Dodge Dakota Complaints (2002)

678 consumer complaints on file.

#763438June 25, 2002
TIRES
RT REAR TIRE EXPLODED AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH, DEALER IN LAKEWOOD NJ SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY PUNCTURE IN TREAD, I DISAGREE BUT CAN NOT PROOF OTHERWISE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011764June 13, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE HIT A TREE AT 55 MPH, LOCATION OF IMPACT WAS BETWEEN HEADLIGHTS. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CONSUMER HIT HIS HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD, SUFFERED EXTENSIVE INJURIES TO HEAD AND NECK. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 7118.00.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#763037June 13, 2002
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
TIRE INFORMATION LABEL NOT ACCURATE. VEHICLE HAS OPTIONAL TIRE & HANDLING GROUP (P255/65R16 TIRES AND 16"X8" RIMS, BUT LABEL SHOWS P215/75R15 AND 15"X7" RIMS. EXAMINATION OF OTHER DODGE DAKOTAS WITH SAME OPTION AT DEALER HAD SAME DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011376June 10, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT ANY INDICATION, VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT OUT OF OVERDRIVE TO SECOND GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762655June 4, 2002
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE STUMBLES AT 2300 RPM, TWO DEALERS HAVE SAID PROBLEM IS CHARACTERISTIC AND NOT REPAIRABLE. STEERING IS STIFF AT CENTER VERY LIGHT ELSEWHERE CAUSING OVERSTEERING AT THE TRANSITION, ALSO CHARACTERISTIC ACCORDING TO DEALERS. STEERING PROBLEM AMPLIFIED STARTING FROM STOP AND TURNING CORNER. EXCESSIVE VEHICLE ROLL AND STUMBLING ACCENTUATES STEERING INSTABILITY. ALSO NOTICABLE ON FREEWAY ENTRANCE/EXIT RAMPS WHEN STEERING IS ON THE TRANSITION BETWEEN HEAVY AND LIGHT EFFORT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762657June 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO LACK OF OIL FROM FACTORY. BOTH FACTORY AND DEALER SIGNED VEHICLE PREPARATION FORMS STATING "ALL FLUIDS CHECKED". TRANSMISSION FAILED ON FREEWAY. LOST POWER TO REAR WHEELS. IF IT HAD LOCKED UP FROM FAILURE A CRASH WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKELY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761790May 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008031April 19, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SHIFT INDICATOR DOES NOT PROPERLY INDICATE THE CORRECT GEAR THE VEHICLE IS IN. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760693April 14, 2002
STEERING:LINKAGES
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760609April 12, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPS TO THE LOW MARK ON THE GAUGE WITH ENGINE IN GEAR, AT OPERATING TEMPERTURE WITH A/C OFF.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006913April 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. CONSUMER WAS AT REAR OF VEHICLE WHEN IT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND RAN OVER CONSUMER. VEHICLE WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND CAME TO A STOP , AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT. CONSUMER SUFFERED EXTENSIVE INJURIES, IN HOSPITAL AT THIS TIME.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#760268April 4, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MY TRUCK SUSTAINED SEVERE FRONT END DAMAGE, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#8006527March 27, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, SHORTLY AFTER THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON INTERMITTANTLY. DEALER DETERMINED THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND REPAIRED THIS. AT THIS TIME THE ABS LIGHT HAS COME ON AGAIN. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757845February 6, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
AFTER LESS THAN 10000 MILES THE WINDSHIELD IS PITTED TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE WHEN DRIVING WITH A GLARE CONDITION OR AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS RAINING. I DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES PER WEEK AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS CONDITION SHOULD NOT MANIFEST ITSELF FOR ANOTHER 70000 MILES OR SO. I HAVE CONSIDERED THAT I LIVE IN A SOMEWHAT SANDY AREA OF THE COUNTRY AND THAT SAND IS USED ON THE ROADS DURING THE WINTER HOWEVER, AFTER COMPARING THE WINDSHIELD TO OTHER VEHICLES WITH MUCH HIGHER MILEAGE FROM THIS SAME AREA, IT APPEARS THAT THE GLASS USED IS "SOFT." I HACE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVNG IN THE RAIN, THE PRECIPITATION MAKES A VERY HIGH PITCHED NOICE WHEN HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONDITION OF THE WINDSHIELD AT PRESENT DOES NOT POSE AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY THREAT BUT I DO FEEL THAT THE GLASS USED MAY BE OF "CHEAP CONSTRUCTION'" THEREBY PERHAPS CREATING A HAZAROUS CONDITION SHOULD AN OBJECT STRIKE THE WINDSHIELD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003335January 31, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BURNED UP AT 643 MILES. THIS HAPPEND WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. TRANSMISSION BECAME HARDER TO CHANGE. HAS CONTACTED DEALER THREE TIMES ALREADY, BUT DEALER HAS ONLY REBULIT TRANSMISSION ONCE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756168December 29, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
EXCESSIVE PLAY IN STEERING. TOP OF STEERING WHEEL MUST MOVE ABOUT 8 INCHES TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS. 4 INCHES FROM CENTER TO EACH SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899989December 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT SEVEN MILES WITH BOTH FEET ON BRAKES VEHICLE WENT INTO TRAFFIC WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAD TO SHIFT VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, AND PULL EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899953December 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER WAS IN TRAFFIC, APPLIED BRAKES, AND PEDAL WAS HARD. HE PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE, AND RELEASED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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