2001 Dodge Dakota complaints

RIGHT REAR TIRE LOCKED UP, HARD TO STEER.*AK

22 MONTH OLD CHILD HIT GEAR SHIFT LEVER FROM PARK TO DRIVE. VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, AND THE KEY WAS NOT IN IGNITION AS IT STARTED TO ROLL BACK IN GARAGE. MANUFACTURER WAS SENDING OUT AN INSPECTOR FOR VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

FRONT ROTORS STARTED WARPING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS BUT WAS NOT APPARENT UNTIL AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE WWW IT IS APPARENT THAT DODGE WILL NOT ADMIT THE DEFAULT IN HEAT DISSIPATION AND I WILL PURCHASE AFTER MARKET ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. THE BRAKING WITH SUCH A RAPID DEGRADATION IN THE ROTORS IS A HAZARD AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE SOMEONE DOES GET HURT. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A BODYGUARD SYSTEM INSTALLED.(CLAIM#51-0491-004)*JB

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE, AS IF IT WAS STILL IN DRIVE.*AK

AFTER BUYING VEHICLE WITH BUCKET SEATS, NOTICED SHOULDER BELT COMES ACROSS THE NECK. THIS IS CAUSING DRIVER TO BE CHOKED. WOULD HAVE TO PUT BELT UNDER ARM TO BE USED.*AK *TT

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE NOT DESIGNED PROPERLY TO MEET THE NORMAL DEMANDS OF EVERYDAY DRIVING. ROTORS REQUIRE TURNING EVERY 5,000 MILES. NO FACTORY IMPROVEMENT AVAILABLE. ONLY CHOICE IS TO REPLACE WITH AFTER-MARKET PARTS. DEALERS ONLY OFFER EXCUSES, BLAME DRIVING STYLE. (I AM VERY EASY ON BRAKES. MANY OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM). *AK

TRUCK STALLS WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE, SAME PROBLEM OCCURS AT TIMES IN DRIVE AS WELL

WE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE THE AIRBAG IN THIS VEHICLE FAILED TO DEPLOY . THE CIRCUM-STANCES UNDER WHICH THIS COLLISION HAPPENED ARE AS FOLLOWS: OUR 17 Y/O WAS COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL (WITH FRIEND AS PASSENGER). PASSENGER NOTICED 1ST A VEHICLE AHEAD OF THEM WAS SLAMMING ON THEIR BRAKES TO TURN RIGHT (W/O USING TURN SIGNAL). OUR DAUGHTER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE DODGE TRUCK IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION. OUR VEHICLE INCURRED RT FRONT END DAMAGE. THE OTHER VEHICLE INCURRED LT REAR/ SIDE DAMAGE. OUR DAUGHTER'S PASSENGER HURT HER KNEE WHEN IT HIT THE DASHBOARD; BUT (LUCKILY FOR US) THEY ARE FRIENDS AND DID NOT FEEL IT WAS A SERIOUS ENOUGH INJURY TO SUE OVER. BUT WE ARE CONCERNED THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY-- SHOULDN'T IT HAVE; IF THE DECERERATION/ COLLISION SPEED WAS 35 MPH??! PLS CONTACT US. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL JERK/PULSATE AND SURGE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

DEFECTIVE POWER TRAIN AND THE GOODYEAR TIRES.

PLEASE VISIT WEB SITE: WWW.DODGEDAKOTAS.COM AND GO TO "FORUMS" AND SEARCH UNDER "BRAKE PROBLEMS" FOR SUPPORTING CASES OF ROTOR FAILURE. I NOTICED MY FRONT BRAKES PULSATING AT APPROXIMATELY 16,000 MILES. I DRIVE 90% HIWAY WITH VERY LITTLE CITY TRAFFIC. I DRIVE VERY CONSERVATIVELY. (NO HARD BRAKING) RECENTLY WHILE EXITING THE HIWAY I APPLIED MY BRAKES AT 45MPH AND HAD TREMENDOUS PULSATING INSTANTLY WHICH CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO LOSE IT'S BRAKING ABILITY. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BUT IT PROMPTED ME TO GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER EXPECTING THEM TO FIND A REASON AS TO WHY THE ROTORS ARE WARPED AFTER VERY LITTLE USE. THEY TOLD ME THAT "THEY DON'T MAKE BRAKES THE WAY THEY USED TO". AFTER VIEWING THE WEB SITE NOTED ABOVE; IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS A UNDERDESIGNED ROTOR USED ON DODGE DAKOTAS AS THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DISIPATE THE HEAT GENERATED DURING NORMAL DRIVING. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME AN ACCIDENT. I DO NOT WANT TO BE DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT HAS INFERIOR BRAKE DESIGN OR MATERIALS. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT I CAN GET BETTER ROTORS AND PADS FROM AFTER MARKET MANUFACTURER'S. WHY DOESN'T DODGE USE THOSE? AS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN I GO TO MANY ACCIDENT SCENES. I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE OF A CHOICE BY THE MANUFACTURER, DODGE, TO USE LESS EXPENSIVE BRAKING COMPONENTS. BY THE WAY THE DODGE DURANGO IS ALMOST IDENTICLE TO THE DAKOTA YET HARDLY HAS ANY BRAKE ISSUES. SOUNDS LIKE THAT VEHICLE IS EQUIPED WITH THE PROPER COMPONENTS. I HA

