2001 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE VEHICLE HAS COOPER DIFINITY DAKOTA H/T TIRES, SIZE 235/75/R15 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE TREAD ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE SWERVED AND DROVE OVER THE MEDIAN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE WAS NO CRASH. THE TREAD WAS DESTROYED AND FLAPPED AGAINST THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS BACK AND LUMBAR AREA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 63,000. UPDATED 6/18/09 *CN UPDATED 06/22/09 *JB

ACCELERATION WOULD OCCUR WHEN IN PARK POSITION. IT WOULD ALSO OCCUR AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS. THIS LEAD TO THE CADILLAC CONVERTER TO MALFUNCTION AND FAIL, NEXT THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT, THE O2 SENSOR, AND VARIOUS BELTS. MY TRUCK IS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH ONLY 78,000 MILES, THE REPAIRS WILL REACH 2000.00 I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD THAT A VEHICLE WITH THESE LOW MILES SHOULD NOT OCCUR. THE CADILLAC CONVERTER IS A CA EMISSIONS ONE, WHICH IS EXPENSIVE. THIS SHOULD HAD NEVER HAPPENED, MY TRUCK IS DRIVEN 10 MILES A DAY. *TR

NEED TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING SO THAT THE AIR BAG WOULD WORK. THIS COST ME $201.64 AT A MECHANICAL SHOP. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR MODEL YEAR 2000 QUAD CAB DAKOTA TRUCKS. I'M WONDERING IF CHRYSLER ACTUALLY CHANGED THE CONFIGURATION FOR 2001 TRUCKS. *TR

MY VEHICLE WAS RECALLED BUT THE DAY I WAS GOING TO BRING IT IN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AND THE MOTOR IS NO MORE GOOD. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS GOOD AND IT WAS GOING ON FOR A WHILE. MY FATHER CHANGED THE HEAD GASKETS BUT IT DID NOT HELP. *TR

INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ON THE STEERING COLUMN NEAREST THE STEERING BOX HAS UNIVERSAL JOINT THAT FAILED. CAUSED INTERMITTENT STICKINESS IN STEERING, BEFORE JOINT COMPLETELY FAILED. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS 2001 DODGE DAKOTA HOME AT NIGHT, ON A COUNTRY ROAD, AROUND AUGUST 5, 2008 AND THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. WHEN HE GOT HOME, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT HAYWIRE, THE HORN CONTINUED TO HONK, THE DOOR LOCKS BEGAN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. WE FOUND OUT THE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE (CMT) AND CLOCK SPRING HAD FAILED AND WAS TOLD THE TRUCK WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. WE HAD BOTH REPAIRED FOR $530. I WAS TOLD THAT RECALLS EXISTED ON SEVERAL DODGE VEHICLES BUT NOT ONE OF THEM SPECIFIED OUR TRUCK. I CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY JUST SAID IT WAS NOT MY TRUCK SO I WAS OUT OF LUCK. I THEN DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS ON-LINE AND FOUND SEVERAL FORUMS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THIS YEAR OF TRUCK, PLUS SEVERAL OTHERS, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY HELP FROM DODGE EITHER. THIS IS A REALLY SERIOUS MALFUNCTION AND COULD OF CAUSE A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. I JUST NEED DODGE TO OWN UP TO THE PROBLEM AND REIMBURSE US FOR THE REPAIRS WE HAD. ALSO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM ON ALL DODGE VEHICLES, BEFORE SOMEONE GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

I ALSO HAVE A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA I BOUGHT IT USED IN 2004 AND SOMETIMES THE GEAR SHIFT DOES NOT GO WHERE THE INDICATOR SAY IT IS. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. *TR

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY OR STAYS ON. HORN WORKS ONLY SOMETIMES. DEALER SAYS I NEED A NEW CLOCKSPRING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS A PULLING SENSATION AND AN ODOR WAS PRESENT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND OBSERVED THAT THE WHEELS WERE EXCESSIVELY HOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE CALIPERS LOCKING UP, WHICH DAMAGED THE ROTORS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,776 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,876.