Dodge Dakota Complaints (1991)

128 consumer complaints on file.

#865588July 18, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
RECALL OOV106000. PARTS THAT WERE NEEDED TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552959July 10, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
CONSUMER BELIEVED THE RECALL 00V106 IS RELATED TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEM HE HAD REPAIRED PRIOR TO NOTICE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864580June 30, 2000
STEERING
CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PUT KEY INTO IGNITION AND IT WOULD NOT GO IN. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT STEERING WAS UPSIDE DOWN, AND THAT WAS WHY. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, BUT COULDNOT BRING VEHICLE IN TO REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT 8 YEARS AGO STEERING LOCKED UP, AND HAD TO GO STRAIGHT INTO A PARKING LOT. COULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. OWNER LATER FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE A DEAD BATTERY. ONCE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, PROBLEM SOLVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553148June 21, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN RECALL REPAIR (00V-106) DUE TO DEALERSHIP PROBLEMS WITH STAFFING AND AVAILABILITY OF APPOINTMENTS. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863904June 21, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 00V106000. CONTACTED THE DEALER, NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864001June 21, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
DEALER WAS UNABLE TO HONOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: COLUMN SHIFT. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TOOL/PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. SEEKING ASSISTANCE FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863543June 13, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS INSIDE THE GARAGE AND WAS IN PARK. CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING SOUND AND A CLICK. GEAR JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND WENT BACKWARDS TOWARD THE WALL, DAMAGEING THE WALL AND THE TRUCK ITSELF. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722332May 6, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TRUCK IS WHITE, PAINT IS PEELING OFF THE HOOD, TOP, AND AROUND POCKETS ON BED OF TRUCK, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PAINT, TRUCK ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT, HAS BEEN GARAGED ENTIRE LIFE OF VEHICLE, WASHED WEEKLY, I AM SECOND OWNER, PAINT STARTED PEELING APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED IT, I AM VERY DISPLEASED!!! NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712988October 8, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
IN THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS THE PAINT BEGAN TO BLISTER AND AT INSPECTION THE RACK AND PINION WAS REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835846May 17, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
PASSENGER'S-SIDE OF THE MAIN FRAME HAS CRACKED. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED VECHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900297February 1, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION CABLE FAILURE CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING, EXCESSIVE EFFORT. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832427December 17, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE UNDER THE DASH; BELIEVED THIS WAS CAUSED BY A SHORT FROM A FAULTY WIRE HARNESS. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701440December 17, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
HEADLIGHT/IGNITION WIRES BROKE CAUSING HEADLIGHT/IGNITION FAILURE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829229November 10, 1998
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED AS IT WAS PARKED. WAS TOLD CAUSED BY STRESS. HAVE NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER AS OF YET TO BE REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#541680September 25, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MAIN WIRING HARNESS AT TILT WHEEL: TILTING THE STEERING WHEEL HAS SEVERED LARGE GUAGE ELECTRICAL WIRES LEADING TO THE MAIN ELECTRICAL BUS ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE FIRST INSTANCE, THE WIRE PROVIDING POWER TO THE HEADLIGHTS WAS BROKEN AND ALL LIGHTS WERE LOSS, AND THE SECOND INSTANCE THE WIRE PROVIDING IGNITION BROKE AND KILLED POWER TO THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#540360August 28, 1998
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANMISSION FAILURES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#825898July 27, 1998
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM THE RACK & PINION AREA. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. SERVICE MANAGER HAD RACK & PINION REPAIRED & REPLACED ENTIRE PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#825455July 15, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, THERE HAVE BEEN REPLACEMENTS MADE UNDER WARRANTY, THE INDICATOR LIGHTS COMES ON WHEN DRIVING AND IN HOT WEATHER THE LIGHT STAYS ON, THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATED DEALER DID NOT TRY TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE REAR SPEED SENSOR, AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MODULE WERE REPLACED, ALSO REAR BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED AND CONSUMER IS STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS LIGHT COMING ON.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#822814April 27, 1998
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
THE FUEL LINE RUBS AGAINST UNDERSIDE OF THE CAB, CAUSING A HOLE IN THE FUEL LINE. THE FUEL IS SQUIRTING OUT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#532854March 16, 1998
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AIR COMPRESSOR PULLEY ASSEMBLY; SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED FOUR TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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