2001 Dodge Dakota complaints

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

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 IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. THEY DIDN'T MENTION ANY SAFETY CONCERNS. *LA

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 RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS REQUESTING A CALL BACK.*AK

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 BEFORE THE VEHICLE REACHES 100,000 MILES. I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTING SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITH CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE. ALL DISTRIBUTORS ARE BACK ORDERED ON THE PARTS SO I CAN NOT EVEN GET THE PARTS TO REPAIR MY OWN DAKOTA. I HAVE HEARD THROUGH OUR PARTS DISTRIBUTORS THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY. THESE BALL JOINTS ARE NOT SAFE! THEY DEVELOP EXTENSIVE PLAY IN THE SOCKET PART OF THE JOINT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE ONLY SAVING GRACE IS THAT THEY USUALLY START TO MAKE A LOT OF NOISE (A POPPING OR SQUEAKING SOUND WHEN THE SUSPENSION FLEXES) BEFORE THEY FALL OUT. THE SOUND USUALLY SCARES PEOPLE INTO HAVE IT CHECKED. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE ONLY REASON THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD MORE FALL APART AND CAUSE A WREAK. WES CAMPBELL. *LA

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

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

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

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 SIDE. HAD IT INSPECTED AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED TO BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY WARN AND COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME. UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED, 4 SWAY BAR BUSHINGS REPLACED. THE DAKOTA AND DURANGO FRONT END COMPONENTS NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED FOR EARLY FAILURE BEFORE THERE IS AN ACCIDENT AND/OR DEATH.*AK

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 IF YOU WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS HAPPENED, DODGE HAS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK

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

WHILE DRIVING THERE WOULD BE HEAVY VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALERSHIP/MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE WEARING OUT. *AK

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 WOULD HAVE NOT SEEN THIS NEWS REPORT I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THIS CAME APART. SO NOW I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT TO THE DEALER TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIX IT. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY TRUCK LIKE THIS. I THEN DID SOME MORE INVESTIGATING ON THE INTERNET AND TO MY SUPPRISE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. YOU WOULD THINK DODGE WOULD HAVE NOTICED THIS BY NOW. THE THING THAT SCARES ME IS THAT MY 2 YEAR OLD SON HAS RIDDEN IN THE TRUCK WITH ME A LOT. IF THOSE BALL JOINTS WOULD HAVE FAILED GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO US. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE PEOPLE START GETTING HURT.*AK

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. THIS VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO MAROONE/DODGE SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED WHERE IT SAT TO THIS DAY. CONSUMER STATED IT WAS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM SINCE THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS. THEY HAVEN'T OBTAINED NO INFORMATION ON THEIR VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE A/C ONLY WORKED ON HIGH DUE TO A FAULTY BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. THE POWER STEERING MADE NOISE INTERMITTENTLY. THE GAS CAP WAS LOOSE WHICH CAUSED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. THE DRIVER SEAT HANDLE CAME APART *PH *NLM

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 COMPRESSES. THE WORK WAS DONE UNDER WARANTY (29,000 MILES). THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME IS THAT IT TOOK 2 ATTEMPTS AT THE DEALER TO GET IT FIXED, AND THAT ALL THE THINGS I'VE BEEN READING INDICATE PROBLEMS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE! AM I JUST A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN? IS DAIMLER CHRYSTLER GOING TO OWN UP TO DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OR DO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FIRST?*AK

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 RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM YET. CONCERNED ABOUT OVERALL SAFETY OF DAKOTA OWNERS. WE HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA.*AK

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 OWNS A 1995 DAKOTA THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ONCE THE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED, NOT BY A DODGE DEALERSHIP, THE NOISE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. THERE ARE MANY REVIEWS STATING THIS ISSUE BUT CHRYLER DOES NOTHING TO ADDRESS IT. THE ONLY THING I AM LEFT TO DO IS PAY $800-$1000 TO REPAIR IT. I UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT AFFORD THIS AND RISK HAVING IT BREAK AT ANYTIME. *AK

