1999 Dodge Dakota complaints

THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK ON ACCELERATION, THEN HE NOTICED THE OIL CONSUMPTION STARTED TO GO UP. IT WAS CONFIRMED THE PLENUM SEAL LEAKED. *AK *JB

THE CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS EXPERIENCED PREMATURE FAILURE. *AK *TS *JB

I TOOK MY TRUCK IN BECAUSE THE OIL PRESSURE WAS INTERMITTENTLY DROPPING TO 0 THEN BACK UP TO 40. THE DEALER PERFORMED MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL TESTS BEFORE GOING TO THE PROBLEM. I DONT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TESTS DONE WHEN THE OIL PUMP HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM POSTED ALL OVER THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND NHTSA WEBSITES. THEY SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THAT FIRST.*AK

CONUMEER HEARD A NOISE WHILE TRAVELING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 28,000,FRONT BEARINGS AND HUB ASSEMBLY FAILED 47,000.NOW SURGING IN CRUISE CONTROL. *AK

CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE KEEP ROLLING. CONSUMER PUMP BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES, THEN THE "ANTI-LOCK" AND "BRAKE" WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FUNCTIONALITY OF FRONT BRAKES WAS PARTIALLY RESTORED. DEALER DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS AND TURNED ROTORS. *PH

THERE WAS A NOISE FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR END BOLTS AND OTHER COMPONENTS CAME APART. THE DEALER REPLACED THE GEARS AND DIFFERENTIAL. THE ABS SYSTEM ALSO FAILED. *AK *NLM

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL ACCIDENT AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC *JB

THE VEHICLES FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING AND ACCIDENT. *MR *CB *NLM

I OWN A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA.( SAME SUSPENSION AS DURANGO).I WAS ADVISED BY MY MECHANIC THAT THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS, LOWER BALL JOINTS AND THE IDLER ARM WERE SEVERLY WARN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE DIASSEMBLING ALL JOINTS DID COME APART. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE HAD 73,778 MILES ON IT. 99 PERCENT OF THESE MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES, AND I WAS SURPRISED AND IRRITATED THAT THEY HAD WORN OUT SO SOON, ALSO GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD NOT CAUGHT IT PRIOR TO THE BALL JOINT SEPARATING. *AK

1999 DOGE DAKOTA. ONLY 44,000 MILES. NEEDS BOTH FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED WITH ALIGNMENT. BEEN TOLD NUMEROUS DAKOTAS HAVE THIS "PROBLEM"

1999 DODGE DAKOTA P/U LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED AT 34000 MILES. ON REMOVAL AND INSPECTION THE PART CONTAINED LUBE WHICH HAD BROKEN DOWN AND SOLIDIFIED.THE BALL AND SOCKET WERE BADLY WORN ALMOST TO THE POINT OF SEPARATION. THIS IS A SEALED AND LIFETIME LUBED PART WITH NO PROVISIONS FOR RELUBE.

VEHICLE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT HAS A FAILURE, THAT CAUSE THE" VEHICLE TO BOUNCE" WHILE DRIVING PER CONSUMER.

I NOTICE TODAY AN INVESTIGATION BY NHTSA OF COMPLAINTS ON DODGE DURANGO UPPER BALL JOINTS. I OWN A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA AND HAVE REPLACED SAME AT 48,000 MILES (AT MY OWN EXPENSE). THIS TRUCK IS THE PICKUP VERSION OF THE DURANGO. THE TRUCK STILL EXHIBITS NEGATIVE CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS LOSS OF TRACKING AND CONTROL WHEN NEGOTIATING TURNS ON BUMPY ROADS. EXAMPLE IS THE ON-RAMP TO THE VERRAZZANO NARROWS BRIDGE (I-278), BROOKLYN SIDE. THE TRUCK WILL JUMP LANES AT SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH. NOT GOOD.

HAD TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS AT APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES

SEEMS LIKE THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE DAKOTA'S AND BRAKE ROTORS IS A NEVER ENDING BATTLE. I REPLACED MY MYSELF BACK IN MARCH AFTER THE DEALER DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT THEIR IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT DISC ROTORS ON THE DAKOTA'S. I ALSO HAD THE ROTORS TURNED 6 MONTHS PRIOR BEFORE I REPLACED THEM. EVEN THE GUY THAT TURNED THE ROTORS TOLD ME THAT THE STOCK ROTORS ON THE DAKOTA'S WERE JUNK.NOW 4 MONTHS AFTER REPLACING THEM THEY ARE ACTING LIKE THET ARE WARPED AGAIN. SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET CHRYSLER (DODGE) TO OWN UP THAT THEIR IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DODGE ROTORS ON THEIR DAKOTA'S. ALSO AFTER READING SOME OTHER FORUMS I FIND THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM.*AK

THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE DIDN'T PASS AN EMISSION TEST. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *CB *NLM

