Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#10016795April 30, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
NOISY VALVE TRAIN ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH 3.9 ENGINE. THE ROLLER TAPPETS WERE CHANGED BY THE DEALER, BUT THEY ARE STILL NOISY. ALSO IN COLD WEATHER THERE IS A SHRILL WHISTLING SOUND AT SLIGHT THROTTLE PRESSURE. THE DEALER SAID DODGE WAS WORKING ON IT. WONDERED IF ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THINGS? THERE IS NO SAFETY PROBLEM THAT I KNOW OF, JUST CONCERN OF RELIABILITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017794April 29, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO START AND STALLED WHILE DRIVING. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016707April 29, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2002 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB W/ 5.9 LITER ENGINE. MY TRUCK SUFFERS FROM A SHAKY IDLE, VERY PREVALENT WHEN RELEASING THE BRAKE AND ROLLING. IS WORSE AT COLD START UP. I SUSPECT IGNITION SYSTEM= LOCATION OF COIL MAY BE THE CAUSE DUE TO BEING SO CLOSE TO THE TENSIONER PULLEY OR A OUT-OF BALANCE HARMONIC BALANCER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017668April 28, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND RETRIEVED SOME ITEMS FROM THE INTERIOR CABIN. CONSUMER SAW A FLASH AND THEN SMELLED A "BURNING" ODOR. LIGHTING HAD STRUCK THE STEEL ANTENNA. THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED WITH THE CONSUMER'S 1997 DODGE CARAVAN. CONSUMER BELIEVED THE ANTENNA WAS DEFECTIVE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016650April 28, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
RIGHT FRONT BRAKE STICKING AT RANDOM TIME HAD TO PRY PISTON BACK TO RELEASE PAD AND PREVENT FIRE AND RELEASE BRAKE DRAG. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016555April 27, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
IT SEEMS THAT BY READING NUMEROUS ONLINE BBS ABOUT DODGE DAKOTA'S, THE PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING PROBLEMS ARE VERY PREVALENT. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY FRONT ROTORS WARPING SINCE ALMOST DAY ONE WITH NO SATISFACTORY ACCOMMODATIONS BY THE MANUFACTURER OR DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT MY NEW TRUCK. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BECAUSE THIS IS CERTAINLY A WIDESPREAD SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL. PLEASE HELP THE CONSUMER. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017593April 25, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE VEHICLE PULLED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THE FRONT DISC ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE TURNED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016438April 24, 2003
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP BOTH FRONT SEATS RANDOMLY FALL ALMOST FLAT, CAUSING SEVERAL NEAR REAR END COLLISIONS FROM LOSING CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL. ON OCCASIONS THE DRIVER SEAT HAS FALLEN AND STRIKING OUR 2 YEAR OLD IN THE FACE. NOT ONLY DOES IT COLLAPSE FROM STOPS, AS DOES IT HAPPEN WHEN HITTING A SMALL BUMP, SPEED BUMPS, OR OTHER SMALL ROUGH PATCHES IN THE ROAD. I HAVE FOUND NO WAY TO KEEP THEM UPRIGHT AND I FULLY BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FOOT THE $700+ BILL TO REPLACE/REPAIR THESE SEATS. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10017506April 24, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
WHEN THE CONSUMER STOPPED THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT CAME APART. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017520April 24, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED IMPROPERLY. THE CONSUMER CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED UP, DUE TO WRONG INFORMATION PRINTED ON THE DIP STICK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016472April 24, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
PLASTIC COVERS CAME OFF OF DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. THEN SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE BECAUSE ASSEMBLY HAD BROKEN. THE ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE PRIED APART WITH A SCREWDRIVER SO THAT I COULD GET OUT OF THE SEAT BELT. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016323April 22, 2003
SUSPENSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
MY 2002 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 SPORT HAS HAD SUSPENSION PROBLEMS, AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN BAD FROM DAY ONE. I NOW HAVE 35,000 MILES AND THE POUNDING AND NOISE HAVE NOT STOPPED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. WHY NOT A RECALL? *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016348April 22, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
POWER STEERING PUMP WENT BAD, CAUSING A MAJOR LEAK OF POWER STEERING FLUID TO BE SPRAYED THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING BOTH THE POWER STEERING TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSING THE DRIVE TRAIN BELT TO BEGIN SLIPPING. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016354April 22, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
VIOLENT PULSATION IN THE BRAKES STARTED AT 3000 MILES. PERSONALLY PAID FOR ROTOR RESURFACING AND BRAKE SERVICING. THE PULSATION RESUMED AT ABOUT 10000 MILES. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017209April 21, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE INOPERATIVE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017149April 18, 2003
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING . THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ( SIZE#P26570R16 AND DOT#PK72WDWR4001). *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014412April 15, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I STOPPED THE TRUCK AND PUT IN THE PARK POSITION, I THEN CAME OUT OF THE TRUCK, CLOSED THE DOOR AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO MOVE IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION, I RAN AFTER THE TRUCK TO SEE IF I COULD STOP IT BUT THE REVERSE SPEED WAS TO FAST FOR ME AND THE TRUCK HIT THE TREE DAMAGING THE REAR BUMPER AND I FELL BACK INJURING MY BACK. CHECKED THE POSITION OF THE SHIFT AFTER ABOVE INCIDENT TO SEE THE POINTER POSITION ABOVE "R". I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO DUPLICATE THE SAME SYMPTOM WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS. THIS I KNOW FOR CERTAIN YOU CAN NOT GET OUT OF THE TRUCK WHEN IT IS IN REVERSE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10014377April 14, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
ROTORS AND DRUMS WORN TO BELOW OEM REPLACEMENT SPECIFICATIONS IN ONLY 20,000 MI. WITH NO TOWING INVOLVED. AT ISSUE FOR SAFETY IS WHETHER OR NOT THE DESIGN OF THE ROTORS AND DRUMS ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT OF THE QUAD-CAB LINE. THE WEAR ON MY VEHICLE IS UNUSUALLY FAST AS I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR ONLY 7 MONTHS AND DRIVE MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES. THE BRAKE PADS (LININGS) ARE STILL IN GOOD SHAPE SO, IN MY OPINION, THE COMPOSITION AND DESIGN OF THE ROTORS AND DRUMS ON MY VEHICLE ARE NOT SAFE. IF THIS ISSUE IS NOT ADDRESSED THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR NUMEROUS BRAKE FAILURES ON THIS MODEL IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE PARTS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THE ROTORS AND DRUMS SHOULD BE REDESIGNED. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014302April 12, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PRIMER BECOMING VISIBLE THROUGH PAINT ON ROOF OF TRUCK. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014270April 11, 2003
POWER TRAIN
REAR END OF TRUCK IS FAILING. THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING ON MANY OTHER DAKOTA'S AND THERE IS SHORTAGE OF USED AND REPLACEMENT PARTS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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