TRUCK WAS IN PARK SHIFTED UNEXPECTEDLY INTO REVERSE, CAUSING TRUCK TO HIT A DOCK DAMAGING TAILGATE.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING WHILE DRIVING, THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE THIRD GEAR SEPARATING IN THE TRANSMISSION, THE WAS PROBLEM REPAIRED, HOWEVER CONSUMER SOLD THE VEHICLE. *JG *AK

CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT FRONT CV BOOT ON FRONT AXLE WAS OPEN AND CAUSED LOSS OF LUBRICANT, VEHICLE BEING TOWED TO DEALER. CV AXLE WAS SEPARATING AT SEAL, THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD.*AK *JG

1-11-2002 OIL PRESSURE PROBLEMS. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER..DONALSON MOTOR COMPANY IN SILSBEE, TEXAS. AFTER 2 DAYS THEY PHONED ME TO TELL ME THE ENGINE HAD SUFFERED A "CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE". THE CAUSE WAS "DIRTY OIL". I RUN ROYAL PURPLE-A HIGH DOLLAR SYNTHETIC OIL. THE PRICE TAG FOR ALL OF THIS WAS 5600.00. I TOOK A OIL SAMPLE TO THE MAUFACTURER TO HAVE TESTED. BOTH CHEMISTS THAT TESTED THE OIL REPORTED THE VISCOSITY OF THE OIL WAS INTACT. THE OIL WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. I TOOK THIS BACK TO DONALSON AND WAS TOLD THE OIL WAS THE CAUSE. I FOUND AN MECHANIC WHO GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF 3300.00 FOR THE SAME ENGINE. WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP MY TRUCK DONALSON INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD DO THE WORK FOR 3000.00. THEY HAVE HAD MY TRUCK FOR 1 MONTH AND 19 DAYS, I WENT TO PICK IT UP AND THE AIRCONDITIONER WAS NO LONGER BLOWING COLD AIR(I DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE). I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THE AC HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED WHILE REBUILDING THE MOTOR AND IT WOULD COST SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX!!!. *AK

BETWEEN 30 AND 50 MPH WHEN APPLYING NORMAL BRAKE PRESSURE THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY SOMETIMES ALMOST UNCONTROLABLY. IT STARTED AT ABOUT 12K MILES. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. THERE IS A PROBLEM!. *AK

SHIFT LEVER WILL GO INTO ANY GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE DOWN. SOMETIMES SHIFTER INDICATES VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE WHEN IT'S REALLY IN REVERSE, DRIVERS FEELS THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. DEALER HAS NOT FOUND A SOLUTION. *AK SHIFTER POPS OUT OF DRIVE OR REVERSE, STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT LOCK WHEN KEY IS REMOVED FROM SWITCH, DEALER SERVICED 5 TIMES. *TT

FRONT HEAD RESTRAINTS ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH FOR PROTECTION OF HEAD. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS AND DOES NOT CHANGE GEARS PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE SOURCE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ABS FAILED THREE TIME, DEALER REPLACE THE BLOWN FUSE WITH A HIGHER AMPERAGE FUSE, THIS MAKES THE ELECTRICAL SUBJECT TO OVERHEATING AND OR FIRE. DEALER ALTERED THE FUSE SYSTEM WITHOUT INFORMING THE OWNER THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY STIFF. STEERING WHEEL WAS STUCK TO THE POSITION. WHEEL WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP. *AKCONSUMER STATES THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED FOR APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES, CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE OVERNIGHT AND POWER STEERING WORKED. *SLC

A LOUD NOISE WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH. CONSUMER NOTICED SIX LUGS: NUTS HAD BROKEN OFF. ALSO, BRAKE DRUMS HAD BROKEN OFF, LYING ON SIDE OF WHEEL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I WAS DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. TRAFFIC HAD STOPPED AND WHEN IT STARTED MOVING AGAIN, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. THERE WAS NO GRINDING. THERE WAS NOTHING. IT WAS LIKE THERE WERE NO GEARS THERE AT ALL. *AK

