1995 Dodge Dakota complaints

FIBERGLASS LEER TONNEAU COVER (LOW RIDER MODEL) FELL OFF DUE TO PEGS/FASTENER FAILURE. MJS

I HAVE HAD AN ON-GOING PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT OPERATES THE FUEL INJECTION ON MY VEHICLE. AT TIMES, THE ENGINE JUST REVS UP TO SEVERAL THOUSAND RPMS WHILE I'M DRIVING AT 35 OR 45 MPH. AT OTHER TIMES. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE ENGINE IS ABOUT TO DIE ON ME. I WAS TOLD AT A DODGE DEALERSHIP THAT IT MIGHT BE THE COMPUTER THAT OPERATES THE FUEL SYSTEM. IT IS INCREASING IN BOTH FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY. IT IS GETTING TO BE A REAL PROBLEM AND I'M TOLD THAT IT MAY COST AS MUCH AS $500.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I KNOW TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE DODGE TRUCKS AND THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS COULD BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE ME ON MY OPTIONS, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY. THANK YOU, STEVEN HICKS

TRUCK WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND OFF DURING THE NIGHT CAUGHT FIRE...FIRE CHIEF AND INVESTIGATOR SAID THAT FIRE STARTED WITH SOME WIRE IN THE DASH...TRUCK IS TOTALLY GONE

FUEL TANK WHICH IS CONNECTED BY A RUBBER TUBE TO THE GAS TANK GOT LOOSE, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK, WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *AK

PLASTIC CASING AND MECHANISM BROKE, CAUSING THE DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE TO BE INOPERTIVE, WILL NOT LATCH IN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE UP. WHEN PUTTING INTO DRIVE, CLUTCH WENT OUT, CAUSING CONSUMER NOT TO MOVE VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS IN SHOP. *AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. EVERY 50,00 TO 60,000 MILES TIMING CHAIN GOES OUT. IN ADDITION, THE CONSUMER HEARS A RATTLING NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ENGINE HAS TOO MUCH WATER IN IT. ALSO, THE TAIL PIPE HAS ALOT OF SMOKE COMING FROM IT. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DRIVER'S SEATBELT BUCKLE PLASTIC CASING BROKE, CAUSING THE LOCK MECHANISM TO BE INOPERATIVE , WILL NOT LATCH RESULTING IN LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK

DRIVER TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES, THEY FAILED THEN DRIVER APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE, SKIDDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE HITTING WINDSHIELD DUE TO AIRBAG NOT DEPLOYING CAUSING INJURY.

TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. HAD TO HAVE FRONT END SEALS ON WHEELS REPLACED. SEALS WOULD BE LEAKING WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE OR PARKED. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH CONVEX MIRRORS. MIRRORS ARE HARD TOO USE BECAUSE THEY MAKE OBJECTS SEEM CLOSER THAN WHAT THEY APPEAR, AND THEY CREATE TOO MANY BLIND SPOTS BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO SMALL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NOTICED TIRES FEATHERING ON OUTSIDE EXCESSIVELY. TIRES WOULD VIBRATE IN FRONT END. TOOK TO MECHANIC & INFORMED TIRES & ALIGNMENT CANNOT BE DONE DUE TO LOWER BALL JOINTS BEING WORN OUT. ALSO, STEERING HAS TOO MUCH PLAY IN IT. *AK

BATTERY CABLE ON THE POSITIVE POST MID-WAY LAYS AGAINST THE ENGINE, BURNED THROUGH 3-4 CENTIMETERS, THROUGH THE CASING PART. ALSO STARTED TO GET TO THE WIRES INSIDE. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT TRANSMISSION SHIMMIED WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH. ALSO SHIMMIES BETWEEN 18-19 RPMS. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND CONDITION CANNOT BE CORRECTED. *AK

ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPED SUDDENLY. ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING/DESTROYED CRANKSHAFT AND BEARING. CHANGED OIL EVERY 2500 MILES.

SEAT BELT BECAME UNATTACHED AT THE TRANSMISSION TUNNEL DUE TO THE ANCHORING BOLT FALLING OUT. IT APPEARED THAT IT HAD NEVER BEEN TIGHTENED ADEQUATELY.

THE VEHICLE HIT A CEMENT WALL ON THE LEFT FRONT AT 50 TO 55MPH AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER SAYS THE VEHICLE DID NOT HIT RIGHT FOR AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. *AK

FUEL PUMPS CONTINUE TO FAILED INTERMITTENTLY.

