2001 DODGE DAKOTA Problems & Recalls
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Common Problems
The contact owns a 2001 Dodge Dakota. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V366000 (Child Seat); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time...
My 2001 Dodge Dakota has a faulty SKIM system. The vehicle goes into No-Start/Stall while driving down the road. I have had it at a dealership and they do not have technical experience with these older vehicles that require an “antiquated software system”. This is a dangerous situation, parti...
The contact owns a 2001 Dodge Dakota. The contact stated that after taking the vehicle to an independent mechanic to have the catalytic converter replaced, the vehicle stalled while driving at various speeds. There was no warning light illuminated. Due to the failure, the contact had to have the veh...
Mileage: 119,000
The contact owns a 2001 Dodge Dakota. The contact stated that after taking the vehicle to an independent mechanic to have the catalytic converter replaced, the vehicle stalled while driving at various speeds. There was no warning light illuminated. Due to the failure, the contact had to have the veh...
Mileage: 119,000
The contact owns a 2001 Dodge Dakota. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle shifted out of gear. The contact stated that the vehicle was shifted into park(P) but rolled unintendedly. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic...
Mileage: 234,000
The contact owns a 2001 Dodge Dakota. The contact stated while driving approximately 70 MPH, there was a wobble coming from the front passenger’s side tire. The contact was able to pull over and had the vehicle towed to a local mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the ball joint...
Mileage: 300,000
The driver seat moves on its own about 2 inches forward and backwards.no accident has happened.
CRUISING ON INTERSTATE @ 70 MPH. THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR STARTED ROARING AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DISINTEGRATE AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE UPPER WALL, WHEN STOPPED THE TIRE HAD BECOME 2 PIECES COMPLETELY SEVERED INTO TO SEPARATE CIRCLES. CONDITIONS WERE GOOD; IE; NO ROAD HAZARDS. WEATHER CLEAR, AND...
Mileage: 197,661
THE GAUGES WOULD STOP WORKING. SEEMS THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION CMT AND I HAD THE EMC CHECKED AND IT WAS FINE. IT ONLY COSTS $90 TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. SEEMS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IN REGARD TO THIS FAILURE. *TR
Mileage: 250,000
I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25MPH, WHEN I TAPPED BRAKES SUDDENLY,. THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD TO USE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. AFTER PUMPING BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKES BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN. I LOOKED FOR SIGNS OF BROKEN BRAKE LINES AND/OR FLUID AND ALL LOOKED WELL. I HAVE HEARD OTHER ...
Mileage: 158,416
FRONT CV AXLE(HUB AND BEARING) FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. THE INTERMEDIATE AXLE ALSO NEEDS REPLACING DUE TO SEVERE RUST FROM CV AXLE. THE UPPER UPPER BALL JOINT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUETE VISABILITY AT NIGHT.
Mileage: 185,000
FRONT CV AXLE(HUB AND BEARING) FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. THE INTERMEDIATE AXLE ALSO NEEDS REPLACING DUE TO SEVERE RUST FROM CV AXLE. THE UPPER UPPER BALL JOINT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUETE VISABILITY AT NIGHT.
Mileage: 185,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE KEY FOB WERE INOPERABLE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE WAS STILL PERSISTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC ...
Mileage: 99,000
TAKATA RECALL EXHAUST MANIFOLD GASKET FAIL OVER TIME AND ALLOWING MORE FUMES AND ENGINE NOISE DOOR PINS NONE REPLACEIBLE AND WEAR OUT OVER TIME CAUSE DOOR DAMAGE
TAKATA RECALL EXHAUST MANIFOLD GASKET FAIL OVER TIME AND ALLOWING MORE FUMES AND ENGINE NOISE DOOR PINS NONE REPLACEIBLE AND WEAR OUT OVER TIME CAUSE DOOR DAMAGE
CLEAR COAT COMING OFF TRUCK BEEN GARAGE KEPT SINCE NEW. ESTIMATE ON REPAINT $4500.00
Mileage: 125,000
HELLO MY I AM DISAPOINTED THIS IS THE 3RD CAM SHAFT SENSOR ILL HAVE TO REPLACE AFTER MUCH RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON ERROR ON WHOEVER DESIGNED THIS IN RESULT CAR CAN SHUTSOWN WHILE DRIVING LEAVING YOU WITH NO CONTROL OR PERHAPS WHEN STARTING VEHICLE WILLLL NOT STAY RUNNING WHY ISNT THERE A RECALL TO ...
Mileage: 189,000
HELLO MY I AM DISAPOINTED THIS IS THE 3RD CAM SHAFT SENSOR ILL HAVE TO REPLACE AFTER MUCH RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON ERROR ON WHOEVER DESIGNED THIS IN RESULT CAR CAN SHUTSOWN WHILE DRIVING LEAVING YOU WITH NO CONTROL OR PERHAPS WHEN STARTING VEHICLE WILLLL NOT STAY RUNNING WHY ISNT THERE A RECALL TO ...
Mileage: 189,000
HELLO MY I AM DISAPOINTED THIS IS THE 3RD CAM SHAFT SENSOR ILL HAVE TO REPLACE AFTER MUCH RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON ERROR ON WHOEVER DESIGNED THIS IN RESULT CAR CAN SHUTSOWN WHILE DRIVING LEAVING YOU WITH NO CONTROL OR PERHAPS WHEN STARTING VEHICLE WILLLL NOT STAY RUNNING WHY ISNT THERE A RECALL TO ...
Mileage: 189,000
WHILE DRIVING MY FRIENDS 01 DAKOTA, AT ABOUT 10-15 MPH AFTER MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN I HYDROPLANED AND I WAS T-BONED ON PASSENGER SIDE. I HAD MY SEATBELT ON. WHEN THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP AFTER SPINNING AROUND AND FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. ON IMPACT MY SEATBELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN ME AND I WAS ...
Mileage: 168,000
BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND LEAKED
Mileage: 88,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, AND SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO OPERATE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE ...
Mileage: 160,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, AND SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO OPERATE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE ...
Mileage: 160,000
COMPUTER CONTROL OF HEADLIGHTS, INTERIOR AND DASH LIGHTING, AND POSSIBLY THE ABS SYSTEM AND THE INTERMITTENT WIPER CONTROL ARE AFFECTED. WITHOUT WARNING THESE SYSTEMS EITHER FAILED OR BECAME ERRATIC. VEHICLE EXHIBITS THESE MALFUNCTIONS BOTH STATIONARY AND IN MOTION, AND AT ALL SPEEDS. IT IS APPARENT...
Mileage: 148,500
COMPUTER CONTROL OF HEADLIGHTS, INTERIOR AND DASH LIGHTING, AND POSSIBLY THE ABS SYSTEM AND THE INTERMITTENT WIPER CONTROL ARE AFFECTED. WITHOUT WARNING THESE SYSTEMS EITHER FAILED OR BECAME ERRATIC. VEHICLE EXHIBITS THESE MALFUNCTIONS BOTH STATIONARY AND IN MOTION, AND AT ALL SPEEDS. IT IS APPARENT...
Mileage: 148,500
COMPUTER CONTROL OF HEADLIGHTS, INTERIOR AND DASH LIGHTING, AND POSSIBLY THE ABS SYSTEM AND THE INTERMITTENT WIPER CONTROL ARE AFFECTED. WITHOUT WARNING THESE SYSTEMS EITHER FAILED OR BECAME ERRATIC. VEHICLE EXHIBITS THESE MALFUNCTIONS BOTH STATIONARY AND IN MOTION, AND AT ALL SPEEDS. IT IS APPARENT...
Mileage: 148,500
MY SON WAS DRIVING A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA, WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN 2001. HE LOST CONTROL ON A GRAVEL ROAD AND WENT OFF THE EDGE OF A DITCH. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND HE WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT. HIS PASSENGER WAS INJURED, BUT SURVIVED. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS IN HORRIBLE SHAPE, AND TH...
Mileage: 170,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR DOME AND INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. IN ADDITION, THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CENTRAL CONTROL TIMER MODU...
Mileage: 90,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR DOME AND INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. IN ADDITION, THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CENTRAL CONTROL TIMER MODU...
Mileage: 90,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR DOME AND INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. IN ADDITION, THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CENTRAL CONTROL TIMER MODU...
Mileage: 90,000
TAKATA RECALL THIS TRUCKS FRAME JUST BROKE. IT'S A CLEAN BREAK AND LOOKS TO BE RIGHT ON A WELD. THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION I THOUGHT I HIT A BIG BUMP. IT ALSO RUPTURED THE GAS TANK. WE CALLED CHRYSLER COOPERATION AND THEY SAID TO HAVE A LOCAL DEALER LOOK AT IT. THEY DID AND TOLD US IT WASN'T...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, HEADLIGHTS, SIGNAL LIGHTS, AND DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CENTRAL CONTROL TIMING MODULE NEEDED ...
Mileage: 89,000
CONTROL TIMER MODULE DOOR LOCK ON AND OFF ALL BY ITSELF, WIPERS TURN ON AND OFF ECT.
Mileage: 150,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE AND KEYLESS ENTRY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE M...
Mileage: 125,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE AND KEYLESS ENTRY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE M...
Mileage: 125,000
KEY AND SHIFT LEVER LOCKOUT MALFUNCTIONING: IN A RUNNING VEHICLE IN "DRIVE", THE KEY CAN BE TURNED TO THE OFF POSITION, TURNING THE MOTOR OFF, LEAVING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN "DRIVE" AND THE KEY REMOVED WITHOUT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER BEING PLACED IN "PARK". IF LEFT IN "DRIVE" ...
Mileage: 128,600
4WD SELECTOR SWITCH BLINKING AND UNABLE TO GO INTO 4WD MODES, DOOR LOCKS OPEN AND CLOSE RANDOMLY AT ANY SPEED, 4WD DRIVE LIGHT ON AT DASH, NO AIR BLOWING FOR AC OR HEAT.
Mileage: 147,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT LOOSENED AND THE DRIVESHAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVESHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACE...
Mileage: 135,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED ONE OF THE TUBES ON THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK HAD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS...
Mileage: 185,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A GEAR WAS LOOSE. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDEN...
Mileage: 75,000
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHILE MY HEAT WAS ON AND I LOST TWO FAN SPEEDS, AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND MY RESISTOR WAS MELTED, AND SO WERE TWO WIRES. NOW I CURRENTLY LOST ANOTHER SPEED AND HAVE ONLY LEVEL 2 FOR HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING.
Mileage: 175,600
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHILE MY HEAT WAS ON AND I LOST TWO FAN SPEEDS, AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND MY RESISTOR WAS MELTED, AND SO WERE TWO WIRES. NOW I CURRENTLY LOST ANOTHER SPEED AND HAVE ONLY LEVEL 2 FOR HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING.
Mileage: 175,600
I WAS DRIVING IN A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD AND I HEAR A VERY DISTINCT TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, AFTER I LOOKED AT THE AREA I NOTICED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS AND HEAT SHIELD WERE BROKE . THIS CAN CAUSE EXHAUST FUMES TO COME INTO THE CAR WHILE DRIVING AND SHOULD BE TAKEN C...
Mileage: 176,000
I WAS DRIVING IN A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD AND I HEAR A VERY DISTINCT TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, AFTER I LOOKED AT THE AREA I NOTICED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS AND HEAT SHIELD WERE BROKE . THIS CAN CAUSE EXHAUST FUMES TO COME INTO THE CAR WHILE DRIVING AND SHOULD BE TAKEN C...
Mileage: 176,000
I WAS DRIVING IN A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD AND I HEAR A VERY DISTINCT TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, AFTER I LOOKED AT THE AREA I NOTICED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS AND HEAT SHIELD WERE BROKE . THIS CAN CAUSE EXHAUST FUMES TO COME INTO THE CAR WHILE DRIVING AND SHOULD BE TAKEN C...
Mileage: 176,000
LINE TO REAR BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSE OF REAR BRAKES. MECHANIC BELIEVES FAILURE DUE TO ROAD SALT CORROSION. MECHANIC REPORTED HE HAD SEEN SAME PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER 2001 DODGE TRUCK. VEHICLE PRESENTLY AT SIGOURNEY, IOWA DODGE DEALER BEING REPAIRED.
Mileage: 132,000
PUT IN PARK AND IT ROLLED DOWN DRIVE INTO ROAD AND HIT A PARKED CAR
MY DODGE DAKOTA WITH THE 4.7 ENGINE RACES ALL THE TIME. WHEN I FIRST START IT, IT RACES AND IT ALSO DOES IT WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. WHEN I GO FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER I HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL UNTIL IT STOPS RACING AND THEN PUT IT IN EITHER REVERSE OR FORWARD. IT ALSO DOES THIS WHEN I COME TO A STOP ...
Mileage: 179,000
ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHEN TURNING RIGHT AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE AND MUST BE PUT INTO PARK AND RESTARTED. *TR
Mileage: 100,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES SEIZED AND STARTED TO EMIT SMOKE. THE CONTACT HAD TO ENGAGE THE LOW FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED.THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERS WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS BRAKE MODULAR, T...
Mileage: 140,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE MODULE WAS DEFECTIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE MODULE WAS DEFECTIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRE...
THE SHIFTER LEVER CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING. EITHER THE ROLL PIN WORKED UP AND OUT OF POSITION OR THE ROLL PIN WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY AT ASSEMBLY. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO EASILY INTO THE " PARK " POSITION ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO ROLL BACKWARDS ON THE DRIVEWAY. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION WOUL...
Mileage: 131,500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINT WAS WORN. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIE...
Mileage: 73,647
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINT WAS WORN. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIE...
Mileage: 73,647
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, RUST WAS DISCOVERED ON THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.
Mileage: 125,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, RUST WAS DISCOVERED ON THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.
Mileage: 125,000
THE KEY CAN BE PULLED OUT WHILE THE CAR IS RUNNING. I DID THIS BY ACCIDENT ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. I JUST READ THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE CURRENT GM RECALL IN THE USA TODAY NEWSPAPER. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT BEING A SAFETY ISSUE AS I UNDERSTAND IT. I TRY NOT TO PULL IT ...
Mileage: 180,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ENGAGED IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION ERRONEOUSLY SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC S...
Mileage: 81,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ENGAGED IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION ERRONEOUSLY SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC S...
Mileage: 81,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE TRUCK TRANSFER CONTROL MODULE INDEPENDENTLY SWITCHED FROM TWO-WHEEL DRIVE TO FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE, CAUSING THE TIRES TO SEIZE. THE CONTACT HAD TO UNHOOK THE WIRES FROM THE TRANSFER CASE AND POWER TH...
Mileage: 124,000
UNIT ONE WAS TRAVELING EAST ON GREENBRIER ROAD IN THE INSIDE LANE. THE DRIVER OF UNIT 1 STATED IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY AND HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE. DUE TO VEHICLE HYDROPLAINING UNIT 1 CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND ENTERED THE WEST BOUND TRAFFIC LANES UNIT 2 WAS COMING WEST ON GREENBRIER IN THE I...
DASH LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLASH ALONG WITH HEAD LIGHTS, THEN WENT OUT. TIME WAS 10:30 PM TO DARK TO DRIVE RURAL ROADS. *TR
Mileage: 91,454
DASH LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLASH ALONG WITH HEAD LIGHTS, THEN WENT OUT. TIME WAS 10:30 PM TO DARK TO DRIVE RURAL ROADS. *TR
Mileage: 91,454
AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I WAS NOT MOVING, JUST STARTED VEHICLE. LIGHT HAS REMAINED ON FOR 5 DAYS WITH MY NORMAL DRIVING. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WORK. *TR
Mileage: 98,762
AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I WAS NOT MOVING, JUST STARTED VEHICLE. LIGHT HAS REMAINED ON FOR 5 DAYS WITH MY NORMAL DRIVING. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WORK. *TR
Mileage: 98,762
THE STEREO SYSTEM STOP WORKING, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE FLICKERING AND EVEN WHEN THE DOORS ARE PERFECTLY CLOSED AND I AM WEARING MY SEAT BELL THE ALARM ( BELL SOUND) START SOUNDING WHEN I REACH THE 10 MPH SPEED. *TR
Mileage: 85,196
THE STEREO SYSTEM STOP WORKING, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE FLICKERING AND EVEN WHEN THE DOORS ARE PERFECTLY CLOSED AND I AM WEARING MY SEAT BELL THE ALARM ( BELL SOUND) START SOUNDING WHEN I REACH THE 10 MPH SPEED. *TR
Mileage: 85,196
THE STEREO SYSTEM STOP WORKING, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE FLICKERING AND EVEN WHEN THE DOORS ARE PERFECTLY CLOSED AND I AM WEARING MY SEAT BELL THE ALARM ( BELL SOUND) START SOUNDING WHEN I REACH THE 10 MPH SPEED. *TR
Mileage: 85,196
CLOCKSPRING IN STEERING COLUMN. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON, THE CRUISE CONTROL, HORN AND RADIO STOPPED WORKING. A NEW CLOCKSPRING WAS INSTALLED AND NOW EVERYTHING WORKS FINE. UPDATED 06/10/13 *BF
Mileage: 105,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT STATED THAT AFTER APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE LEVER FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES...
Mileage: 99,000
A CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS FROM THE FRONT MIDDLE TO PASSENGER SIDE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 58 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DEER. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH IMPACT TO ...
Mileage: 291,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE B...
Mileage: 220,000
REAR BRAKE LINE BELOW DRIVERS SIDE BLEW OUT. LOST BRAKES HAD TO DOWN SHIFT TO SLOW DOWN AND HAD TO GET TOWED HOME. *TR
Mileage: 131,500
WHILE DRIVING I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND NOW IT COMES ON EVERY TIME I TURN THE WHEEL, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DIRECTION. THERE SEEMS TO BE A RECALL FOR THE 2000 MODEL YEAR, BUT NOT MY YEAR. *TR
Mileage: 29,350
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH UP A HILL, HE ATTEMPTED TO DOWN SHIFT FROM FIFTH TO FOURTH GEAR, BUT THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TECHNI...
Mileage: 100
APPLIED SERVICE BRAKE TO AVOID ANIMAL ON HIGHWAY AND REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED. AFTER AN INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT ALL OF THE HYDRAULIC LINE IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM SHOULD BE REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. VEHICLE HAS HAD THE BRAKE FLUID REPLACED EVERY 2 YEARS ...
Mileage: 130,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH WHEN ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD AREA WHICH THEN IGNITED INTO A FIRE. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED AND WAS ABEL TO EXIT THE ...
Mileage: 104,300
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WITH THE HEATER IN ACTIVATION AND SUDDENLY THE HEATER FAILED TO OPERATE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A STRONG BURNING ODOR AND SMOKE EMITTING INTO OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING AND THE VEHICL...
Mileage: 187,000
I STARTED NOTICING A "LURCH OR LATERAL SHIFT" OF THE FRONT END DURING TIGHT LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS AT LOW SPEED (35 MPH OR LESS). DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON STRAIGHT ROADS DID NOT INDICATE ANY PROBLEMS. RECENTLY, DURING A BRAKE SYSTEM INSPECTION, SIGNIFICANT "SLOP / FREE MOVEMENT" AT THE UPPER BAL...
Mileage: 50,000
DRIVING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF FORT COLLINS COLORADO AND STOPPING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE FRONT BRAKES ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP TRUCK LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT RELEASE UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS ALLOWED TO SIT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY, WHERE I WAS INFORMED ...
Mileage: 77,216
2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAS HAD FRONT BRAKES DRAG/LOCK UP. HAS HAPPENED TWICE, BOTH TIMES THE CALIPERS/ROTORS GOT EXTREMELY HOT AND SMOKED. AFTER FIRST TIME, TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG BUT COULD SEE THAT ROTORS HAD GOTTEN EXTREMELY HOT. AFTER ALLOWING CAR TO SIT FOR SEVERAL HOU...
Mileage: 90,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME, WHERE THE TIE RO...
Mileage: 169,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME, WHERE THE TIE RO...
Mileage: 169,000
ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING WHEN AIR CONDITIONER WAS TURNED ON. THIS WAS DUE TO THE FAN CLUTCH NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE IS BROKEN IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND SO IS NOT REPORTING OIL PRESSURE ACCURATELY. THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT GAUGE CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED TO REPAIR THIS. *KB
Mileage: 215,000
ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING WHEN AIR CONDITIONER WAS TURNED ON. THIS WAS DUE TO THE FAN CLUTCH NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE IS BROKEN IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND SO IS NOT REPORTING OIL PRESSURE ACCURATELY. THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT GAUGE CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED TO REPAIR THIS. *KB
Mileage: 215,000
TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL, AIRBAG AND HORN WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FA...
Mileage: 100,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE UPPER BALL JOINTS ARM SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWA...
Mileage: 142,000
AN EXISTING NHTSA RECALL, 06V039000, EXISTS FOR 2006 DODGE DAKOTAS. "STATIC CAN DISABLE HEADLAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, & WINDSHIELD WIPERS". I HAVE A 2001 DAKOTA WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT HAPPEN 2-5 TIMES PER YEAR. EVERYTHING WORKS AGAIN IF I CYCLE THE IGNITION, BUT THAT 'S SMALL COMFORT IF THE HEADLIGHT...
Mileage: 10,000
AN EXISTING NHTSA RECALL, 06V039000, EXISTS FOR 2006 DODGE DAKOTAS. "STATIC CAN DISABLE HEADLAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, & WINDSHIELD WIPERS". I HAVE A 2001 DAKOTA WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT HAPPEN 2-5 TIMES PER YEAR. EVERYTHING WORKS AGAIN IF I CYCLE THE IGNITION, BUT THAT 'S SMALL COMFORT IF THE HEADLIGHT...
Mileage: 10,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA: CLOCKSPRING FAILURE LEADING TO NON FUNCTIONING HORN AND AIR BAGS: HISTORY: NORMAL USE, VERY LOW MILEAGE (27000) SYMPTOMS: ON-STEERING-WHEEL HORN AND SPEED CONTROLS FAIL, THEN AIRBAG SYSTEM CAUSE: FAILURE IN CLOCKSPRING. PREVIOUS RECALLS FOR DODGERAM, DAKOTA AND DURANGO COVER TH...
Mileage: 27,000
RECALL ID # 03V389000: ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WIRING HARNESS REROUTING/REPAIR RECALL ID#09EO12000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING RECALL ID#09EO25000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING HEADLIGHTS THE 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TURN SIGNALS ,TAIL LIGHT, DASH LIGHTING, & RADIO FAILUR...
Mileage: 50,000
RECALL ID # 03V389000: ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WIRING HARNESS REROUTING/REPAIR RECALL ID#09EO12000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING RECALL ID#09EO25000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING HEADLIGHTS THE 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TURN SIGNALS ,TAIL LIGHT, DASH LIGHTING, & RADIO FAILUR...
Mileage: 50,000
RECALL ID # 03V389000: ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WIRING HARNESS REROUTING/REPAIR RECALL ID#09EO12000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING RECALL ID#09EO25000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING HEADLIGHTS THE 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TURN SIGNALS ,TAIL LIGHT, DASH LIGHTING, & RADIO FAILUR...
Mileage: 50,000
NO CRASH, NO INJURIES. 2001 DODGE DAKOTA CREW CAB, COLUMN SHIFTER SHIFTS OUT OF PARK WITH OUT PRESSING BRAKE WHILE THE KEY IS IN THE ON POSITION. *TR
Mileage: 175,000
I BOUGHT MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB BRAND NEW AND UNTIL THIS DATE, I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE ISSUE. THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR QUIT AND WAS REPLACED IN 2008. ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2010, MY CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT. THINKING IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR, I WAS NOT IN A RUSH TO FIX IT. THEN THE HORN QUIT WORKING. WHEN THE ...
Mileage: 236,000
I BOUGHT MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB BRAND NEW AND UNTIL THIS DATE, I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE ISSUE. THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR QUIT AND WAS REPLACED IN 2008. ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2010, MY CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT. THINKING IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR, I WAS NOT IN A RUSH TO FIX IT. THEN THE HORN QUIT WORKING. WHEN THE ...
Mileage: 236,000
I BOUGHT MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB BRAND NEW AND UNTIL THIS DATE, I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE ISSUE. THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR QUIT AND WAS REPLACED IN 2008. ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2010, MY CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT. THINKING IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR, I WAS NOT IN A RUSH TO FIX IT. THEN THE HORN QUIT WORKING. WHEN THE ...
Mileage: 236,000
I BOUGHT MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB BRAND NEW AND UNTIL THIS DATE, I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE ISSUE. THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR QUIT AND WAS REPLACED IN 2008. ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2010, MY CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT. THINKING IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR, I WAS NOT IN A RUSH TO FIX IT. THEN THE HORN QUIT WORKING. WHEN THE ...
Mileage: 236,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHEN NEW, I INSTALLED A CURT MANUFACTURING TOW HITCH. I TAKE GREAT CARE OF MY VEHICLES. I TOW ONLY ON RARE OCCASIONS, PROBABLY 6-10 DAYS A YEAR. RECENTLY, I NOTICED EXTREME CORROSION ON THE SIDE SUPPORTS AND MAIN TUBE OF THE TOW HITCH. I HAVE NO OTHER CORROSION OF T...
MOVEMENT OF TILT STEERING WHEEL IN LOWER HALF OF RANGE WILL CAUSE SHORT-CIRCUIT OF TURN SIGNAL OPERATION. LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WILL BE INOPERATIVE. RADIO CIRCUIT ALSO AFFECTED. MOVEMENT BACK INTO UPPER HALF OF RANGE WILL CORRECT PROBLEM. *TR
Mileage: 75,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO TRAVEL INTO A DIFFERENT LANE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FRONT...
Mileage: 20,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CENTRAL TIMING MODULE OF THE VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART THE IGNITION LIGHTS FLASH WHEN HE REMOVED THE KEY, THE HORN BLOWS, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS GO OFF. THE DEALER STATED THA...
Mileage: 178,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE FAILURE YET THE PART NEEDED FOR REPAIRS WAS ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT TH...
Mileage: 85,000
FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP OR DRAG ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. EXTENSIVE RESEARCH IN THE INTERNET REVEALS NUMEROUS IDENTICAL PROBLEMS 2000-2005 DODGE DAKOTA AND DURANGO. PROBLEM BAFFLES ALL. NO RELIABLE FIX FOUND. BRAKES DRAG AND OVERHEAT, SMOKE, BURST INTO FLAMES, MAY CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THE DOORS WOULD LOCK INDEPENDENTLY. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD ENGAGE INDEPENDENTLY AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD SPORADICALLY FLICKER ON AND OFF. THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE WAS BURNED AND PARTIALLY MELTED. IN ADDITIO...
Mileage: 112,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THE DOOR LOCKS,AIR BAG, HEAD LIGHTS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE CMT MODULE AND THE CLOCK SPRING MODULE.THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WIL...
Mileage: 72,990
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THE DOOR LOCKS,AIR BAG, HEAD LIGHTS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE CMT MODULE AND THE CLOCK SPRING MODULE.THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WIL...
Mileage: 72,990
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THE DOOR LOCKS,AIR BAG, HEAD LIGHTS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE CMT MODULE AND THE CLOCK SPRING MODULE.THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WIL...
Mileage: 72,990
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THE DOOR LOCKS, AIR BAG, HEAD LIGHTS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPER BECAME INOPERABLE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AT THE CMT AND CLOCK SPRING MODULES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7...
Mileage: 72,990
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL RATTLING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE WITHIN ONE YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS T...
Mileage: 85,000
WHERE SHOULD I START MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB AS WITH MOST COMPLAINTS I ALSO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS OTHER OWNERS OF THIS TRUCK I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH LEAF SPRINGS ON THE REAR END BOTH SNAPPED AT THE SAME SPOT FOR NO REASON .HAVE HAD TO REPLACE HEATER CORE AC CORE DRIVERSIDE DOOR LOCK...
Mileage: 80,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V389000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: WIRING). AFTERWARD, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, TURN SIGNALS, HORN, AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS WERE NOT OPERATING ABNORMALLY. THE DEALER ADVISED HAVING A DIAGNOSTI...
Mileage: 83,000
THE HEAT QUIT WORKING IN OUR 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. IT WOULD NOT WORK ON ANY OF THE BLOWER SETTINGS. I BEGAN LOOKING UP POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM. I REPLACED THE FUSE, AND IT STILL DIDN'T WORK. I ALSO REPLACED THE RESISTOR. WHILE LOOKING ONLINE FOR OTHER OPTIONS, I REALIZED THAT MANY VE...
Mileage: 110,000
THE HEAT QUIT WORKING IN OUR 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. IT WOULD NOT WORK ON ANY OF THE BLOWER SETTINGS. I BEGAN LOOKING UP POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM. I REPLACED THE FUSE, AND IT STILL DIDN'T WORK. I ALSO REPLACED THE RESISTOR. WHILE LOOKING ONLINE FOR OTHER OPTIONS, I REALIZED THAT MANY VE...
Mileage: 110,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE PREVIOUSLY HAD REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V596000 (SUSPENSION, FRONT CONTROL ARM, UPPER BALL JOINT). HE WAS EXPERIENCING AN ABNORMALLY LOUD SQUEAKING AND CLANKING SOUND WHILE HE WAS DRIVING VA...
Mileage: 90,000
COOLANT WAS LEAKING NEAR CAP, COULD NOT REPLACE BECAUSE DEALER CLOSED ,DEALER ONLY PART,TRIED DUCT TAPE FOR TEM. FIX UNTIL DEALER OPENED, DID NOT STOP LEAK, WAS STILL WET AT CAP GAVE CAP A TWIST TO INSURE TIGHTNESS,,, PLASTIC HOUSING SUFFERED MAJOR FAILURE, SPLIT APART AND COVERED ME WITH SCALDING C...
Mileage: 114,349
STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT HAS ALOT OF PLAY GETS WORSE ON HIGHER SPEEDS FOUND TO BE THE UNIVERSAL JOINT ON THE SHAFT SHOULD BE A RECALL VERY DANGEROUS CAN CAUSE LOSE OF CONTROL. *TR
Mileage: 69,527
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, HE COULD FEEL THE BRAKE DRAGGING FROM THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ADVISED HIM THAT THE FRONT BRAKES WERE NEW AND THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY...
Mileage: 61,615
THE STEERING IN MY 2001 DAKOTA QUAD-CAB HAS BECOME VERY STIFF TO TURN. IT COMES AND GOES, BUT CONCERNS ME SINCE MY WIFE SOMETIMES DRIVES MY TRUCK AND I'M NOT SURE IF SHE COULD TURN THE WHEEL IF SHE NEEDED TO IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT I...
Mileage: 165,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON AND THEN BACK OFF. ALSO ALL GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL HAVE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HE WAS AWAITING THE CONCLUSION OF THE TESTING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.
