2007 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

TURN SIGNALS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, WIPERS ALSO WORK INTERMITTENTLY, WINDSHIELD WASHERS WILL WORK WHEN HIGH BEAM IS USED ALSO INTERMITTENT. *TR

I WENT TO ROTATE MY TIRES ON MY 2007 DODGE DAKOTA WHICH ONLY HAS 11,773 MILES ON IT. UPON REMOVAL OF THE RIM AND TIRE THE STUD FOR THE LUG NUT SNAPPED OFF. THE MANUFACTURER WAS THE ONLY ONE TO PUT THE RIMS AND TIRES ON BEFORE I WENT TO ROTATE THEM. THE STUDS THAT HOLD THE RIM AND TIRE ON ARE DEFECTIVE FROM THE FACTORY. IT HAPPENED ONCE SO FAR. THE OLD PART IS AVAILABLE, I AM FIGHTING WITH THE DEALERSHIP RIGHT NOW FOR GETTING THIS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, SINCE THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

IN MY 2007 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB 4X4, HAVING STOPPED IN A STRAIGHT LINE, I ACTIVATED THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL. INSIDE, IT BLINKED RAPIDLY AS IF TO INDICATE A BLOWN BULB. IN MAY 2010, I REPLACED THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL BULB AND BELIEVED THE LEFT HAD NOW BLOWN. AFTER MAKING THE TURN, I ACTIVATED THE SIGNAL AGAIN BUT IT BLINKED "NORMALLY". THE PROBLEM HAS NOT REPLICATED ITSELF SINCE. *TR

I RECENTLY HAD A CAR ACCIDENT GOING 40-45 MPH IN MY 2007 DODGE DAKOTA CREW CAB, AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT OF THE OTHER VEHICLE THAT CAME INTO MY LANE OF TRAVEL. *TR

TURN SIGNAL INTERMITTENTLY FAILS. MOVING TURN SIGNAL LEVER FOR A LEFT TURN, RESULTS IN FLASHING OF RIGHT FRONT AND REAR INDICATOR LAMPS. VERY DANGEROUS AS APPROACHING TRAFFIC MAKES INCORRECT ASSUMPTION ABOUT WHICH DIRECTION THE VEHICLE IS PLANNING TO TURN. SINCE INTERMITTENT, ONE NEVER KNOWS WHICH INDICATION (LEFT OR RIGHT) WILL RESULT. FOUND INTERNET BLOGS WHERE THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK YESTERDAY MORNING DRIVING AROUND 60MPH, MY WIFE STATED THE TRANSMISSION OF OUR 2007 DODGE DAKOTA SUDDENLY DOWN-SHIFTED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR, SHE COULD NOT TRAVEL PAST 55 MPH. THE TRUCK MADE A LOUD NOISE AND SHE NOTICED THE RPM REACHING JUST OVER 4500. SHE PULLED OVER, TURNED THE TRUCK OFF THEN RE-STARTED. THE TRUCK STILL WOULD NOT SHIFT. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 36,000 MILES. TRUCK IS AT THE USED CAR DEALERSHIP GETTING CHECKED OUT AND THE MECHANIC STATED HE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE STEERING ON MY DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP FROZE UP SO THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN I COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WITHOUT REALLY PUTTING ALOT OF EFFORT INTO IT. THEN IT WOULD GET BETTER AND WHEN YOU WOULD LEAST EXPECT IT WOULD DO IT AGAIN. I WENT AROUND A CORNER AND IT HAPPENED MID TURN AND I ALMOST T-BONED A CAR IN THE DRIVER DOOR. AT THIS POINT I HAD THE CAR IN THE REPAIR SHOP AND IT WAS A BAD UNIVERSAL JOINT ON THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE JOINT. WHAT BOTHERED ME WAS THAT THE TECHNICIAN SAID DODGE REPLACES ALOT OF THESE DEFECTIVE JOINTS A WEEK. MAYBE THEY SHOULD FIX THEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED???? *TR

2007 DODGE DAKOTA SLT QUAD CAB (4-DOOR), 4WD V-8 FLEXFUEL W/49,000 MILES, PURCHASED 2 YEARS AGO WITH 22,000 MILES. DRIVE VERY CONSERVATIVELY. INFREQUENTLY HAUL LIGHT LOADS, AND HAVE NEVER HAULED A TRAILER. NOTICED FRONT-END RATTLING NOISE WHEN DRIVING OVER COMMON EVERYDAY ROAD BUMPS. FOUND BOTH TIE ROD ENDS WERE SLOPPY AND AT RISK OF FALLING OFF. ALSO FOUND THE LOWER RIGHT BALL JOINT HAD UNACCEPTABLE PLAY. HAD TO REPLACE ALL THREE PARTS. OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

ENGINE STALLED & WOULD NOT RESTART FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. WOULD EVENTUALLY RESTART AND RUN FINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN REPEAT THE SAME SEQUENCE. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING WHILE IT WAS RUNNING. DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION HAS QUIRKY RESPONSES WHEN PUT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. ANOTHER INCIDENT WE HAVE HAD WITH OUR VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING HOME ONE AFTERNOON AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED WAS THE FEELING OF SOMEONE WHO HAD PUSHED REAL HARD ON THE BRAKE FOR A MOMENT. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, I WAS THE DRIVER, AND MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS PEDAL. WHILE THIS HAS HAPPENED ONLY ONCE, TO ME THAT IS ONCE TO MANY. WE REPORTED THIS LIKE WE HAD WITH THE OTHER QUIRKS THAT I HAD MENTIONED, ONLY TO BE TOLD THE SAME THING, THAT OUR COMPUTER DID NOT STORE ANY CODES, AND THEY COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WE THEN TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO TOLD US THAT WE STILL HAD A WARRANTY AND NOT TO WORRY. AT THAT POINT I ASKED HIM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ONCE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND HIS RESPONSE WAS FOR ME TO PURCHASE ANOTHER WARRANTY. *TR