CAB AND BED OF VEHICLE COLLIDE WHENEVER DRIVEN OVER A HILL OR BUMP IN THE ROAD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTATCED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT ABS BRAKES SYSTEM FAILED TO ACTIVATE WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE CAN BE SHIFTED INTO ANY GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED TWICE FOR CORRECTION OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE ON A LONG TRIP TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY AND WHILE TEST-DRIVING THEIR WORK, IT FAILED AND THEY REBUILT IT FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE VEHICLE IS STILL SHIFTS IMPROPERLY. *YD

WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WILL START TO FAIL, AND WILL NOT PULL. HAD TO SHUT VEHICLE DOWN AND RESTART. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT END WAS SLIGHTLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE MOTOR HAS A PROBLEM WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPS FOR A MOMENT AT A LIGHT OR SIGN, IT WILL SHUDDER AND CHOKE . *YH

THIS TRUCK WAS SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF BRAKE ROTOR WARPAGE. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY INDEPENDENT GARAGE. *AK

WAS FILLING VEHICLE WITH FUEL AND CHECKED THE TIRES NOTICED SPLIT ABOUT 1 INCH FROM RIM ON ALL TIRES. CONTACTED TIRE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS URGED TO TAKE VEHICLE TO TIRE RETAILER. RETAILER INDICATED TIRES WORN OVER 40% AND WOULD CHARGE ON PRORATED BASIS FOR REPLACEMENTS. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER ST, P215/75R15, WITH 10,625.*AK

WATER HAS LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FLOORS ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THE WATER LEAKS ON 29 AUG. 01 AND 10 OCT. 01; HOWEVER, ON 7 DEC. 01, THE WATER LEAKED AGAIN CAUSING THE VEHICLES ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THIS DEFECT CREATES A POSSIBLE DANGEROUS HAZARD. PROVIDED THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 65MPH ON A HIGHWAY WITH PRECIPITATION, THE LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS AND HAZARD LIGHTS COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH OR ROAD HAZARD. COULD I PLEASE BE NOTIFIED IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS ON THIS.

I WAS IN IOWA BUYING CATTLE, PULLING 24FT TRAILOR ON INTERSTATE HWY IN PROCESS OF PASSING 18 WHEELER WHEN ENGINE QUIT. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP IN IOWA NOV. 17, 2001. THE NAME OF DEALERSHIP, HARLAN AUTO PLEX. SHOP FOREMAN SUGGESTED WIRING HARNESS REPLACEMENT. REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER IN KANSAS INSISTED THE PROBLEM WAS DEFECTIVE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. 17 DAYS LATER AND 3 DIFFERENT THROTTLE POSITION SENSORS PLUS OTHER PARTS TRIED THE REGINAL MANAGER ALLOWED THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE WIRING HARNESS. DODGE SENT TO THEM THE WRONG WIRING HARNESS AND TRUCK MOTOR HAD TO BE TORN DOWN AGAIN TO INSTALL CORRECT WIRING HARNESS. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN IOWA IN SHOPT 19 DAYS AND I LIVE IN TX. ON 12-3 I WAS NOTIFIED THE TRUCK WAS FIXED AS DODGE TOLD THE DEALERSHIP TO GET THE TRUCK OUT OF THEIR SHOP. I DROVE OVER 1,000 MILES AGAIN TO PICK THE TRUCK UP TO FIND IT TORN DOWN AGAIN. THEY HAVE NOW NOTIFIED ME THE TRUCK IS FIXED, BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW IF IT IS REEALLY FIXED AND WON'T KNOW UNTIL BACK ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. DODGE WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY OF THESE TRAVEL EXPENSES INCURRED NOR HELP IN ANYWAY GETTING THE TRUCK BACK TO TEXAS. *AK

THIS IS SECOND NOTICE. NOW THERE WAS A MINOR ACCIDENT. WHAT NEXT?NO SAFETY DEFECT.