Mileage: 94,000
THE HORN QUIT THE CRUISE CONTROLS QUIT WORKING. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ARE ON AIR BAGS ARE DEAD THE CLOCK SPRING IS BAD IN ALL THE 2000 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 'S ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER SAID SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT A PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR
Mileage: 98,000
THE HORN QUIT THE CRUISE CONTROLS QUIT WORKING. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ARE ON AIR BAGS ARE DEAD THE CLOCK SPRING IS BAD IN ALL THE 2000 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 'S ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER SAID SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT A PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR
Mileage: 98,000
THE HORN QUIT THE CRUISE CONTROLS QUIT WORKING. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ARE ON AIR BAGS ARE DEAD THE CLOCK SPRING IS BAD IN ALL THE 2000 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 'S ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER SAID SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT A PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR
Mileage: 98,000
1. THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE ON MY VEHICLE WILL ONLY OCCASIONALLY ENGAGE WHEN THE SELECTOR IS SET TO 4-WHEEL DRIVE. IF ENGAGED IT ALWAYS DISENGAGES SUDDENLY AND/OR RE-ENGAGES AT RANDOM TIMES. IN OTHER WORDS, IT GOES IN AND OUT OF 4-WHEEL DRIVE RANDOMLY AND ON ITS OWN WHEN THE SELECTOR IS SET TO 4-WHEEL DRI...
Mileage: 100,000
LOWER STEERING COLUMN SHAFT HAS A BUSHING THAT FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. TRUCK VEERED INTO A DITCH AT 30MPH. I CALLED DEALERSHIP TO PURCHASE THIS PART AND FOUND OUT THAT IT IS ON A BACKORDER OF OVER 100. WENT TO SEVERAL AUTO RECYCLERS AND USED PARTS STORES AND FOUND THAT EVEN THEY HAVE THE PA...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE VEHICLE HAS COOPER DIFINITY DAKOTA H/T TIRES, SIZE 235/75/R15 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE TREAD ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE SWERVED AND DROVE OVER THE MEDIAN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE WAS NO CRASH. THE TREAD...
Mileage: 30,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE CLO...
Mileage: 63,000
ACCELERATION WOULD OCCUR WHEN IN PARK POSITION. IT WOULD ALSO OCCUR AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS. THIS LEAD TO THE CADILLAC CONVERTER TO MALFUNCTION AND FAIL, NEXT THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT, THE O2 SENSOR, AND VARIOUS BELTS. MY TRUCK IS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH ONLY 78,000 MILES, THE...
NEED TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING SO THAT THE AIR BAG WOULD WORK. THIS COST ME $201.64 AT A MECHANICAL SHOP. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR MODEL YEAR 2000 QUAD CAB DAKOTA TRUCKS. I'M WONDERING IF CHRYSLER ACTUALLY CHANGED THE CONFIGURATION FOR 2001 TRUCKS. *TR
Mileage: 68,865
BODY RUST. *TR
Mileage: 60,100
MY VEHICLE WAS RECALLED BUT THE DAY I WAS GOING TO BRING IT IN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AND THE MOTOR IS NO MORE GOOD. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS GOOD AND IT WAS GOING ON FOR A WHILE. MY FATHER CHANGED THE HEAD GASKETS BUT IT DID NOT HELP. *TR
Mileage: 85,000
MY VEHICLE WAS RECALLED BUT THE DAY I WAS GOING TO BRING IT IN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AND THE MOTOR IS NO MORE GOOD. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS GOOD AND IT WAS GOING ON FOR A WHILE. MY FATHER CHANGED THE HEAD GASKETS BUT IT DID NOT HELP. *TR
Mileage: 85,000
INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ON THE STEERING COLUMN NEAREST THE STEERING BOX HAS UNIVERSAL JOINT THAT FAILED. CAUSED INTERMITTENT STICKINESS IN STEERING, BEFORE JOINT COMPLETELY FAILED. *TR
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS 2001 DODGE DAKOTA HOME AT NIGHT, ON A COUNTRY ROAD, AROUND AUGUST 5, 2008 AND THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. WHEN HE GOT HOME, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT HAYWIRE, THE HORN CONTINUED TO HONK, THE DOOR LOCKS BEGAN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. W...
Mileage: 125,000
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS 2001 DODGE DAKOTA HOME AT NIGHT, ON A COUNTRY ROAD, AROUND AUGUST 5, 2008 AND THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. WHEN HE GOT HOME, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT HAYWIRE, THE HORN CONTINUED TO HONK, THE DOOR LOCKS BEGAN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. W...
Mileage: 125,000
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS 2001 DODGE DAKOTA HOME AT NIGHT, ON A COUNTRY ROAD, AROUND AUGUST 5, 2008 AND THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. WHEN HE GOT HOME, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT HAYWIRE, THE HORN CONTINUED TO HONK, THE DOOR LOCKS BEGAN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. W...
Mileage: 125,000
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS 2001 DODGE DAKOTA HOME AT NIGHT, ON A COUNTRY ROAD, AROUND AUGUST 5, 2008 AND THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. WHEN HE GOT HOME, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT HAYWIRE, THE HORN CONTINUED TO HONK, THE DOOR LOCKS BEGAN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. W...
Mileage: 125,000
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS 2001 DODGE DAKOTA HOME AT NIGHT, ON A COUNTRY ROAD, AROUND AUGUST 5, 2008 AND THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. WHEN HE GOT HOME, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT HAYWIRE, THE HORN CONTINUED TO HONK, THE DOOR LOCKS BEGAN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. W...
Mileage: 125,000
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS 2001 DODGE DAKOTA HOME AT NIGHT, ON A COUNTRY ROAD, AROUND AUGUST 5, 2008 AND THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. WHEN HE GOT HOME, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT HAYWIRE, THE HORN CONTINUED TO HONK, THE DOOR LOCKS BEGAN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. W...
Mileage: 125,000
I ALSO HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA I BOUGHT IT USED IN 2004 AND SOMETIMES THE GEAR SHIFT DOES NOT GO WHERE THE INDICATOR SAY IT IS. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. *TR
Mileage: 75,000
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY OR STAYS ON. HORN WORKS ONLY SOMETIMES. DEALER SAYS I NEED A NEW CLOCKSPRING. *TR
Mileage: 95,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS A PULLING SENSATION AND AN ODOR WAS PRESENT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND OBSERVED THAT THE WHEELS WERE EXCESSIVELY HOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO...
Mileage: 59,776
STUDS ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD BROKE CAUSING EXHAUST GASES TO ENTER THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. *TR
Mileage: 106,711
LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF, INTERIOR LIGHT GO OUT, DOOR ALARM GOES OFF AT 70 MPH, WIPERS GO OFF BY THEMSELVES, HORN BEEPS, TRUCK WONT START. QUICK FIX , DISCOUNT THE BATTERY AT RESET THE SYSTEM, PERMANENT FIX TO REPLACE THE CENTRAL TIMING MODULE. *TR
Mileage: 40,000
I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED WITH 39K MILES I HAD IT FOR A MONTH AND NOTICED VIBRATIONS WHEN BRAKING FROM 50 - 40 MPH. I FIGURED THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OF THIS I TOOK THE ROTORS OFF AND INTO A PARTS STORE TO HAVE THEM CHECKED, THEY WERE WARPED AND TOO THIN TO TURN (LATHE). ...
Mileage: 60,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE SALES LOT, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THEY FILED BANKRUPTCY AND WERE CLOSED DOWN. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V...
Mileage: 85,289
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE SALES LOT, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THEY FILED BANKRUPTCY AND WERE CLOSED DOWN. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V...
Mileage: 85,289
2001 DODGE DAKOTA LEAKS WATER DURING RAINSTORMS ON THE PASSENGER FRONT FLOOR. *TR
Mileage: 36,000
KNOWING THE DAKOTA'S HAVE BRAKE ISSUES, I REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS WITH AFTERMARKET SLOTTED ROTORS IN HOPES THAT THE ROTOR WOULD STAY COOL & NOT WARP. HOWEVER EVEN AFTER ADDING NEW ROTORS I HAVE HAD ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS ONE OR THE OTHER FRONT ROTORS HAVE LOCKED UP. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT...
Mileage: 86,000
ON FREEWAY AT 75 MPH. HEARD A LOUD POP SOUND AND THE VEHICLE TUGGED TO THE LEFT. MANAGED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL AND PULL OFF TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. THE TIRE WAS DAMAGED BUT INTACT, IT WAS A VALVE STEM FAILURE. TOOK THE TIRE TO SHOP WHERE PURCHASED AND WAS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. *TR
Mileage: 95,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN SHUTTING OFF AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. THE DOOR HINGES BEGAN COMING APART ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, AND THE MIDDLE OF THE DOOR ALSO BEGAN TO RIP. THE DEALER WOULD NOT...
Mileage: 10,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN SHUTTING OFF AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. THE DOOR HINGES BEGAN COMING APART ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, AND THE MIDDLE OF THE DOOR ALSO BEGAN TO RIP. THE DEALER WOULD NOT...
Mileage: 10,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN SHUTTING OFF AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. THE DOOR HINGES BEGAN COMING APART ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, AND THE MIDDLE OF THE DOOR ALSO BEGAN TO RIP. THE DEALER WOULD NOT...
Mileage: 10,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN SHUTTING OFF AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. THE DOOR HINGES BEGAN COMING APART ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, AND THE MIDDLE OF THE DOOR ALSO BEGAN TO RIP. THE DEALER WOULD NOT...
Mileage: 10,000
ALL LIGHTS START TURNING ON AND OFF IN A RANDOM PATTERN. MUST HOLD DRIVER DOOR OPEN WHILE DRIVING TO HAVE A CONSISTENT HEADLIGHT. EVERY LIGHT IS AFFECTED. DASH LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, HEAD LIGHTS, 4 WHEEL DRIVE TRANSFER CASE LIGHTS, HORN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, INTERIOR LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND SEVERAL O...
Mileage: 127,500
CLOCK SPRING - NO HORN - NO DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG HAVE REPLACED 2 SETS OF FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS AND LINES ON THIS TRUCK DUE TO FRONT BRAKES LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING. NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENTS. *TR
CLOCK SPRING - NO HORN - NO DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG HAVE REPLACED 2 SETS OF FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS AND LINES ON THIS TRUCK DUE TO FRONT BRAKES LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING. NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENTS. *TR
MY WIFE DROVE MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT DURING THE SNOW DAYS AND COMPLAINED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER. OVER A FEW WEEKS, I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THEY WOULD FLICKER, ALONG WITH THE DASH LIGHTS, TAILLIGHTS, DOME LIGHT, AND BRAKE LIGHTS. THEN, AS I HAD NOT BEEN DRIVING AT NIGHT MUCH, I HAD MY...
Mileage: 48,450
2001 DODGE DAKOTA AND THE NOT ABLE TO BE REMEDIED AND INADEQUATE 4.7L ENGINE. *TR
Mileage: 88,400
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE. HE STATED THAT THE STEERING WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DISENGAGED. T...
Mileage: 65,689
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE. HE STATED THAT THE STEERING WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DISENGAGED. T...
Mileage: 65,689
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE ELECTRIC SHIFT TRANSFER CASE DID NOT FULLY ENGAGE INTO GEAR WHEN THE CONTACT MOVED THE TRANSFER CASE SELECTOR SWITCH. HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND CALLED THE DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. ONE WEEK LATER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD TO RESCH...
Mileage: 70,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V555000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT). HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND WHEN HE RETRIEVED IT, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ILL...
Mileage: 62,970
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR FOUR MONTHS, THE REARVIEW MIRROR FELL FROM THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT NOTICED A CRACK THAT SPREAD ALL THE WAY DOWN THE WINDSHIELD. SHE PURCHASED ADHESIVE AND REPLACED THE REARVIEW MIRROR; HOWEVER, THE WINDSHIELD WAS S...
Mileage: 101,300
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR FOUR MONTHS, THE REARVIEW MIRROR FELL FROM THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT NOTICED A CRACK THAT SPREAD ALL THE WAY DOWN THE WINDSHIELD. SHE PURCHASED ADHESIVE AND REPLACED THE REARVIEW MIRROR; HOWEVER, THE WINDSHIELD WAS S...
Mileage: 101,300
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTED IT INTO DRIVE, WITHOUT APPLYING HIS FOOT TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Mileage: 50,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR SATURATED. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE DEALER PERFORMED WORK ACCORDING TO THE TSB AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. MECHANIC THEN REPLACED THE 90 DEGREE ELBOW ON THE DRAINING TUBE. *KB
2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR SATURATED. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE DEALER PERFORMED WORK ACCORDING TO THE TSB AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. MECHANIC THEN REPLACED THE 90 DEGREE ELBOW ON THE DRAINING TUBE. *KB
THE FUSE FOR MY DIMMER SWITCH KEPT BLOWING. AND I KEPT REPLACING. BECAUSE WITH OUT IT IN I CAN NOT SEE GAUGES. AND MY OUTSIDE MARKER LIGHT FUSE KEPT DOING SAME. I REPLACED FUSES AGAIN TODAY THEY IMMEDIATELY BLEW. I ROTATED THE DIMMER SWITCH TO THE LOWEST POSITION. AGAIN I REPLACED FUSES. THEN I TUR...
Mileage: 110,800
THE FUSE FOR MY DIMMER SWITCH KEPT BLOWING. AND I KEPT REPLACING. BECAUSE WITH OUT IT IN I CAN NOT SEE GAUGES. AND MY OUTSIDE MARKER LIGHT FUSE KEPT DOING SAME. I REPLACED FUSES AGAIN TODAY THEY IMMEDIATELY BLEW. I ROTATED THE DIMMER SWITCH TO THE LOWEST POSITION. AGAIN I REPLACED FUSES. THEN I TUR...
Mileage: 110,800
POWER TRAIN, MANY TIMES WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR IS SHIFTED INTO A GEAR, IT IS NOT ACTUALLY IN THE GEAR SELECTED. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME. *TR
Mileage: 81,366
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WITH HIS FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND HESITATE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO ALLOW THE FRONT DISC BRAKES TO COOL OFF SINCE THEY WERE DRAGGING. THE BRAKE LINES AND CALIPERS WERE ...
Mileage: 30,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WITH HIS FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND HESITATE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO ALLOW THE FRONT DISC BRAKES TO COOL OFF SINCE THEY WERE DRAGGING. THE BRAKE LINES AND CALIPERS WERE ...
Mileage: 30,000
I HAVE A 2001 DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 PURCHASED NEW AND THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT ROTORS WEAR OUT EXTREMELY FAST. THEY BECOME DAMAGED ON THE INSIDE OF THE ROTOR APPEARING EXTREMELY RUSTED AND AS IF MAYBE THEY OVERHEATED ON THE INSIDE. 64,000 AND THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES. DEALERS DENY THIS IS COMMON , MY ...
Mileage: 64,000
I HAVE A 2001 DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 PURCHASED NEW AND THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT ROTORS WEAR OUT EXTREMELY FAST. THEY BECOME DAMAGED ON THE INSIDE OF THE ROTOR APPEARING EXTREMELY RUSTED AND AS IF MAYBE THEY OVERHEATED ON THE INSIDE. 64,000 AND THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES. DEALERS DENY THIS IS COMMON , MY ...
Mileage: 64,000
I HAVE A 2001 DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 PURCHASED NEW AND THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT ROTORS WEAR OUT EXTREMELY FAST. THEY BECOME DAMAGED ON THE INSIDE OF THE ROTOR APPEARING EXTREMELY RUSTED AND AS IF MAYBE THEY OVERHEATED ON THE INSIDE. 64,000 AND THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES. DEALERS DENY THIS IS COMMON , MY ...
Mileage: 64,000
BALL JOINT PROBLEM ON 4X2 DODGE DAKOTA. POPPING GRATING SOUND AND LACK OF CONTROL IN THE UPPER BALL JOINT ASSEMBLIES. THESE USE THE SAME UPPER BALL JOINT ASSY. AS THE 4X4 UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THESE CAUSE THE SAME PROBLEMS AND DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUES. *TR
Mileage: 87,500
ENGINE STALLING AND / OR FAILURE SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING SOMETIMES AT STARTUP. I HAVE HAD THIS 2001 DODGE DAKOTA FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS THIS PROBLEM WILL OCCUR AT ANYTIME. EACH TIME I WOULD TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC THE TRUCK WOULD BE RUNNING GOOD AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THEY HAVE SCANNED THE ...
Mileage: 55,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. ONE HEADLIGHT BULB FAILED. THE VEHICLE MANUAL INSTRUCTS ONE TO REMOVE TWO BOLTS TO ACCESS THE BULB. THIS BULB IS SUBJECT TO THE WEATHER AND HAS RUSTED. I NEED TO REPLACE THE BOLTS. DODGE INDICATES THAT THE BOLT IS NOT SOLD SEPARATELY AND IS PART OF THE HEADLIGHT UNI...
Mileage: 63,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. ONE HEADLIGHT BULB FAILED. THE VEHICLE MANUAL INSTRUCTS ONE TO REMOVE TWO BOLTS TO ACCESS THE BULB. THIS BULB IS SUBJECT TO THE WEATHER AND HAS RUSTED. I NEED TO REPLACE THE BOLTS. DODGE INDICATES THAT THE BOLT IS NOT SOLD SEPARATELY AND IS PART OF THE HEADLIGHT UNI...
Mileage: 63,000
DRIVER SEAT BRACKET BROKEN, SEAT WILL TIP BACK. IS A SAFETY HAZZARD. BRACKET MADE OF ALUMINUM, NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR BRACKET MATERIAL. DEALER CLAIMING ENTIRE SEAT MUST BE REPLACED AT OUR COST OF OVER $700.00. FEEL IT IS A PART DEFECT AND SAFETY HAZZARD, SHOULD BE RECALLED
Mileage: 68,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND O/D LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS THE STEERING COLUMN AND SUGGESTED THAT A DODGE D...
Mileage: 175,725
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND O/D LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS THE STEERING COLUMN AND SUGGESTED THAT A DODGE D...
Mileage: 175,725
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND O/D LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS THE STEERING COLUMN AND SUGGESTED THAT A DODGE D...
Mileage: 175,725
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4.7L QUADCAB AND MY HORN, CRUISE AND AIRBAG ALL STOPPED WORKING AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE SEEN A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER ON 2000 VEHICLES, BUT NOT 2001. I AM NOW OPERATING WITHOUT AN AIRBAG. *TR UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR THE CONSUMER STATED HE IS ALS...
Mileage: 78,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4.7L QUADCAB AND MY HORN, CRUISE AND AIRBAG ALL STOPPED WORKING AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE SEEN A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER ON 2000 VEHICLES, BUT NOT 2001. I AM NOW OPERATING WITHOUT AN AIRBAG. *TR UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR THE CONSUMER STATED HE IS ALS...
Mileage: 78,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4.7L QUADCAB AND MY HORN, CRUISE AND AIRBAG ALL STOPPED WORKING AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE SEEN A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER ON 2000 VEHICLES, BUT NOT 2001. I AM NOW OPERATING WITHOUT AN AIRBAG. *TR UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR THE CONSUMER STATED HE IS ALS...
Mileage: 78,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4.7L QUADCAB AND MY HORN, CRUISE AND AIRBAG ALL STOPPED WORKING AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE SEEN A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER ON 2000 VEHICLES, BUT NOT 2001. I AM NOW OPERATING WITHOUT AN AIRBAG. *TR UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR THE CONSUMER STATED HE IS ALS...
Mileage: 78,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA APPLIED BRAKE AND VEHICLE PULLED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT**CW** THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, PRESSURE WAS BEING PLACED ON THE LUGS/SLIDE BARS. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT IT WAS ALSO QUITE POSSIBLE THE BRAKES COULD BE DELAYED FROM ENGAGING BECAUSE THE BACKING PL...
I HAVE A 2001 DURANGO THAT HAS A RECALL FOR A WIRING CONNECTOR UNDER THE FRONT SEAT. I WANT TO FIX IT MYSELF DO TO MY LAST EXPRIENCE AT A DEALER. I CALLED THEM AND THEY SAID IT HAD TO GO TO THE DEALER AND NO REPAIR KIT COULD BE PROVIDED TO ME. THIS IS WRONG! MAYBE THE DEALER COULD LET ME HAVE HIS C...
HEATER CORE HAS GONE OUT FOR THE SECOND TIME CAUSING HOT COOLANT TO BE LEAKED ON MY FEET IN THE CAB AND FOGGING THE WINDOWS SEVERELY WHILE DRIVING. RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY MODEL YEAR DAKOTA. RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS THAT ONCE YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM THEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN FREQUE...
Mileage: 69,035
HEATER CORE HAS GONE OUT FOR THE SECOND TIME CAUSING HOT COOLANT TO BE LEAKED ON MY FEET IN THE CAB AND FOGGING THE WINDOWS SEVERELY WHILE DRIVING. RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY MODEL YEAR DAKOTA. RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS THAT ONCE YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM THEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN FREQUE...
Mileage: 69,035
AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUALLY GOES ON AND OFF. AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCHING ONLINE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CLOCKSPRING IS DEFECTIVE. APPARENTLY THE AIR BAG WON'T DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT, BUT DODGE REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE RECALLS ON OTHER YEAR DODGE TRUCKS - BUT NOT THE 2001 DAKOTA, EVEN TH...
I BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD A MONTH AGO. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE LOWER BALL JOINTS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, TIMING CHAIN, WATER PUMP AND NOW THE TRANSFER CASE HAS GONE BAD. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 55000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE ONLY MADE ONE PAYMENT ON THE TRUCK AND HAVE PAID THE REPAIR SHOP OVER $1500...
Mileage: 55,000
I BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD A MONTH AGO. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE LOWER BALL JOINTS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, TIMING CHAIN, WATER PUMP AND NOW THE TRANSFER CASE HAS GONE BAD. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 55000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE ONLY MADE ONE PAYMENT ON THE TRUCK AND HAVE PAID THE REPAIR SHOP OVER $1500...
Mileage: 55,000
I BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD A MONTH AGO. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE LOWER BALL JOINTS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, TIMING CHAIN, WATER PUMP AND NOW THE TRANSFER CASE HAS GONE BAD. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 55000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE ONLY MADE ONE PAYMENT ON THE TRUCK AND HAVE PAID THE REPAIR SHOP OVER $1500...
Mileage: 55,000
I BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD A MONTH AGO. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE LOWER BALL JOINTS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, TIMING CHAIN, WATER PUMP AND NOW THE TRANSFER CASE HAS GONE BAD. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 55000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE ONLY MADE ONE PAYMENT ON THE TRUCK AND HAVE PAID THE REPAIR SHOP OVER $1500...
Mileage: 55,000
I BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD A MONTH AGO. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE LOWER BALL JOINTS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, TIMING CHAIN, WATER PUMP AND NOW THE TRANSFER CASE HAS GONE BAD. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 55000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE ONLY MADE ONE PAYMENT ON THE TRUCK AND HAVE PAID THE REPAIR SHOP OVER $1500...
Mileage: 55,000
BOUGHT THE TRUCK USED AND THE TEMPERATURE AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGE STARTED TO FLUCTUATE AND ENGINE KILLED OVER. NOW, REPAIR SHOPS ARE STATING THAT THEY ARE NOW SEEING THIS PROBLEM QUITE FREQUENTLY FOR THE 4.7L DODGE DAKOTA ENGINES BECAUSE OF THE OIL PAN PROXIMITY TO THE ENGINE. REPAIR SHOPS STATED A N...
Mileage: 94,500
2001 DODGE DAKOTA SLT A PLASTIC PART ON THE DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE AND HAD TO REPLACE THE REGULATOR AND MOTOR AS ONE PART. 3 MONTHS LATER THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. IN REASEARCHING THIS, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH THIS REGULATOR. *NM
Mileage: 60,000
TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK. THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A NOISE, AND THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 48,900. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE COIL SPRING CAUSED DAMAGE TO ...
Mileage: 48,985
THE FRONT LEFT POWER WINDOW STOPPED WORKING. FOUND OUT IT WAS THE WINDOW REGULATOR, WHICH CAN NOT BE REPLACE FOR APPROX 1 MONTH DUE TO THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. EVERY PLACE I HAVE CALLED, HAS HAD AT LEAST 3 COMPLAINTS OF THIS FAILURE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, IF ALL AT ONCE THEY A...
Mileage: 109,000
THE REARS IN DODGE TRUCKS FAIL WITH MILEAGE BETWEEN 65000 TO 10000 AND THEY TELL EVERYONE THAT IT IS FROM NORMAL WEAR. MINE FAILED AT 83000 RESULTING IN THE REAR HAVING TO BE REBUILT AT A COST OF 2200 DOLLARS
Mileage: 83,000
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY ONLY THE UPPER BALL JOINTS ON THE 2000-2004 DAKOTAS IS COVERED IN THE RECALL AS THE LOWER BALL JOINT ARE THE SAME DESIGN WHERE THERE IS NO WAY TO GREASE UP THE LOWER BALL JOINTS AND IT WOULD LEAD TO THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE UPPER BALL JOINTS? *NM
Mileage: 59,822
MOVEMENT OF TILT STEERING WHEEL IN LOWER HALF OF RANGE WILL CAUSE SHORT-CIRCUIT OF TURN SIGNAL OPERATION. LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WILL BE INOPERATIVE. RADIO CIRCUIT ALSO AFFECTED. MOVEMENT BACK INTO UPPER HALF OF RANGE WILL CORRECT PROBLEM. AS OF DATE NO REPAIR HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED. *NM
Mileage: 132,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED, THE DEALER NOTICED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE...
Mileage: 33,400
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED, THE DEALER NOTICED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE...
Mileage: 33,400
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED, THE DEALER NOTICED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE...
Mileage: 33,400
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED, THE DEALER NOTICED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE...
Mileage: 33,400
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED, THE DEALER NOTICED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE...
Mileage: 33,400
1. NORMAL DRIVING CIRCUMSTANCES. FRONT END SUSPENSION STARTED MAKING CLUNKING/POPPING NOISES AND STEERING BECAME ERRATIC. TRUCK HAS 85,000 MILES. 2. COULD NOT SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE STEERING WAS TOO RISKY. I ALSO NOTICED WHILE THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WAS PULLING THE VEHICLE ONTO THE TRUCK THAT ...
Mileage: 88,000
1. NORMAL DRIVING CIRCUMSTANCES. FRONT END SUSPENSION STARTED MAKING CLUNKING/POPPING NOISES AND STEERING BECAME ERRATIC. TRUCK HAS 85,000 MILES. 2. COULD NOT SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE STEERING WAS TOO RISKY. I ALSO NOTICED WHILE THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WAS PULLING THE VEHICLE ONTO THE TRUCK THAT ...
Mileage: 88,000
FRONT ROTORS BECOME HOT AND WARPED. IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND ROTORS WERE ROTATED AND PUT BACK ON. RECEIVED THE VEHICLE BACK AND IT STILL FELT LIKE ROTORS WERE STILL WARPED... A LOT OF SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL. *NM
Mileage: 23,000
LOSS OF ENGINE COMPRESSION, WHICH RESULTED IN THE #3 CYLINDER MISFIRING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON AND NOT ABLE TO RESET. VEHICLE WAS AT THE MECHANICS SHOP FOR 2 WEEKS. AFTER RECEIVING VEHICLE BACK, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. WHEN THE PROBLEM OF THE #3 CYLINDER MISFIRE WAS DETEC...
Mileage: 63,213
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUADCAB BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AGO, FROM THIS DATE, 09/15/06. BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS ON. AFTER CHARGING ME $500.00 + FOR A TUNE-UP, CLEANING THE INJECTORS, AND REPLACING AN OXYGEN SENSOR, THE DEALERSHIP STILL COULD N...
Mileage: 62,950
THE SIDEWALLS ON THE FRONT TIRES SPLIT ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE . I FOUND THE DEFECT MYSELF. REPLACED THE TIRES. I STILL HAVE THE OLD ONES. THE TRUCK HAD ONLY A LITTLE OVER 12K MILES ON IT. THE DEALER BLEW ME OFF. *JB
Mileage: 12,424
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, A WHISTLING NOISE WAS HEARD UNDER THE HOOD. UPON CHECKING, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE HOSE CONNECTED TO THE INTAKE PLENUM WAS BROKE AND HAD SPLIT AT THE END ALONG THE MOLD MARK AND WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF. THERE WAS ENOUGH SLACK TO CUT BACK...
Mileage: 32,976
2001 DODGE DAKOTA DRIVER SEAT STEEL BRACKET BROKE. *KB THE POWER SEAT ADJUSTER CRACKED IN HALF. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE DAMAGED OCCURRED WHEN THE RIVET WAS FASTENED TO THE BRACKET. THE LEFT FRONT POWER WINDOW REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. *JB
2001 DODGE DAKOTA DRIVER SEAT STEEL BRACKET BROKE. *KB THE POWER SEAT ADJUSTER CRACKED IN HALF. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE DAMAGED OCCURRED WHEN THE RIVET WAS FASTENED TO THE BRACKET. THE LEFT FRONT POWER WINDOW REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. *JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE BALL JOINTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP FOR REPAIR ON THE UPPER FRONT RIGHT BALL JOINTS. A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED PERTAINING TO THE BALL JOINTS AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE UPPER...
Mileage: 52,000
RIGHT TIE ROD END FELL OUT. THE BALL JOINT FELL APART. I HAD JUST DRIVEN FROM WASHINGTON STATE TO NEW YORK. HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED JUST BEFORE LEAVING. IT HAPPENED AT LOW SPEED TURNING A CORNER. NO CRASH NO INJURY. *NM
Mileage: 56,115
2001 DODGE DAKOTA EXTENDED CAB 4X4. RATTLING IN FRONT END WHEN GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS SUCH AS MAN HOLES AND WASHBOARD. SOUNDS SIMILAR TO A LOOSE HUB CAP. WAS TOLD THE LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE BAD AND DAIMLER/CHRYSLER HAS A BULLETIN PUBLISHED INTERNALLY ON HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND MAY CAUSE ...
Mileage: 48,000
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY FRONT END DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, I TOOK MY TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC TO CHECK IT OUT. HE GOT IN IT TO TAKE IT FOR A RIDE. WHEN HE TURNED THE WHEEL, THERE WAS A CLUNK. WE GOT OUT AND LOOKED, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS TURNED TO THE RIGHT, THE DRIV...
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, THE TIE RODS SEPARATED. THE STEERING WAS ERRATIC AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE FRONT END WANDERED ALL OVER THE ROAD. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE TIE ROD HAD SEPARATED AND THE THREADS WERE STRIPPED. ...
Mileage: 88,000
PROBLEM STARTED WITH HORN INTERMITTENTLY BEEPING WHILE DRIVING, THEN OVER A FEW WEEKS PROGRESSED TO HORN BEEPING ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY, DRIVING LIGHTS FLASHING, AND DOOR LOCKS ACTUATING. PROBLEM WAS THE BODY CONTROL MODULE OR SOMETIMES CALLED THE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE. IT WAS REPLACED AND ALL ISSUES...
