALSO RESURFACED. THEN, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE PEDAL HAD TO BE PUMPED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, BUT REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. UPDATED 11/2/2006 - *NM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10170509October 11, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
AIR-BAG WARNING LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY SOMETIMES REMAIN ON FOR MILES. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. QUESTION IS, WILL THEY WORK WHEN NEEDED? *JB
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10168616September 19, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
AIRBAG LIGHTS CONTINUE TO COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. PREVIOUS TRUCK WAS TRADED IN AS THE DEALER COULD NOT FIX THE ISSUE. NOW, THE NEW TRUCK IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE KEPT TRACK OF IN CASE OF A WIDESPREAD ISSUE CONCERNING AIRBAG WARNING LIGHTS IN SIMILAR VEHICLES (2005 DODGE DAKOTA). *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10167876September 11, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I HAVE A 2005 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB AND WHEN I WOULD GO TO STOP FROM HIGH SPEEDS IT WOULD SHUTTER REALLY BAD UNTIL I WOULD TAKE MY FOOT OFF OF THE BREAK. HOWEVER IN MAY 06 I WAS HIT IN THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE AND HAD MY ENTIRE REAR AXLE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE SINCE THE OLD ONE WAS DAMAGED IN THE ACCIDENT AND NO LONGER HAVE THE SHUTTERING WHEN I STOP. *NM
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166631August 27, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I OWN A 2005 DODGE DAKOTA BOUGHT IN B.C CANADA. WHEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN ON A HILL MY TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY EVERY TIME I APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND IT HAD VERY LITTLE BRAKING POWER. I FELT THAT IF I KEPT APPLYING THE BRAKES IT WOULD FLY OFF THE ROAD. BEFORE I WENT ON THIS TRIP DODGE INSPECTED MY VEHICLE AND CLEANED MY BRAKES. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS GREAT AND I WAS ON MY WAY. I TALKED TO DODGE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND OFFERED NO HELP EVEN THOUGH I FELT MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER. MY GIRLFRIEND WILL NOT RIDE IN MY TRUCK ANYMORE AND I DON'T BLAME HER. PLEASE MAKE DODGE RECALL THIS TRUCK FOR IT HAS MANY PROBLEMS AND BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT . THANKS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166112August 21, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, BUT RESTARTED EACH TIME. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FLASH, BUT THERE WAS NO REPAIR AVAILABLE. UPDATED 10/04/06. *JB
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0
Deaths:
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