2000 Dodge Dakota complaints

WE HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THE ROTORS. 4 OF THE TIMES THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS AND ONCE THEY ONLY CUT THEM. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND THIS IS NOT NORMAL AS THE DEALER TRIED TO CLAIM IN THE BEGINNING. THE 4TH TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS AND DISC BRAKE PADS ON THE FRONT AND ALSO REPLACED THE VALVE , WITH SWITCH ASSEMBLY, BRAKE COMBINATION. THIS WORK WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE AT 34,281 MILES AND NOW WE ARE AT 45,000 APPROX. AND THE ROTORS ARE SHOT AGAIN FOR A 5TH TIME. THIS TIME IN THE VEHICLE ALSO NEEDED TO HAVE THE SWAY BAR BUSHING REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 1 YEAR OLD.*AK

DEALER SAID THAT THE ROTORS AND PADS SHOULD BE REPLACED EVERY 12K MILES....AT MY EXPENSE. NO WARRANTY FOR BRAKE PARTS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WOBBLES. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK ROTORS WERE REPLACED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS WOBBLYING AGAIN AFTER 4,000 MILES. *YH

ROTORS HEATED UP AND WARPED AT 9000 MILES AND VEHICLE HAD A BOUNCY RIDE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS, THE PADS WERE LEFT ON BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LOOK WARN. *SLC

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES IN GRAVEL SAND ON STREET, FRONT TWO TIRES WILL LOCK UP, AND REAR WHEELS WILL NOT SLIDE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER FAILED TO PROPERLY FIX THE BRAKES AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *YH

AS I WAS DRIVING ALONG, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF, AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE HOOD. I OPENED THE HOOD, AND ALL THE WIRING IN THE ENGINE BAY WAS ON FIRE. THE TRUCK WAS A COMPLETE LOSS DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE. *AK

WARPED ROTORS AT 11000 MILES DEALER REPLACED. 16000 WARPED AGAIN. DEALER SAYS THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH NO SOLUTION. *AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND CAME UPON A STOP LIGHT. STARTED TO SMELL BURNING WIRES. THEN, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. INSURANCE TOTALED VEHICLE.*AK *SLC

MY TRANSMISSION STICKS AT INTERMITENT TIMES THE FIRST TIME IT DID THIS I WAS GOING 75PH ON THE FREEWAY AND COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE BACK INTO GEAR.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A POPPING SENSATION COMING FROM FRONT END. *AK LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT REPLACED, STEERING SHAFT FREPLACED, HOWEVER POPPING NOISE STILL EXISTS. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND THERE IS TIRE WEAR. *SLC

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED ABOUT EVERY 15000 MILES. *AK *SLC

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS CAUSED BURNS TO CONSUMER'S SKIN. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION BACK END OF VEHICLE DROPPED AND LEANED TO LEFT. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER ,AND NOTICED LEFT BACK RIM CRACKED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE BOUNCES WILDLY AND BRAKE VIBRATION TRANSFERS TO BRAKE PEDAL. DURING NONE BRAKING BRAKES MAKE A SCRPEING/SQUEALING NOISE. HAD ROTORS TURNED AT DEALERSHIP PROBLEM TEMPORAILY GOT BETTER BUT EVENTUALLY WENT BACK TO SAME PROBLEM BUT WITH NOISE. VEHICLE WAS IN WARRANTY WHEN FIRST OCCURRED AND THEY TRIED TO FIX. TRUCK IS NOW OUT OF WARRENTY AND THEY WILL NOT TRY AND FIX PROBLEM.*AK

CAN PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE AND NOT MOVE. THE DASH WILL SAY ITS IN REVERSE(DIGITAIL DASH) BUT TRUCK WILL NOT MOVE. ACTS AS IF IT IS STILL IN REVERSE. HAVE GONE TO ARBITRATION, AND THEN REFILE AGAIN .DISTIRCT MANAGER SAYS IT IS NOT UNSAFE. *AK