Mileage: 71,000
FOR THE 2ND TIME THE FAN MOTOR FOR THE A/C,HEATER HAS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. THE DEALER HAD THE TRUCK FOR OVER A WEEK THE FIRST AND IT REALLY NEVER SEEM TO WORK RIGHT. THE FRONT HEAD LIGHTS WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO. *JB
Mileage: 5,000
FOR THE 2ND TIME THE FAN MOTOR FOR THE A/C,HEATER HAS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. THE DEALER HAD THE TRUCK FOR OVER A WEEK THE FIRST AND IT REALLY NEVER SEEM TO WORK RIGHT. THE FRONT HEAD LIGHTS WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO. *JB
Mileage: 5,000
FOR THE 2ND TIME THE FAN MOTOR FOR THE A/C,HEATER HAS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. THE DEALER HAD THE TRUCK FOR OVER A WEEK THE FIRST AND IT REALLY NEVER SEEM TO WORK RIGHT. THE FRONT HEAD LIGHTS WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO. *JB
Mileage: 5,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA PICK UP, LOSS OF STEERING, RESULTING IN A OFF THE ROAD CRASH AND ROLLOVER WITH INJURIES. (ONE MOMENT LATER COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATHS.) *JB
2001 DODGE DAKOTA PICK UP, LOSS OF STEERING, RESULTING IN A OFF THE ROAD CRASH AND ROLLOVER WITH INJURIES. (ONE MOMENT LATER COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATHS.) *JB
2001 DODGE DAKOTA PICK UP, LOSS OF STEERING, RESULTING IN A OFF THE ROAD CRASH AND ROLLOVER WITH INJURIES. (ONE MOMENT LATER COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATHS.) *JB
2001 DODGE DAKOTA PICK UP, LOSS OF STEERING, RESULTING IN A OFF THE ROAD CRASH AND ROLLOVER WITH INJURIES. (ONE MOMENT LATER COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATHS.) *JB
AT 32,000 MILES FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN BREAKING. PROBLEM-WARPED ROTORS. CORRECTED BY 'TURNING' ROTORS (RESURFACING). AT 58,000 MILES FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN BREAKING. PROBLEM-WARPED ROTORS. CORRECTED BY 'TURNING' ROTORS. AT 70,000 MILES FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN BREAKING. PROBLEM-WARPED ROTORS. ...
RIGHT FRONT LOWER SHOCK BOLT SHEARED OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING SHOCK TO BREAK LOOSE FROM LOWER CONTROL ARM. *NM
Mileage: 45,410
OWN 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. NOTICE THE SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH FRONT STEERING BALL JOINT HAVING PROBLEMS. OUR TRUCK IS SUFFERING SAME PROBLEM WITH LOAD POPPING NOISE WHEN WE MAKE A HARD LEFT HAND TURN. HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES FOR PAST 9 MONTHS...BUT NOW GETTING MORE FREQUENT...
MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 WAS PURCHASED IN SEPTEMBER 2004 WITH 54,000 MILES ON IT. RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2004 THE HEATER CORE WENT OUT. I WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY $900 FOR THIS REPAIR BUT I TALKED THE DEALERSHIP INTO GIVING ME "SHOP RATE" OF $500. LESS THAN 10,000 MILES LATER THE HEATER CORE AGAIN NE...
Mileage: 80,300
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER WINDOWS ARE INOPERABLE. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER WERE ALERTED BUT NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. UPDATED 3/28/2006 - *NM
Mileage: 135,000
JUST BOUGHT A DAKOTA TRUCK 2 WKS AGO, SECOND DAY ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND CAR KEPT STALLING WHEN DRIVING, IT COMPLETELY TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT ALSO DOES NOT CHANGE GEAR; IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET GOING. THIS HAPPENED 1/18/06. ON 2/10/06 I NOTICED AN IDLING SOUND RIGHT AFTER BREAKING AND IT D...
JUST BOUGHT A DAKOTA TRUCK 2 WKS AGO, SECOND DAY ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND CAR KEPT STALLING WHEN DRIVING, IT COMPLETELY TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT ALSO DOES NOT CHANGE GEAR; IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET GOING. THIS HAPPENED 1/18/06. ON 2/10/06 I NOTICED AN IDLING SOUND RIGHT AFTER BREAKING AND IT D...
THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WERE THE FIRST ITEMS TO QUIT WORKING AND THEN THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT A RECALL FOR THE VERY SAME PROBLEMS WERE ISSUED FOR 2000 DODGE DAKOTAS AND 2001 DODGE RAMS. I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN DECEMBER OF 2000 SO MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFA...
Mileage: 96,000
ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2005, I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM FINDLAY, OH, I WAS ABOUT 37 MILES FROM HOME WHEN THE CHECK GAUGES LIGHT CAME ON AND THE OIL PRESSURE GAGE DROPPED TO 0. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO A PARKING LOT AT WHICH TIME THE TRUCK WOULDN'T START. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO TH...
Mileage: 61,300
I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE SEVERAL REPAIR PLACES (BRAKE SPECIALISTS) INCLUDING 2 DEALERSHIPS (MULTIPLE TIMES). THEY TELL ME MY ROTORS ARE WARPED, OR THAT THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG!!! STARTING AT AROUND 20,000 MILES I STARTED GETTING HARD VIBRATIONS IN THE FRONT END, REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS, FIXED P...
Mileage: 20,000
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES ON MY VEHICLE WITH MOPAR PARTS. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR 2 YEARS AND HAVE PUT 40,000 MILES ON IT. THE ROTORS ARE ONLY LASTING IN THE AREA OF 10 - 15000 MILES. I SPOKE WITH MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE HAS TOLD ME THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DODGE DAKO...
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES ON MY VEHICLE WITH MOPAR PARTS. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR 2 YEARS AND HAVE PUT 40,000 MILES ON IT. THE ROTORS ARE ONLY LASTING IN THE AREA OF 10 - 15000 MILES. I SPOKE WITH MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE HAS TOLD ME THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DODGE DAKO...
THE CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE HEATER CORE IN HIS 2001 DODGE DAKOTA FIVE TIMES. *NM WHEN THE CONSUMER RECEIVED HIS VEHICLE BACK, HE FOUND THE REPAIR TO BE INSUFFICIENT. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THE DEALER CREATED OTHER PROBLEMS ON THE VEHICLE. *JB
Mileage: 78,071
FAILURE OF CLOCKSPRING ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK AND AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON. THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS PART - RECALL NUMBER 982. PART WAS REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PICTURES OF REPLACED PART INDICATE DEFECT IN PART BUT DODGE WILL NOT PAY FOR REPLACEMENT ...
Mileage: 69,500
DT: THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V596000 CONCERNING THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPAIRED, AS WELL AS THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. WHEN CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER TO BE REIMBURSED, THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE CONTACT STATED WH...
TRAFFIC WAS MOVING IN FRONT OF GRACE COVENANT CHURCH, THERE WAS AN OFFICER DIRECTING TRAFFIC. MY HUSBAND PUT ON THE BRAKES AT THE MOMENT HE REALIZED TRAFFIC WAS NOT MOVING ANY LONGER. THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TIRE MARKS ON THE ROAD, IT IS APPARENT THE RIGHT SIDE TIRE LOCKED FIRS...
CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING RECALL ON CLOCKSPRING. CONSUMER 2001 DODGE DAKOTA AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, HORN DID NOT WORK AND CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. *TS THE CONSUMER LEARNED THERE WAS A RECALL, HOWEVER HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED HIS VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED WITH...
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. THE LOWER BALL JOIN BROKE AT THIS TIME. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WENT INTO A CREEK. THE INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE STILL BEING DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING INSPECTED. *AK
Mileage: 99,680
DT: CONSUMER OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE UPPER BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 31,915 MILES. THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED AT 37,556 MILES. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A N...
Mileage: 31,915
DT: CONSUMER OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE UPPER BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 31,915 MILES. THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED AT 37,556 MILES. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A N...
Mileage: 31,915
DT: ON JUNE 29, 2005 REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BELTS SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THEN, AROUND SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 THE DRIVER'S REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. A GOODYEAR REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE TIRES AND SAID THEY MIGHT BE DEFECTIVE TIRES. GOODYEAR WAS ONLY OFFERING TO GIVE A DISCOUNT, AND GAVE A PERCENTAG...
RECENTLY INVESTIGATED A FIRE IN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA R/T PICKUP TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH A 5.9 LITER GASOLINE ENGINE. FIRE ORIGINATES AT AND CONFINED TO THE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE AND THE C1, C2 & C3 WIRING HARNESS CONNECTORS ATTACHED TO THE MODULE. THE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE IS LOCATED BEHIND THE KICKPANEL A...
Mileage: 74,000
AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASHBOARD STARTED BLINKING ON AND OFF, BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DODGE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIRBAG LOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THIS ITEM IS NOT COVERED BY ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY OR EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM DODGE. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS AB...
Mileage: 45,716
HAD A SUDDEN STOP IN 100 DEGREE WEATHER, WHEN PULLED OFF, THE TRUCK FELT AS IF IT WERE PULLING A LOAD AND A STRONG BURNING RUBBER SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT END. ENDED UP HAVING IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRONT CALIPERS HAD SEIZED UP. DEALERSHIP WAS NOT CERTAIN AS ...
Mileage: 52,000
ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB, THE VEHICLE HAD A LONG STUTTER OR PAUSE ONCE THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED, FROM A STOP. THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC BECAUSE I EXPECTED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE, WHICH IT DID NOT. AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THE VEHICLE WOULD JUMP FORWARD,...
Mileage: 83,250
STEERING WHEEL AND TRANSMISSION DO NOT LOCK WHEN KEY IS REMOVED. I FOUND THIS OUT WHEN A 2 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE PARKED VEHICLE AND PULLED THE TRANSMISSION LEVER INTO GEAR. THE KEY SWITCH WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND THE KEYS WERE REMOVED. *JB
Mileage: 77,000
ABS & BRAKE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ON OUR 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB WITH 43,000 MILES. TOOK TO NORWIN DODGE FOR SERVICE. THEY FOUND THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL (REAR END) WAS COMPLETELY RUINED. SINCE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRENTLY OUR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE WAS IN EXCESS OF $1,600.00. ALSO S...
Mileage: 43,155
ABS & BRAKE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ON OUR 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB WITH 43,000 MILES. TOOK TO NORWIN DODGE FOR SERVICE. THEY FOUND THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL (REAR END) WAS COMPLETELY RUINED. SINCE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRENTLY OUR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE WAS IN EXCESS OF $1,600.00. ALSO S...
Mileage: 43,155
ABS & BRAKE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ON OUR 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB WITH 43,000 MILES. TOOK TO NORWIN DODGE FOR SERVICE. THEY FOUND THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL (REAR END) WAS COMPLETELY RUINED. SINCE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRENTLY OUR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE WAS IN EXCESS OF $1,600.00. ALSO S...
Mileage: 43,155
MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAS HAD UPPER FRONT BALL JOINTS REPLACED DUE TO POPPING IN FRONT END, THE POPPING IS STILL THERE. FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE OF BEING WARPED CAUSING VIBRATION IN STEERING AND ROUGH BRAKING. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND HUB HAS WENT OUT CAUSING LOUD SQUEEKING N...
Mileage: 75,000
1. CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK. 2. UPPER BALL JOING WEAR AT A DANGEROUS LEVEL. 3. I HAD TO HAVE THE PARTS REPLACED, AND I STILL HAVE THE OLD PART. THIS PART WAS RECALLED UNDER THE 4X4 VEHICLES, AND MINE IS 2WD SO I HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. I BELIEVE MY SAFETY WAS AT RI...
Mileage: 111,000
APPROX. 2 MONTHS AGO I HAD UPPER BALLS JOINTS REPLACED UNDER RECALL, THE DEALSHIP NOTED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS AND TIERODS WERE WORN AS WELL, WAS QUTOED APPROX. $700.00 TO BE FIXED. TODAY MY DAIUGHTER WAS STARTING TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WITH HER 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, THE TIEROD FELL OUT OF PL...
APPROX. 2 MONTHS AGO I HAD UPPER BALLS JOINTS REPLACED UNDER RECALL, THE DEALSHIP NOTED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS AND TIERODS WERE WORN AS WELL, WAS QUTOED APPROX. $700.00 TO BE FIXED. TODAY MY DAIUGHTER WAS STARTING TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WITH HER 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, THE TIEROD FELL OUT OF PL...
AT ANY SPEED DURING BRAKING, HARD OR SOFT, THERE SEEMS TO BE A WASH BOARD EFFECT. TRUCK SEEMS TO BUCK. FROM READING OTHER REPORTS, IT SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT IS BEING IGNORED BY THE MANUFACTURER. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK WITH 62000 MILES AND AT THE TIME, THERE WAS SMOOTH BRAKING. NOW AT ...
Mileage: 72,000
DT: THE DASHLIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. ALSO, THE REMOTE WOULD NOT OPEN DOORS, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HAVD TO REPLACE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE (CTM). DEALER UNHOOKED THE MODULE AND CONECTED IT BACK, AND ITWORKED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. *AK
Mileage: 37,500
DT: THE DASHLIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. ALSO, THE REMOTE WOULD NOT OPEN DOORS, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HAVD TO REPLACE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE (CTM). DEALER UNHOOKED THE MODULE AND CONECTED IT BACK, AND ITWORKED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. *AK
Mileage: 37,500
DT: THE DASHLIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. ALSO, THE REMOTE WOULD NOT OPEN DOORS, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HAVD TO REPLACE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE (CTM). DEALER UNHOOKED THE MODULE AND CONECTED IT BACK, AND ITWORKED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. *AK
Mileage: 37,500
FRONT BRAKES RUBBING ON ROTORS CAUSING BRAKE PADS TO SMOKE. THIS CAUSED THE WARPING OF THE BRAKE ROTORS. REPLACED BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 1 (ONE) MONTH. THIS TIME AFTER SMELLING THE BRAKES AND SEEING SMOKE, I TRIED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD BUT THE TRUCK WOULD BARELY MOVE....
Mileage: 62,015
DT: WHILE DRIVING HE NOTICED HE HAD A HARD DOWN SHIFT FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR. THE NEXT DAY IT WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD. GEAR. *AK
Mileage: 58,000
I BEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH A NUMBER OF FRONT SUSPENSION AND ESPECIALLY FRONT BRAKE PROBLEMS WHICH BEGAN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP ABSOLUTELY REFUSES TO INVESTIGATE MY PROBLEMS. I NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AT HIGH SPEED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. IF ...
I BEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH A NUMBER OF FRONT SUSPENSION AND ESPECIALLY FRONT BRAKE PROBLEMS WHICH BEGAN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP ABSOLUTELY REFUSES TO INVESTIGATE MY PROBLEMS. I NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AT HIGH SPEED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. IF ...
CONSUMER STATES: THAT ABS LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT, AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. THE CLUTCH PACKED IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS HALF INCH LONG , AND ITS JOB IS TO HOLD THE CLUTCHES AND LEMON SLIPPED DIFFERENTIAL, AND IT FAILED. IT CAME OUT AND SHREDDED SPEED SENSOR IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL....
Mileage: 56,982
CONSUMER STATES: THAT ABS LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT, AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. THE CLUTCH PACKED IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS HALF INCH LONG , AND ITS JOB IS TO HOLD THE CLUTCHES AND LEMON SLIPPED DIFFERENTIAL, AND IT FAILED. IT CAME OUT AND SHREDDED SPEED SENSOR IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL....
Mileage: 56,982
CONSUMER STATES: THAT ABS LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT, AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. THE CLUTCH PACKED IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS HALF INCH LONG , AND ITS JOB IS TO HOLD THE CLUTCHES AND LEMON SLIPPED DIFFERENTIAL, AND IT FAILED. IT CAME OUT AND SHREDDED SPEED SENSOR IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL....
Mileage: 56,982
CONSUMER STATES: THAT ABS LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT, AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. THE CLUTCH PACKED IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS HALF INCH LONG , AND ITS JOB IS TO HOLD THE CLUTCHES AND LEMON SLIPPED DIFFERENTIAL, AND IT FAILED. IT CAME OUT AND SHREDDED SPEED SENSOR IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL....
Mileage: 56,982
THE CONSUMER STATED THE LOWER BALL JOINT WAS LOOSE AND THE WHEELS COULD ACTUALLY FALL OFF.
MY TRUCK HAS 31000 MILES AND HAS BEEN HAVING MYSTERIOUS INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN AUG 2001. ORIGINALLY IT WAS LIMITED TO THE DOOR LOCKS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING BY THEMSELVES AT ALL TIMES - WHEN THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING, AND WHEN IT IS NOT. ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TAIL LI...
Mileage: 31,000
MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK HAS EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE OF ITS POWER CONTROL MODULE (PCM) NOT ONCE BUT TWICE IN 2004. THE ORIGINAL UNIT FAILED 57,500 MILES AND THE SECOND UNIT FAILED AT JUST 7,000 MILES. PCM FAILURE MEANS THAT ELECTRIC POWER IS CUT UNEXPECTEDLY TO THE ENGINE LEADING TO ENGINE FAILURE...
WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSFER CASE CRACKED DOWN THE MIDDLE. THE FRICTION AND SPARKS CAUSED IT TO CATCH ON FIRE. IT WAS LOOSE AND SEVERED FROM THE MAIN ATTACHMENTS WHICH DUMPED THE OIL ONTOTHE SKID PLATES. *AK *NM
Mileage: 89,700
WHEN I RECENTLY TOOK MY 1991 DODGE DAKOTA IN TO HAVE THE UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED, I WAS TOLD THE LOWER ONES WERE SHOT, ALSO. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 36,000 MILES ON IT. I ONLY DRIVE ON THE ROAD AND NEVER OVERLOAD MY TRUCK. WHY WOULD THE UPPER BALL JOINTS BE RECALLED AND NOT THE LOWER? THIS CONTINUE...
WHEN I RECENTLY TOOK MY 1991 DODGE DAKOTA IN TO HAVE THE UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED, I WAS TOLD THE LOWER ONES WERE SHOT, ALSO. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 36,000 MILES ON IT. I ONLY DRIVE ON THE ROAD AND NEVER OVERLOAD MY TRUCK. WHY WOULD THE UPPER BALL JOINTS BE RECALLED AND NOT THE LOWER? THIS CONTINUE...
WHEN BRAKING ANY SPEED, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE LOCKED UP. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO REAR END A VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *NM THE FIRST INCIDENT THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND...
Mileage: 81,130
ANNUAL VEHICLE INSPECTION OF MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT 2WD VERHICLE (54,000 MILES), PERFORMED ON 03/05/05, NECESSITATED THE REPLACEMENT OF DETATCHED BALL JOINT. *AK
Mileage: 54,011
TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST CONSUMER $2,000 TO BE REPAIRED. *AK
DODGE DAKOTA 2001, CONSUMER REPLACED BALL JOINTS. *BF THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR A 2 WHEEL ALIGNMENT AFTER THE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER FEELS THE ALIGNMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE REPLACEMENT. *NM
REPAIRS TO THE UPPER BALL JOINT WAS COMPLETED BY THE CONSUMER PRIOR TO RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE. CONSUMER WISHED TO HAVE THE LOWER BALL JOINTS REPAIRED SINCE THEY WERE DEFECTIVE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MANUFACTURER AND DEALER THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK
Mileage: 83,000
NO PARTS FOR RECALL#04596000 BALL JOINTS. EDDIE DODGE 803-359-2501. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB
Mileage: 54,000
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DRIVER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION,BUT CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK
'RECALL CAMPAIGN' CONCERNING UPPER BALL JOINT WEAR. DRIVING ON TIRES THAT ARE WORN OUT UNEVENLY. *BF THE CONSUMER COULD NOT GET THE TIRE ALIGNED AND HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THE TIRES THAT ARE WORN OUT UNEVENLY. THE ALIGNMENT READING WAS TOTALLY OFF DUE TO THE FAILING BALL JOINTS AND THE SHOP WOULD...
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V596000 CONCERNING BALL JOINT WEAR. HOWEVER, CONSUMER WAS WAITING FOR AWHILE AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE. *AK
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY DEALER HAD NO PARTS FOR DEFECT. NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V596000 CONCERNING UPPER BALL JOINTS.*AK
UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. RECENTLY, THE UPPER BALL JOINTS FOR THIS VEHICLE WERE RECALLED ,AND THE OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. AGAIN HAD THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED, BUT THEY DID NOT DO AN ALIGNMENT. CURRENTLY, THE TIRE IS PULLING TO THE LEFT, AND THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS...
Mileage: 61,829
UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. RECENTLY, THE UPPER BALL JOINTS FOR THIS VEHICLE WERE RECALLED ,AND THE OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. AGAIN HAD THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED, BUT THEY DID NOT DO AN ALIGNMENT. CURRENTLY, THE TIRE IS PULLING TO THE LEFT, AND THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS...
Mileage: 61,829
RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V596000 WAS ISSUED. CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Mileage: 127,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH A BAD BRAKE SYSTEM. I FEEL THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS INADEQUATE FOR THE WEIGHT OF A DAKOTA. I'M THE SECOND OWNER PURCHASED AT 29,000 MILES. THE FIRST OWNER HAD THE FRONT ROTORS REPLACED UNDER WARRENTY. I NOW HAVE 70,000 MILES AND HAD 4 FRONT BRAKE JOBS. 1ST TIME TURNED RO...
Mileage: 15,000
MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA IS NOW EXPERIENCING ITS THIRD OCCURANCE OF WARPED ROTORS. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 37,000 MILES ON IT. THE PROBLEM REAPPEARS ABOUT EVERY 12,000 MILES. HE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO DEFECT WITH THE ROTORS. I DON'T BELIEVE THEM.*AK AFTER LOOKING AT THE DAKOTA WEB SITE, I FIND THERE AR...
Mileage: 16,000
IN AUGUST 2004. A 2001 DODGE DAKAOTA PICKUP RAN A STOP SIGN AND I HIT HIM. THE TRUCK ROLLED AND CONTINUED TO RUN AND CAUGHT THE VEHICAL ON FIRE AND BURNED THE DRIVER CRITICALLY, AND HE ULTIMATELY DIED. WHY DIDN'T THE VEHICLE INERTIA SWITCH CUT THE VEHICAL OFF. I HAVE A FILE CLAIMED AGAINST THE INSU...
CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT UPPER BALL JOINT/TIE RODS WERER WORN OUT. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 60,000
CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT UPPER BALL JOINT/TIE RODS WERER WORN OUT. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 60,000
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. *AK
Mileage: 62,910
THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR A SAFETY INSPECTION. HE WAS THEN INFORMED THE BALL JOINTS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB
Mileage: 42,000
THE UPPER BALL JOINT IS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE AND CAUSING THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL TO WOBBLE, ESPECIALLY DOWN HILL AT LOWER SPEEDS. CONSUMER WILL INFORM THE DEALER. *AK *NM
Mileage: 57,000
THE CONSUMER WAS ASKED TO CALL BACK WITHIN A WEEK BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE STILL UNAVAILABLE. WHEN THE CONSUMER CALLED BACK, THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT THEY AGAIN DID NOT HAVE PARTS AND THEY WOULD CONTACT HIM WHEN THEY DID. *JB
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE FRONT RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ...
REFERENCE 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD: THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A SAFETY RECALL ON THE 4WD MODULE. IT NEEDED REPROGRAMMING TO ASSURE THAT IT WOULDN'T SLIP OUT OF GEAR CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL. THIS RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON MY TRUCK. HOWEVER, THE MODULE, AFTER ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES HAS GONE OUT ...
LEFT WHEEL STARTED TO MAKE NOISE WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALER AND WAS CHARGED $747.00 TO REPLACE "FAILED BALL JOINTS" MY VIN NUMBER IS INCLUDED IN THE RANGE COVERED ABY THE RECENT DODGE RECALL - BUT THEY SAY IT ONLY APPLIES TO 4 WHEEL DRIVE,,,,REGARDLESS THESE BAL...
Mileage: 71,323
2001 DODGE DAKOTA FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF, WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF VEHICLE. *BF THE CONSUMER WONDERED IF THE WHEEL FALLING OFF COULD HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF THE UPPER BALL JOINTS BEING DEFECTIVE. *JB
2001 DODGE DAKOTA FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF, WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF VEHICLE. *BF THE CONSUMER WONDERED IF THE WHEEL FALLING OFF COULD HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF THE UPPER BALL JOINTS BEING DEFECTIVE. *JB
DODGE DAKOTA FAILURE OF FRONT BALL JOINTS, REPLACED BALL JOINT. *BF *JB
RE: DODGE RECALL: I OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA, IT FEELS LIKE THE WHEELS WOBBLE. *BF
CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR AND SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT TWICE. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
NHTSA CAMPAIGN 04V596000; DAIMLER CHRYSLER ISSUED AN UPPER BALL JOINT RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT WHEN TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR, RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL.*AK ALSO, INNER TIE ROD WORE OUT, FAILED STATE INSPECTION DUE TO EXCESSIVE WE...
NHTSA CAMPAIGN 04V596000; DAIMLER CHRYSLER ISSUED AN UPPER BALL JOINT RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT WHEN TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR, RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL.*AK ALSO, INNER TIE ROD WORE OUT, FAILED STATE INSPECTION DUE TO EXCESSIVE WE...
NHTSA CAMPAIGN 04V596000; DAIMLER CHRYSLER ISSUED AN UPPER BALL JOINT RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT WHEN TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR, RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL.*AK ALSO, INNER TIE ROD WORE OUT, FAILED STATE INSPECTION DUE TO EXCESSIVE WE...
2001 DODGE DAKOTA WAS RECALLED TO REPLACE UPPER BALL JOINTS. DURING REPAIR LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE ALSO FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THEM TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE OF THE UPPER BALL JOINTS COULD ALSO LEAD TO THE FAILURE OF THE LOWER, AND THIS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REC...
2001 DODGE DAKOTA WAS RECALLED TO REPLACE UPPER BALL JOINTS. DURING REPAIR LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE ALSO FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THEM TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE OF THE UPPER BALL JOINTS COULD ALSO LEAD TO THE FAILURE OF THE LOWER, AND THIS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REC...
THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE UPPER BALL JOINTS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD 40,000 MILES ON IT. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND RECEIVED NO ASSISTANCE. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Mileage: 30,000
THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE UPPER BALL JOINTS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD 40,000 MILES ON IT. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND RECEIVED NO ASSISTANCE. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Mileage: 30,000
DEALERSHIP WAS NOT PERFORMING THE UPPER BALL JOINT WEAR RECALL 04V596000 REPAIRS WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME. THE NEXT AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT DATE IS APRIL 5TH 2005.*AK......THE SAFETY RECALL STATES THAT CONSUMER CAN LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND CRASH. HE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT, ESPECIALLY ON LONG TRIPS...
THE AIR BAG LIGHT TURNED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP, AND TEST RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE AIR BAGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 - RECALLED WITH CAMPAIGN ID #4V596000. WHILE THE GARAGE HAD MY PICKUP APART THEY CALLED AND SAID MY LOWER BALL JOINT HAD "EXCESSIVE WEAR" -QUOTED $440 TO REPAIR. AT 38000 MILES AND TO HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR ON LOWER BALL JOINTS IS A PRODUCT DEFECT. I DECLIINED TO HAVE THE...
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DOKATA TRUCK THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE CLOCK SPRING HAS GONE BAD IN THE STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO COME ON. IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO HAPPEN THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IS THIS A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK
Mileage: 60,000
DODGE DAKOTA, QUAD-CAB, 2001 ? AFTER HEAVY USAGE (I.E. COMMUTER TRAFFIC) FRONT BRAKES SEIZE AND LOCK UP; LEAVING BRAKES ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING. SUSPECT ROTOR WARP FROM THE HEAT OF THE BRAKE PADS THUS RENDERING THE FRONT BRAKES FULLY ENGAGED UNTIL THE ROTOR COOLS. DEALER INSPECTED BRAKES / ROTOR AFT...
BRAKE ROTORS VERY RUSTED AND DISINTEGRATING WITH METAL FLAKING OFF AND HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES. I DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY WARPING OF THE ROTORS OR SHAKING OF VEHICLE WHEN BRAKING AS OTHERS HAVE. THE BADLY DETERIORATED ROTORS WERE DISCOVERED WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR ROUT...
RECALL 04V596000 CONCERNING BALL JOINT WEAR: CONSUMER RECEIVED THIS RECALL NOTICE, AND CONTACTED HIS LOCAL DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT NO PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH 2005.*AK
RECALL 04V596000 CONCERNING BALL JOINT WEAR: CONSUMER RECEIVED THIS RECALL NOTICE, AND CONTACTED HIS LOCAL DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT NO PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH 2005.*AK
THE CONTROL ARM AND UPPER BALL JOINTS, WHEN IS THE RECALL GOING TO HAPPEN?? MY TRUCK IS REALLY REALLY BAD. THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT I GOT IS NO GOOD AND MY NEW TIRES ARE BEING EATEN UP BY THIS. I NEED MY TRUCK FOR WORK AND THIS IS SO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IN THIS CONDITION. *NM
THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO PERFORM THE UPPER BALL JOINT WEAR RECALL 04V596000 BECAUSE THE CONSUMER DIDN'T PURCHASE THE VEHICLE FROM THEM. *JB
THE CONSUMER STATES THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
Mileage: 43,000
HEATER CORE FAILURE. TRUCK HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT AND THE HEATER CORE FAILED. COOLANT WAS SPRAYED THROUGHOUT ENTIRE VEHICLE. VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO ZERO. *JB
Mileage: 44,000
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY DODGE 2001 QUAD CAB HITS ON THE HOOD AS THE WIPERS GO BACK AND FORTH MOTION. THIS IS LEAVING A WEAR MARK IN THE METAL ON THE HOOD FROM WHERE IT CONTINOUSLY HITS. I INFORMED MY DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE VECHICLE AND THEY LAUGHED AT ME. THE PROBLEM IS STILL TAKING PLACE SIN...
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER. AFTER A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT VEHICLE WAS PLACED ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED FOR STALLING. HOWEVER, MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT AND ...
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH FRONT BALL JOINT PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THIS FORCED THE VEHICLE INTO A DITCH. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF THE BALL JOINT FAILURE AND REPAIRED IT. *AK
Mileage: 60,000
I HAVE HAD A CRUNCHING TYPE NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS, 18 MONTHS AGO MY TRUCK WENT IN FOR A NEW HEATING CORE TO THE DODGE DEALER AND I MENTIONED IT AND THEY SAID THEY TOOK A QUICK LOOK AND IT WAS PROBABLY MY SHOCKS MAKING THE NOISE. IT HAS MADE THE SAME NOISE SINCE THEN A...
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE, DAKOTA, QUAD CAB, 4X4. SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRENTY EXPIRED(36000MI.), I DEVELOPED A POPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING OVER BUMPS. SENSE THEN IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. I HAD IT INSPECTED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS OK, JUST TYPICAL TRUCK NOISE DUE TO BUMPS. AFTER HEARIN...
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE, DAKOTA, QUAD CAB, 4X4. SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRENTY EXPIRED(36000MI.), I DEVELOPED A POPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING OVER BUMPS. SENSE THEN IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. I HAD IT INSPECTED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS OK, JUST TYPICAL TRUCK NOISE DUE TO BUMPS. AFTER HEARIN...
WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE LOST CONTROL WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK.....*AK
Mileage: 46,719
I HAVE A 2001 DAKOTA 2 WHEEL DRIVE WITH A BAD FRONT SUSPENSION. IT ONLY 54000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD THE BUSHING REPLACED THREE TIMES AND NOW THEY TELL ME I NEED UPPER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS, BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS, AND A R/F HUB BEARING. UPPER BALL JOINTS ARE VERY LOOSE. I WAS WONDERING WHY I AM AL...
I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED BUT IT HAD NEW BRAKES. I HAD IT FOR A MONTH AND DROVE APPROX. 1000 MILES AND THE BRAKE ROTORS BECAME WARPED. I HAD THEM TURNED AND THEY WERE FINE. I DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR APPROX. 5 MORE MONTHS AND 6000 MILES AND THE ROTORS BECAME WARPED AGAIN. THE VIBRATIONS OCCUR VERY B...
Mileage: 29,000
I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED BUT IT HAD NEW BRAKES. I HAD IT FOR A MONTH AND DROVE APPROX. 1000 MILES AND THE BRAKE ROTORS BECAME WARPED. I HAD THEM TURNED AND THEY WERE FINE. I DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR APPROX. 5 MORE MONTHS AND 6000 MILES AND THE ROTORS BECAME WARPED AGAIN. THE VIBRATIONS OCCUR VERY B...
Mileage: 29,000
MY HUSBAND AND I OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB, FOR ABOUT 2 1/2 YEARS WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END. NOW A RECALL ON THE BALL JOINTS HAS COME IN AND DODGE WILL NOT EVEN LOOK AT OUR VEHICLE UNTIL THE RECALLS GO IN THE MAIL. I HAVE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE CALLED...
Mileage: 50,000
FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *AK THE FAULTY BALL JOINTS CAUSED ABNORMAL WEAR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *NM
Mileage: 66,000
FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *AK THE FAULTY BALL JOINTS CAUSED ABNORMAL WEAR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *NM
Mileage: 66,000
WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING PARKED IN REVERSE UNEXPECTEDLY CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO STEER OR MOVE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STEPPED OUT TO LOOK AT FRONT WHEELS AND NOTICED THAT EACH WHEEL WAS FACING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIE ROD BROKE OFF.*AK THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE D...
WHEN NEEDING TO BRAKE QUICKLY, THE BRAKES DO NOT FUNCTION. I ASSUME IT IS AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MALFUNCTION, AND HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES, MOSTLY DURING THE NEED TO BRAKE QUICKLY. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A WAY TO MANEUVER AROUND THE OBSTACLE (CAR, PEDESTRIAN, ETC..), BUT W...
Mileage: 45,000
CONSUMER STATED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, THE POWER SWITCHES, AIR BAGS, AND HORN VBECAME INOPERABLE. *AK
Mileage: 54,000
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE 4X2 DAKOTA'S ARE NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. MY 2001 RT HAS ALWAYS MADE A POPING SOUND WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS AND IS STARTING TO "WANDER" AND PULL TO THE LEFT. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN VERY HARD ON TIRES. LAST TIME IN, DEALER SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. OF COURSE THAT WAS J...
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB WAS SERVICED ON SIX SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR CLUNKING IN THE FRONT END WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS AND DURING TURNS. SEVERAL PARTS WERE REPLACED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BUT DEALERSHIP INSISTED THAT BALL JOINTS AND CV JOINTS WERE FINE. THEY ALSO STATED THAT NO OTHER COMPLAINTS HAD BE...
Mileage: 17,305
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB WAS SERVICED ON SIX SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR CLUNKING IN THE FRONT END WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS AND DURING TURNS. SEVERAL PARTS WERE REPLACED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BUT DEALERSHIP INSISTED THAT BALL JOINTS AND CV JOINTS WERE FINE. THEY ALSO STATED THAT NO OTHER COMPLAINTS HAD BE...
Mileage: 17,305
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB WAS SERVICED ON SIX SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR CLUNKING IN THE FRONT END WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS AND DURING TURNS. SEVERAL PARTS WERE REPLACED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BUT DEALERSHIP INSISTED THAT BALL JOINTS AND CV JOINTS WERE FINE. THEY ALSO STATED THAT NO OTHER COMPLAINTS HAD BE...
Mileage: 17,305
ROTORS ARE WARPING AND BEING SEVERELY SCORED. MY CAPLIPERS WERE BADLY RUSTED WITH IN A YEAR WHICH DID NOT LET IT SLIDE PROPERLY AND CAUSE UNEVEN PRESSURE ON THE PADS. THIS CAUSE A PAD TO DISINTEGRATE WHILE BRAKING. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED MY BRAKE PADS WITH PERFORMANCE FERRO CARBON PADS AND CROSS D...
Mileage: 20,000
ON APRIL 16, 2004 I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA "SPORT" 4X4, AT APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH WHEN IT APPEARED MY HAD "FALLEN OFF", BUT WAS STILL SOMEHOW ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. THE WHEEL COLLAPSED INSIDE THE WHEEL WELL WITH THE TOP OF THE WHEEL TOWARDS THE ENGINE. THE BRAKE LINE WAS RIPPED OUT AN...
Mileage: 69,059
THIS COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONLY THE 4X4 DODGE DAKOTAS HAVE BEEN RECALLED ABOUT THE BALL JOINTS. THE FACT IS THAT THEY ALL USE THE SAME BALL JOINTS AND WELL HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE 4X2 ARE NOT GOING TO GO. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE GET HURT BEFORE THEY RECALL THE 4X2? I DON'...
RECENTLY THE BALL JOINTS WERE RECALLED FOR DODGE DAKOTAS/DURANGOS 2000-2003, BUT ONLY FOR 4 WHEEL DRIVE. MY 2001, DODGE DAKOTA NEEDS NEW BALL JOINTS. IT ALSO USES THE SAME BAL JOINT AS THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE. IF THERE'S ARE BAD, WHY ISN'T MINE? *JB
Mileage: 65,000
MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 2WD HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT AND ALREADY NEEDS 3 BALL JOINTS REPLACED.*AK
Mileage: 45,000
MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 2WD HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT AND ALREADY NEEDS 3 BALL JOINTS REPLACED.*AK
Mileage: 45,000
PASSENGER SIDE FRONT END BALL JOINT FAILURE. BALL JOINT REPLACED BY LOCAL DODGE DEALER.*AK
Mileage: 72,000
FRONT END VIBRATION AT 65MPH. HAVE REPLACED ALMOST EVERY COMPONENT IN THE FRONT END, INCLUDING RACK AND PINION. THE VIBRATION HAS NOT GONE AWAY AND THE DEALERSHIP BLAMES THE TIRE COMPANY, AND THE TIRE COMPANY BLAMES THE DEALERSHIP.*AK
DODGE DAKOTA BALL JOINT PROBLEM. I HAVE ONCE HAD THEM REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES DUE TO AN AWFUL SOUND. THE SOUND IS BACK, THIS IS A PROBLEM DODGE SHOULD BE DEALING WITH. AFTER RESEARCH IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT DODGE DOES NOT WISH TO DEAL WITH, AND THERE HAS ...
Mileage: 30,000
DODGE DAKOTA BALL JOINT PROBLEM. I HAVE ONCE HAD THEM REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES DUE TO AN AWFUL SOUND. THE SOUND IS BACK, THIS IS A PROBLEM DODGE SHOULD BE DEALING WITH. AFTER RESEARCH IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT DODGE DOES NOT WISH TO DEAL WITH, AND THERE HAS ...
Mileage: 30,000
I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF THE US GOVERNMENT ASKING DAIMLERCHRYSLER TO RECALL 2000-2004 DODGE DURANGOS AND DAKOTAS, 4 WHEEL DRIVE. THE 2 WHEEL DRIVE DAKOTAS HAVE THE EXACT SAME BALL JOINT AND FAILURE! WILL THESE ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL? MINE HAVE YET TO FAIL BUT MAKE A HORRIBLE POPPING/RU...
Mileage: 50,000
I JUST REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DAKOTA. THEY WERE VERY LOOSE AND HAD ALOT OF "PLAY". I'M LUCKY I GOT MINE REPAIRED BEFORE IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT LIKE OTHERS I'VE RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT. I'VE ALSO REPLACED THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, REAR U-JOINTS AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL ALL WITHIN THE LAST YEAR....
Mileage: 54,800
I JUST REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DAKOTA. THEY WERE VERY LOOSE AND HAD ALOT OF "PLAY". I'M LUCKY I GOT MINE REPAIRED BEFORE IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT LIKE OTHERS I'VE RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT. I'VE ALSO REPLACED THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, REAR U-JOINTS AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL ALL WITHIN THE LAST YEAR....
Mileage: 54,800
I JUST REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DAKOTA. THEY WERE VERY LOOSE AND HAD ALOT OF "PLAY". I'M LUCKY I GOT MINE REPAIRED BEFORE IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT LIKE OTHERS I'VE RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT. I'VE ALSO REPLACED THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, REAR U-JOINTS AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL ALL WITHIN THE LAST YEAR....
Mileage: 54,800
I JUST REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DAKOTA. THEY WERE VERY LOOSE AND HAD ALOT OF "PLAY". I'M LUCKY I GOT MINE REPAIRED BEFORE IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT LIKE OTHERS I'VE RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT. I'VE ALSO REPLACED THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, REAR U-JOINTS AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL ALL WITHIN THE LAST YEAR....
Mileage: 54,800
I JUST REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DAKOTA. THEY WERE VERY LOOSE AND HAD ALOT OF "PLAY". I'M LUCKY I GOT MINE REPAIRED BEFORE IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT LIKE OTHERS I'VE RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT. I'VE ALSO REPLACED THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, REAR U-JOINTS AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL ALL WITHIN THE LAST YEAR....
Mileage: 54,800
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4, VIN NO. [XXX] - FAILURE OF THE FRONT BALL JOINT AND THE TIE ROD END THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT MY COST AND WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE THE OTHER SIDE NEXT YEAR ACCOURDING TO THE DEALER THAT REPLACED THE THE BALL JOINT.. THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK HAS BEEN MAKING NOISE FRO...
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4, VIN NO. [XXX] - FAILURE OF THE FRONT BALL JOINT AND THE TIE ROD END THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT MY COST AND WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE THE OTHER SIDE NEXT YEAR ACCOURDING TO THE DEALER THAT REPLACED THE THE BALL JOINT.. THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK HAS BEEN MAKING NOISE FRO...
TIRES ON THE FRONT END OF MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD 3.9L V6 WERE WEARING REALLY UNEVENLY. COME TO FIND OUT THAT I HAD ONE UPPER AND ONE LOWER BALL JOINT ON OPPOSING SIDES THAT WENT BAD. MY TRUCK ONLY HAD 40,000 MILES ON IT AND THEY WERE ALL HIGHWAY. BOTH BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND WAS DONE IN...
Mileage: 40,000
TIRES ON THE FRONT END OF MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD 3.9L V6 WERE WEARING REALLY UNEVENLY. COME TO FIND OUT THAT I HAD ONE UPPER AND ONE LOWER BALL JOINT ON OPPOSING SIDES THAT WENT BAD. MY TRUCK ONLY HAD 40,000 MILES ON IT AND THEY WERE ALL HIGHWAY. BOTH BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND WAS DONE IN...
Mileage: 40,000
I BOUGHT MY TRUCK WITH 5,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION HITS THE REV LIMITER FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR WHEN PASSING OR GOING AROUND VEHICLES UNDER THE SPEED OF 30 MPH. FROM MY RESEARCH THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DAKOTA OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM. I'VE TAKEN MINE TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND EACH T...
Mileage: 54,000
I OWN 2 DODGE DAKOTAS ONE 1997 AND ONE 2001. I HAVE NOT REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS, BUT THEY ARE MAKING POPING AND CRACKING NOISES. THE 2001 ONLY HAS 24000 MILES ON IT. WHEN MAKING A HARD TURN BOTH DAKOTAS SEEM TO WOBBLE LIKE SOMTHING IS LOOSE. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS YET BUT SOMTHING IS WRONG...
Mileage: 24,000
THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED AN OIL TANKER WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED KNEE INJURIES, AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A HAIR LINE FRACTURE TO LEFT FOOT, ANGLE, AND RIBS. SHE ALSO SUFFERED FROM BACK PAINS. THIS WAS THE SECON...
Mileage: 47,000
THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED AN OIL TANKER WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED KNEE INJURIES, AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A HAIR LINE FRACTURE TO LEFT FOOT, ANGLE, AND RIBS. SHE ALSO SUFFERED FROM BACK PAINS. THIS WAS THE SECON...
Mileage: 47,000
WHEN COLD MY 2001 DAKOTA STUTTERS FROM 2300 TO 2500 RPM. WHEN I TALK TO OTHER DAKOTA OWNERS THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR SOMEONE NOT INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF AND ON AND FLASHING WHILE DRIVING, POWER DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING DURING THIS TIME. IF INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE ON AT THIS TIME THEY WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF ALSO. FOUND PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS OF DODGE RAM'S AND DAKOTA'S HAVE SAME PROBLEM WHICH WAS RECALLED. CENTRAL TIMER MODULE HAD TO B...
Mileage: 59,840
HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF AND ON AND FLASHING WHILE DRIVING, POWER DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING DURING THIS TIME. IF INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE ON AT THIS TIME THEY WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF ALSO. FOUND PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS OF DODGE RAM'S AND DAKOTA'S HAVE SAME PROBLEM WHICH WAS RECALLED. CENTRAL TIMER MODULE HAD TO B...
Mileage: 59,840
HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF AND ON AND FLASHING WHILE DRIVING, POWER DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING DURING THIS TIME. IF INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE ON AT THIS TIME THEY WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF ALSO. FOUND PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS OF DODGE RAM'S AND DAKOTA'S HAVE SAME PROBLEM WHICH WAS RECALLED. CENTRAL TIMER MODULE HAD TO B...
Mileage: 59,840
BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO HAVE THE ROTORS TURNED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY.*AK
Mileage: 30,000
I PURCHASED MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB BACK IN FEB. 2002 AS A DEMO VEHICLE WITH 5000 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED TWICE AND HAVE HAD THE DRUMS AND ROTORS REPLACED 4 TIMES DUE TO WARPING. ABOUT EVERY THREE THOUSAND MILES MY DRUMS AND ROTORS NEED TO BE TURNED OR REPLAC...
I PURCHASED MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB BACK IN FEB. 2002 AS A DEMO VEHICLE WITH 5000 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED TWICE AND HAVE HAD THE DRUMS AND ROTORS REPLACED 4 TIMES DUE TO WARPING. ABOUT EVERY THREE THOUSAND MILES MY DRUMS AND ROTORS NEED TO BE TURNED OR REPLAC...
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUADCAB. DURING MY WARRANTY PERIODY THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO STATED IT WAS A SHORT IN THE SYSTEM. IT WAS FIXED. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN, SAME SHORT. DEALER FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY. NOW IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN. TRUCK IS NOT COVERED NOW FOR...
Mileage: 20,000
COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. DRIVER'S SIDE GOODYEAR TIRE BLEW WOUT, CAUSING A COLLISION AND BODILY INJURIES ON INTERSTATE 94. VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT A CONCRETE MEDIAN HEAD-ON. *AK
THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA EXTENDED CAB 4X4 PICKUP HAVE HAD MASSIVE DETERIORATION WITH ONLY 17,500 MILES ON THEM. THEY CAUSE TREMENDOUS STEERING AND TRACKING PROBLEMS, AND HAVE CAUSED ME TO NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS. BECAUSE THESE CANN...
Mileage: 16,000
THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA EXTENDED CAB 4X4 PICKUP HAVE HAD MASSIVE DETERIORATION WITH ONLY 17,500 MILES ON THEM. THEY CAUSE TREMENDOUS STEERING AND TRACKING PROBLEMS, AND HAVE CAUSED ME TO NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS. BECAUSE THESE CANN...
Mileage: 16,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4 X 4. THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAS BEEN MAKING A LOUD POPPING NOISE WHEN I GO OVER BUMPS OR MAKE TURNS AT LOW SPEEDS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A DODGE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY CONTINUE TO SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. WELL NOW MY TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE PRO...
Mileage: 12,000
WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK
Mileage: 56,049
BALL JOINTS MAKE LOUD METALLIC NOISE, WEAR TIRES QUICKLY, REQUIRING EXCESSIVE ALIGNMENT/BALANCING. *JB
Mileage: 43,000
BALL JOINTS MAKE LOUD METALLIC NOISE, WEAR TIRES QUICKLY, REQUIRING EXCESSIVE ALIGNMENT/BALANCING. *JB
Mileage: 43,000
BALL JOINTS ON 2001 DAKOTA NEED REPLACEMENT AT 60,000 MILES. CAUSED UNEVEN TIRE WEAR, SOME DIFFICULTY WITH VEHICLE TRACKING. WILL REPLACE OLD PARTS, AND KEEP PARTS AVAILABLE. *JB
Mileage: 60,000
WHILE DRIVING AND UPON HITTING ANYTHING IN THE ROAD VEHICLE WILL MAKE A CLANKING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE LOOKED AT. CONSUMER HAD THE SHOCKS CHANGED. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. CONTACTED THE DODGE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THEY NEEDED THE UPPER CONTROL ARM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AND UPON HITTING ANYTHING IN THE ROAD VEHICLE WILL MAKE A CLANKING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE LOOKED AT. CONSUMER HAD THE SHOCKS CHANGED. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. CONTACTED THE DODGE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THEY NEEDED THE UPPER CONTROL ARM. *AK
2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAD A CLUNK IN THE FRONT END WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE BALL JOINTS HAD FAILED AT LOW MILEAGE. *BF *NM
Mileage: 56,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAD SEVERAL BALL JOINT REPLACEMENTS AT LOW MILES. *BF ALL THE BALL JOINTS WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *NM
I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW IN 2001. I COMPLAINED ABOUT CLUNKING NOISES COMING FROM THE WHEEL AREA WHEN I MADE TURNS. SLOW AND USUALLY AT INTERSECTIONS. NOW IT IS MORE ADVANCED AND NOISY ON BUMPS.*AK
Mileage: 6,000
I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW IN 2001. I COMPLAINED ABOUT CLUNKING NOISES COMING FROM THE WHEEL AREA WHEN I MADE TURNS. SLOW AND USUALLY AT INTERSECTIONS. NOW IT IS MORE ADVANCED AND NOISY ON BUMPS.*AK
Mileage: 6,000
UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED ON THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE; ENTIRE WHEEL ASSEMBLY FELL OFF THE DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK. FORTUNATELY MY WIFE WAS ONLY DRIVING AT ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED. NO ONE WAS INJURED. MY WIFE HAD JUST BEEN ON THE PA TURNPIKE 30 MINUTES EARLIER SHE WOULD HAVE BEE...
Mileage: 58,000
UPPER AND LOWER BALL WENT BAD AFTER ONLY 40,000 MILES.
UPPER AND LOWER BALL WENT BAD AFTER ONLY 40,000 MILES.
WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 10 MPH IN PARKING LOT THE CONSUMER WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, BUT THEN A NOISE WAS HEARD A NOISE AS IF TIRE WAS GOING FLAT. THE CONSUMER STOPPED AND CHECKED TIRES AND NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD DEVELOPED A CRACK ALONG THE OUTSIDE TREAD AREA. THE CRACK WENT AROUND...
MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE FELL OFF MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THIS WAS DUE TO A FAULTY BALL JOINT. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE LINE AND AXLE ALSO NEEDED REPLACING. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP AND DODGE. I WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, NOR WAS IT RE...
Mileage: 75,800
WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THEY DID NOT RESPOND. AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER RAN INTO THE BUSHES. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Mileage: 35,561
FACTORY ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE. ROTORS WARP AT LOW MILEAGE CAUSING PARTIAL BRAKE FAILURE. DAIMLER CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF DEFECT AND CHOOSES NOT TO ADDRESS. *NM
Mileage: 12,000
I HAVE 44,000 MILES ON MY 2001 QUAD CAB DAKOTA 4X4 AND THE STEERING HAS GOTTEN REALLY BAD. IT CLUNKS AND POPS ON TURNS AND BUMPS SO BAD TO THE POINT I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. THERE IS NO REASON THIS NEW OF A VEHICLE AND LOW MILEAGE SHOULD HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOU...
Mileage: 43,000
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY DODGE HAS NOT RECALLED THE DODGE DAKOTAS FOR DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS AND DISC ROTORS. I HAVE SCANNED THE INTERNET AND FOUND A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS I. MY 2001 DAKOTA WAS PURCHASED IN DECEMBER. OF 01 AND HAS 44,000 MILES . I AM 54 YEARS OLD A...
Mileage: 43,500
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY DODGE HAS NOT RECALLED THE DODGE DAKOTAS FOR DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS AND DISC ROTORS. I HAVE SCANNED THE INTERNET AND FOUND A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS I. MY 2001 DAKOTA WAS PURCHASED IN DECEMBER. OF 01 AND HAS 44,000 MILES . I AM 54 YEARS OLD A...
Mileage: 43,500
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY DODGE HAS NOT RECALLED THE DODGE DAKOTAS FOR DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS AND DISC ROTORS. I HAVE SCANNED THE INTERNET AND FOUND A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS I. MY 2001 DAKOTA WAS PURCHASED IN DECEMBER. OF 01 AND HAS 44,000 MILES . I AM 54 YEARS OLD A...
Mileage: 43,500
VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN BRAKE WERE BEING APPLIED AT ANY SPEED. CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSES BY WARPED ROTORS. *AK
Mileage: 14,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB - FAULTY FRONT AND REAR BRAKE DESIGN I AM A MECHANICAL ENGINEER BY TRAINING. THE FRONT ROTORS AND REAR DISC BRAKES ARE OF POOR DESIGN AND FUNCTION. THEY OVERHEAT, WARP AND BEGIN TO PULSE. THIS OCCURS AS A RESULT OF SMALL BRAKES COUPLED WITH THE LARGE DIAMETER TIRES AND HE...
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB - FAULTY FRONT AND REAR BRAKE DESIGN I AM A MECHANICAL ENGINEER BY TRAINING. THE FRONT ROTORS AND REAR DISC BRAKES ARE OF POOR DESIGN AND FUNCTION. THEY OVERHEAT, WARP AND BEGIN TO PULSE. THIS OCCURS AS A RESULT OF SMALL BRAKES COUPLED WITH THE LARGE DIAMETER TIRES AND HE...
MAIN CONCERN IS BRAKES. THE FRONT CALIPERS ARE STICKING AND THE ROTORS ARE WARPING WHICH IS CAUSING THE TRUCK TO PULL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHEN STOPPING. ON SLICK ROADS THE TRUCK WILL TURN SIDEWAYS ON A FAST STOP AND NOW THEY HAVE TO BE PUSHED ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BOARD TO GET THEM TO WORK. I TOLD...
Mileage: 5,000
MAIN CONCERN IS BRAKES. THE FRONT CALIPERS ARE STICKING AND THE ROTORS ARE WARPING WHICH IS CAUSING THE TRUCK TO PULL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHEN STOPPING. ON SLICK ROADS THE TRUCK WILL TURN SIDEWAYS ON A FAST STOP AND NOW THEY HAVE TO BE PUSHED ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BOARD TO GET THEM TO WORK. I TOLD...
Mileage: 5,000
MAIN CONCERN IS BRAKES. THE FRONT CALIPERS ARE STICKING AND THE ROTORS ARE WARPING WHICH IS CAUSING THE TRUCK TO PULL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHEN STOPPING. ON SLICK ROADS THE TRUCK WILL TURN SIDEWAYS ON A FAST STOP AND NOW THEY HAVE TO BE PUSHED ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BOARD TO GET THEM TO WORK. I TOLD...
Mileage: 5,000
NOTICED A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR WHEELS OF MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. DEALER STATED THAT BOTH REAR U JOINTS FAILED. THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 42000 MILES ON IT AND SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS KIND OF FAILURE. *AK IN ADDITION, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I HAD PURCHASED WAS NO LONGE...
Mileage: 42,500
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I NEED TO HAVE THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED ON MY 01 DAKOTA. THE DEALER STATES THAT FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN THE WHEELS FALLING OFF AT ANY TIME. *AK
Mileage: 70,000
THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CONSUMER THOUGHT THAT THE BRAKES WERE BAD WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS NOT THE BRAKES BUT THE BALL JOINTS HAD FAILED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED AND HAD TO COME OUT OF POCKET TO DO SO. *JB
Mileage: 65,000
THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CONSUMER THOUGHT THAT THE BRAKES WERE BAD WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS NOT THE BRAKES BUT THE BALL JOINTS HAD FAILED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED AND HAD TO COME OUT OF POCKET TO DO SO. *JB
Mileage: 65,000
DRIVER SIDE FRONT OF P/U STARTED 'KNOCKING' WHEN TRAVERSING BUMPS OR MAKING RIGHT HAND TURNS AT 12000. PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE BEGAN TO FEATHER AT 30000. AT 37775 WITH NEW SHOCKS AND TIRES, ALLIGNMENT WAS NEEDED TO CORRECT PULLING TO THE RIGHT. WAS DISCOVERED THAT LOWER PASSENGER AND UPPER DRIVER ...
DRIVER SIDE FRONT OF P/U STARTED 'KNOCKING' WHEN TRAVERSING BUMPS OR MAKING RIGHT HAND TURNS AT 12000. PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE BEGAN TO FEATHER AT 30000. AT 37775 WITH NEW SHOCKS AND TIRES, ALLIGNMENT WAS NEEDED TO CORRECT PULLING TO THE RIGHT. WAS DISCOVERED THAT LOWER PASSENGER AND UPPER DRIVER ...
WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION FRONT END PRODUCED A CRACKING AND SQUEAKING NOISE. DEALERS STATED UPPER BALL JOINTS BROKE. *AK
Mileage: 4,000
NOTICEABLE GRINDING AND STRESS SOUND ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING A SHARP TURN OVER AN UNEVEN SURFACE, SUCH AS TURNING INTO DRIVEWAY WHILE TRAVERSING A SHALLOW CURB. WHILE GETTING VEHICLE INSPECTED, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY UPPER BALL JOINT WAS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT BEFORE TOTAL FAILURE. THIS SEEMS RATHER...
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM FOUR TIMES, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Mileage: 58,000
THE BRAKES ON MY DAKOTA HAVE BEEN CAUSING PROBLEMS SINCE THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK NOW HAS ABOUT 20,000 MILES AND THE ROTORS NEED TURNED DOWN AND NEW BRAKES. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM THAT WOULD CAUSE THEM TO GO BAD SO QUICKLY.*AK
Mileage: 18,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA AND MY BALL JOINTS ARE ABNORMALLY WORN AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THEM HERE SOON. I KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE BALL JOINTS NOT BEING LUBED AND I'M ASKING THAT YOU GUYS PUSH DAIMLER/CHRYSLER INTO RECALLING THE DODGE DAKOTA 2001 WITH THE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS. I...
FAILURE OF UPPER BALL JOINT/SOCKET ASSEMBLY. *AK
Mileage: 34,163
I'M A LITTLE DISTURBED AT THIS PAGE...."NUMBER OF DEATHS"? DOES SOMEBODY HAVE TO DIE BEFORE CONSUMERS ARE PROTECTED? MY COMPLAINT IS FOR THE BRAKES ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. I NO LONGER EXPECT MY BRAKES TO STOP ME WHEN I NEED THEM WHICH MEANS TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, I HAD BETTER ALWAYS BE LO...
WHILE PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT THE FRONT END COLLAPSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED. *AK *NM
Mileage: 61,800
WHEEL AND ASSEMBLY CAME OFF WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. CV JOINT, BALL JOINTS, BRAKE REMOVED.*AK
Mileage: 69,000
WHEEL AND ASSEMBLY CAME OFF WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. CV JOINT, BALL JOINTS, BRAKE REMOVED.*AK
Mileage: 69,000
I OWN A DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 2001 5.9 V8 THE BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS SUCKED. THE FRONT ROTORS WARPED OVER AND OVER AGAIN I'M FORCED IN BUYING A BIGGER KIT THAT WILL COST ME $3,000. THE REAR END LEAKS AND THE DEALER SAYS ITS NATURAL. THESE TWO PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN WITH ME FOR 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. I WI...
Mileage: 11,000
I OWN A DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 2001 5.9 V8 THE BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS SUCKED. THE FRONT ROTORS WARPED OVER AND OVER AGAIN I'M FORCED IN BUYING A BIGGER KIT THAT WILL COST ME $3,000. THE REAR END LEAKS AND THE DEALER SAYS ITS NATURAL. THESE TWO PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN WITH ME FOR 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. I WI...
Mileage: 11,000
I OWN A DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 2001 5.9 V8 THE BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS SUCKED. THE FRONT ROTORS WARPED OVER AND OVER AGAIN I'M FORCED IN BUYING A BIGGER KIT THAT WILL COST ME $3,000. THE REAR END LEAKS AND THE DEALER SAYS ITS NATURAL. THESE TWO PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN WITH ME FOR 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. I WI...
Mileage: 11,000
2001 DAKOTA CLUB CAB BALL JOINTS WORN COMPLETELY OUT AT 59K MILES. 1 JOINT HAD 7/8 OF UP AND DOWN MOVEMENT, ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT OF SOCKET. ALL MILES HWY MILES.SEVERAL OTHER PROBLEMS SINCE NEW ALSO. VERY POORLY BUILT. WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT, NEVER. *JB
Mileage: 59,000
1.REAR END MAKING ALOT OF NOISE. 2.REAR END LOCKED UP, TRUCK WENT OFF THE ROAD. .REAR END REBUILT.*AK
Mileage: 66,110
PE 03-032 , FRONT SUSP. UPPER BALL JOINT:THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN. *JB THE VEHICLE'S ROTORS WERE ALSO WARPED. *NM
Mileage: 47,390
PE 03-032 , FRONT SUSP. UPPER BALL JOINT:THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN. *JB THE VEHICLE'S ROTORS WERE ALSO WARPED. *NM
Mileage: 47,390
WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS RELEASED, THE ENGINE IDLED HIGH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB WHEN MOVING SLOWLY OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO IDLE HIGH A WHILE BEFORE IT WOULD IDLE DOWN. THE VEHICLE'S THROTTLE SENSOR AND AIR SENSOR WERE REPLACED. *NM
WITHIN SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES OF OWNERSHIP VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HEAVY VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT. SEVERAL PARTS WERE REPLACED, EXCEPT THE ORIGINAL BALL JOINTS. VEHICLE WAS BACK AT DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO CHANGE IN CONDITION OR REPLACEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL BALL JOINTS. *AK
WITHIN SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES OF OWNERSHIP VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HEAVY VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT. SEVERAL PARTS WERE REPLACED, EXCEPT THE ORIGINAL BALL JOINTS. VEHICLE WAS BACK AT DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO CHANGE IN CONDITION OR REPLACEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL BALL JOINTS. *AK
MY TRUCK STARTED TO TAKE LONGER TO GET IT TO START AFTER TAKING IT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP IT WAS FOUND TO BE THE FUEL PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE ON THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING BACK INTO THE FUEL TANK THIS WAS NO SURPRISE BECAUSE WHEN THE SYMPTOMS FIRST STARTED I INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM ON SOME DAKOTA GROU...