THE SEAT BELT LATCHING MECHANISM STOPPED WORKING, IT WILL NOT LATCH ANYMORE. UPON CONTACTING THE LOCAL DEALERSHIPS PARTS DEPARTMENT TO ORDER NEW OEM SEAT BELT LATCH ASSEMBLIES I LEARNED THAT THIS PART FOR THIS TRUCK IS ON A "NATIONAL BACK-ORDER" WITH NO EXPECTED SHIP DATE. THIS SEEMS TO INFER THAT THIS PART IS IN HIGH DEMAND, THUS MEANING THERE IS MOST LIKELY A PROBLEM THAT ORIGINATES AT THE MANUFACTURER. THIS LATCH ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN INOPERABLE ON MY TRUCK FOR ALMOST (1) YEAR NOW, AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET THE OEM PART FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. THEY WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE STEERING KNUCKLE. PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING FLUID.*AK

ON WET OR SLIPPERY ROADS, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED {REAR ABS] THE FROMT BRAKES LOCK UP AND THE VEHICLE BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE,WITH THE REAR BRAKES PROVIDING NO ASSISTANCE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE AND TOLD BRAKES WERE WORKING TO SPEC.

CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAS BEEN REPLACE TWICE. NOW WAITING FOR THIRD WHICH IS ON BACK ORDER. *NLM

BRAKE HAVE SERVICE TWICE AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED TWICE. NOW GOING ON THE THIRD TIME. BRAKE MAKE TO MUCH NOISE AND VIBRATE. *NLM

IT SEEMS THAT BY READING NUMEROUS ONLINE BBS ABOUT DODGE DAKOTA'S, THE PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING PROBLEMS ARE VERY PREVALENT. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY FRONT ROTORS WARPING SINCE ALMOST DAY ONE WITH NO SATISFACTORY ACCOMMODATIONS BY THE MANUFACTURER OR DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT MY NEW TRUCK. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BECAUSE THIS IS CERTAINLY A WIDESPREAD SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL. PLEASE HELP THE CONSUMER. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK *SC

WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING , THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AND MY ACCELERATION DROPPED 20 MPH WHILE STILL PRESSING ON THE PEDAL. HESITATION ALSO WHILE CLIMBING HILLS. *JB

WATER PUMP FAILURE, AFTER REPLACEMENT OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER EXHAUST LEAK DETECTED, SLOW SPEED FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, GEAR STICKS FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR, ROUGH IDLING, ODOMETER READING FAILURE, ABS LIGHT STAYS ON, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS LIT, GAS TANK SENSOR FAILURE (READS EMPTY WHEN TANK IS FULL), WHEN DRIVING APPROX. 10 - 20 MPH ENGINE STALLS / SHUTS OFF, COMING TO STOP ENGINE SHUTS OFF, VEHICLE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKES APPLIED TO COME TO A STOP OR SLOWING DOWN (REAR BRAKES), ENGINE PINGS / KNOCKS IN NORMAL OPERATION AT SPEEDS FROM 30 TO 70+ MPH, AFTER THE ENGINE WARMS UP, ANTI-LOCK / ABS SENSOR OUT, FUEL GAUGE - SENDING UNIT MALFUNCTION, INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING, GASKET CRACKED / LEAKING, THERMOSTAT GASKET LEAKING, DRIVE BELT CRACKING / DETERIORATING, FUEL INDUCTION SYSTEM FAILING. PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE. PURCHASED FROM HONDA NORTH DEALER.*JB

THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *DT *JB

FRONT SUSPENSION, BALL JOINTS.*JB

RECALL REPAIRS OF FUEL TUBE. FUEL TUBE MISALIGNED DUE TO ISOLATOR CLIP NOT POSITIONED PROPERLY. *AK *JB

ENGINE PINGS OVER 30 MPH, SPEED CONTROL SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED, SUSPENSION (SWAY BAR, RACK BUSHINGS, AND CONTROL ARM) NEED TO BE REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $700.00. *JB

THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE RUBBER BOOTH ON THE CONTROL ARM WHICH HAD DISINTEGRATED. *JB

I HAVE REPLACED THE SERPENTINE BELT FIVE TIMES SINCE PURCHASING MY DAKOTA (54,000 MILES) AS A NEW VEHICLE FROM A DODGE DEALERSHIP IN '98. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REASON FOR THE CONSTANT WEARING OF THIS ITEM. IT HAS BECOME A VERY EXPENSIVE MAINTENANCE ITEM.

