2008 DODGE DAKOTA Power Train Problems

MY ENGINE TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING. I CANNOT RESTART THE ENGINE UNTIL I HAVE STOPPED, SHIFTED TO PARK, AND CYCLED THE IGNITION TO OFF. THE ENGINE STALLING STARTED AS A LOW/SLOW IDLE CONDITION, AND NOW HAS ESCALATED TO CUTTING OFF AT FULL ACCELERATION WHILE MERGING INTO EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL DATES. I AM SELECTING THE DATE OF MY LAST REMEMBERED OCCASION.

Mileage: 57,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM TWO WHEEL DRIVE TO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BILL BRYAN CHRYSLER (3401 US-441, FRUITLAND PARK, FL 34731) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

MY FOUR WHEEL DRIVE IS ENGAGING ON IT'S OWN. THE SHIFT MOTOR ENGAGES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED AND TURNED OFF. THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WILL ENGAGE ON IT'S OWN WHILE I AM DRIVING. I HAD THE VEHICLE TESTED AT A CERTIFIED GARAGE AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE TRANSFER CASE SHIFT MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AFTER RESEARCHING DODGE/CHRYSLER ISSUES, I HAVE FOUND THAT QUITE A FEW OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE. THEY ALSO CHANGED THE TRANSFER CASE SHIFT MOTOR AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF CHRYSLER IS GOING TO FIX THEIR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE DODGE FOUR WHEEL DRIVES. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A POP LIKE SOUND FOUND OUT IN MORNING THE PINION WAS THE ISSUE AND NEIGHBOR FOUND NUT WAS LOSE AND I GOT ANOTHER AND HE IS A MECHANIC SO HE INSTALLED IT AND A WEEK LATER WAS MAKING NOISE SO I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND THEY FOUND IT LOSE AND INSTALLED ANOTHER ONE AND JUST THE OTHER DAY I TOOK IT BACK AND FOUND IT WAS LOSE SOME SO HE ORDERED ANOTHER ONE AND HE PUT SOME RETAINER OR NOT SURE BUT HE WILL PUT THE NEW NUT ON WHEN IT COMES IN AND I SEE 44,000 TRUCKS FROM 2009 TO 2010 AND TRUCKS FROM 2005 HAVE PINION PROBLEMS SO I AM AMAZED THAT 2008 HAS SAME ISSUE AND I SEE SO MANY POST BALL JOINTS I DID ONE SIDE ALREADY AND FOR GOD TO AND NOW AIR BAG I SEE AND HAD FORDS AND CHEVY AND ALL I REPAIRED ON THE WERE NORMAL THINGS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, A LOUD POPPING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE EXTERIOR REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHOM REPLACED THE PINION NUT. THE FAILURE RECURRED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V474000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

Mileage: 86,000

2008 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 IS THE BIGGEST PIECE OF JUNK I HAVE HAD 3 TRANS DONE AND TRANS LINES 3 TIMES ALL FRONT END TIE RODS STRUTS SWAY BARS WHEEL BARRINGS ROTORS RADIO AIR BAGS SEAT BELTS AND MORE REPLACED ON THIS ROLLING WHEELED PIECE OF JUNK IVE HAD PEOPLE SAY NICE TRUCK AND I SAY THANKS BUT DONT BUY ONE THEY ARE A JUNK ONLY 116K MILES ON IT AND WILL BE LOTS MORE TO SPEND ON THIS JUNK DEALER ASKED ME IF I EVER DROVE IT DOWN A DRIT ROAD AND I SAID WHY HE SAID THE TIE RODS ARE WORE OUT ON IT AND I SAID HOW THIS IS WHEN I HAD 10K MILES ON IT THEY SAID THEY THAT YOU SHOULD NOT GO ON ANY DIRT ROADS COME ON NOW WHERE ARE NO DIRT ROADS I LAUGHED AT THEM AND SAID I HAD NOT WENT ON ONE YET. NOW HOW DO ANYBODY GET THIS THING RIGHT ON GET RID OF IT WHAT A LEMON.

Mileage: 112,000

PINION BEARING FROZE UP SPINNING RACE IN REAR END HOUSING. THIS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF ALL BEARINGS AND HOUSE ASSEMBLY. PINION BEARING WAS DEFECTIVE AT THE TIME IT WAS INSTALLED. PICKUP HAS ONLY 48K MILES ON IT. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED AGREED IT WAS BAD BUT REFUSED TO HELP ON REPLACEMENT. SAID WARRANTY WAS ONLY GOOD TO 36K. THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY BUT WAS ABLE TO GET TRUCK TO GARAGE. ALL REQUIRED SERVICES HAD BEEN COMPLETED PER CHRYSLER REQUIREMENTS.

Mileage: 48,000

CRANK POSITION SENSOR FAILED CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER HARSH DOWNSHIFT FROM TRANSMISION AT SPEED AND LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEARING COULD GET SOMEONE KILLED IF IT WAS IN A INTERSECTION OR ON THE HIGHWAY REPLACEMENT SHOULD BE FREE + TOWING

Mileage: 25,000

I WAS DRIVING EAST ON A TWO LANE ROAD, AS I HEARD A SLIGHT POP COME FROM MY DRIVER SIDE TIRE. SUDDENLY AFTER THAT POP, THEIR WAS A SLIP IN THE STEERING AND I HAD NOTICED THAT MY DRIVER SIDE TIRE STARTED TO LOSE MASSIVE CONTROL, THUS JERKING AND LOCKING UP THE TRUCK IN MATTERS OF SECONDS. LUCKILY DRIVERS BEHIND ME WERE PAYING ATTENTION AND SWERVED OUT OF THE WAY NEARLY MISSING THE TRUCK. I GAINED SOME CONTROL AND PULLED INTO A NEAR BY BUSINESS. PARKED I ASSESSING THE SITUATION. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TIE ROD HAD FALLEN OFF THE CONNECTION FOR KNOW REASON AT ALL. THE TRUCK IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND 51,000 MILES, WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE. *TR

Mileage: 51,243

VEHICLE FAILS TO REVERSE, THEN JERKS IN AND OUT OF REVERSE, VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO DEALER FOR REPAIR, SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL DAKOTAS AND 1500'S AND AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO KNOWN SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, HE ALSO STATED THAT CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY KEEP ON SELLING THEM. *TR

Mileage: 250