Mileage: 40,000
WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE INNER TIE ROD END CAME OUT OF THE SOCKET AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE TURNED TO THE LEFT. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE CRASHING INTO A CONCRETE PHYLUM. THE INNER TIE ROD , FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT, FENDER, BUMPER, BLINKER AND RIM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO WHEN MAKING ...
Mileage: 75,000
WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE INNER TIE ROD END CAME OUT OF THE SOCKET AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE TURNED TO THE LEFT. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE CRASHING INTO A CONCRETE PHYLUM. THE INNER TIE ROD , FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT, FENDER, BUMPER, BLINKER AND RIM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO WHEN MAKING ...
Mileage: 75,000
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 50 MPH RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE APART, CAUSING THE RIM TO PIVOT INTO WHAT WAS REMAINING. IT DESTROYED THE RIM AND BROKE THE BRAKE LINE. LUCKILY, NO OTHER TRAFFIC WAS CLOSE SO NO ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE OCCURED. THE TRUCK WAS HAULED (WRECKER) TO THE DEALER AND A NE...
Mileage: 23,816
I OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 SLE THAT WE PURCHASED NEW. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, AND WITH ONLY 49000 MILES ON THE TRUCK CURRENTLY, THE FOLLOWING FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED: (1) (FROM FEBRUARY 2004 TO PRESENT) THE FACTORY-INSTALLED EXTERNAL WIRING HARNESS (FOR TOWING A TRAILER) MELTED FROM THE ...
Mileage: 40,687
I OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 SLE THAT WE PURCHASED NEW. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, AND WITH ONLY 49000 MILES ON THE TRUCK CURRENTLY, THE FOLLOWING FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED: (1) (FROM FEBRUARY 2004 TO PRESENT) THE FACTORY-INSTALLED EXTERNAL WIRING HARNESS (FOR TOWING A TRAILER) MELTED FROM THE ...
Mileage: 40,687
I OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 SLE THAT WE PURCHASED NEW. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, AND WITH ONLY 49000 MILES ON THE TRUCK CURRENTLY, THE FOLLOWING FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED: (1) (FROM FEBRUARY 2004 TO PRESENT) THE FACTORY-INSTALLED EXTERNAL WIRING HARNESS (FOR TOWING A TRAILER) MELTED FROM THE ...
Mileage: 40,687
I OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 SLE THAT WE PURCHASED NEW. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, AND WITH ONLY 49000 MILES ON THE TRUCK CURRENTLY, THE FOLLOWING FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED: (1) (FROM FEBRUARY 2004 TO PRESENT) THE FACTORY-INSTALLED EXTERNAL WIRING HARNESS (FOR TOWING A TRAILER) MELTED FROM THE ...
Mileage: 40,687
I OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 SLE THAT WE PURCHASED NEW. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, AND WITH ONLY 49000 MILES ON THE TRUCK CURRENTLY, THE FOLLOWING FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED: (1) (FROM FEBRUARY 2004 TO PRESENT) THE FACTORY-INSTALLED EXTERNAL WIRING HARNESS (FOR TOWING A TRAILER) MELTED FROM THE ...
Mileage: 40,687
I OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 SLE THAT WE PURCHASED NEW. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, AND WITH ONLY 49000 MILES ON THE TRUCK CURRENTLY, THE FOLLOWING FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED: (1) (FROM FEBRUARY 2004 TO PRESENT) THE FACTORY-INSTALLED EXTERNAL WIRING HARNESS (FOR TOWING A TRAILER) MELTED FROM THE ...
Mileage: 40,687
PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. *MR EACH TIME THE ENGINE WAS ON, THE WIPERS WOULD COME ON AND THE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON BUT NOT GO OFF. THE CONSUMER HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT CHRYSLER CORPORATION SHOULD PROVIDE A FIX FOR THE EL...
CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, AFTER LOADING THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE CONSUMER EXAMINED THE UNDER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE ,AND NOTICED NOTHING WAS WRONG. AFTER A SECOND EXAMINATION OF THE VEHICLE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE REAR SPRING BROKE IN HALF. DEALER EXAMINED THE PROBLEM, BUT...
Mileage: 49,808
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE JERKED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK TWO WEEKS BEFORE TALKING TO THE DEALER, THE CONSUMER WAS...
Mileage: 21,000
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN THE RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT DISENGAGED. VEHICLE WAS MOVING ABOUT 5 MPH AT TIME OF INCIDENT.*AK
Mileage: 40,000
ROTORS WARPED AT 25000 MILES. HAD DEALER REPLACE ROTORS WITH BREMBO ROTORS AND PADS WITH RAYBESTOS CERAMIC PADS. RECEIVED FROM DEALER AFTER REPLACEMENT- BRAKES DRAGGED. TOOK BACK TO DEALER TWICE- FINALLY, DEALER DISCOVERED THAT ABS SYSTEM IS NON-FUNCTIONAL. DC PAID FOR THE PARTS TO REPAIR SYSTEM- LA...
Mileage: 29,289
ROTORS WARPED AT 25000 MILES. HAD DEALER REPLACE ROTORS WITH BREMBO ROTORS AND PADS WITH RAYBESTOS CERAMIC PADS. RECEIVED FROM DEALER AFTER REPLACEMENT- BRAKES DRAGGED. TOOK BACK TO DEALER TWICE- FINALLY, DEALER DISCOVERED THAT ABS SYSTEM IS NON-FUNCTIONAL. DC PAID FOR THE PARTS TO REPAIR SYSTEM- LA...
Mileage: 29,289
AT 42,000 MILES THE FRONT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY FAILED. AS A RESULT, WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BOUNCED UP AND DOWN. ALSO, A GRINDING NOISE WAS PRODUCED AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE DEALER STATED TIRE LOOSENED ON THE AXLE. *AK
Mileage: 42,000
AT 42,000 MILES THE FRONT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY FAILED. AS A RESULT, WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BOUNCED UP AND DOWN. ALSO, A GRINDING NOISE WAS PRODUCED AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE DEALER STATED TIRE LOOSENED ON THE AXLE. *AK
Mileage: 42,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB AND WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR, AND NEARLY CAUSED ME TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER THEY STATED TO ME THAT THE THE BRAKE PAD WAS SHEARED OFF BY THE RIVETS, CAUSING A M...
Mileage: 50
MY PICK-UP PASSED VIRGINIA STATE VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION ON 28 OF MAY 2004. ON JUNE 9, I WAS DRIVING HOME ON A BUMPY ROAD AND THE UPPER RIGHT BALL JOINT SEPARATED. *LA
Mileage: 59,339
2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN AND BRAKES.*MR THE CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, REVERSE, ETC. THE REAR TIRE ON THE RIGHT SIDE STUCK OUT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVESHAFT SEEMED TO HAVE ALOT O SLACK IN IT. THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE IN T...
2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN AND BRAKES.*MR THE CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, REVERSE, ETC. THE REAR TIRE ON THE RIGHT SIDE STUCK OUT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVESHAFT SEEMED TO HAVE ALOT O SLACK IN IT. THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE IN T...
2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN AND BRAKES.*MR THE CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, REVERSE, ETC. THE REAR TIRE ON THE RIGHT SIDE STUCK OUT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVESHAFT SEEMED TO HAVE ALOT O SLACK IN IT. THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE IN T...
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AT 20,000 MILES. KNOWN ISSUE ON DODGE DURANGOS THAT SHARE THE SAME SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. BALL JOINTS ARE THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE WHEELS IN LINE AND FAILURE COULD RESULT IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT...
Mileage: 20,000
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AT 20,000 MILES. KNOWN ISSUE ON DODGE DURANGOS THAT SHARE THE SAME SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. BALL JOINTS ARE THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE WHEELS IN LINE AND FAILURE COULD RESULT IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT...
Mileage: 20,000
PREMATURE BALL JOINT FAILURE. *AK
Mileage: 45,000
WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS BEING USED,MY 2001 DAKOTA QC WILL SURGE. THE TACHOMETER WILL JUMP A LITTLE AND THE VEHICLE WILL JERK SLIGHTLY. THE PICKUP HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR 6 WEEKS WITH NO ANSWERS!*AK
Mileage: 38,000
WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB AT NIGHT, ALL OF THE LIGHTS (EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR) STARTED FLASHING INTERMITTENTLY. THIS COULD EASILY STARTLE THE DRIVER OR THE DRIVERS OF OTHER VEHICLES, AND COULD LEAVE THE VEHICLE WITH NO LIGHTS. DEALER DIAGNOSIS REVEALED A BAD CENTRAL TIMER MODULE (C...
Mileage: 73,350
WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB AT NIGHT, ALL OF THE LIGHTS (EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR) STARTED FLASHING INTERMITTENTLY. THIS COULD EASILY STARTLE THE DRIVER OR THE DRIVERS OF OTHER VEHICLES, AND COULD LEAVE THE VEHICLE WITH NO LIGHTS. DEALER DIAGNOSIS REVEALED A BAD CENTRAL TIMER MODULE (C...
Mileage: 73,350
WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB AT NIGHT, ALL OF THE LIGHTS (EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR) STARTED FLASHING INTERMITTENTLY. THIS COULD EASILY STARTLE THE DRIVER OR THE DRIVERS OF OTHER VEHICLES, AND COULD LEAVE THE VEHICLE WITH NO LIGHTS. DEALER DIAGNOSIS REVEALED A BAD CENTRAL TIMER MODULE (C...
Mileage: 73,350
2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BAD BALL JOINTS. *MR *NM
Mileage: 35,000
WHILE SITTING, INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO FALL BACKWARDS. NO INJURIES REPORTED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRAME TO SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A WORN OUT...
WHILE SITTING INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO FALL BACKWARDS. DRIVER DROVE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE SEAT. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS WARPING ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. CAUSE UNEVEN WHERE ON BRAKE ROTOR AND EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT LESS THAN 10K.
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM FIVE TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
WHILE PARKED VEHICLE WENT OUT OF GEAR, ROLLED BACKWARD, AND HIT A TREE. *AK
Mileage: 40,000
FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED AT 50,000 MILES.*AK THERE WAS A WHINING NOISE WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN ON A TEST DRIVE AND THE NOISE COULD BE HEARD FROM THE LEFT FRONT BEARING. THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS PLAY IN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING. THE HUB AND BEARI...
Mileage: 52,045
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
DODGE DAKOTA ROTOR WARPS. I HAVE LESS THAN 16,000 MILES AND THE CAR BEGAN SHAKING UPON APPLYING BRAKES. INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD MY ROTORS WERE WARPED. OFFERED TO TURN AT MY EXPENSE. NO OTHER SOLUTIONS OFFERED. RESEARCHED PROBLEM AND FOUND TO BE WIDESPREAD. TA...
Mileage: 15,400
DODGE DAKOTA ROTOR WARPS. I HAVE LESS THAN 16,000 MILES AND THE CAR BEGAN SHAKING UPON APPLYING BRAKES. INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD MY ROTORS WERE WARPED. OFFERED TO TURN AT MY EXPENSE. NO OTHER SOLUTIONS OFFERED. RESEARCHED PROBLEM AND FOUND TO BE WIDESPREAD. TA...
Mileage: 15,400
WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED THE PINON GEAR SHAFT BROKE CAUSING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO FALL OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROADWAY. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED SHORTLY AFTER THE DRIVESHAFT FELL INTO STREET. THE TRUCK HAD 56,000 MILES ON IT AND CHRYSLER/DODGE REFUSED TO COVER ANY PART OF THE REPAIR. *A...
Mileage: 56,000
VEHICLE SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN WHILE DRIVING. (NAR) *PH
Mileage: 68,611
WHILE MAKING LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING NOISE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED BY A TECHNICIAN, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT AXLE WAS DEFECTIVE, BUT FAILED TO FIX IT UNTIL IT WOULD BE RECALLED. A FEW MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING SOUND AGAIN. VEH...
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE UPPER BALL JOINTS ON IS 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 QUAD CAB. *PH THE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED BUT THE FRONT END NOISE RETURNED AFTER A FEW WEEKS. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS NOT DESIGNED OR THE EXTRA WEIGHT THAT IT CARRIES OVER THE STANDAR...
Mileage: 10,000
THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE REAR-END LOCKING UP. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE REAR END PINION GEAR LOCKED UP, SHEARED THE BOLTS OFF THE DRIVESHAFT, BROKE THE REAR OF THE TRANSMISSION, AND LEAKED OIL EVERYWHERE. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER INFORMED THE CONSUMER ABOUT ANOTHER DODGE VEHICL...
Mileage: 50,000
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, A CLANKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FRONT BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE PASSENGER SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT NEEDED REPLACING DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK THE SWAY BAR SQUEAKED. THE B...
UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT. DEALER STATED THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER AND NOT AVAILABLE. *AK
Mileage: 60,122
2001 DODGE DAKOTA EQUIPPED WITH A 4.7 LITER EIGHT CYLINDER ENGINE WITH 46024 MILES BEGAN TO HAVE A LIGHT KNOCK. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO METROLINA DODGE WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SPUN A ROD, DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH A EXTENDED WARRANTY...
Mileage: 46,025
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILT UP. *AK
BALL JOINTS HAVE FAILED AFTER 29,000 MILES. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE COMPLAINING OF THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM AND DID NOT FIX IT. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO ANOTHER MECHANIC HE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A BALL JOINT ISSUE. THE VEHICAL IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTEE, AND I AM ...
Mileage: 29,000
WHILE MAKING LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS CONSUMER NOTICED A POPPING NOISE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED BY A TECHNICIAN , WHO DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT AXLE HAD PROBLEMS, BUT FAILED TO FIX IT UNTIL IT WAS RECALLED A FEW MONTHS LATER. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING SOUND AGAIN WHICH R...
LOCAL DODGE DEALER SERVICE DEPT INFORMED ME TODAY THAT MOST LIKELY BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA PROBALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED. WITH LESS THAN 30000 MILES THIS IS UNBELIEVEABLE. JWK
LOCAL DODGE DEALER SERVICE DEPT INFORMED ME TODAY THAT MOST LIKELY BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA PROBALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED. WITH LESS THAN 30000 MILES THIS IS UNBELIEVEABLE. JWK
UPPER BALL JOINT AND LEFT RIGHT TIE ROD END FAILURE. *PH *LA
UPPER BALL JOINT AND LEFT RIGHT TIE ROD END FAILURE. *PH *LA
40,000 MILES TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WOULD NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY FROM FIRST TO SECOND. 45,000 MILES IGINITION PROBLEMS. SHORT IN THE IGNITION, CAR WOULD DO NOTHING. NOT START, NO LIGHTS, NOTHING. 50,000 MILES AND THE BALL JOINTS WENT OUT. I WAS TOLD BY TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS AT THE DODGE DEALERS...
THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED WITH THE UPPER BALL JOINTS INCIDENTS AND HOW TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM. *PH *SC
I BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT WITH A 6 CYLINDER SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN 3 CV SHAFTS PUT IN IT AND I AM WONDERING WHY I HAVE TO KEEP REPLACING THE CV SHAFTS IN THIS TRUCK, IT IS GETTING VERY AGGRAVATING I BOUGHT THE TRUCK WITH 9100 MILES ON IT MAY OF 2001 TWO MONTH AFTER I GOT IT I HAD TO REPLACE ...
Mileage: 11,000
THE VEHICLE IS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB EQUIPPED WITH A FACTORY TOWING PACKAGE. ON MARCH 12, I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON I-215 PULLING A TRAILER. I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING, THEN THE CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE TURN SIGNALS, BRAKE LIGHT, AND EMERGENCY FLASHER CEASED OPERATING. A COMBINATIO...
Mileage: 42,500
I TOOK MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB TO A DEALER TO CHECK A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WEARING DOWN AND THAT I COULD LOOSE THE TIRES ON MY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. MY COMPLAINT IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT ALL FOUR BALL JOINT...
Mileage: 52,000
I TOOK MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB TO A DEALER TO CHECK A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WEARING DOWN AND THAT I COULD LOOSE THE TIRES ON MY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. MY COMPLAINT IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT ALL FOUR BALL JOINT...
Mileage: 52,000
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AN ALARM SOUNDED WARNING THE CONSUMER TO CHECK THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. OIL PRESSURE GAUGE REGISTERED VERY LOW OIL PRESSURE. CONSUMER CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL WITH THE DIP STICK AND FOUND IT TO BE UP TO PAR. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND A SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE...
Mileage: 85,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 AND HAD THE PASSENGER SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT FAIL (LUCKLY I WAS HAVING MY MECHANIC CHANGE THE OIL) WHEN HE SAID THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINT SIMPLY FELL OUT. I THINK THAT DODGE SHOULD HAVE MADE OWNERS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM RATHER THAN CAUSE INJURIES TO CONSUMERS. ...
A CONTINUOUS "CLUNK" IN THE FRONT LEFT SUSPENSION WHICH THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD WAS THE BALL JOINTS. *PH THE LEFT SIDE WAS AT "380 DEGREE" AND THE OE SPECIFIC WAS "0," AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A NON DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS POOR. *SC
WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE ALONG WITH A NOISE. THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE FRONT AND NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD COME OFF. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL THE ENTIRE TIRE OFF WITH HIS HANDS BECAUSE THE BALL JOINT HAD FAILED. *JB.
DODGE DAKOTA HEATER CORE DEFECTIVE FOR THE 3RD TIME. LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE ON THE INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, THE WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP SO BAD I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE. HAD TO ROLL DOWN WINDOW AND STICK HEAD OUT TO AVOID TRAFFIC. THE SECOND TIME IT WENT OUT W...
Mileage: 42,100
FOUND OUT THAT MY FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ARE BOTH GOING OUT. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 42,000 MILES.*AK
Mileage: 41,000
FRONT END FELT LOOSE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT AND MUST BE REPLACED. *AK
FRONT END FELT LOOSE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT AND MUST BE REPLACED. *AK
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB 4.7L V8 4X4 WITH AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. AFTER THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, ALL LIGHTS BEGIN TO FLASH. IT STARTS OUT A FEW TIMES A MINUTE, THEN THEY PROCEED TO FLASH CONTINUOUSLY. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING AT NIGHT, THEY ARE FLASHING TO A P...
Mileage: 55,400
FRONT ROTORS "WARPED" AT 13K. ROTORS TURNED. PROBLEM PERSISTED AND HAD TO BE TURNED AGAIN AT 31K. 61K HAD FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED. BRAKE ASSEMBLY FELL APART IN MECHANICS HANDS. 72K PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS AND DEALER SUGGEST HAVING ROTORS TURNED EVERY 3K MILES. HUH?? *AK
Mileage: 13,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAS NEVER HELD IT'S ALIGHNMENT SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW. WHEN WE HEARD THE REPORT ON CBS NEWS ABOUT BALL JOINT PROBLEMS ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE, AND CHECKED IN INTERNET ABOUT SAME PROBLEM WE BECAME VERY ALARMED. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN AGAIN TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT AND HAD...
PREMATURE BALL JOINT DAMAGE @ 32,000 MILES HAD THE BALL JOINT REPLACED BEFORE ANY DAMAGE COULD BE DONE.... THATS TO THE NEWS REPORT ON OTHER DODGE DAKOTA BALL JOINT FAILUERS. *AK
Mileage: 32,000
UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE ON MY DODGE DAKOTA, AT 18500 MILES. *AK
Mileage: 18,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 2WD. I HAVE A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE WHEN MAKING TURNS. I HAD THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP LOOK INTO THIS FOR ME AND THEY SAY THE SOURCE OF MY PROBLEMS IS THE UPPER CONTROL A-ARMS. SINCE MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, THEY CAN NOT SERVICE MY TRUCK...
Mileage: 60,000
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY FWD. I HAD REPLACED MODULE/CONTRLO, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE,TRASFER CASE GEAR AND THE MODULEFOR THE TRANSFER CASE.AND THE SHIFT MOTOR (VACUUM). AND ALSO THE PROPELLER SHAFT, WITH UNIVERSAL JOINTS REPLACED ALSO. AND TO TOP IT OFF MY FWD SERVICE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN,ALSO I HAVE NO LOW G...
Mileage: 57,987
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY FWD. I HAD REPLACED MODULE/CONTRLO, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE,TRASFER CASE GEAR AND THE MODULEFOR THE TRANSFER CASE.AND THE SHIFT MOTOR (VACUUM). AND ALSO THE PROPELLER SHAFT, WITH UNIVERSAL JOINTS REPLACED ALSO. AND TO TOP IT OFF MY FWD SERVICE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN,ALSO I HAVE NO LOW G...
Mileage: 57,987
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY FWD. I HAD REPLACED MODULE/CONTRLO, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE,TRASFER CASE GEAR AND THE MODULEFOR THE TRANSFER CASE.AND THE SHIFT MOTOR (VACUUM). AND ALSO THE PROPELLER SHAFT, WITH UNIVERSAL JOINTS REPLACED ALSO. AND TO TOP IT OFF MY FWD SERVICE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN,ALSO I HAVE NO LOW G...
Mileage: 57,987
WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH, CONSUMER HEARD NOISE COMING THROUGH THE FRONT END. DEALERSHIP REPLACED DRIVER SIDE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH, CONSUMER HEARD NOISE COMING THROUGH THE FRONT END. DEALERSHIP REPLACED DRIVER SIDE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK
I OWN A 2001 DODGE 4X4 4.7L QC DAKOTA. MY MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME THE POPPING SOUND IN THE FRONT END IS DUE TO WEAR ON THE BALL JOINTS AND BUSHINGS BEING LOOSE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 41000MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.*AK ADD MY COMPLAINT TO YOUR GROWING LIST OF UNSATISFIED OWNERS.
Mileage: 41,000
I OWN A 2001 DODGE 4X4 4.7L QC DAKOTA. MY MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME THE POPPING SOUND IN THE FRONT END IS DUE TO WEAR ON THE BALL JOINTS AND BUSHINGS BEING LOOSE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 41000MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.*AK ADD MY COMPLAINT TO YOUR GROWING LIST OF UNSATISFIED OWNERS.
Mileage: 41,000
I OWN A 2001 DODGE 4X4 4.7L QC DAKOTA. MY MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME THE POPPING SOUND IN THE FRONT END IS DUE TO WEAR ON THE BALL JOINTS AND BUSHINGS BEING LOOSE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 41000MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.*AK ADD MY COMPLAINT TO YOUR GROWING LIST OF UNSATISFIED OWNERS.
Mileage: 41,000
UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT WHEELS WOBBLED BACK AND FORTH. *AK
Mileage: 63,000
PREMATURE WEAR OF THE UPPER BALL JOINTS ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 VIN: [XXX]. BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED BEFORE SEPARATION FAILURE OCCURRED.*AK DILIGENCE BY THE OWNER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND ENSURED REPLACEMENT THEREBY PREVENTING THE POSSIBILITY OF DANGER TO OTHERS. LOWER ...
Mileage: 35,668
PREMATURE WEAR OF THE UPPER BALL JOINTS ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 VIN: [XXX]. BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED BEFORE SEPARATION FAILURE OCCURRED.*AK DILIGENCE BY THE OWNER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND ENSURED REPLACEMENT THEREBY PREVENTING THE POSSIBILITY OF DANGER TO OTHERS. LOWER ...
Mileage: 35,668
UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. AS A RESULT, FRONT WHEELS WOBBLED WHILE DRIVING. *AK
Mileage: 77,000
CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE IN THE FRONT END. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A PROBLEM WITH THE BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS 3 TIMES IN THE PAST 55,000 MILES. CURRENTLY, HE WAS ABOUT TO PUT ON A NEW SET OF BALL JOINTS. *AK
Mileage: 25,000
CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE IN THE FRONT END. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A PROBLEM WITH THE BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS 3 TIMES IN THE PAST 55,000 MILES. CURRENTLY, HE WAS ABOUT TO PUT ON A NEW SET OF BALL JOINTS. *AK
Mileage: 25,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. LOUD GROANING NOISE FROM FRONT END WHEN MAKING HARD LEFT TURN OVER BUMP (E.G., DRIVEWAY APRON) AT SLOW SPEED. FEAR IT MAY BE A BALL-JOINT PROBLEM. WILL BE INSPECTED AT NEXT SERVICE. 22K000 MILES ON VEHICLE.*AK
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS DEFECTIVE AND WORN AFTER 60,000 MILES. BALL JOINTS REPLACED BY 3RD PARTY AUTOSHOP FOR LESS THAN 1/3 OF QUOTED PRICE FROM DEALER. *AK
Mileage: 62,000
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS DEFECTIVE AND WORN AFTER 60,000 MILES. BALL JOINTS REPLACED BY 3RD PARTY AUTOSHOP FOR LESS THAN 1/3 OF QUOTED PRICE FROM DEALER. *AK
Mileage: 62,000
WANT TO CHECK TO SEE HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING ON A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. ALSO WANT TO NO MORE ABOUT THE BALL JOINT ON THE SAME TRUCK AND WHAT CAUSE THE PROBLEM AND ROUGHLY HOW MANY MILES ON THESE VEHICLE BEFORE THIS OCCURS. THANKS. *JB
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS, BOOSTER POWER UNIT, CALIPERS, MASTER CYLINDER AND PADS. VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 3
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS, BOOSTER POWER UNIT, CALIPERS, MASTER CYLINDER AND PADS. VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 3
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS, BOOSTER POWER UNIT, CALIPERS, MASTER CYLINDER AND PADS. VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 3
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS, BOOSTER POWER UNIT, CALIPERS, MASTER CYLINDER AND PADS. VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 3
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS, BOOSTER POWER UNIT, CALIPERS, MASTER CYLINDER AND PADS. VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 3
I HAD TO HAVE THE DRIVER SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT REPLACED ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. NOW I BELIEVE THE PASSENGER SIDE MUST BE REPLACED.*AK
I OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA AND NOTICED A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND FROM MY WHEEL WHEN I TURN THE WHEEL AT A HARD ANGLE AND IT IS WORSE WHEN IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE. THE VECHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY SO IT HAS NOT BEEN IN TO GET REPAIRED. I HAVE SAW SEVERAL REPORTS WHERE SIMILAR NOISE RESULTED IN A LOST WHEEL ON THE...
Mileage: 62,670
MY WIFE AND I OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA AND A 2003 DODGE DURANGO. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT MY DAKOTA NEW THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH POPPING NOISES FROM THE FRONT END. AFTER SEEING THE RECENT NEWS STORY ABOUT BAD UPPER BALL JOINTS I AM CONVINCED THIS IS THE PROBLEM. NOW I AM WORRIED WE WILL HAVE THE SAME...
AT ANY SPEED WHEN VEHICLE HITS A BUMP A RATTLING SOUND IS HEARD IN THE FRONT END. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION. *AK
Mileage: 10,000
AT ANY SPEED WHEN VEHICLE HITS A BUMP A RATTLING SOUND IS HEARD IN THE FRONT END. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION. *AK
Mileage: 10,000
UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. *AK
Mileage: 64,950
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT AXLE, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Mileage: 40,000
FRONT END PROBLEMS ARE NUMEROUS ON THIS VEHICLE. ALL BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, SWAY LINKS REPLACED, SWAY BAR BUSHINGS REPLACED, POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED, TIE RODS REPLACED... AND THIS IS ALL BETWEEN 24-60K MILES!! NOW IT IS MAKING ANOTHER FRONT END NOISE THAT THE DEALER CAN'T FIGURE OUT....
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. UPON CLOSE INSPECTION CONSUMER DETERMINED THAT TIE ROD END FELL OFF. VEHICLE NEARLY WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. *AK
Mileage: 54,000
AT 53000 THE UPPER BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DALOTA QUAD CAB NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FACT I CAUGHT THIS DEFECT EARLY I'M CERTAIN PREVENTED AN ACCIDENT. PERHAPS EVEN A FATALITY. DODGE ENGINEERING SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHAT FAULTY IN THIS CASE COMPUNDED BY THE FACT THAT I'M NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.*A...
Mileage: 53,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA BALL JOINT FAILURE. TOOK TO DEALER TWICE BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRED COMPLAINING OF NOISE FROM FRONT END. THEY TOLD ME ALL WAS FINE AND NOT TO WORRK AS IT WAS "NORMAL". TWO MONTHS LATER AND 47,000 ON ODOMETER (WARRANTY EXPIRED) ENTIRE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF WHILE TURNING IN PAR...
Mileage: 47,000
SPONTANEOUS BREAKING OF FRONT AXLE AND BALL JOINT, RESULTING IN RIGHT FRONT WHEEL FALLING OFF VEHICLE. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT LOW SPEED, SO WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN. *AK CONTROL OF VEHICLE
Mileage: 52,012
BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKATA QUAD CAB 4X4 NEEDS REPLACING AFTER 50000 MILES.*AK
Mileage: 50,000
BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKATA QUAD CAB 4X4 NEEDS REPLACING AFTER 50000 MILES.*AK
Mileage: 50,000
FAULTY BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. *AK
Mileage: 35,000
FAULTY BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. *AK
Mileage: 35,000
THE UPPER BALL JOINTS HAVE BECOME LOOSE, CAUSING FRONT END TO PRODUCE A LOUD THUMPING NOISE. *AK *MR
Mileage: 15,456
UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *AK *MR
Mileage: 29,823
UPPER BALL JOINTS ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA BOTH BALLJOINTS FILLED AT AROUND 100,000 MI. OF HIGHWAY DRIING. *AK
Mileage: 180,000
UPPER BALL JOINTS ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA BOTH BALLJOINTS FILLED AT AROUND 100,000 MI. OF HIGHWAY DRIING. *AK
Mileage: 180,000
NEAR CRASH DUE TO FAULTY BALL JOINTS ON A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4. *JB
Mileage: 63,029
NEAR CRASH DUE TO FAULTY BALL JOINTS ON A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4. *JB
Mileage: 63,029
FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE ON 2001 DOSGE DAKOTA WITH 43,980 MILES ON ODOMETER.
Mileage: 43,980
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT SEPERATED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SWERVED WILDLY INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, DUE TO RIGHT FRONT TIRE BEING ON ITS SIDE UNDER THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS FINALLY BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AND TO THE...
Mileage: 27,900
WEBMASTER FOIA REQUEST ALL COMPLAINT/NOTICES/DOCUMENTS OR WARNING BETWEEN NHTSA ND DAIMLER CHRYSLER RE: PROBLEMS MALFUNCTION, FAILURES OF THE UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK FOR MY 2001. (NAR) *PH *CB *JB
WEBMASTER FOIA REQUEST ALL COMPLAINT/NOTICES/DOCUMENTS OR WARNING BETWEEN NHTSA ND DAIMLER CHRYSLER RE: PROBLEMS MALFUNCTION, FAILURES OF THE UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK FOR MY 2001. (NAR) *PH *CB *JB
GEARS IN FRONT AXLE QUIT WORKING FRONT TIRES LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. *AK
Mileage: 47,000
TIRES, GOOYEAR WRANGLERS. COMING APART ON THE SIDEWALL ABOUT 1/2 INCH FROM THE RIM. FIRST SET WERE REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS WITH THESE NEW ONES AS WELL. AM I TO EXPECT A BLOW OUT TO GET SOME ATTENTION TO THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *JB
WHILE DRIVING, A STRONG ODOR OF BURNING BRAKES WAS SMELLED. THERE WAS A LARGE PLUME OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL WELL, AND THE VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT. THE TRUCK HAD TO BE STOPPED FOR FEAR OF FIRE OR INJURY. DODGE STATES THAT THE FRONT LEFT CALIPER SEIZED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ...