I HAD TO REPLACE THE HEATER CORE , $650.00, IN MY 1999 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT 4X4. THIS IS ABSURD SINCE THE VEHICLE MILEAGE IS ONLY 54834 MILES. I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER THEY STATED THE FAILURE WAS UNFORTUNATE AND THAT THEY WILL LOG-IN MY COMPLAINT.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLES' AUTOMACTIC TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING GEARS. THIS RESULTED IN OTHER PARTS IN THE TRANSMISSION BURNING OUT.(PARTS UNKNOWN). THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE RUBBER SEALS GOING BAD. THERE IS A TIS BULLETIN FOR THIS PROBLEM. TS

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. THE TRUCK HAS 47,078 MILES. TOO IT IN AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEED AN ENTIRE NEW TRANSMISSION OR THEY COULD REPAIR IT FOR $100.00 LESS THEN A FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION. I DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH A TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE SLIPPING WITH ONLY 47,000 MILES ON IT. THE SERVICE MAN TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE FRONT CLUTCH PISTON WAS WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM. HAVE YOU HAD ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS? I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE DUE TO THE LOW MILES. I FEEL AS THOUGH IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT.

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MIRRORS ON VEHICLE HAVE A MAJOR BLIND SPOT. *NLM

CONSUMER ADVISED THAT ENGINE HAS FAILED TWICE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER DIAGNOSED BOTH INCIDENTS AS THE OIL PUMP CLOGGING DUE TO OIL BEING TURNED TO SLUDGE. FIRST INCIDENT WAS IN 09/01. 2ND INCIDENT IN 12/02. TS

1999 DODGE DAKOTA R/T PICKUP REAR BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE. THEY DO NOT HOLD ADEQUATELY. WHEN THE TRUCK IS JACKED UP OFF THE GROUND AND PUT IN GEAR THE REAR BRAKES WILL FAIL TO HOLD THE WHEELS STOPPED ONCE THE ENGINE REACHES APPROXIMATELY 1000 RPM. THEY SHOULD HOLD THE WHEELS UP TO 2600 RPM. THIS CAUSES UNSAFE BRAKING, EXCESS WEAR AND WARPING OF THE FRONT ROTORS. I AM AWARE OF OTHER R/T OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND AT LEAST ONE HAS HAD THEIR TRUCK BOUGHT BACK BY DODGE RATHER THAN DEAL WITH FIXING THE PROBLEM. MY LOCAL DEALER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING.

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE SERVICED. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE UPPER DRIVER SIDE CONTROL ARM BUSHING WAS GOING OUT. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACES THE PARTS, PROBLEM REACCURED 1000 MILES LATER ON THE BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHING. CONSUMER FEELS THEIRS A DEFECT IN THIS PART. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. TS

VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER AT 35-40 MPH, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED BRUISES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. TS

THE TRANSMISSION WAS DESTROYED DUE TO AN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED CHECK VALVE. THIS STOPPED ALL FLOW TO AND FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER. *JG

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT UP TO FOURTH GEAR. CONSUMER CHECKED FLUIDS AND FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID LOW, ALSO HOT AND BROWN. AFTER ADDING FLUID THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED PROPERLY. THE DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. MR THE FAILURE WAS IN THE ONE WAY VALVE WHICH WAS REVERSED IN THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE, AND FAILED TO SHIFT TO FOURTH GEAR WHILE DRIVING. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. SCC

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOUR MONTHS AGO AND DEALER STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE PART. CONSUMER CALL EVERY OTHER MONTHS AND DEALER STILLDOES NOT HAVE THE PART. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHUTDOWN. ALSO, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, CONSUMER SHIFTED TO DRIVE INSTEAD OF REVERSE AND HIT A TREE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURY, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 5777.00.*AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAS SAME PROBLEM WITH SEAT BELTS AS STATED IN RECALL # 01 V 119 000. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

THE $11,000 IN DAMAGE WAS ALL FRONT-END DAMAGE AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

CATALYTIC CONVERTER RATTLING, MAKING NOISE. DEALER REPAIRED UNDER FEDERAL EMMISSIONS WARRANTY, 8 YEARS OR 80,000 MILES.*AK

WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MCKINNEY DODGE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS THAT WE HAVE AN INTAKE LEAK ON OUR MANIFOLD. WE HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH OUR MECHANIC TO HAVE THIS FIXED. I WENT TO THE WEST LOOP DODGE IN FT. WORTH AND PICKED UP THE MANIFOLD GASKET KIT FROM THE PARTS DEPARTMENT. UPON READING THE INSERT IT STATED THAT THE NEW BOLTS ARE NOW 1/2 INCH LONGER AND THAT THE GASKET ITSELF IS NOW THICKER AS WELL. ALSO WITH SPEAKING WITH OUR MECHANIC, HE INFORMED US THAT WE ARE THE SECOND TRUCK IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. HE WAS EVEN ABLE TO TELL US EXACTLY WHERE OUR LEAK WAS BEFORE INSPECTING IT. THIS SEEMS TO ME THAT DODGE HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND INSTEAD OF RECALLING THEIR DEFECT IN THEIR PRODUCT, THEY MADE CHANGES TO THE GASKETS AND BOLT SIZES AND ARE NOW CHARGING OVER $600 TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A DEFECT IN THEIR PRODUCT AND DODGE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE BILL AND NOT THE CONSUMER THAT HAS PURCHASED THEIR PRODUCT.*JB