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 TIGHTENED THEM UP. THE NOISE PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS POSSIBLY THE SWAY BARS. THEN THE OCT. 10, 2003 I WAS DRIVING AND WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, SOMETHING POPPED IN THE FRONT END, THE FRONT END DROPPED DOWN AND I LOST STEERING OF THE TRUCK. THIS WAS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE THE TRUCK VERY SLOWLY OVER TO DEALMAKER DODGE AND THEY LOOKED AT IT (NEVER TEST DROVE IT, JUST LOOKED AT IT). THEY STATED THAT THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED BUT THAT MAYBE THE SWAY BARS GAVE WAY. TIM (SERVICE MGR) STATED THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO ORDER BUSHINGS AND A PART FOR THE STEERING BOX AND THAT UNTIL THEY CAME IN THE TRUCK WOULD BE SAFE TO DRIVE. UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT FEEL IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE - WE PARKED THE TRUCK IN OUR DRIVEWAY UNTIL THE PARTS CAME IN. WE ASKED WHY THIS HAPPENED TO A FAIRLY NEW TRUCK AND TIM (SERVICE MGR) COULD NOT ANSWER US, HE DID NOT KNOW. WE TOOK THE TRUCK IN ONCE THE PARTS ARRIVED AND HAD IT WORKED ON. WHEN I WENT TO PICK IT UP, I ASKED TIM (SERVICE MGR) WHAT DID THEY DO TO THE TRUCK (REPAIRS)? HE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW BUT THAT HIS WARRANTY GIRL WAS OUT OF THE OFFICE AND THAT THEY WOULD MAIL ME A COPY OF THE PA

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 STILL DON'T HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX IT AND WE JUST SAW A NEWS REPORT (ON DURANGOS THAT ALSO MENTIONED DAKOTAS BEING WORSE) SHOWING HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO DRIVE A VEHICLE WITH BAD UPPER BALL JOINTS (BROKE OFF AND WHEEL AND ALL WENT ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC). ON THEIR WORD THAT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE, WE TOOK AN OUT OF TOWN TRIP THIS WEEKEND. I THANK GOD THAT WE MADE THE TRIP SAFELY! WHEN IS A RECALL GOING TO BE MADE ON BOTH THE DAKOTA AND DURANGO? OUR DODGE DEALER SEEMS TO BE DRAGGING THEIR FEET GETTING THE PARTS TO FIX OURS, AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY DAKOTA UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THIS CONDITION IS AND DODGE NEEDS TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM ASAP! *LA

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

UPPER BALL JOINT ON BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE ARE FAILING. VEHICLE ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 40000 MILES ON IT. JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. *LA

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

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

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 POINT OF COMPLETE LOSS OF ABILITY TO SEE FORWARD, HAD TO OPEN SIDE WINDOW TO PULL OVER AND CLEAN FOGGING OFF WINDSHIELD. *JB

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

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. *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 RIM AND INSPECTING INSIDE OF SIDEWALL. REFUSED TO CONSIDER PROBLEM AS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. DID OFFER PRO-RATED REPLACEMENT AS WARRANTY ISSUE. Z8JB

SEVERE FLOODING OF PASSENGER FLOOR OF VEHICLE. ELECTRICAL RISK. MOLD & ALLERGY PROBLEM. *JB

PREMATURE CORROSION OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CAUSING FAILURE OF NYS VEHICLE INSPECTION

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 NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. *SCC *JB

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 FRONT END, AND THEY COULD NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG, AND I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE RELATED. *PH

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

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 45% WEAR AND ADVISIED THAT THIS CONDITION WOULD NOT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS AND TO JUST WAIT UNTIL PADS ARE WORN ENOUGH TO WARRANT A BRAKE JOB. I REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS IMMEDIATELY AS THIS CONDITION IS DANGEROUS AND COMMON TO THIS VEHICLE. I FEEL A RECALL OF THE FRONT ROTORS IS IN ORDER. THIS CONDITION AFFECTS STOPPING TIME!!

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 SAME PROBLEM.*AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTING,SLIPPING,POOR ACCELARATION. PREVIOUSLY COMPLAINED ABOUT NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN TURNING. BAD IDLE AND POOR FUEL ECONOMY.*AK

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

WARPED ROTORS. *AK

EARLY FAILURE OF VEHICLE BALL JOINTS. VEHICLE HAS 51000 MILES ON IT, AND BALL JOINTS ARE FAILING.*AK

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 STILL THE SAME PROBLEM. PERHAPS DODGE HAS A LACK OF VENTILATION ON THE DAKOTA ROTORS. SEEMS LIKE A RECALL PROBLEM!*AK

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

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 BOOTS FRONT END HAS BAD KNOCKING SOUND. 2 GOODYEAR TIRES SLOW LEAK. PROBLEMS STARTED AT 1,254 MILES, AND KEEP GOING AT 26,000 MILES. *AK

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 BRAKE LINE TO BREAK OFF. CHRYSLER ACCEPTED NO RESPONSIBILITY. THE MAIN FACTOR WAS FAILURE OF THE UPPER BALL JOINT WHICH WAS A SEALED UNIT. *SCC *JB

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 LOOK IN TO IT" AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS SMELL IS DANGERUS BECAUSE I HAVE TWO YOUNG INFANTS AS WELL AS MY WIFE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER'S FRONT TIRE SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER DIAGNOSED CAUSE AS DEFECTIVE UPPER BALL JOINT.*AK