Mileage: 42,780
2001 DODGE DAKOTA PICK UP BALL JOINST WORE OUT AT 54000 MILES, HAD 1998 DAKOTA ALSO BOUGHT NEW , ALL BALL JOINTS WORE OUT AT 40000 MILES, SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM CHRYSLER HASNT FIXED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.*AK
Mileage: 54,000
MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 4W ANTILOCK BRAKES DON'T PROVIDE ADEQUATE BRAKING. VEHICLE DOES NOT BRAKE ADEQUATELY DURING "PANIC" STOPPING. THE ANTILOCK FEATURE RELEASES THE BRAKES LONG BEFORE IT SHOULD. ABS ENGAGES BUT ALLOWS TOO MUCH "FREE-WHEELING" WHICH ALLOWS VEHICLE TOO MUCH TRAVEL. I HAVE SEVERAL...
BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS ARE MAKING NOISE, WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. I ONLY HAVE 29000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. *LA
Mileage: 29,000
HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4WD. LOST THE FRONT WHEEL WHILE DRIVING EARLIER THIS YEAR. BALL JOINT FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE. DODGE DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK IT WAS A PROBLEM, THOUGH AT 60 MPH THE WHOLE WHEEL FLYING OFF SEEMED LIKE ONE TO ME. *AK NOT SURE OF THE EXACT DATE...THOUGH I CAN FIND OUT IF ...
Mileage: 62,000
HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4WD. LOST THE FRONT WHEEL WHILE DRIVING EARLIER THIS YEAR. BALL JOINT FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE. DODGE DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK IT WAS A PROBLEM, THOUGH AT 60 MPH THE WHOLE WHEEL FLYING OFF SEEMED LIKE ONE TO ME. *AK NOT SURE OF THE EXACT DATE...THOUGH I CAN FIND OUT IF ...
Mileage: 62,000
BALL JOINTS ARE CHEAP AND DANGEROUS. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 35,000 MILES AND THE BALL JOINTS ARE IN BAD SHAPE ON BOTH SIDES AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, LIKE MANY OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY!! IM SURE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Mileage: 29,000
BALL JOINTS ARE CHEAP AND DANGEROUS. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 35,000 MILES AND THE BALL JOINTS ARE IN BAD SHAPE ON BOTH SIDES AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, LIKE MANY OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY!! IM SURE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Mileage: 29,000
I PURCHASED MY 2001 DAKOTA ON 11/13/2000. BY APRIL 2001 I HEARD POPPING AND CREAKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE HUB WAS LOOSE AND RE-TORQUED THE BOLT. THEN ABOUT 6 TO 9 MONTHS LATER I HEARD THE SAME NOISE AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT...
THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHICH CAUSED THE POWER STEERING SHAFT TO BREAK. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
Mileage: 42,555
I PUCHASED THIS TRUCK USED WITH 12,500 MILES.IT HAS A REAR WINDOW LEAK,I HAVE YET TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.IT ALSO HAS SOME PAINT FLAWS.I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE GAS CAP WHICH CAUSED A ENGINE CODE LIGHT.WHEN I WENT TO LOCAL DEALER TO SOLVE CODE PROBLEM,I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD NO WARRANTEE.DODGE ADVERTISES...
Mileage: 12,450
I PUCHASED THIS TRUCK USED WITH 12,500 MILES.IT HAS A REAR WINDOW LEAK,I HAVE YET TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.IT ALSO HAS SOME PAINT FLAWS.I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE GAS CAP WHICH CAUSED A ENGINE CODE LIGHT.WHEN I WENT TO LOCAL DEALER TO SOLVE CODE PROBLEM,I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD NO WARRANTEE.DODGE ADVERTISES...
Mileage: 12,450
RIGHT FRONT BALL JOINT HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF EXCESS WEAR ON TIRES AND LOOSE DRIVING. I NOW HAVE JUST OVER 50K MILES AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT BALL JOINT NEED TO BE REPLACED. TRUCK HAS A TERRIBLE RIDE AND A DODGE DEALER STATED THAT MY PROBLEM WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER ANY ...
Mileage: 47,000
BLOWER MOTOR FIRST INOPERABLE AT 7566 MILES. CURRENTLY IN FOR SERVICE FOR THE 12TH TIME FOR THIS PROBLEM. I LIVE IN MINNESOTA - WHEN MOTOR GOES OUT I CANNOT DEFOG OR DEFROST WINDOWS. ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS POSSIBLY RELATED INCLUDE: HEADLIGHT ACCESSORY PANEL GOING OUT, HVAC CONTROL LIGHTS GOING OUT, ...
WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD A RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD. CONSUMER FOUND THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT AND LOOSE. *AK
Mileage: 34,000
BALL JOINT FAILURE. I HAVE ALREADY FILED A COMPLAINT IN REGARDS TO UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE ON MY TRUCK. WHEN I FIRST STARTED CHECKING ON THE PROBLEM THE ONLY REPAIR SOLUTION WAS UPPER CONTROL ARM REPLACEMENT. BY THE TIME OF INVESTIGATING FOR AN AFTER MARKET PRODUCT DODGE HAD RELEASED A BALL JOINT O...
BALL JOINT FAILURE. I HAVE ALREADY FILED A COMPLAINT IN REGARDS TO UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE ON MY TRUCK. WHEN I FIRST STARTED CHECKING ON THE PROBLEM THE ONLY REPAIR SOLUTION WAS UPPER CONTROL ARM REPLACEMENT. BY THE TIME OF INVESTIGATING FOR AN AFTER MARKET PRODUCT DODGE HAD RELEASED A BALL JOINT O...
FRONT RIGHT BALL JOINT FOR MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB EXTREMLY LOOSE AND BROKEN. NEEDED REPLACEMENT. COST $200 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. REPAIR SHOP SAID HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HIS '01 DAKOTA AND SO ARE MANY OTHERS.
Mileage: 40,000
SQUEAKING NOISES HEARD EMINATING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION AT 35000 MILES, UNABLE TO LUBRICATE SUSPENSION BECAUSE COMPONENTS LACK SERVICE/GREASE FITTINGS. DURING FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION AND TIRE ROTATION, IDENTIFIED PREMATURE WEAR TO RIGHT SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT CAUSING MISALIGNMENT, UNUSUAL WEAR TO FRONT T...
Mileage: 37,256
SQUEAKING NOISES HEARD EMINATING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION AT 35000 MILES, UNABLE TO LUBRICATE SUSPENSION BECAUSE COMPONENTS LACK SERVICE/GREASE FITTINGS. DURING FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION AND TIRE ROTATION, IDENTIFIED PREMATURE WEAR TO RIGHT SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT CAUSING MISALIGNMENT, UNUSUAL WEAR TO FRONT T...
Mileage: 37,256
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BALL JOINT PROBLEM. BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS PREMATURELY WORE OUT. *AK
Mileage: 16,600
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BALL JOINT PROBLEM. BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS PREMATURELY WORE OUT. *AK
Mileage: 16,600
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, MOST OF THE TIME THERE WAS A LOUD SOUND. THE DEALER HAD TRIED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AT LEAST 5 TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. THE MASTER CYLINDER/ROTORS AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED...
Mileage: 9,765
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE BALL JOINTS. THE DEALERSHIP/MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE UPPER FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT. *AK *PH *NM
Mileage: 45,000
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT WAS REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. *AK
Mileage: 36,000
FAULTY BALL JOINTS ON A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 WITH 39,000 MILES ON IT. MY OLD HONDA ACCORD SEDAN (1990) AND MY EXISTING 1998 ACCORD HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM AT 150,000 AND 90,000 MILES RESPECTIVELY DESPITE DRIVING ALL THE SAME ROADS. THIS THING IS A TRUCK AND IS OFTEN ADVERTISED AS BEING "TOUG...
Mileage: 39,070
FAULTY BALL JOINTS ON A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 WITH 39,000 MILES ON IT. MY OLD HONDA ACCORD SEDAN (1990) AND MY EXISTING 1998 ACCORD HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM AT 150,000 AND 90,000 MILES RESPECTIVELY DESPITE DRIVING ALL THE SAME ROADS. THIS THING IS A TRUCK AND IS OFTEN ADVERTISED AS BEING "TOUG...
Mileage: 39,070
FAULTY BALL JOINTS ON A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 WITH 39,000 MILES ON IT. MY OLD HONDA ACCORD SEDAN (1990) AND MY EXISTING 1998 ACCORD HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM AT 150,000 AND 90,000 MILES RESPECTIVELY DESPITE DRIVING ALL THE SAME ROADS. THIS THING IS A TRUCK AND IS OFTEN ADVERTISED AS BEING "TOUG...
Mileage: 39,070
FAULTY BALL JOINTS ON A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 WITH 39,000 MILES ON IT. MY OLD HONDA ACCORD SEDAN (1990) AND MY EXISTING 1998 ACCORD HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM AT 150,000 AND 90,000 MILES RESPECTIVELY DESPITE DRIVING ALL THE SAME ROADS. THIS THING IS A TRUCK AND IS OFTEN ADVERTISED AS BEING "TOUG...
Mileage: 39,070
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 2WD AND I HAVE A VERY LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM MY LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM THAT SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE BALL JOINT AREA. IT HAPPENS WHEN I TURN SHARP AND HIT A BUMP ALSO. I UNDERSTAND FROM MANY PEOPLE WHO OWN THESE VEHICLES THAT THIS IS THE FIRST SIGN OF A CO...
Mileage: 5,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 2WD AND I HAVE A VERY LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM MY LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM THAT SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE BALL JOINT AREA. IT HAPPENS WHEN I TURN SHARP AND HIT A BUMP ALSO. I UNDERSTAND FROM MANY PEOPLE WHO OWN THESE VEHICLES THAT THIS IS THE FIRST SIGN OF A CO...
Mileage: 5,000
VEHICLE FAILED GEORGIA STATE INSPECTION. TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE NEED TO REPLACE THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. *AK *MR
Mileage: 47,408
WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN FROM A COMPLETE STOP FRONT LEFT BALL JOINTS FAILED, CAUSING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK *MR
Mileage: 61,000
WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN FROM A COMPLETE STOP FRONT LEFT BALL JOINTS FAILED, CAUSING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK *MR
Mileage: 61,000
WHILE BRAKING FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO PULSATE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 30,000
UPPER BALL JOINTS WORN TO THE POINT OF BREAKAGE
Mileage: 47,408
UPPER BALL JOINTS WORN TO THE POINT OF BREAKAGE
Mileage: 47,408
UPPER BALL JOINTS WORN TO THE POINT OF BREAKAGE
Mileage: 47,408
ALL 4 TIRES HAVE CRACK AROUND THE BEAD OF TIRE. HAVE SPENT OVER $500.00 IN REPAIRS, ALIGNMENTS, AND TIRE BALANCING. PROBLEM I THINK IS FROM THE STEERING RESPONSE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS MODEL NEEDS UPGRADED TIRES.
Mileage: 44,000
UPPER BALL JOINTS WORN OUT. ONLY 53435 MILES AND FRONT END SHAKES, POPS AND WOBBLES.
Mileage: 48,000
UPPER RIGHT BALL JOINT FAILURE. *AK
Mileage: 33,000
BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA ARE DISPLAYING CHARACTERISTICS OF EXCESSIVE WEAR. GREASE IS LEAKING OUT AROUND THE BALL JOINTS AND A POPPING SOUND COMES FROM THE FRONT LEFT OF THE VEHICLE UNDER HARD BRAKING. IT ALSO "POPS" WHEN I TURN ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. THE BALL JOINTS ARE N...
Mileage: 42,000
I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF THIS TRUCK SINCE SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED IT NEW IN MARCH 2001. IT HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER 6 TIMES, AND THEY HAVE REPLACED MANY PARTS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. THE FRONT END MAKES A LOUD BANGING/POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER B...
Mileage: 3,000
ON DECEMBER 19, I WAS GETTING MY TIRES ROTATED ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 2WD AT MY LOCAL MECHANIC. HAVING HEARD ABOUT THE BALL JOINT ISSUE THE NIGHT BEFORE ON THE NEWS, I HAD HIM CHECK MY BALL JOINTS TO SEE IF THEY WERE ANY GOOD. HE SAID "DON'T TAKE ANY LEFT TURNS!" I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY...
Mileage: 35,382
LEFT/DRIVER SIDE BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT.THE FRONT WAS MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE. THE BALL JOINT WAS FOUND TO BE BAD WITH ONLY 34000 MILES ON TRUCK.*AK
Mileage: 34
BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE BALL JOINTS HAVE NO WAY TO GREASE THEM SO THEY WILL FAIL. I REPLACED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WITH A 3 PARTY JOINT THAT HAS A GREASE FITTING SO THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO USE MY TRUCK SAFELY. *AK
Mileage: 52,000
BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE BALL JOINTS HAVE NO WAY TO GREASE THEM SO THEY WILL FAIL. I REPLACED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WITH A 3 PARTY JOINT THAT HAS A GREASE FITTING SO THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO USE MY TRUCK SAFELY. *AK
Mileage: 52,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD-CAB 4X4. I HAD ONE UPPER BALL JOINT REPLACE AT 37,863 MILES. THE REMAINING BALL JOINTS ALSO SEEM TO BE FAILING. THERE IS SIMILAR NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION. AFTER VIEWING A PROGRAM ON CBS NEWS, I FELT IT WOULD BENEFICIAL TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM. *LA
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD-CAB 4X4. I HAD ONE UPPER BALL JOINT REPLACE AT 37,863 MILES. THE REMAINING BALL JOINTS ALSO SEEM TO BE FAILING. THERE IS SIMILAR NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION. AFTER VIEWING A PROGRAM ON CBS NEWS, I FELT IT WOULD BENEFICIAL TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM. *LA
BALL JOINTS. MY 2001 DAKOTA QUAD CAB WAS ONLY ONE YEAR OLD WHEN MY BALL JOINTS STARTED SQUEEKING. NOW TWO YEARS OLD AND THEY ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND WORN. *AK
WBZ, CHANNEL 4 IN BOSTON, HAD A REPORT ABOUT PROBLEM WITH BALL JOINTS ON DODGE DAKOTA'S. *AK
BALL JOINTS ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB HAVE GONE OUT.*AK
Mileage: 37,000
BALL JOINTS ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB HAVE GONE OUT.*AK
Mileage: 37,000
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE TWO WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERATIVE. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE BECAME STUCK IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE.*AK
Mileage: 39,000
THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS BOTH WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Mileage: 50,000
THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS BOTH WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Mileage: 50,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKODA QUAD CAB PICKUP THAT HAS ONLY 91,233 MILES ON IT THAT BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS ARE SHOT ALREDY. I AM NOT SURE WHAT YEAR THE DODGE PEOPLE CAME OUT WITH THE BALL JOINTS AND UPPER CONTROL ARMS AS BEING ONE PIECE AND THIS MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PREMATURE FAILURES....
Mileage: 85,776
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. *AK
Mileage: 40,000
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. *AK
Mileage: 40,000
FLOODED FLOOR BOARDS, FOUND OUT AFTER INQUIRE ABOUT NEW CARPET(APPROXIMATELY $600.00) THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING (A/C) UNIT ON MY 2001 DAKOTA, THAT "ON MANY OF THESE VEHICLES THE A/C DRAIN HOSES WE EITHER INSTALLED WRONG OR JUST NOT PUT ON AT THE FACTORY". AT LEAST THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS FACT, EVEN ...
Mileage: 13,500
VEHICLE TIRES ARE CRACKING AND RIPPING AT THE SEAMS.*MR ALL FOUR OF THE GOOD YEAR WRANGLER TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONSUMER PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES. *CB *JB
BAD BALL JOINT FAILURE. *AK
Mileage: 38,800
BAD BALL JOINT FAILURE. *AK
Mileage: 38,800
I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH THE NATIONAL NEWS REPORT REGARDING THE UPPER BALL JOINTS SEVERING OFF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE VERY RECENTLY AS OF 11/25/03 HAD THE SWAY BAR BUSHINGS REPLACED. I HAD AN ANNOYING PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END SQUEAKING VERY LOUDLY. REPLACING THE BUSHINGS HAS ALLEVIATE...
Mileage: 54,000
THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING FRONT END PROBLEMS WHICH INCLUDED THE BALL JOINTS, FRONT END SUSPENSION AND POOR WHEEL BALANCING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM
Mileage: 50,000
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
Mileage: 33,000
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
Mileage: 33,000
I CURRENTLY OWN A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE TRUCK WOULD VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE ROTORS WERE ROTTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECTIVE COMPONENT. *LA
Mileage: 23,500
DURING A PERIODIC MAINTENANCE CHECK IT WAS FOUND THAT THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES WERE SEPARATING AT THE BEAD. *AK
MY 40K '01 DAKOTA QC HAS A VERY LOOSE UPPER LEFT BALL JOINT, A LOOSE LOWER RIGHT BALL JOINT, A LOOSE RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD AND HAS BEEN MAKING A POPPING NOISE/THUNK FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS. WHEN I CALLED DODGE AND ASKED THEM WHY THEY WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED THEY SAID, "JUST WEAR AND TEAR." AS IF I...
Mileage: 35,000
MY 40K '01 DAKOTA QC HAS A VERY LOOSE UPPER LEFT BALL JOINT, A LOOSE LOWER RIGHT BALL JOINT, A LOOSE RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD AND HAS BEEN MAKING A POPPING NOISE/THUNK FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS. WHEN I CALLED DODGE AND ASKED THEM WHY THEY WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED THEY SAID, "JUST WEAR AND TEAR." AS IF I...
Mileage: 35,000
MY 40K '01 DAKOTA QC HAS A VERY LOOSE UPPER LEFT BALL JOINT, A LOOSE LOWER RIGHT BALL JOINT, A LOOSE RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD AND HAS BEEN MAKING A POPPING NOISE/THUNK FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS. WHEN I CALLED DODGE AND ASKED THEM WHY THEY WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED THEY SAID, "JUST WEAR AND TEAR." AS IF I...
Mileage: 35,000
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL 03V389000 REPAIRS CONCERNING DASHBOARD WIRING HARNESS. THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, BUT VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ HORN/ INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEMS. THE DEALER WAS ASKING CONSUMER TO PAY $500 TO DIAGNOSES AND RESOLUTI...
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL 03V389000 REPAIRS CONCERNING DASHBOARD WIRING HARNESS. THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, BUT VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ HORN/ INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEMS. THE DEALER WAS ASKING CONSUMER TO PAY $500 TO DIAGNOSES AND RESOLUTI...
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL 03V389000 REPAIRS CONCERNING DASHBOARD WIRING HARNESS. THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, BUT VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ HORN/ INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEMS. THE DEALER WAS ASKING CONSUMER TO PAY $500 TO DIAGNOSES AND RESOLUTI...
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL 03V389000 REPAIRS CONCERNING DASHBOARD WIRING HARNESS. THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, BUT VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ HORN/ INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEMS. THE DEALER WAS ASKING CONSUMER TO PAY $500 TO DIAGNOSES AND RESOLUTI...
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL 03V389000 REPAIRS CONCERNING DASHBOARD WIRING HARNESS. THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, BUT VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ HORN/ INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEMS. THE DEALER WAS ASKING CONSUMER TO PAY $500 TO DIAGNOSES AND RESOLUTI...
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 2X4 WITH 38,000 MILES. BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS ARE BAD. THIS IS THE SAME BALL JOINT THAT IS IN THE DURANGO. I WORK AT A SMALL FAMILY OWNED TIRE STORE. I HAVE REPLACED MANY, MANY, MANY SETS OF DODGE DURANGO/DAKOTA UPPER BALL JOINTS OVER THE LAST YEAR. 90% OF THEM GO BAD...
Mileage: 38,102
WARPING OF BRAKE ROTORS ON DODGE DAKOTAS. I'VE OWNED 2 DAKOTAS - BOTH HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT ROTORS WARPING AT LOW MILEAGE WITH LIGHT USE. *LA
DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. *AK
Mileage: 40,000
DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. *AK
Mileage: 40,000
THERE IS TERRIBLE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUADCAB. DEALER GREASED BUSHINGS BUT NOISE IS BACK AND WORSE THAN EVER!!!!!!!!!!!*AK
Mileage: 27,000
LOWER CONTROL ARM PASSENGER SIDE RUBBER BUSHINGS WORN OUT CAUSING LOWER CONTROL ARM AND FRAME MOUNT TO CONTACT EACH OTHER. WHICH CAUSES MISALIGNMENT OF FRONT END AND EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR.*AK
Mileage: 47,500
APPROX 30,000 MILES ROTORS WARPED, DURING STOPPING STEARING WHEEL VIBRATED SO BAD IT WAS HARD TO HANG ON TO IT, THE DEALER TURNED THEM. AT 60,000 ROTORS WARPED AGAIN, HAD THEM REPLACED. AT 70,000 MILES THE FRONT END STARTED MAKING A CREAKING NOISE WHENEVER GOING OVER A SMALL BUMP AND PULLED TO ONE ...
ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8 2003 I WAS GOING THROUGH A INTERSECTION AT APPROX. 10 MPH, I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW MY TIRE IS ALMOST LAYING FLAT ON THE GROUND. I CANNOT BELIEVE A VEHICLE WITH 31,900 MILES THE UPPER BALL JOINT WOULD COMPLETELY COME APPART. I CANNOT IMAGINE ...
Mileage: 31,900
UPPER BALLJOINT DEFECTIVE 35000 MILES CHRYSLER WOULD NOT REPLACE. THIS FOUND WHEN A ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. I REPLACED BOTH BALLJOINTS. I HAVE ALL BILLS AND DEFECTIVE PARTS.*AK
Mileage: 35,000
UPPER BALLJOINT DEFECTIVE 35000 MILES CHRYSLER WOULD NOT REPLACE. THIS FOUND WHEN A ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. I REPLACED BOTH BALLJOINTS. I HAVE ALL BILLS AND DEFECTIVE PARTS.*AK
Mileage: 35,000
WHILE DRIVING THERE WOULD BE HEAVY VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALERSHIP/MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE WEARING OUT. *AK
Mileage: 64,050
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH THE LEFT SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT WORE OUT. I HAVE ONLY 36400 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND SAW A NEWS REPORT ON TV ABOUT THE BALL JOINTS AND INSPECTED MY TRUCK AND TO MY SHOCK SURE ENOUGH I JACKED THE TIRE UP AND IT HAS LOTS OF PLAY. SO MUCH PLAY IM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. IF I ...
Mileage: 36,400
2001 DODGE DAKOTA SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE GEAR AND WAS CIRCLING OUT OF CONTROL.*MR THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STRUCK A CONCRETE MEDIAN AND STOPPED. THE DRIVESHAFT AND OTHER PARTS UNDER THE VEHICLE WERE DAMAGED. THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THE GEAR SELECTOR JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. TH...
Mileage: 24,620
2001 DODGE DAKOTA SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE GEAR AND WAS CIRCLING OUT OF CONTROL.*MR THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STRUCK A CONCRETE MEDIAN AND STOPPED. THE DRIVESHAFT AND OTHER PARTS UNDER THE VEHICLE WERE DAMAGED. THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THE GEAR SELECTOR JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. TH...
Mileage: 24,620
2001 DODGE DAKOTA SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE GEAR AND WAS CIRCLING OUT OF CONTROL.*MR THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STRUCK A CONCRETE MEDIAN AND STOPPED. THE DRIVESHAFT AND OTHER PARTS UNDER THE VEHICLE WERE DAMAGED. THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THE GEAR SELECTOR JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. TH...
Mileage: 24,620
2001 DODGE DAKOTA SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE GEAR AND WAS CIRCLING OUT OF CONTROL.*MR THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STRUCK A CONCRETE MEDIAN AND STOPPED. THE DRIVESHAFT AND OTHER PARTS UNDER THE VEHICLE WERE DAMAGED. THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THE GEAR SELECTOR JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. TH...
Mileage: 24,620
2001 DODGE DAKOTA SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE GEAR AND WAS CIRCLING OUT OF CONTROL.*MR THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STRUCK A CONCRETE MEDIAN AND STOPPED. THE DRIVESHAFT AND OTHER PARTS UNDER THE VEHICLE WERE DAMAGED. THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THE GEAR SELECTOR JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. TH...
Mileage: 24,620
RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE THE FOLLOWING: DRIVERS SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT AND CONTROL ARM, DRIVERS SIDE SPINDLE RETAINING PLATE AND LOCKING NUT. THE SIMPTOMS WERE, A SLIGHT THUMPING NOISE WHEN GOING OVER SMAL BUT SHARP BUMPS (LIKE ENTERING A DRIVEWAY), AND A SOUND SIMILAR TO A SPRING BEING STRETCHED AND...
Mileage: 29,000
RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE THE FOLLOWING: DRIVERS SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT AND CONTROL ARM, DRIVERS SIDE SPINDLE RETAINING PLATE AND LOCKING NUT. THE SIMPTOMS WERE, A SLIGHT THUMPING NOISE WHEN GOING OVER SMAL BUT SHARP BUMPS (LIKE ENTERING A DRIVEWAY), AND A SOUND SIMILAR TO A SPRING BEING STRETCHED AND...
Mileage: 29,000
FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEMS IDENTICAL TO THAT OF THE DODGE DURANGO. HAVE HAD BOTH LOWER AND UPPER CONTROL ARMS/BALL JOINTS RELACED WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. PARTS WERE REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP WITH SAME DEFECTIVE PARTS AS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED ON VEHICLE. PERSONALLY, NO ACCIDENTS REL...
FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEMS IDENTICAL TO THAT OF THE DODGE DURANGO. HAVE HAD BOTH LOWER AND UPPER CONTROL ARMS/BALL JOINTS RELACED WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. PARTS WERE REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP WITH SAME DEFECTIVE PARTS AS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED ON VEHICLE. PERSONALLY, NO ACCIDENTS REL...
I HAVE A 2001 DAKOTA THAT STARTED KNOCKING ON BUMPS AT APPROX. 25000 MILES. I DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS NOT NORMAL AND TOOK IT TO A 5 STAR DEALER AT APPROX. 34000 AND 37000 MILES AT WHICH BOTH TIMES THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE SUSPENSION. MY FATHER ...
Mileage: 34,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP. LAST YEAR IT STARTED MAKING A SQUEAKY NOISE (LIKE AN OLD CAR CREAKING) IN THE FRONT END. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO DEALMAKER DODGE HERE IN WATERTOWN, NY. THE FIRST TIME TAKING IT IN THEY STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS FROM LOOSE BOLTS IN THE FRONT END AND THAT THEY JUST TIGH...
Mileage: 23,558
FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS ON BOTH SIDES ARE WORN OUT BEFORE 38,612 MILES (MILEAGE AT TIME I AM SENDING THIS EMAIL). TOOK DAKOTA DEALER (RAINIER DODGE, OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON) LAST MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2003, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND WOULD ONLY TAKE A FEW DAYS TO GET NEW PARTS. THEY STIL...
Mileage: 38,400
THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE PART WITHIN FOUR MONTHS. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO GREASE FITTING IN THE BALL JOINTS AND THE JOINTS BECAME DRY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
Mileage: 28,000
UPPER BALL JOINT ON BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE ARE FAILING. VEHICLE ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 40000 MILES ON IT. JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. *LA
Mileage: 40,690
WHEEL SHEARED OFF COMPLETELY FROM THE HUB WHILE DRIVING.*MR NO ONE WAS ABLE TO OFFER ANY EXPLANATION AS TO HOW THE WHEEL COULD HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE HUB. CONSUMER FELT CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE COVERED THE $398.41 REPAIR BILL. *PH *JB *JB
AT 21000 MILES, I NOTICED A CLANKING SOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE DEALER CHECKED IT OUT, THE BRAKE PAD CLIPS HAD RUSTED AWAY AND ONE ROTOR HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR. HOWEVER, CHRYSLER REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIRS, WHICH COST OVER $400.00. *LA
Mileage: 21,000
MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAS PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE ROTORS WARPING AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT ADMIT TO THIS BEING A PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THOUSANDS OF OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. MY ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED AT 15,000 MILES, AND THEY NEED IT AGAIN AT 40,000 MILES. *JB
Mileage: 15,000
HEATER CORE LEAKS HOT (200F+)ENGINE ANTI- FREEZE ON DRIVERS FOOT WHILE DRIVING. MINE HAS FAILED THREE TIMES IN 34,00 MILES. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING WITH SANDAL'S IT WOULD HAVE SCALDED HER FOOT AND MAY HAVE CAUSED HER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF TRUCK!!!!!!!!! ADDITIONALLY, THE WINDOW FOGGED UP TO THE P...
Mileage: 34,000
DURING NORMAL DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE FACES OF BOTH ROTORS BROKE OFF INTO PIECES, WHICH CAUSED AN UNCONTROLLABLE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK *JB
Mileage: 14,900
WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE SLID ON DIRT AND GRAVEL AND IT WENT DOWN INTO AN EMBANKMENT, HITTING A TREE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AN AMBULANCE...
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEMS. ALSO STATED THAT EVERY TIME IT OVEREXTENDS 4 RPMS WILL NOT SWITCH GEARS, TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND VEHICLE VIBRATED AND DIED. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANY THING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE.*AK
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEMS. ALSO STATED THAT EVERY TIME IT OVEREXTENDS 4 RPMS WILL NOT SWITCH GEARS, TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND VEHICLE VIBRATED AND DIED. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANY THING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE.*AK
SIGNIFICANT SIDEWALL CRACKS NOTICED ABOVE THE RIM ON THREE TIRES (FOURTH TIRE NEW AFTER REPLACEMENT FROM BLOWOUT TWO MONTHS AGO). WRANGLER ST 215/75R/15. TIRES HAVE 30K MILES AND TWO YEARS OLD. GOODYEAR STORE MANAGER IN COLLEGE STATION TX SAID THERE IS NO SAFETY ISSUE WITH OUR REMOVING TIRE FROM R...
SEVERE FLOODING OF PASSENGER FLOOR OF VEHICLE. ELECTRICAL RISK. MOLD & ALLERGY PROBLEM. *JB
Mileage: 1
PREMATURE CORROSION OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CAUSING FAILURE OF NYS VEHICLE INSPECTION
Mileage: 28,149
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING THE BRAKE ROTORS WORE OUT, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE ROTORS WERE SEVERELY WARPED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE LIKE DRIVING ON A WASHBOARD WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE DEALER DID N...
Mileage: 19,000
TOOK MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA TO GET ALIGNMENT AT LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND WAS TOLD UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN EXCESSIVELY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 45000 MILES ON IT, THIS IF YOU ASK ME IS UNACCEPTABLE. ALSO THE TRUCK WAS IN THE DEALER 2 TIMES BEFORE THIS BECAUSE OF A NOISE IN THE F...