CAN PUT MY TRUCK INTO REVERE AND IT WILL NOT MOVE. THE DASH SAYS ITS IN REVERSE(DIGITAL READ OUT) BUT ACTS AS IF IT IS STILL IN NEUTRAL. HAVE FILE ARBITRATION AND HAD TO REFILE AFTER DISATISFACTION OF OUTCOME. DAIMLER CHRYSLER SAYS ITS NOT UNASFE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AROUND A SLIGHT CURVE THE DRIVER RAN OFF THE ROAD WITH THE TWO RIGHT WHEELS OF THE TRUCK, WHEN HE GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AND SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL LOCKED UP AMD STEERED HIM INTO A TREE TOTALING THE VEHICLE. NLM

FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 5,000 SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AT 18,000 ALSO DRUMS THIS TIME

THERE IS PLAY IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL MOVE APPROXIMATELY 1/8 TO 1/4" UP AND DOWN. THE DEALER CLAIMS IT'S BECAUSE OF THE COLLASPABLE STEERING COLUMN.

AT 6000 MILES I HAD A JERK WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, I GOT MUCH WORSE AS TIME WENT ON. AT 14000 MILES I FINALLY HAD THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE ROTORS BECAUSE BRAKING WAS VERY DANGEROUS. NOW AT 30000 I ONCE AGAIN HAVE PROBLEMS. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE ROTORS VERY SOON AGAIN AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE REAR DRUMS ARE ALSO WARPED. I ALSO HAVE A AWFUL SQUEEL COMING FROM ALL 4 BRAKES. I WORK WITH 3 PEOPLE THAT HAVE 97 OR NEWER AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

AT 35,000 MILES FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. PRIOR TO THIS, ROTORS WERE TURNED AT 16,000 MILES AND 21,000 MILES. ALSO, IF CRUISE CONTROL IS SET BETWEEN 58-60MPH VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFT 3 GEARS AND WILL GO TO 4500 RPMS, AND THEN ACCELERATE SUDDENLY TO 65 MPH. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TIMES, BUT HAS RECEIVED NO SATISFACTION. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

DIP STICK WILL NOT FULLY SEAT IN TUBE, PERMITTING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK FROM TUBE DURING VEHICLE OPERATION. FLUID DRIPS ONTO HOT ENGINE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS OFF SET 1.25-1.50 INCHES TO THE RIGHT, THIS IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO WHINE AND MAKE NOISE OVER SMALL BUMPS WHILE TRAVELING A LIGHT SPEED. *SLC

VEHICLE GAVE NO WARNING TO FIRE OPERATED FINE UNTIL SHUT DOWN TO INVESTIGATE SMOKE. DEALERSHIP IS NOT WANTING ME TO KNOW CAUSE OF FAILTY WIRE AT POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER.*AK

ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED AND RESURFACED THREE TIMES, AND REPLACED ONCE. DEALER REFUSING TO HONOR WARRANTY.*AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED,DEALER REPLACED AT NO COST,DEALER SAID THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED SO SEVERELY AFTER 15000 MI OF NORMAL DRIVING THAT BRAKING WAS DANGEROUS DUE TO VIBRATION. DEALERSHIP REPLACED ROTORS, AND THEY WARPED AGAIN WITHIN 2500 MI AFTER REPAIR. DODGE WANTS TO CHARGE ME $700 FOR REPAIRS DUE TO THEIR DEFECT!*AK

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER A HEAD-ON COLLISON WHILE TRAVLING AT 65 MPH. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING TO AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER YET. *AK

RIGHT REAR BRAKES GRAB/LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT THE BRAKES CONTINUE TO LOCK UP. NLM

VEHICLE DIES IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND BACKING UP INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. ALSO, THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION.*AK *SLC

THE RIGHT REAR BRAKES LOCKS UP AND RELEASE AT LOW SPEEDS, WE TESTED (MECHANIC) THE BRAKES AND THE ABS DIDN'T WORK AT SOMETIMES, BUT THEN AGAIN IT WORK FINE. *AK

