Dodge Dakota Complaints

6,628 consumer complaints on file.

#513543January 9, 1997
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM PARK GEAR, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#513488January 9, 1997
STEERING
STEERING LOCKS UP WHEN TURNING AFTER RECALL REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#527926January 8, 1997
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
RECALL WORK ON THE STEERING RACK AND PINION MOUNT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE COMPLETED DUE TO PARTS MISSING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#527925January 8, 1997
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
RECALL WORK ON THE STEERING RACK AND PINION MOUNT IS UNABLE TO BE DONE DUE TO A LACK OF PARTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#514763January 8, 1997
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
STEERING GEAR DEFECTIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#527405January 6, 1997
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DESIGN OF VEHICLE IS SHIFTING VERY HARD, FOUND PIECES OF METAL IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#525803January 6, 1997
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
HINGES ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR BROKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#512265January 6, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS HAS LOCKED UP FIVE TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#807031January 3, 1997
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE INTERMITTENTLY STICKS/JAMS, OCCUPANT HAS TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO UNLOCK BUCKLE, DEALER SPRAYED WD40 LUBRICANT IN SEAT BELT LATCH, IT DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#807012January 2, 1997
SEAT BELTS
THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC LAP AND SHOULDER BELT LATCH WILL NOT RELEASE FROM THE LOCKED POSITION, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BE INOPERATIVE. PLEASE EXPLAIN FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#513271December 30, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
POWER CONTROL MODULE REPLACED TWICE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806907December 30, 1996
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE, CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS TOO DIRTY. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806916December 30, 1996
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
WHILE DRIVING, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GO STRAIGHT DUE TO BOLTS HOLDING STEERING COLUMN TO FRAME FRACTURING, CAUSING STEERING COLUMN TO DETACH FROM FRAME, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, NO ACCIDENT, HAS BEEN FIXED, *AK CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 96V094 AFTER REPAIRS WERE COMPLETE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806725December 26, 1996
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
HAD RECALL WORK DONE ON DEC. 17 AND ON DEC.18 MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN HEARD NOISE UNDERNEATH AND THEN VEHICLE BECAME HARD TO STEER. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER AND SAID HE NEEDED TO CALL CHRYSLER, RACK & PINON WAS WORN OUT. *AK CHRYSLER STATED THAT THIS FAILURE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RECALL REPAIRS. *SLC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806672December 23, 1996
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL AND THE VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE READY BY 3 ON DEC.20, 1996,BUT THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T HAVE THE PARTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806676December 23, 1996
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS NO PARTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#513102December 19, 1996
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
MOUNTING BOLTS OF FRAME FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806482December 17, 1996
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH LOCK MODULE ACTUATOR, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH MODULE IS RUSTED, CAUSING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR TO OPEN WHEN DRIVING, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE PART HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806415December 16, 1996
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
OWNER STATES THAT HIS TRUCK WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO HAVE A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT, TOTALING THE VEHICLE AND WITH NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806285December 13, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
SEMI WET ROAD SURFACE; W/REAR ABS BRAKES RESULTED IN VEHICLE NOT STOPPING AND DRIVER SKIDDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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