Mileage: 46,258
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S ENGINE.*MR WHEN USING THE DEFROST OR A/C, THE ENGINE PUMP DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE SEAT BELT WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY AND ALSO THE WHEEL BEARING WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD A HOSE WOULD BE PLACED ON THE RETAINING BOLT.*TS *JB
Mileage: 36,000
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S ENGINE.*MR WHEN USING THE DEFROST OR A/C, THE ENGINE PUMP DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE SEAT BELT WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY AND ALSO THE WHEEL BEARING WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD A HOSE WOULD BE PLACED ON THE RETAINING BOLT.*TS *JB
Mileage: 36,000
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S ENGINE.*MR WHEN USING THE DEFROST OR A/C, THE ENGINE PUMP DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE SEAT BELT WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY AND ALSO THE WHEEL BEARING WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD A HOSE WOULD BE PLACED ON THE RETAINING BOLT.*TS *JB
Mileage: 36,000
FRONT DISC BARKES - ROTORS WARPED AT 38,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING BADLY WHEN BRAKING AND STOPPING TIME WAS GREATLY AFFECTED DUE TO THIS CONDITION. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE ONLY WAY TO REMOVE THE SHAKING WAS TO TURN THE ROTORS AT A COST OF $170. DEALER ALSO INDICATED THAT PADS ONLY HAD ...
Mileage: 38,000
BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS WENT BAD AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES. EVERYONE I TALKED TO SAID THAT WAS MUCH TOO EARLY. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH UPPER CONTROL ARMS. ALSO MADE FOR EARLY TIRE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF WEAR. DODGE SHOULD REALLY HAVE A RECALL ON THESE ITEMS. ALOT OF DAKOTA OWNERS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE S...
Mileage: 40,000
TRANSMISSION SHIFTING,SLIPPING,POOR ACCELARATION. PREVIOUSLY COMPLAINED ABOUT NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN TURNING. BAD IDLE AND POOR FUEL ECONOMY.*AK
Mileage: 24,000
FRONT BRAKES HAVE ALREADY BEEN TURNED ONCE AND ARE IN NEED AGAIN AT 39000 MILES. THE ABILITY TO STOP WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE HAS DIMINISHED AND IS CAUSE FOR GREAT CONCERN. NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE STOCK VEHICLE HAVE BEEN MADE. *NLM
Mileage: 17,000
WARPED ROTORS. *AK
EARLY FAILURE OF VEHICLE BALL JOINTS. VEHICLE HAS 51000 MILES ON IT, AND BALL JOINTS ARE FAILING.*AK
Mileage: 51,655
EARLY FAILURE OF VEHICLE BALL JOINTS. VEHICLE HAS 51000 MILES ON IT, AND BALL JOINTS ARE FAILING.*AK
Mileage: 51,655
MY DODGE DAKOTA HAS HAD THE ORIGINAL ROTORS WARP AT 14000 MILES, THEY WERE TURNED ONCE AND AGAIN AT 23K THEY WARPPED. I HAVE NOW INSTALLED NEW NAPA PREMIUM LIFETIME WARRANTY ROTORS AND THEY LASTED 600 BAFORE WARPAGE. I HAVE REPLACED THE CALIPERS IN THE EVENT THEY WERE NOT RELEASING ALL THE WAY YET S...
Mileage: 14,000
MY DODGE DAKOTA HAS HAD THE ORIGINAL ROTORS WARP AT 14000 MILES, THEY WERE TURNED ONCE AND AGAIN AT 23K THEY WARPPED. I HAVE NOW INSTALLED NEW NAPA PREMIUM LIFETIME WARRANTY ROTORS AND THEY LASTED 600 BAFORE WARPAGE. I HAVE REPLACED THE CALIPERS IN THE EVENT THEY WERE NOT RELEASING ALL THE WAY YET S...
Mileage: 14,000
THE STEERING WAS LOOSE WHEN CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. AFTER THREE TRIPS TO THE MECHANIC AND FIVE POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THE NOISE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN. THE PART WAS REPAIRED BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE LOOSENESS ON OCCASIONS. *PH *NLM
FRONT ROTOR WARPING.AK
Mileage: 69,000
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY ANTI LOCK BRAKES. BRAKES WILL LOCK UP,CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
CONSUMER STATES BRAKE ROTORS ARE WEARING, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES,VEHICLE WILL HAVE HEAVY VIBRATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
FRONT BRAKES CLUNK WHEN APPLIED,DEALER REPLACED ROTORS. TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT PROPERLY,DEALER ORDERED AND REPLACED NEW VALVE BODY. LOWER ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED,BECAUSE OF VALVE TAPPING. A/C HAS BAD ODOR WHEN ON. FRONT END SQUEAKED AROUND B...
Mileage: 1,254
FRONT BRAKES CLUNK WHEN APPLIED,DEALER REPLACED ROTORS. TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT PROPERLY,DEALER ORDERED AND REPLACED NEW VALVE BODY. LOWER ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED,BECAUSE OF VALVE TAPPING. A/C HAS BAD ODOR WHEN ON. FRONT END SQUEAKED AROUND B...
Mileage: 1,254
FRONT BRAKES CLUNK WHEN APPLIED,DEALER REPLACED ROTORS. TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT PROPERLY,DEALER ORDERED AND REPLACED NEW VALVE BODY. LOWER ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED,BECAUSE OF VALVE TAPPING. A/C HAS BAD ODOR WHEN ON. FRONT END SQUEAKED AROUND B...
Mileage: 1,254
FRONT BRAKES CLUNK WHEN APPLIED,DEALER REPLACED ROTORS. TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT PROPERLY,DEALER ORDERED AND REPLACED NEW VALVE BODY. LOWER ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED,BECAUSE OF VALVE TAPPING. A/C HAS BAD ODOR WHEN ON. FRONT END SQUEAKED AROUND B...
Mileage: 1,254
WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH PULLING INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT, THE RIGHT SIDE WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF. *AK WHILE MAKING A TURN INTO A PARKING LOT, THE COMPLETE RIGHT SIDE FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY UPPER ARM, AXLES, AND ALL OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ASSEMBLY HAD FALLEN OFF, AND CAUSED THE BRA...
Mileage: 79,472
EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, WHILE USING THE A/C, I HAVE NOTICED A BAD ODER.HIS ODER IS NOTICABLE ONCE THE A/C HAS COOLED DOWN THE INTERIOR. I WOULD DESCRIBE HE ODER AS A "POWDERY CHEMICAL" SMELL. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICAL IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTAINANCE, I ASKED ABOUT IT AND WAS TOLD "WE WIL LO...
Mileage: 200
WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER'S FRONT TIRE SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER DIAGNOSED CAUSE AS DEFECTIVE UPPER BALL JOINT.*AK
THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE WEARING AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THERE WAS HEAVY VIBRATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE POWER STEERING UNIT HAD BROKEN AND THE ROTORS AND DRUMS WERE BADLY WARPED. *SCC *JB
Mileage: 37,000
THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE WEARING AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THERE WAS HEAVY VIBRATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE POWER STEERING UNIT HAD BROKEN AND THE ROTORS AND DRUMS WERE BADLY WARPED. *SCC *JB
Mileage: 37,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 AND HAD THE PASSENGER SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT FAIL (LUCKLY I WAS PULLING INTO A GAS STATION AT THE TIME). WHY IS IT THAT YOU CANNOT PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT BALL JOINT FROM DODGE (YOU MUST PURCHASE THE WHOLE UPPER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY?)*AK
Mileage: 53,000
VEHICLE HAS A CLUCKING NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN MAKING A TURN. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE BALL JOINTS WEARING OUT, AND NEEDING REPLACEMENT.*AK
Mileage: 22,000
VEHICLE HAS A CLUCKING NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN MAKING A TURN. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE BALL JOINTS WEARING OUT, AND NEEDING REPLACEMENT.*AK
Mileage: 22,000
WARPED FRONT ROTORS AT 13,900 MILES. ROTORS REPLACED $400. REAR BRAKES CHECKED CLEANED ADJUSTED $85. CHRYSLER TOLL FREE "ASSISTANCE" REFUSED ANY HELP. SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE AND NONE ELSE I COULD SPEAK TO. CLEARLY A DESIGN/ENGINEERING PROBLEM WITH THE DAKOTA BRAKES. *AK
Mileage: 13,900
SEVERE BRAKING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WARPED ROTORS. ROTORS WILL WARP EVERY 10-20 ,000 MILES DUE TO REAR BRAKE FAILURE. THIS PROBLEM IS A VERY DANGEROUS ONE. ESPECIALLY ON WET PAVEMENT.*AK
Mileage: 20,000
THE THROTTLE SENSOR FAILED TO RETURN TO NORMAL WHEN IT WAS RELEASED. *MR *TS *JB
CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE VEHICLE GOES OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THERES IS A BANGING NOISE. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DEALER IS REPLACING THE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS. *AK
Mileage: 46,000
MY BALLJOINTS SNAPPED WHILE TURNING IN MY SONS SCHOOL ONE MORNING , RESULTING IN MY FRONT WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY FALLING OFF COMPLETELY FROM MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 TRUCK IN DECEMBER 2002. I HAD 1000 MILES PASSED FACTORY WARRENTY
Mileage: 71,342
MY BALLJOINTS SNAPPED WHILE TURNING IN MY SONS SCHOOL ONE MORNING , RESULTING IN MY FRONT WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY FALLING OFF COMPLETELY FROM MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 TRUCK IN DECEMBER 2002. I HAD 1000 MILES PASSED FACTORY WARRENTY
Mileage: 71,342
MY BALLJOINTS SNAPPED WHILE TURNING IN MY SONS SCHOOL ONE MORNING , RESULTING IN MY FRONT WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY FALLING OFF COMPLETELY FROM MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 TRUCK IN DECEMBER 2002. I HAD 1000 MILES PASSED FACTORY WARRENTY
Mileage: 71,342
MY BALLJOINTS SNAPPED WHILE TURNING IN MY SONS SCHOOL ONE MORNING , RESULTING IN MY FRONT WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY FALLING OFF COMPLETELY FROM MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 TRUCK IN DECEMBER 2002. I HAD 1000 MILES PASSED FACTORY WARRENTY
Mileage: 71,342
MY BALLJOINTS SNAPPED WHILE TURNING IN MY SONS SCHOOL ONE MORNING , RESULTING IN MY FRONT WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY FALLING OFF COMPLETELY FROM MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 TRUCK IN DECEMBER 2002. I HAD 1000 MILES PASSED FACTORY WARRENTY
Mileage: 71,342
MY BALLJOINTS SNAPPED WHILE TURNING IN MY SONS SCHOOL ONE MORNING , RESULTING IN MY FRONT WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY FALLING OFF COMPLETELY FROM MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 TRUCK IN DECEMBER 2002. I HAD 1000 MILES PASSED FACTORY WARRENTY
Mileage: 71,342
BAD CONTROL ARMS BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY,STEERING WONDERS TO RIGHT,POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED,STEERING SHAFT REPLACED WAITING FOR NEW STEERING COLUMN,LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY,CHRYSLER ZONE OFFICE KNOWS THEY HAVE A DEFECT IN THE FRONT END OF THE DAKOTA AND DURANGO STATED...
Mileage: 2,115
BAD CONTROL ARMS BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY,STEERING WONDERS TO RIGHT,POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED,STEERING SHAFT REPLACED WAITING FOR NEW STEERING COLUMN,LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY,CHRYSLER ZONE OFFICE KNOWS THEY HAVE A DEFECT IN THE FRONT END OF THE DAKOTA AND DURANGO STATED...
Mileage: 2,115
BAD CONTROL ARMS BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY,STEERING WONDERS TO RIGHT,POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED,STEERING SHAFT REPLACED WAITING FOR NEW STEERING COLUMN,LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY,CHRYSLER ZONE OFFICE KNOWS THEY HAVE A DEFECT IN THE FRONT END OF THE DAKOTA AND DURANGO STATED...
Mileage: 2,115
BAD CONTROL ARMS BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY,STEERING WONDERS TO RIGHT,POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED,STEERING SHAFT REPLACED WAITING FOR NEW STEERING COLUMN,LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY,CHRYSLER ZONE OFFICE KNOWS THEY HAVE A DEFECT IN THE FRONT END OF THE DAKOTA AND DURANGO STATED...
Mileage: 2,115
THE BRAKES BEGAN PULSATING AND SHAKING TRUCK WHEN STOPING AROUND 10000 MILES. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS AND DRUMS WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. AT 22000 MILES THE BRAKES AGAIN BEGAN PULSATING WHEN STOPPING. THE BRAKES WERE NOT UNDER WARRENTY AND HAD AFTER MARKET ROTORS A...
THE BRAKES BEGAN PULSATING AND SHAKING TRUCK WHEN STOPING AROUND 10000 MILES. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS AND DRUMS WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. AT 22000 MILES THE BRAKES AGAIN BEGAN PULSATING WHEN STOPPING. THE BRAKES WERE NOT UNDER WARRENTY AND HAD AFTER MARKET ROTORS A...
POPING NOISE FROM STEERING AND CAB DURING TURNS. HAD DEALER LOOK AT AND NOTHING FOUND WRONG.*AK
Mileage: 44,035
WHILE DRIVING , THE CONSUMER PULLED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH, AND DISCOVERED THE DID NOT WORK. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED THE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *TS *JB
Mileage: 55,000
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4. FRONT ROTORS KEEP WARPING. SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN STOPPING. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH DAKOTAS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 32,900
ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO SLUDGE. *AK
Mileage: 32,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA WARPED BRAKE ROTORS @ 22,000 MILES & 35,000 MILES. *AK
Mileage: 23,823
I HAVE 80000 MILES ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB AND I HAVE ALREADY CHANGED TIRES AND NOW I NEED TO CHANGE MY UPPER BALL JOINTS. IS IT REALLY TRUE THAT YOU CAN NOT CHANGE JUST THE JOINTS BUIT YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE UPPER CONTROL ARM ALSO WITH THE NEW JOINTS? *AK
FED UP WITH WARPED ROTORS ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. I HAVE HAD MY ROTORS TURNED TWICE AND THEY ARE WARPED AGAIN. MY DAKOTA HAS ONLY 44K MILES ON IT. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE!*AK
OWNER OF 2001 DODGE DAKOTA P/U, WITH WRANGLER ST TIRES, AT 10000 MILES TIRES CRACKED AROUND RIM, GOODYEAR STORE ONLY ADJUSTED THE FRONT ONES, WHICH HE SAID WERE CRACKED. THE REAR, HE CALLED DRY ROTTING, NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE FRONT TIRES 8000 MILES LATER ARE CRACKED. I CALLED WESTCHASE TIRE AN...
Mileage: 17,900
WARPED ROTORS AFTER 18,000 MILES...HAD VEHICLE IN THREE TIMES TO INSPECT BRAKES...EACH TIME THEY TURNED THE ROTORS...*AK
Mileage: 10,000
THE TIRES CRACKED UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *JB *TS *JB
Mileage: 10,800
FRONT AXLE ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE. *MR THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS A MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SEVERAL SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITHIN ONE YEAR WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON UP TO 80 MPH. *SCC *JB
FRONT AXLE ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE. *MR THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS A MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SEVERAL SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITHIN ONE YEAR WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON UP TO 80 MPH. *SCC *JB
EXCESSIVE BALL JOINT WEAR. MY WIFE (STEPHANIE BALL) FILED A COMPLAINT BACK IN 1999 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK HIS NAME WAS STEVE FROM NHTSA CONTACTED US AND KEEP US INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM. SHE HAS HAD THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED FIVE TIMES IN HER DAKOTA. THE LAST CONTACT FROM NHTSA WAS THAT THEY W...
Mileage: 29,367
WHEN STOP AND IN NEUTRAL. IT'S VERY HARD TO PUT IT IN FIRST GEAR AND THE CAR GETS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT JUST WONT SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR YOU CAN BE THERE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES TRYING TO PUT IT IN FIRST GEAR, AND THIS CAUSES A TRAFFIC JAM BEHIND ME. I'M NOT SURE IF ITS THE GEAR BOX OR THE...
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND MY FRONT AXLE BROKE. I ALSO HAD TWO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCK WERE IT WOULD ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN TO 80 MILES A HOUR AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP WAS TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PRESS ON THE BRAKES AND PRAY. I WAS OUT OF A CAR OVER THIRTY DAYS BETWEEN THE...
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND MY FRONT AXLE BROKE. I ALSO HAD TWO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCK WERE IT WOULD ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN TO 80 MILES A HOUR AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP WAS TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PRESS ON THE BRAKES AND PRAY. I WAS OUT OF A CAR OVER THIRTY DAYS BETWEEN THE...
NOTICED ANTIFREEZE SMELL COMING OUT OF HEATER VENTS AND STEAM FOGGING UP WINDSHIELD AND SIDE WINDOWS, THIS IS THE THIRD FAILURE OF HEATER SYSTEM. WAS TOLD BY SERVICE MGR THAT COOLING SYSTEM WAS CONDUCTING ELECTRICAL CHARGE. DEALER HAD GROUNDED COOLING SYSTEM AFTER SECOND FAILURE BUT AFTER 5 MONTHS ...
Mileage: 53,375
METAL ON FRONT BRAKE PADS IS DETERIORATING. AS A RESULT THERE IS A SHIMMY IN THE FRONT END WHILE DRIVING. *AK
Mileage: 30,000
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S STEERING COLUMN. *MR THE CONSUMER ALWAYS NOTICED A SLACK OR A LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING . THE VEHICLE ALSO DEVELOPED A NOISE. THE INPUT SHAFT SEAL WAS DRIED AT THE RACK AND PINION AND THE DUST COVER WAS REMOVED TO THE INPUT SHAFT AND THE SEAL WAS PULLED BACK. *SCC *JB
Mileage: 8,500
WHILE DRIVING ON A SIDE ROAD THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD, THE FRONT DRIVER-SIDE TIRE, WHEEL, BRAKE, AND ROTOR ARM FELL OFF MY CAR. I BELIEVE THE BEARING FAILED AND DISCONNECTED ITSELF FROM THE AXEL.
Mileage: 33,000
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 DRIVING ALONG THE HWY AROUND CURVE AT 55 MILES AND HOUR POWER STEERING FAILED ALMOST HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A WEEK BEING FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. ODOMETER 29980.00 MILES. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK EVER SINCE IT WAS...
Mileage: 29,980
2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 DRIVING ALONG THE HWY AROUND CURVE AT 55 MILES AND HOUR POWER STEERING FAILED ALMOST HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A WEEK BEING FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. ODOMETER 29980.00 MILES. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK EVER SINCE IT WAS...
Mileage: 29,980
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 THE BRAKES VIBRATE SO BAD THEY SHAKE ME IN THE SEAT, THIS STARTED ABOUT 20,000 MILES. DODGE SAYS IT ONLY COVERS BRAKES TO 12,000 MILES. AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE NET WITH THE SAME PROBLEM , IT SEAMS DODGE HAS A PROBLEM. WE NEED THIS FIXED AS A RE...
Mileage: 20,000
THE VEHICLE BACK FIRED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. *NLM
ALTHOUGH THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET THE VEHICLE WOULD SPEED UP TO ANOTHER SPEED. *NLM
BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AND WERE RESURFACED AT 15400 MILES. DURING BRAKING THE TRUCK BOUNCED AND THE STEERING GYRATED LEFT AND RIGHT SEVERELY. TRUCK NOW HAS 29000 (APPX) MILES AND THE ROTORS HAVE WARPED AGAIN. SAME VIBRATION AND STEERING WHEEL GYRATIONS. DANGEROUS TO STOP QUICKLY. *JB
Mileage: 29,000
AT 8,000 MILES ONE OF THE TIRES WENT FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE DEALER WHICH FOUND ALL FOUR TIRES (GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST P215/75R15) HAD CRACKS IN THE TIRE WALL. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH THE SAME BRAND OF TIRE. NOW THE DRIVER FRONT AND REAR TIRES HAVE CRACKS IN THE TIRE WALL. THE...
Mileage: 8,000
CURRENTLY MY DODGE DAKOTA IS BEING SERVICED AT TOWN AND COUNTRY DODGE FOR THE 12TH TIME FOR THE BLOWER MOTOR GOING OUT SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN SEPTEMBER 2000. I HAVE HAD OTHER POSSIBLY RELATED ISSUES-HVAC CONTROL LIGHTS GOING OUT, HEADLIGHT ACCESSORY PANEL GOING OUT, DOOR ALARM MALFUNCTIONING, AND C...
Mileage: 7,566
CURRENTLY MY DODGE DAKOTA IS BEING SERVICED AT TOWN AND COUNTRY DODGE FOR THE 12TH TIME FOR THE BLOWER MOTOR GOING OUT SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN SEPTEMBER 2000. I HAVE HAD OTHER POSSIBLY RELATED ISSUES-HVAC CONTROL LIGHTS GOING OUT, HEADLIGHT ACCESSORY PANEL GOING OUT, DOOR ALARM MALFUNCTIONING, AND C...
Mileage: 7,566
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 SAM...
PRIMER BECOMING VISIBLE THROUGH PAINT ON ROOF OF TRUCK. *NLM
Mileage: 40
THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WORN WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB.....*AK
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *TS. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE BRAKE PAD HAD DELAMINATED FROM THE BACKING PLATE AND FALLEN OUT. *JB
Mileage: 9,041
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT TO SECOND GEAR UNDER FULL THROTTLE. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE PURCHASE DATE AND OCCURS EVERY TIME. *JB
Mileage: 5
WITH ONLY 48K MILES ON MY TRUCK, I HAD TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. THE PROBLEM WAS OIL SLUDGE THAT BUILT UP AROUND THE VALVES AND BLOCKED THE FLOW OF OIL. THE BLOCKING OF THE FLOW OF OIL PREVENTED THE REST OF THE ENGINE FROM BEING PROPERLY LUBRICATED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO CEASE. *NLM
Mileage: 48,980
BRAKES SHAKE WHEN BRAKING. *NLM
Mileage: 25,000
ON FULL THROTTLE ACCELERATION THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL NOT UP SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND. CHRYSLER STATES THAT IS NOT A DEFECT AND IS NORMAL.
Mileage: 10,000
I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A TUNNEL IN BOSTON AND MY TRUCK SUDDENLY DIED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER FAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT WAS STILL IN THE TRAVEL LANE. THE ODOMETER WAS FLASHING "NO BUS" AND ALL THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ON. THE VEHICLE SHOWED NO MECHANICAL SIG...
Mileage: 31,050
WHILE DRIVING ABS BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. ABS LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY WAS ON. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABS BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. ABS LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY WAS ON. *AK
DEAR SIRS, I HAVE ATTACHES A COPY OF THE NOTE I SENT TO GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY IN REGARDS TO THE TIRES ON MY VEHICLE. IT SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE A PROBLEM THAT FIRESTONE HAD AND MAY RESULT IN ACCIDENTS. I THOUGHT I WOULD LET YOU KNOW AS WELL FOR YOUR DATABASE. I HAVE 3 OUT OF 4 GOODYEAR WILDERNE...
Mileage: 27,000
FRONT BRAKES HAVE SEVERE VIBRATION AFTER ONLY 8000 MILE, PROBABLY DEFECTIVE ROTOR. SAW NUMEROUS COMPLAINT OF THE SAME LISTED. RECALL SHOULD BE DONE. *JB
Mileage: 7,800
TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY, DESPITE BEING SEEN BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS. THE TCM SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE. REPROGRAMMING IT DOESN'T SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE FACTORY TSB HAS BEEN DONE TWICE BUT HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES LURCH UP INTO 2ND GEAR AT LOWER...
Mileage: 21,500
TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY, DESPITE BEING SEEN BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS. THE TCM SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE. REPROGRAMMING IT DOESN'T SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE FACTORY TSB HAS BEEN DONE TWICE BUT HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES LURCH UP INTO 2ND GEAR AT LOWER...
Mileage: 21,500
TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY, DESPITE BEING SEEN BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS. THE TCM SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE. REPROGRAMMING IT DOESN'T SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE FACTORY TSB HAS BEEN DONE TWICE BUT HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES LURCH UP INTO 2ND GEAR AT LOWER...
Mileage: 21,500
THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE OF HEAVY RUST AND DETERIORATION.*AK *JB
WHEN THE REAR DOOR WAS CLOSED, THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED.*JB
BALL JOINTS ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP ARE ALREADY BAD AFTER 46K MILES. I HEARD MANY COMPLANTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM FROM OTHER OWNERS.*JB
Mileage: 46,000
FRONT BRAKE GRINDING WHEN HOT AND CONTINUAL REAR BRAKE DRUM WARPAGE. DEALER HAS TURNED THE DRUMS ONCE AND I HAVE HAD IT DONE INDEPENDANTLY TWICE. WARPAGE CONTINUES WITHIN 5-7000 MILES.
Mileage: 7,000
FRONT BRAKE GRINDING WHEN HOT AND CONTINUAL REAR BRAKE DRUM WARPAGE. DEALER HAS TURNED THE DRUMS ONCE AND I HAVE HAD IT DONE INDEPENDANTLY TWICE. WARPAGE CONTINUES WITHIN 5-7000 MILES.
Mileage: 7,000
FRONT BRAKE GRINDING WHEN HOT AND CONTINUAL REAR BRAKE DRUM WARPAGE. DEALER HAS TURNED THE DRUMS ONCE AND I HAVE HAD IT DONE INDEPENDANTLY TWICE. WARPAGE CONTINUES WITHIN 5-7000 MILES.
Mileage: 7,000
FRONT BRAKE GRINDING WHEN HOT AND CONTINUAL REAR BRAKE DRUM WARPAGE. DEALER HAS TURNED THE DRUMS ONCE AND I HAVE HAD IT DONE INDEPENDANTLY TWICE. WARPAGE CONTINUES WITHIN 5-7000 MILES.
Mileage: 7,000
SHIFTS INTO NETURAL WHILE DRIVING WILL NOT UPSHIFT FROM LOWER GEAR VECHICLE STILL AT DEALER STILL HAS NOT DIANOSONED PROBLEM HAS HAD SINCE 2/6/03 WHILE I PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR.
Mileage: 33,336
THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. *JB THE WINDOW HAD FALLEN ON THE CONSUMER FOOT. SCC
Mileage: 50,000
THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. *JB THE WINDOW HAD FALLEN ON THE CONSUMER FOOT. SCC
Mileage: 50,000
THERE ARE NO INJURIES THAT I KNOW OF YET BUT I BELIEVE THERE COULD BE. I'M A MECHANICAL DESIGNER FOR AN ENGINEERING FIRM AND AN AVID CAR ENTHUSIAST. THE PROBLEM IS IN DODGE MAGNUM ENGINE 5.9L FUEL RAILS I''M NOT SURE WHAT ALL YEARS/MODELS/ENGINES THIS TYPE OF RAIL IS USED IN BUT MINE IS A 2001 DAKOT...
Mileage: 10,000
2001 DAKOTA QUAD CAB HAS A LOUD KNOCK IN FRONT SUSPENSION. THREE DEALERS UNABLE TO FIX. THE TRUCK HAS HAD MANY FRONT END PARTS REPLACED AND THE FRAME WELDED. FOR A TOTAL OF 10 TIMES TO THE DEALERS WITHIN A 6 MONTH PEROID. STILL UNBLE TO FIX. I AM NOW CONCERNED ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE AND SAFTEY OF VEH...
Mileage: 24,000
AUTO TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY ON ACCELEARTION. REQUIRED TRANSDUCER AND SOLENOID GOVERNOR VALVE REPLACEMENT TWICE WITHIN ONE YEAR. FIRST TIME IT WS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, ONE YEAR AND 17,901 MILES LATER, REPLACEMENT WAS REQUIRED AND NOT COVERED UNDER DODGE WARRANTY.
Mileage: 44,095
FRONT BRAKES BEGAN TO SHUDDER AT APPROXIMATELY 18K MILES. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO WESTMINSTER DODGE IN BOSTON, MA. AND WAS QUOTED $400 FOR REPLACEMENT OF FRONT ROTORS AND PADS. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I REALIZED BRAKE ROTORS SHOULD NOT WARP AT ONLY 18K MILES. I DRIVER 50/50 HIGHWAY/CITY AND DO NOT BRAKE ...
Mileage: 18,000
LOAD CLUNK COMING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION
Mileage: 4,001
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTISIDE AND THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE SIDE THREAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL. ALL FOUR TIRES AND INCLUDING THE SPARE WAS REPLACE. THE TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST/P21575R15 PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. T...
HAVE HAD 3 POWER STEERING RACKS IN 8000 MILES AND STILL NOT RIGHT. STEERING WHEEL IS COKED TO THE LEFT AND STEERING IS SLOPPY. ALSO, LOUD POPPING NOISES WHEN MAKING HARD TURNS. DT
CONSUMER NOTICE WHILE TRAVELING AC/HEATER WOULD NOT BLOW HEAT OUT VENT OR LOWER DUCK HEAT WOULD REDIRECT NOT RESPONDING TO CONTROLS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDER FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE WHOLE TIRE CAME OFF. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE WHEEL BEARING WAS BROKEN . TS
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING . ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE A SQUEAKING NOISE AND THIS HAPPENS WHEN HE IS ABOUT TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE OR WHEN HE IS BACKING OUT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE IS A LITTLE NOISE BIUT THAT IS NORMAL A...
TIRES ARE SEPERATING AROUND THE BEAD AREA. DT
SIDEWALLS HAVE SPLIT ON ALL FOUR TIRES WHICH CAME NEW WITH THE TRUCK, TWO WERE SO BAD YOU COULD SEE THE INNER SIDEWALL. THE GARAGE FAILED THE TRUCK ON INSPECTION, SAID THE TIRES WERE A SAFETY HAZARD. I DID NOT MISUSE THESE TIRES NO 4-WHEELING, NO HEAVY LOADS, NO CONSTANT LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL; WORK W...
CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH IN RESULTING INTO A IMPACTING INTO DEER VEHICLE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR
ENGINE IDLE DROPS AND ALMOST STALLS WHEN SITTING AT TRAFFIC SIGNALS OR TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS. ENGINE ALSO IDLES ROUGHLY. MILEAGE HAS DROPPED FROM 15-16 MPG IN THE CITY; DOWN TO 12-13 MPG IN THE CITY. THE DEALER HAS FLASHED THE ENGINE'S COMPUTER 2 TIMES SINCE AUGUST 2002. BUT, NEITHER FLASH ...
WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAY ALLUMINATED, DEALER NOTIFIED NOW SPARACTICALLY COMES ON. TS
I DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT DATES FOR EACH TIME THE TRANSFER CASE HAS FAILED, MY DOCUMENTS ARE IN THE VEHICLE, STILL IN IN THE SHOP. THE DEALERSHIP HAS LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT IT MIGHT BE THE WAY IT WAS DRIVEN (OF COURSE). I ASSURED THEM THIS WAS NOT THE CASE AND OFFERED FOR THEM TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ...
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH (POSSIBLY)THE BALL JOINTS. WHILE HE IS DRIVING THERE IS A CLUNKING SOUND THAT GETS WORSE WHEN TURNING ON CURVES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND IS UNABLE TO HELP. TS OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED...