THE POSITION OF THE IGNITION SWITCH IS LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO STEERING WHEEL. POINT OF EXTRA KEYS DANGLING FROM KEY RING CAN SWING AND BECOME LODGED IN HOLE IN BACK OF STEERING WHEEL DURING LEFT HAND TURN. END RESULT IS STEERING LOCKED AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE MADE TO PLUG HOLES ON BACK SIDE OF STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME AND PROBLEM CAN EASILY BE DUPLICATED. I HAVE TEMPORARILY PUT DUCT TAPE OVER HOLES TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

SUBJECT: DAKOTA EXT. CAB 4X4. W/ 3.9L FUEL INJECTED ENGINE. DAIMLER CHRYSLER LEADS CONSUMERS TO BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE WOULD AVERAGE 18 MILES PER/GAL. HIGHWAY DIVING. I NOW HAVE 5400 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE AND THE BEST HIGHWAY MILEAGE I'M ABLE TO OBTAIN IS 13 MILES/PER GAL. AND ABOUT 10MI./PER GAL. CITY ON AN AVERAGE WINTER DAY. I'VE HAD THIS TRUCK INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND THEY FIND NOTHING OUT OF SPECS WITH THE ENGINE OR IGNITION. IS ANYONE OTHER THAN MYSELF EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM WITH THERE VEHICLE AND WHY IS DAIMLER CHRYSLER ALLOWED TO USE FALSE DOE-EPA INFORMATION TO MARKET THERE TRUCKS? I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS SUBJECT.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ABS BRAKING SYSTEMS WAS DEFECTIVE, AND VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. *AK REAR WHEELS LOCK UP DURING SNOW CONDITIONS BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *YH

AS OF 10/22/00 UNTIL 01/14/01 I HAVE HAD 18 PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. WONT START AT DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT WILL RESTART AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. TRANSMISSION STAYS IN 3RD GEAR OR SLIPS IN & OUT OF GEAR. BRAKES MAKE GROWLING NOISE & SHUTTER. TRUCK WILL DIE WITH NO WARNING. HAS SPARK KNOCK WITH 87 OR 89 OCTANE FUEL. MANY PROBLEMS.*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS A LITTLE MORE THAN 12,000 MILES ON IT, AND IT HAS BEEN AT REPAIR SHOP TWICE FOR WARPED ROTORS. BRAKE PEDALL GOES TO FLOOR WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED. ON. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS FOUR TIMES.*AK

DEALER DIAGNOSED "WOBBLE" WHILE BRAKING AS WARPED ROTORS AND POSSIBLE WARPED REAR DRUMS. THIS AFTER 18000 MILES OF "NORMAL" DRIVING CONDITIONS. I SERIOUSLY QUESTION THE CAPABILITIES OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM THAT FAILS AFTER SUCH SHORT USE UNDER MAINLY HIGHWAY DRIVING. THIS IS APPARENTLY A CONDITION ON DAKOTAS THAT IS BECOMING MORE PREVELENT AND NOTICES. SAFETY ISSUES WITH "UNDERENGINEERED" BRAKE SYSTEM SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. THANK YOU. *AK

THE BACK REST BROKE AT THE WELD THAT HOOKS TO THE LOWER SEAT CAUSING THE SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER DID NOT LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. NLM

WHENEVER VEHICLE STOPS CONSUMER HEARS A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. DEALER SAID IT WAS FUEL IN THE TANK. CURRENTLY, DEALER CLAIMES IT IS FUEL WHICH IS NORLMAL. *AK THE CLUNKING NOISE IS LOUD AND CAUSES VIBRATION OF THE VEHCILE. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND THE IMPACT OF VIBRATION ON THE VEHICLE. THE REAR SEAT BACK WAS LOOSE ON BOTTOM. *YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