THE WIRING HARNESS RUNS BEHIND THE ENGINE BELOW THE MANIFOLD AND TOUCHES THE MANIFOLD. WHILE DRIVING SMELLED WIRES BURNING AND VEHICLE STOPPED. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS MELTED ON THE MANIFOLD, AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHORT OUT. NO WARRANTY. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S RESTRAINTS LOCKED UP . THE PASSENGER HAD TO BE PRODDED OUT FROM THE RESTRAINT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

MANUAL DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT RELEASE FROM THE INSIDE, TO OPEN DOOR FROM THE INSIDE DRIVER MUST ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN AND INSERT KEY INTO THE LOCK, THEN LOCK WILL RELEASE.

TRANSMISSION FAILED/TRANSFER CASE AND FRONT AXLE LEAKED. ALSO OIL PUMP FAILED.

WHILE OWNER WAS DOING A ROUTINE INSPECTION OF TRUCK NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS BROKEN BEHIND THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

VEHICLE HAS NUMBEROUS PROBLEMS AND OWNER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE HE CAN FILE A COMPLAINT IN HIS LOCAL AREA.

THE FUEL GAUGE CONSTANTLY READS INCORRECTLY AND FLUCTUATES EVERYDAY. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

STEERING WHEEL LOOSE/NOISY. ALSO REPLACED LOOSE/RATTLING EXHAUST SYSTEM.

BRAKE ROTORS ARE GROOVED AND OUT OF ROUND.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT AUTOMATICALLY.

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN HEAD ON COLLISION. BOTH VEHICLES TRAVELING AT 25 MPH. THE IMPACT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO SHIFT THE ENGINE BUT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

SEAT BELTS FAILED.

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT, ALL LIGHTING SYSTEMS WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING. THE HEADLIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, AND SIDE MARKER LIGHTS WENT OUT. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE TACHOMETER STOPPED WORKING AND THE GAS MILEAGE DROPPED FROM 24.5 MPG TO 18 MPG AFTER HE FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS, THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS DUE TO A WIRING HARNESS PLUG CONNECTOR NOT BEING SUFFICIENTLY WATERPROOFED, WATER, ROAD SALTS, AND MINERALS COLLECTED AT THE WIRING SIDE OF THE CONNECTOR AND CAUSED THREE ELECTRICAL SPADES IN THE CONNECTOR TO SHORT OUT, BURNING ONE SPADE OUT COMPLETELY, CONSUMER HAD NOT HEARD BACK REGARDING THE SHIPMENT OF THE WIRING HARNESS, HOWEVER WAS TOLD IT WOULD ONLY TAKE APPROXIMATELY 7 DAYS. *SLC

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT AFTER TRUCK HAS BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 5 MILES, RECALLS ON OTHER MODELS, HOWEVER NOT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL.

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A HEAD-ON COLLISION THAT TOTALED THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER FAILED/STOPPED WORKING DUE TO POOR MATERIAL USED ON THE AIR CONDITIONER, CAUSING A LEAK, ALLOWING ALL THE COOLANT TO EVAPORATE. *AK

PISTON IN CALIPER IS MADE OF A PHONALIC MATERIAL AND FREEZES UP AFTER GETTING HOT, CAUSING THE DISC BRAKES TO STICK AND DESTROY THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS.

FRONT ROTORS WARPED, CAUSING VIBRATION.

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET/SPEED SENSOR/LEFT AND RIGHT AXLE SEALS FAILED. *AK

AIR BAG: WIFE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH HIT PICKUP VEHICLE IN LEFT REAR PANEL. VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND HIT A SEWER PIPE AND CRUMBLED FRONT END SUSPENSION. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE IS NOT IN FOR REPAIRS YET. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER 'DELAY' FEATURE NOT WORKING.

TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE MELTED OFF, CAUSING VEHICLE FIRE.

FRAME CRACKED.

OWNER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND HIT A WALL, AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES.824415 DUP OF 810099; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER'S CLOTHING TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK

TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS/SLIP'S DUE TO POOR DESIGN AS INDICATED BY OWNER. *AK.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW/STOP TO AVOID HITTING A DEER, EXPERIENCED ABS FAILURE, UPON APPYING, BRAKES, THEY GRABBED AND DID NOT RELEASE RIGHT AWAY, CAUSING WHEELS TO LOCK UP, SKIDDED AND THEN VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. *AK

POWER CONTROL MODULE REPLACED TWICE.

OWNER STATES THAT HIS TRUCK WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO HAVE A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT, TOTALING THE VEHICLE AND WITH NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. *AK