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH (POSSIBLY)THE BALL JOINTS. WHILE HE IS DRIVING THERE IS A CLUNKING SOUND THAT GETS WORSE WHEN TURNING ON CURVES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND IS UNABLE TO HELP. TS OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED...
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH (POSSIBLY)THE BALL JOINTS. WHILE HE IS DRIVING THERE IS A CLUNKING SOUND THAT GETS WORSE WHEN TURNING ON CURVES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND IS UNABLE TO HELP. TS OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED...
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH (POSSIBLY)THE BALL JOINTS. WHILE HE IS DRIVING THERE IS A CLUNKING SOUND THAT GETS WORSE WHEN TURNING ON CURVES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND IS UNABLE TO HELP. TS OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED...
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH (POSSIBLY)THE BALL JOINTS. WHILE HE IS DRIVING THERE IS A CLUNKING SOUND THAT GETS WORSE WHEN TURNING ON CURVES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND IS UNABLE TO HELP. TS OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED...
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH (POSSIBLY)THE BALL JOINTS. WHILE HE IS DRIVING THERE IS A CLUNKING SOUND THAT GETS WORSE WHEN TURNING ON CURVES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND IS UNABLE TO HELP. TS OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED...
CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING 35-45 MPH WHILE ROADS WERE WET CONSUMER HIT GUARD RAILS BOUNCING BACK INTO TRAFFIC. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED ENGINE STALLS AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR
WHILE DRIVING AT 30-40 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR
COMPLAINED TO WOODS DODGE IN BREVARD NC ABOUT NOISE IN FRONT AND SLIGHT BUMP IN BRAKES AT 12000 MILES. DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL DUE TO THE TYPE OF BRAKES PADS USED AND SAID TO DRIVE IT. WE DROVE IT UNITL IT HAD 24000 MILES AT WHICH TIME THE BUMPING BECAME A SHAKE DURING BRAKING. I SUSPECTED WARPED ...
FRONT ROTORS ARE WARPED, I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN AND DODGE SAID EVERYTHING WAS OKAY THEN THEY CHARGED ME FOR THEIR TIME. THE VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE.*AK
THERE ARE NUMEROUS BLIND SPOTS INSIDE OF CAB WHEN THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE BACKING UP HEARD A LOUD POP, AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, AND WAS INFORMED THAT STEERING SHAFT BROKE.PRIOR TO INCIDENT,WHEN GOING FORWARD OR REVERSING THERE WILL BE A SHUTTER.*AK
WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IN ACTIVATED VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE.*AK
IF WE WERE TRAVELING AT A HIGHER SPEED WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERLY INJURED OR KILLED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
WHILE SHIFTING VEHICLE INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REPAIRED FIVE TIMES, BUT VEHICLE STILL HAS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
ALL FOUR TIRES ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ARE CRACKING AT THE BEAD. CRACKS ARE SEVERAL INCHES LONG. GOODYEAR DEALER SAYS "HEAT CRACKING" AND WILL REPLACE AT PRORATED VALUE. IF THESE TIRES WERE RECALLED PER YOUR WEBSITE, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. INFORMATION IS FOR PAPER TRAIL.*AK
WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES WITH SOME FORCE, THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK SUDDENLY VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT, THE TRUCK THEN VEERED DANGEROUSLY IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. THE DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE DRY PAVEMENT AND CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO BRING THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL. ...
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
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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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
WHEN SLOWED TO NEAR STOP AS WHEN PARKING, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES AS IF ACCELERATOR HAS BEEN HEAVILY DEPRESSED -- FOOT IS ON BRAKE, NOT ON ACCELERATOR. . DOES NOT OCCUR EVERY STOP. NO WARNING WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES. LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN BEING PARKED...
ENGINE STALLING WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP OR WHILE APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL FROM A STOP POSTION. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
TRANSMISSION WOULD JUMP OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING 50-55 MPH. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
THE CHECK ENGINE / MIL (MALFUNCTION IGNITION LIGHT) COMES ON & THE TRUCK RUNS ROUGH & THE GAS MILEAGE GOES DOWN TO HALF THE NORMAL AMOUNT. THE 1ST TIME WAS 11 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE & HAS HAPPENED APPROX. EVERY 3 TO 4 MONTHS SINCE. THE SPARK PLUGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AFTER FINDING 1 CRACKED, THE RIG...
THE CHECK ENGINE / MIL (MALFUNCTION IGNITION LIGHT) COMES ON & THE TRUCK RUNS ROUGH & THE GAS MILEAGE GOES DOWN TO HALF THE NORMAL AMOUNT. THE 1ST TIME WAS 11 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE & HAS HAPPENED APPROX. EVERY 3 TO 4 MONTHS SINCE. THE SPARK PLUGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AFTER FINDING 1 CRACKED, THE RIG...
THE CHECK ENGINE / MIL (MALFUNCTION IGNITION LIGHT) COMES ON & THE TRUCK RUNS ROUGH & THE GAS MILEAGE GOES DOWN TO HALF THE NORMAL AMOUNT. THE 1ST TIME WAS 11 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE & HAS HAPPENED APPROX. EVERY 3 TO 4 MONTHS SINCE. THE SPARK PLUGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AFTER FINDING 1 CRACKED, THE RIG...
THE CHECK ENGINE / MIL (MALFUNCTION IGNITION LIGHT) COMES ON & THE TRUCK RUNS ROUGH & THE GAS MILEAGE GOES DOWN TO HALF THE NORMAL AMOUNT. THE 1ST TIME WAS 11 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE & HAS HAPPENED APPROX. EVERY 3 TO 4 MONTHS SINCE. THE SPARK PLUGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AFTER FINDING 1 CRACKED, THE RIG...
VEHICLE IS LOSING POWER WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVING, AND WHEN TOWING OBJECTS, CONSUMER WILL LOSE POWER AGAIN. VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT IS ABOUT TO SHUT OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN DRIVING, ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS JERKED TO THE LEFT IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO TAKE CONTROL AWAY FROM THE DRIVER, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TIRES HAD NEVER BEEN BALANCED, A FRONT END MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH TH...
CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN DRIVING, ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS JERKED TO THE LEFT IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO TAKE CONTROL AWAY FROM THE DRIVER, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TIRES HAD NEVER BEEN BALANCED, A FRONT END MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH TH...
THE AIR CONDITIONER IS AT TIMES INOPERATIVE, THERE IS ALSO A FOUL SMELL IN THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, THE DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC
CONSUMER STATES THAT AT SPEEDS 70 MPH AND ABOVE, THE REAR VIEW MIRROR VIBRATES TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLE FROM BEHIND CAN BARELY BE SEEN, THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. *SLC
THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR, DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE LINKAGE CABLE. *SLC
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RADIO WILL NOT STAY ON OR WILL LOSE POWER, THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OFF AND ON SINCE PURCHASE, THE TECHNICIANS REPLACED SOME WIRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL, AT TIMES THE VEHICLE WILL STALL WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE AND THE DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC
REAR BRAKE LIGHTS FAIL TO OPERATE. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
I HAVE BEEN TO MY DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS AND THEY HAVE TOLD THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL LOCATION AND TRAVEL CHANGED WITH THE 2000 YEAR MODELS AND THAT MINE IS "NORMAL". THE PROBLEM AND MY CONCERN IS THAT ONE CAN PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL ANDINITIAL POSITION AND TRAVEL MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO THEN HIT THE ACCELE...
FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL AND SHAKING OF EHICLE. ROTORS WERE WARPED, AT THIS TIME ROTORS NEED REPLACEMENT AGAIN. *AK
AROUND 16,000 MILES, I NOTICED THE PULLING AND PULSATING OF THE BRAKES WHEN I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THEM EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS. TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED AND THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS WERE CRACKED. THEY CHARGED US FOR MACHINING THE FRONT ROTORS BUT REPLACED ...
AROUND 16,000 MILES, I NOTICED THE PULLING AND PULSATING OF THE BRAKES WHEN I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THEM EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS. TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED AND THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS WERE CRACKED. THEY CHARGED US FOR MACHINING THE FRONT ROTORS BUT REPLACED ...
WHEN THE VEHICLE TAKES OFF FROM A DEAD STOP THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO MOVE. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND RIGHT AFTER THAT THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND THE VEHICLE RUNS AT A HIGH RPM UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. THE PROBLEM THEN CORRECTS ITSELF TEMPORAR...
Mileage: 8,200
TWO WEEKS FROM THIS DATE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE. TOOK TIRE TO GOOD YEAR DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS A TIRE DEFECT AND THEY WOULD ONLY PRO-RATE THE TIRE. TWO DAYS AGO FROM TODAY THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE IS NOW CRACKING. GOOD YEAR DEALER SAID IT WAS...
RIGHT REAR TIRE LOCKED UP, HARD TO STEER.*AK
22 MONTH OLD CHILD HIT GEAR SHIFT LEVER FROM PARK TO DRIVE. VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, AND THE KEY WAS NOT IN IGNITION AS IT STARTED TO ROLL BACK IN GARAGE. MANUFACTURER WAS SENDING OUT AN INSPECTOR FOR VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
FRONT ROTORS STARTED WARPING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS BUT WAS NOT APPARENT UNTIL AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE WWW IT IS APPARENT THAT DODGE WILL NOT ADMIT THE DEFAULT IN HEAT DISSIPATION AND I WILL PURCHASE AFTER MARKET ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. THE BRAKING WITH SUCH ...
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A BODYGUARD SYSTEM INSTALLED.(CLAIM#51-0491-004)*JB
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE, AS IF IT WAS STILL IN DRIVE.*AK
AFTER BUYING VEHICLE WITH BUCKET SEATS, NOTICED SHOULDER BELT COMES ACROSS THE NECK. THIS IS CAUSING DRIVER TO BE CHOKED. WOULD HAVE TO PUT BELT UNDER ARM TO BE USED.*AK *TT
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE NOT DESIGNED PROPERLY TO MEET THE NORMAL DEMANDS OF EVERYDAY DRIVING. ROTORS REQUIRE TURNING EVERY 5,000 MILES. NO FACTORY IMPROVEMENT AVAILABLE. ONLY CHOICE IS TO REPLACE WITH AFTER-MARKET PARTS. DEALERS ONLY OFFER EXCUSES, BLAME DRIVING STYLE. (I AM VERY EASY ON BRAKES. MAN...
TRUCK STALLS WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE, SAME PROBLEM OCCURS AT TIMES IN DRIVE AS WELL
WE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE THE AIRBAG IN THIS VEHICLE FAILED TO DEPLOY . THE CIRCUM-STANCES UNDER WHICH THIS COLLISION HAPPENED ARE AS FOLLOWS: OUR 17 Y/O WAS COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL (WITH FRIEND AS PASSENGER). PASSENGER NOTICED 1ST A VEHICLE AHEAD OF THEM WAS SLAMMING ON THEIR BRAKES TO TURN RIGHT (W...
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL JERK/PULSATE AND SURGE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
DEFECTIVE POWER TRAIN AND THE GOODYEAR TIRES.
DEFECTIVE POWER TRAIN AND THE GOODYEAR TIRES.
PLEASE VISIT WEB SITE: WWW.DODGEDAKOTAS.COM AND GO TO "FORUMS" AND SEARCH UNDER "BRAKE PROBLEMS" FOR SUPPORTING CASES OF ROTOR FAILURE. I NOTICED MY FRONT BRAKES PULSATING AT APPROXIMATELY 16,000 MILES. I DRIVE 90% HIWAY WITH VERY LITTLE CITY TRAFFIC. I DRIVE VERY CONSERVATIVELY. (NO HARD BRAKING) R...
TRUCK WAS IN PARK SHIFTED UNEXPECTEDLY INTO REVERSE, CAUSING TRUCK TO HIT A DOCK DAMAGING TAILGATE.*AK
CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING WHILE DRIVING, THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE THIRD GEAR SEPARATING IN THE TRANSMISSION, THE WAS PROBLEM REPAIRED, HOWEVER CONSUMER SOLD THE VEHICLE. *JG *AK
CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT FRONT CV BOOT ON FRONT AXLE WAS OPEN AND CAUSED LOSS OF LUBRICANT, VEHICLE BEING TOWED TO DEALER. CV AXLE WAS SEPARATING AT SEAL, THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD.*AK *JG
1-11-2002 OIL PRESSURE PROBLEMS. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER..DONALSON MOTOR COMPANY IN SILSBEE, TEXAS. AFTER 2 DAYS THEY PHONED ME TO TELL ME THE ENGINE HAD SUFFERED A "CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE". THE CAUSE WAS "DIRTY OIL". I RUN ROYAL PURPLE-A HIGH DOLLAR SYNTHETIC OIL. T...
1-11-2002 OIL PRESSURE PROBLEMS. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER..DONALSON MOTOR COMPANY IN SILSBEE, TEXAS. AFTER 2 DAYS THEY PHONED ME TO TELL ME THE ENGINE HAD SUFFERED A "CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE". THE CAUSE WAS "DIRTY OIL". I RUN ROYAL PURPLE-A HIGH DOLLAR SYNTHETIC OIL. T...
BETWEEN 30 AND 50 MPH WHEN APPLYING NORMAL BRAKE PRESSURE THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY SOMETIMES ALMOST UNCONTROLABLY. IT STARTED AT ABOUT 12K MILES. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. THERE IS A PROBLEM!. *AK
SHIFT LEVER WILL GO INTO ANY GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE DOWN. SOMETIMES SHIFTER INDICATES VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE WHEN IT'S REALLY IN REVERSE, DRIVERS FEELS THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. DEALER HAS NOT FOUND A SOLUTION. *AK SHIFTER POPS OUT OF DRIVE OR REVERSE, STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT LOCK WHEN KEY IS RE...
SHIFT LEVER WILL GO INTO ANY GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE DOWN. SOMETIMES SHIFTER INDICATES VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE WHEN IT'S REALLY IN REVERSE, DRIVERS FEELS THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. DEALER HAS NOT FOUND A SOLUTION. *AK SHIFTER POPS OUT OF DRIVE OR REVERSE, STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT LOCK WHEN KEY IS RE...
FRONT HEAD RESTRAINTS ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH FOR PROTECTION OF HEAD. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
VEHICLE STALLS AND DOES NOT CHANGE GEARS PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE SOURCE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
ABS FAILED THREE TIME, DEALER REPLACE THE BLOWN FUSE WITH A HIGHER AMPERAGE FUSE, THIS MAKES THE ELECTRICAL SUBJECT TO OVERHEATING AND OR FIRE. DEALER ALTERED THE FUSE SYSTEM WITHOUT INFORMING THE OWNER THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY STIFF. STEERING WHEEL WAS STUCK TO THE POSITION. WHEEL WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP. *AKCONSUMER STATES THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED FOR APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES, CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE OVERNIGHT AND POWER STEERING WORKED. *SLC
A LOUD NOISE WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH. CONSUMER NOTICED SIX LUGS: NUTS HAD BROKEN OFF. ALSO, BRAKE DRUMS HAD BROKEN OFF, LYING ON SIDE OF WHEEL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
I WAS DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. TRAFFIC HAD STOPPED AND WHEN IT STARTED MOVING AGAIN, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. THERE WAS NO GRINDING. THERE WAS NOTHING. IT WAS LIKE THERE WERE NO GEARS THERE AT ALL. *AK
CAB AND BED OF VEHICLE COLLIDE WHENEVER DRIVEN OVER A HILL OR BUMP IN THE ROAD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTATCED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT ABS BRAKES SYSTEM FAILED TO ACTIVATE WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
VEHICLE CAN BE SHIFTED INTO ANY GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED TWICE FOR CORRECTION OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHILE ON A LONG TRIP TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY AND WHILE TEST-DRIVING THEIR WORK, IT FAILED AND THEY REBUILT IT FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE VEHICLE IS STILL SHIFTS IMPROPERLY. *YD
WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WILL START TO FAIL, AND WILL NOT PULL. HAD TO SHUT VEHICLE DOWN AND RESTART. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT END WAS SLIGHTLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE MOTOR HAS A PROBLEM WHEN THE...
WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WILL START TO FAIL, AND WILL NOT PULL. HAD TO SHUT VEHICLE DOWN AND RESTART. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT END WAS SLIGHTLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE MOTOR HAS A PROBLEM WHEN THE...
THIS TRUCK WAS SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF BRAKE ROTOR WARPAGE. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY INDEPENDENT GARAGE. *AK
WAS FILLING VEHICLE WITH FUEL AND CHECKED THE TIRES NOTICED SPLIT ABOUT 1 INCH FROM RIM ON ALL TIRES. CONTACTED TIRE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS URGED TO TAKE VEHICLE TO TIRE RETAILER. RETAILER INDICATED TIRES WORN OVER 40% AND WOULD CHARGE ON PRORATED BASIS FOR REPLACEMENTS. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER ST, P...
WATER HAS LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FLOORS ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THE WATER LEAKS ON 29 AUG. 01 AND 10 OCT. 01; HOWEVER, ON 7 DEC. 01, THE WATER LEAKED AGAIN CAUSING THE VEHICLES ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOT...
I WAS IN IOWA BUYING CATTLE, PULLING 24FT TRAILOR ON INTERSTATE HWY IN PROCESS OF PASSING 18 WHEELER WHEN ENGINE QUIT. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP IN IOWA NOV. 17, 2001. THE NAME OF DEALERSHIP, HARLAN AUTO PLEX. SHOP FOREMAN SUGGESTED WIRING HARNESS REPLACEMENT. REGIONAL SERVICE MANA...
I WAS IN IOWA BUYING CATTLE, PULLING 24FT TRAILOR ON INTERSTATE HWY IN PROCESS OF PASSING 18 WHEELER WHEN ENGINE QUIT. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP IN IOWA NOV. 17, 2001. THE NAME OF DEALERSHIP, HARLAN AUTO PLEX. SHOP FOREMAN SUGGESTED WIRING HARNESS REPLACEMENT. REGIONAL SERVICE MANA...
I WAS IN IOWA BUYING CATTLE, PULLING 24FT TRAILOR ON INTERSTATE HWY IN PROCESS OF PASSING 18 WHEELER WHEN ENGINE QUIT. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP IN IOWA NOV. 17, 2001. THE NAME OF DEALERSHIP, HARLAN AUTO PLEX. SHOP FOREMAN SUGGESTED WIRING HARNESS REPLACEMENT. REGIONAL SERVICE MANA...
I WAS IN IOWA BUYING CATTLE, PULLING 24FT TRAILOR ON INTERSTATE HWY IN PROCESS OF PASSING 18 WHEELER WHEN ENGINE QUIT. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP IN IOWA NOV. 17, 2001. THE NAME OF DEALERSHIP, HARLAN AUTO PLEX. SHOP FOREMAN SUGGESTED WIRING HARNESS REPLACEMENT. REGIONAL SERVICE MANA...
THIS IS SECOND NOTICE. NOW THERE WAS A MINOR ACCIDENT. WHAT NEXT?NO SAFETY DEFECT.
THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH WITH ONLY THE DRIVER IN A 2001, DODGE, DAKOTA, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE 265/70R16, DOT#4872WDWR4700, MANUFACTURED IN CANDA. GOODYEAR WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT WANT TO PAY THE COST FOR THE TIRES. *AK *YD
WAS TRAVELING 35-50MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT AND WAS HIT HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE TOWED TO BODY SHOP, AND FRONT WAS REPAIRED. HAD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE COME DOWN AND CHECK OUT AIR BAGS. INFORMED CONSUMER AIR BAGS WERE WORKING OKAY. SECOND TIME ...
AT 10,500 MILES, TRUCKS BEGAN JITTERING AND SHAKING REALLY BAD. UPON INSPECTING FRONT ROTORS, MAJOR SCARRING HAD OCCURRED. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP, REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT 11,106 MILES. WARRANTY LIKELY WILL NOT COVER REPLACEMENTS WHEN THESE FAIL, AS ALL RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THEY WILL. DODGE NEEDS...
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WHEN IT IS IN IDLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. AK VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER SEVEARL TIMES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *SLC
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WHEN IT IS IN IDLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. AK VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER SEVEARL TIMES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BOOM. PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED THAT DRIVELINE WAS ON THE GROUND AND FLUID WAS ALL DOWN THE ROAD. CONSUMER FELT IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT.*AK
SIDEWALL SEPARATION AT BEAD OF TIRE!!!. *AK (TIRESIZE: 215/75R15)
THE REAR LEFT AXLE FAILED.*JB
THE REAR LEFT AXLE FAILED.*JB
CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DE-ACTIVATE WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED. BRAKE WAS STEPPED AND RELEASED 3 TIMES, CRUISE CONTROL STILL FAILED TO DE-ACTIVATE. WAS ABLE TO FINALLY GET CRUISE CONTROL TO DEACTIVATE AFTER PUSHING IN BOTH CLUTCH AND BRAKE AT SAME TIME. CRUISE TAKES 3-5 SECONDS TO DEACTIVATE WHEN JU...
CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO CHECK ON VEHICLE, IT HAD ROLLED DOWN A MOUNTAIN. CONSUMER ALSO STATED HAD GOTTEN RECALL# 01V077000 BUT HADN'T GOT RECALL FIXED YET. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *SLC
TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES,BUT THEY FIND NO PROBLEMS.ALSO RATE OF SPEED HAS BEEN UP TO 55 MILES WHEN NOT WORKING. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
EIMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM. IN SHOP 8 TIMES OR ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS TO NO AVAIL.*AK
DRIVELINE FELL OUT OF VEHICLE. ALSO, LONG METAL TUBE CAME OUT OF TRANSMISSION. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART IN VEHICLE. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK
DRIVELINE FELL OUT OF VEHICLE. ALSO, LONG METAL TUBE CAME OUT OF TRANSMISSION. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART IN VEHICLE. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK
THE LEFT FRONT DISC BRAKE WAS EITHER LOCKED OR THE CALIPER WAS COMPRESSED ENOUGH THAT IT WAS HOLDING THE PAD ON THE DISC. THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT SLIGHTLY. I STARTED TO NOTICE AN ODD ODOR. AFTER SEVERAL MILES, I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WELL. I PULLED OFF AND NOTICED THE...
PULSATING BRAKES,HOPS ENOUGH TO FEEL VIBRATION IN DRIVER SEAT. FELT LIKE VECHICLE WAS NOT GOING TO STOP WHEN BRAKES APPLIED.*AK
WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKES STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO RIGHT. WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL ON ITS OWN IT MAKES A LOUD POP. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
I FEEL THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKES HAS TO DO WITH THE NEW ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS VERY SCARY BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO DOWN SHIFT AND THAT MAY LEAD ME INTO HAVEING AN ACCIDENT. THE SEAT IS A BIG COMFORT ISSUE SEEING THAT IS WHERE YOU SIT TO D...
I FEEL THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKES HAS TO DO WITH THE NEW ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS VERY SCARY BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO DOWN SHIFT AND THAT MAY LEAD ME INTO HAVEING AN ACCIDENT. THE SEAT IS A BIG COMFORT ISSUE SEEING THAT IS WHERE YOU SIT TO D...
I FEEL THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKES HAS TO DO WITH THE NEW ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS VERY SCARY BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO DOWN SHIFT AND THAT MAY LEAD ME INTO HAVEING AN ACCIDENT. THE SEAT IS A BIG COMFORT ISSUE SEEING THAT IS WHERE YOU SIT TO D...
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL DEAD CENTER IMPACT AT 35-40 MPH IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE HAD OVER 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL FADED TO FLOOR, NO BRAKING ACTION, AND VEHICLE REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS 8000. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE ABOUT $ 1000.00 CONSUMER INJURED LEG AND NERVE SYSTEM. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, CANNOT DUPLICATE, CANNOT REMEDY. D...
DEALER HAS HAD AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY CHECK THE PROBLEM AND DID WORK TO THE BRAKES CHANGING THE ORIGINAL SITUATION TO APPEAR THAT THEY WERE IN BETTER WORKING CONDITION WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE INDEPENDENT COMPANY. THE BRAKES ARE STILL UNSAFE.*AK
WHEN THE ENGINE IS ON AND WHILE TURNING / SHIFTING OR PLACING VEHICLE IN REVERSE RPMS WILL DROP FROM 650 DOWN TO 300, AND THERE WILL BE NO POWER FOR VEHICLE TO MOVE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY OR OUT OF THE PARKING THE TRANSMISSION WILL STAY FINE BUT WHEN DRIVEN ON THE HIGH WAY THE TRANSMISSION WILL JUMP OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT A WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
TIRE WITH 7000 MILES BLEW OUT AND SHREADED. 65 DEGREE DRIVING AT 55MPH. *AK (TIRESIZE: P255/65R16)
NO AIR FLOWS THROUGH VENTS FROM OUTSIDE VEHICLE. YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE, WHEN DRIVING WITH WINDOWS UP, NO AIR COMES INSIDE WITH DIAL SET FOR VENT. BLOWER MOVES AIR AROUND, BUT WON'T BRING AIR IN. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY SAID IT'S NORMAL SINCE THEY DROVE ANOTHER NEW VEHICLE AND IT DOES THE SAME. POSSI...
NO AIR FLOWS THROUGH VENTS FROM OUTSIDE VEHICLE. YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE, WHEN DRIVING WITH WINDOWS UP, NO AIR COMES INSIDE WITH DIAL SET FOR VENT. BLOWER MOVES AIR AROUND, BUT WON'T BRING AIR IN. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY SAID IT'S NORMAL SINCE THEY DROVE ANOTHER NEW VEHICLE AND IT DOES THE SAME. POSSI...
THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH THIS TRUCK IS THE WINDOWS ALL FOG/FROST UP INCLUDING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE DEFROSTER/HEATER IS NOT SUFFICIANT ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE WINDOWS. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE REQUESTED THE CANCELATION OF MY CONTRACT WITH TH...
JUMP A LITTLE WHEN HITTING ROUGH SPOTS IN THE ROAD. PROBLEM BECAME EVIDENT WHEN TRAVELING ON A LONG GRAVEL ROAD
WHILE DRIVING AROUND 50 MPH LOUD NOISE CAME FROM LEFT REAR WHEEL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NO FLUID WAS IN BACK OF TRUCK. *AK
WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY IN FIRST GEAR VEHICLE SURGES BACK AND FORTH VIOLENTLY.WHEN THIS HAPPENS, CONSUMER HAS TO STOP VEHICLE AND START IT UP AGAIN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. *SLC
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED OR CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
WAS PARKED INSIDE OF A SHOPPING CENTER AND STARTED VEHICLE, EXITING OUT OF PARKING LOT AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SEVERE FRONT ROTORS WARPING EVERY 2,500 MILES OR LESS. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND HAD ROTORS TURNED ON TWO OCCASIONS AND REPLACED ROTORS ON ONE OCCASION, ALONG WITH REPLACING PADS AND HARDWEAR. STILL UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER DETAILS...
WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 55 AND 60 MPH VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE . CONSUMER STATED TIRE WENT FLAT. UPON EXAMINATION, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT LEFT FRONT TIE ROD HAD BENT. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THIS PART WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND WILL COST APPROXIMATLEY $1200.00 TO REPAIR. PLEASE PRO...
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH RIGHT WHEEL CAME OFF, THEN LEFT WHEEL, CAME OFF. REAR AXLE HAD SHEARED OFF VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TAKING VEHICLE OUT OF PARK AND EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASE HANDLE BROKE IN CONSUMER'S HAND. CONSUMER WAS STEPPING OUT VEHICLE AND SAW A SMALL METAL PIECE ON GROUND. WITH ONE FOOT OUT, VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACK, KNOCKING CONSUMER TO GROUND AND DRAGGING HIM ACROSS A MAIN HIGHWAY. ...
WHILE DRIVING, FRONT END OF VEHICLE PULLS SEVERELY TO THE RIGHT, DEALER CAN NOT IDENTIFY CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONTROL ARM WAS REPLACED. CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. DEALER FOUND AIR LEAK WITH THE GAS TANK AND REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, THIS WAS CAUSING THE ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING, FRONT END OF VEHICLE PULLS SEVERELY TO THE RIGHT, DEALER CAN NOT IDENTIFY CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONTROL ARM WAS REPLACED. CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. DEALER FOUND AIR LEAK WITH THE GAS TANK AND REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, THIS WAS CAUSING THE ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING, FRONT END OF VEHICLE PULLS SEVERELY TO THE RIGHT, DEALER CAN NOT IDENTIFY CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONTROL ARM WAS REPLACED. CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. DEALER FOUND AIR LEAK WITH THE GAS TANK AND REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, THIS WAS CAUSING THE ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING, FRONT END OF VEHICLE PULLS SEVERELY TO THE RIGHT, DEALER CAN NOT IDENTIFY CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONTROL ARM WAS REPLACED. CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. DEALER FOUND AIR LEAK WITH THE GAS TANK AND REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, THIS WAS CAUSING THE ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. *SLC
LABLE LOCATED ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS IMPROPERLY LABLED FOR A 16' TIRE, INFORMATION ON LABLE GIVES PSI FOR 15" RIM, NOT FOR 16' TIRE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS PROBLEM.
VEHICLE WAS HIT BY A DEER WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH, DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A TREE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER . *AK
RECALL 01V077 WAS COMPLETED ON VEHICLE, HOWEVER AFTER REPAIR, CONSUMER DROVE ONTO DRIVEWAY WHICH IS ON A STEEP INCLINE, WAITED FOR GARAGE DOOR TO OPEN AND WHILE CONSUMER HAD FOOT ON BRAKE, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK 2 FEET OR SO, CONSUMER PRESSED ON GAS TO FIND ENGINE HAD CUT OFF, TRANSMISSION SPECIALI...
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
THE RIGHT REAR TIRE/WHEEL PROTRUDES FARTHER OUT FROM BODY THEN LEFT TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY. I'M CONCERNED THIS COULD EFFECT THE DRIVABILTY,HANDLING AND SAFETY OF THE TRUCK IN A ACCIDENT OR IN AN EVASIVE MANEUVER. *AK
VEHICLE ABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL; MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WAS NOT COVER UNDER A RECALL. *AK
WHILE DRIVING LUGS: NUTS ON FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE CAME OFF WHICH CAUSED TIRE TO SEPARATE FROM AXLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS SIDE WINDOWS BECOME FOGGED AND FROSTED WHICH IMPAIRS DRIVER'S VISION. *AK
SERVICE 4WD LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED, HOWEVER VEHICLE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH 4WD, AFTER THE LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO STALL AT IDLE, CHRYSLER IS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASING A FLASH FOR THE PROBLEM, VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SINCE 1-5-01 TO TRY AND REPAIR PROBLEM, POSSIBLE ENGINE...
SERVICE 4WD LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED, HOWEVER VEHICLE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH 4WD, AFTER THE LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO STALL AT IDLE, CHRYSLER IS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASING A FLASH FOR THE PROBLEM, VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SINCE 1-5-01 TO TRY AND REPAIR PROBLEM, POSSIBLE ENGINE...
VEHICLE HANDLES POORLY,WANDERS,NO FEEL TO STEERING.HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER HAS STATED THAT MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT HASEN'T COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE,VERY HARD TO KEEP GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE,AND TO STAY IN THE RIGHT LANE. I DON'T F...