Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#765165August 4, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765144August 3, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
ENGINE PARTIALLY STALLED ONCE AND THEN AGAIN - ENGINE TROUBLE LIGHT CAME ON. UPON STOPPING VEHICLE, NOTED THAT AUXILLARY FAN CONTINUED TO RUN EVEN THOUGH ENGINE WAS COOL. NOTED A SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC AND DISCOVERD FAN RELAY IN FUSE BOX WAS SMOKING AND EXTREMELY HOT. UPON REMOVAL OF FAN RELAY, THE FAN STOPPED, AND SMELL OF BURNED PLASTIC STOPPED. RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS ON 8/3/02.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765151August 3, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH A TRACTOR-TRAILER. I HIT THE TRAILER AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#566817August 2, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015320August 1, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND WITHOUT WARNING WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION.*AK WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE CONSUMERS HOUSE. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765004July 31, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
CATALYTIC CONVERTER RATTLING, MAKING NOISE. DEALER REPAIRED UNDER FEDERAL EMMISSIONS WARRANTY, 8 YEARS OR 80,000 MILES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015091July 30, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE DRIVING 50-60 MPH VEHICLE SWERVED TO MISS FROM HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND RIGHT/ LEFT TIRES HIT SOMETHING, CAUSING STEERING COLUMN TO MALFUNCTION AND TO BECOME INOPERABLE.*AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014915July 29, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION
VEHICLE WILL START TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIES THE BRAKES WHILE DRIVING. PROBLEM GETS WORSE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES, BUT THE REPAIRS DO NOT WORK . CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE CAIPLERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ALSO THE VEHICLE WAS REALIGNED, ALSO THERE WAS AN OIL AND TRANSMISSIN LEAK.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014953July 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WHEN BACKING UP THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE. THE ENGINE WAS NOT GETTING ENOUGH POWER, AND WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE WATER PUMP AND OTHER PARTS. THIS STOPPED THE SQUEAKING. *AK *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014845July 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN SHIFTING TRANSMISSION MADE A CRUNCHING SOUND AND HESITATED, THEN, WOULD NOT SHIFT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER 3-4 TIMES, COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. THIS STARTED AT 5000 MILES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014848July 26, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE AT DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, MECHANIC DETERMINED ENGINE HEAD WAS CRACKED. PLEASE ADD FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014849July 26, 2002
SUSPENSION:REAR
WHEN MAKING TIGHT TURNS AND BACKING UP CONSUMER CAN HEAR A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM REAR END. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764708July 25, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MCKINNEY DODGE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS THAT WE HAVE AN INTAKE LEAK ON OUR MANIFOLD. WE HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH OUR MECHANIC TO HAVE THIS FIXED. I WENT TO THE WEST LOOP DODGE IN FT. WORTH AND PICKED UP THE MANIFOLD GASKET KIT FROM THE PARTS DEPARTMENT. UPON READING THE INSERT IT STATED THAT THE NEW BOLTS ARE NOW 1/2 INCH LONGER AND THAT THE GASKET ITSELF IS NOW THICKER AS WELL. ALSO WITH SPEAKING WITH OUR MECHANIC, HE INFORMED US THAT WE ARE THE SECOND TRUCK IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. HE WAS EVEN ABLE TO TELL US EXACTLY WHERE OUR LEAK WAS BEFORE INSPECTING IT. THIS SEEMS TO ME THAT DODGE HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND INSTEAD OF RECALLING THEIR DEFECT IN THEIR PRODUCT, THEY MADE CHANGES TO THE GASKETS AND BOLT SIZES AND ARE NOW CHARGING OVER $600 TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A DEFECT IN THEIR PRODUCT AND DODGE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE BILL AND NOT THE CONSUMER THAT HAS PURCHASED THEIR PRODUCT.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566863July 24, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS FAILED PREMATURELY, THIS CAUSED WEAR ON THE FRONT TIRES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014635July 24, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY
QUAD CAB TRUCK HAS PROBLEMS WITH WIND NOISE,/THUMPING, AND POSING PAIN WITH THE EAR DRUMS WHEN ONE OF THE BACK WINDOWS IS OPENED. OWNER DID TEST DRIVE ANOTHER TRUCK SAME MAKE/ MODEL AND YEAR THAT EXEMPLIFIED THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014599July 24, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014618July 24, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
BOTH REAR AXLES LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. . FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764583July 22, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
GOT AN ABS WARNING LAMP (STAYED LIT) ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHEN I STARTED THE CAR. WHEN I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD, THE SPEEDOMETER DIDN'T WORK. I TROUBLESHOT THE PROBLEM MYSELF AND CORRECTED IT. THE SPEED SENSOR, MOUNTED IN THE REAR END, WAS BAD (READ "OPEN" WITH AN OHMMETER). I PURCHASED A NEW SENSOR ($42) FROM THE DEALER AND INSTALLED IT. CAR WORKS OK NOW.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014476July 22, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY CONSUMER TURNS ON AIR CONDITIONER AND IT WAS BLOWING HOT AIR. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764531July 21, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
2000 DAKOTA BRAKES ARE UNSAFE AND START 'BOUNCING' AFTER A FEW THOUSAND MILES DUE TO WARPING ROTORS. DEALERSHIP WILL DO NOTHING TO FIX PROBLEM. HAVE SPOKE WITH NUMEROUS OTHER DAKOTA OWNERS AND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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