INITIAL PROBLEM (MILEAGE 17,803)WAS THAT THE TRUCK DID NOT WANT TO START, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. TRUCK FINALLY STARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE BEFORE MENTIONED DEALER. THEY CHECKED THE CODES: NO CRANK REFERENCE SIGNAL AT POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE, REPLACED CRANK SENSOR AND RETESTED O.K. / (MILEAGE 18,809) CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR TWO DAYS, IDLE WAS ERRATIC INTERMITTENTLY, LIGHT WENT OUT. CAME BACK ON ONE DAY LATER WITH SAME ERRATIC IDL, TRUCK STALLED ONCE AT IDLE BUT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. TOOK IT AGAIN TO SAME DEALER. THEY CHECKED THE CODES, SCANNED THE SENSORS AND FOUND AN OPEN CIRCUIT INSIDE THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE. THEY ORDERED AND REPLACED THE MODULE.(MILEAGE 19,341) SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN, ERRATIC IDLE AT TIMES. RETURNED TO SAME DEALER WHO FOUND BAD GROUND CONNECTION IN THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. REPLACED THE MODULE AND IT RETESTED O.K. (MILEAGE APPROX 19, 370) WHILE DRIVING 40-45MPH VEHICLE JERKED STRONGLY AS IF ENGINE MOMENTARILY STALLED AND RESTARTED, IMMEDIATELY AFTER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE DROVE LIKE IT HAD A HEAVY LOAD IN THE BED. IDLE WAS ERRATIC AND WOULD STALL UNLESS SHIFTED INTO NUTRAL AND REVVED. THIS LASTED FOR APPROX 5 MILES. UPON STARTING UP AGAIN THE TRUCK WOULD RUN NORMALLY EXEPT THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STILL BE ON. RETURNED AGAIN TO THE SAME DEALER: THAY FOUND THE BATTERY TO FAIL LOAD TEST AND REPLACED IT. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR. IT WAS TEST DRIVEN FOR 70 MILES B

WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY INDICATION THE VEHICLE STARTED SPINNING AROUND IN CIRCLES AND HIT A CONCRETE DIVIDER DUE TO A BROKEN AXLE, THE REAR TIRE AND WHEEL ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE TIRE AND WHEEL WAS STILL MOUNTED TO THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE AXLE. THE CONSUMER WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED. *MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR , LIGHTS FLASHED ON DASHBOARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. AFTER VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY DEALER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BOLT HOLDING CALIPERS POPPED OUT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY DEALER. *AK

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT OPERATE SMOOTHLY. ON ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION MOVEMENT IS ERRATIC (JERKY); IT MOVES AS IF IT IS GETTING STUCK. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER 3 TIMES WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. THEY NOW SAY THIS OPERATION IS 'NORMAL' BEACUSE IT IS ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER CONTROLLED. THEY NOW APPEAR TO BE UNWILLING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE TO THE TRUCK. THE SUSPENSION POPS/CLUNKS WHEN MAKING SHARP RIGHT TURNS. IT OCCASIONALLY WILL ALSO POP WHEN STOPPING AND IMMEDIATELY AGAIN UPON STARTUP (GOING STRAIGHT). THE INTENSITY OF THE NOISE VARIES. DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM UNTIL IT GETS WORSE. *AK

WHENEVER SLOWING DOWN OR CHANGING GEARS, VEHICLE WOULD EITHER STUTTER OR STALL. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP SERVERAL TIMES & MECHANIC INDICATED IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT & THAT MANUFACTURER KNEW OF PROBLEM. CAN NOT RESOLVE STALLING PROBLEM. *AK

2000 DODGE DAKOTA WITH 4.7L ENGINE SKID PLATE AND 4-WHEEL DRIVE WHEN OIL IS CHANGED THE FILTER IS HARD TO REMOVE BECAUSE OF THE SSKID PLATE. THE OIL FROM THE FILTER SPILLS ON THE SKID PLATE(ABOUT 1QT.) AND ALOUD TO DRAIN ONTO THE GROUND. HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE DRIVING AROUND LEAKING OIL ON THE GROUND. *AK

MY TRUCK DIES WHEN IT IS COLD AND WARM, JERKS WHEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, AND JERKS WHEN SHFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD.. *AK

ROTORS WARPED, DEALER SAYS FIX WHEN REPLACE BRAKES AT 25000 MI. ARE THEY KIDDING?*AK