1997 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION DEALERSHIPS INFORMED CONSUMER THAT FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT. *AK

WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED TECHNICIAN DETERMINED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK

PREMATURE FAILURE OF BALL JOINTS & LOWER STEERING COLUMN U-JOINTS. UPPER BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK

1997 DODGE DAKOTA - BALL JOINT PROBLEMS - PREMATURE WEAR. ALSO CAUSING TIRES TO PREMATURELY WEAR AND SCALP. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END, AND VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE REAR SEAT. STATE INSPECTOR NOTICED THAT FRONT TIRES HAD PLAY IN THEM WHILE INSPECTING THE TRUCK, AND TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO PERFORM A FRONT END ALIGNMENT BECAUSE THE TRUCK'S UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN.

I HAVE A DODGE DAKOTA THAT IS A 1997 MODEL. I HAVE REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS AT UNDER 30,000 MILES AND I NOW HAVE ONES MY MACHANIC SAYS ARE BAD AND NEED REPLACED. I WAS A WARE OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. MY MACHANIC THOUGHT IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL FOR THEM TO WEAR OUT SO FAST

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING THROUGH THE FRONT END. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT FRONT LOWER ARM BALL JOINT WORE OUT. *AK

FOR A PERIOD OF A YEAR FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SET BACK COLLAPSED. THIS HAPPENED OVER FIFTY TIMES AND WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER TRIED CLEANING THE RECLINER HANDLE AND SURROUNDING AREA, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS DUE TO DETERIORATION. *JB THE BALL JOINTS WERE WORN. *SC