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH WITH ONLY THE DRIVER IN A 2001, DODGE, DAKOTA, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE 265/70R16, DOT#4872WDWR4700, MANUFACTURED IN CANDA. GOODYEAR WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT WANT TO PAY THE COST FOR THE TIRES. *AK *YD

WAS TRAVELING 35-50MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT AND WAS HIT HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE TOWED TO BODY SHOP, AND FRONT WAS REPAIRED. HAD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE COME DOWN AND CHECK OUT AIR BAGS. INFORMED CONSUMER AIR BAGS WERE WORKING OKAY. SECOND TIME ON 11/3/01 WAS TRAVELING 50MPH AND FELL ASLEEP. VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT SOME TREES ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. THEN, VEHICLE RETURNED TO ROAD AND HIT A UTILITY POLE.UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY EACH TIME. DRIVER SUFFERED NO INJURIES. *AK

AT 10,500 MILES, TRUCKS BEGAN JITTERING AND SHAKING REALLY BAD. UPON INSPECTING FRONT ROTORS, MAJOR SCARRING HAD OCCURRED. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP, REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT 11,106 MILES. WARRANTY LIKELY WILL NOT COVER REPLACEMENTS WHEN THESE FAIL, AS ALL RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THEY WILL. DODGE NEEDS TO REPLACE THESE FAULTY ROTORS, AS THEY ARE A HAZARD TO NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT ALSO WHOEVER MAY BE NEAR ME WHILE I'M DRIVING. DEALER STATED THAT THEY KNEW OF NO OTHER DAKOTA'S WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK (TIRESIZE: 16)

VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WHEN IT IS IN IDLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. AK VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER SEVEARL TIMES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BOOM. PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED THAT DRIVELINE WAS ON THE GROUND AND FLUID WAS ALL DOWN THE ROAD. CONSUMER FELT IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT.*AK

SIDEWALL SEPARATION AT BEAD OF TIRE!!!. *AK (TIRESIZE: 215/75R15)

THE REAR LEFT AXLE FAILED.*JB

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DE-ACTIVATE WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED. BRAKE WAS STEPPED AND RELEASED 3 TIMES, CRUISE CONTROL STILL FAILED TO DE-ACTIVATE. WAS ABLE TO FINALLY GET CRUISE CONTROL TO DEACTIVATE AFTER PUSHING IN BOTH CLUTCH AND BRAKE AT SAME TIME. CRUISE TAKES 3-5 SECONDS TO DEACTIVATE WHEN JUST CLUTCH IS PUSHED IN. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ONBOARD COMPUTER NOT SHOWING ANY PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD CRUISE CONTROL IN OTHER CARS, THIS IS NOT THE WAY IT IT SUPPOSED TO WORK.*AK

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO CHECK ON VEHICLE, IT HAD ROLLED DOWN A MOUNTAIN. CONSUMER ALSO STATED HAD GOTTEN RECALL# 01V077000 BUT HADN'T GOT RECALL FIXED YET. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *SLC

TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES,BUT THEY FIND NO PROBLEMS.ALSO RATE OF SPEED HAS BEEN UP TO 55 MILES WHEN NOT WORKING. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

EIMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM. IN SHOP 8 TIMES OR ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS TO NO AVAIL.*AK

DRIVELINE FELL OUT OF VEHICLE. ALSO, LONG METAL TUBE CAME OUT OF TRANSMISSION. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART IN VEHICLE. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

THE LEFT FRONT DISC BRAKE WAS EITHER LOCKED OR THE CALIPER WAS COMPRESSED ENOUGH THAT IT WAS HOLDING THE PAD ON THE DISC. THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT SLIGHTLY. I STARTED TO NOTICE AN ODD ODOR. AFTER SEVERAL MILES, I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WELL. I PULLED OFF AND NOTICED THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WAS SMOKING A LOT. THE WHEEL WAS VERY HOT. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO FAIR OAKS DODGE. THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND TEST DROVE IT BUT, THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THEY DID NOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF OVER HEATING ON THE BRAKE (NO DISCOLORATION OF THE ROTOR OR CRACKING ON THE PAD). I AM RELATIVELY CERTAIN THAT THE BRAKE CALIPER WAS LOCKED UP AND NOT RETRACTING FROM THE DISC PROPERLY.*AK

PULSATING BRAKES,HOPS ENOUGH TO FEEL VIBRATION IN DRIVER SEAT. FELT LIKE VECHICLE WAS NOT GOING TO STOP WHEN BRAKES APPLIED.*AK

WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKES STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO RIGHT. WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL ON ITS OWN IT MAKES A LOUD POP. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

I FEEL THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKES HAS TO DO WITH THE NEW ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS VERY SCARY BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO DOWN SHIFT AND THAT MAY LEAD ME INTO HAVEING AN ACCIDENT. THE SEAT IS A BIG COMFORT ISSUE SEEING THAT IS WHERE YOU SIT TO DRIVE. THE ENGINE IDLE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THE TRUCK IS GOING TO STALL OUT AND I WILL HAVE TO RESTART IT NOT GOOD IF YOU ARE SITTING IN A LINE OF MOVEING CARS