1999 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

UPPER BALL JOINTS ON PASSENGER SIDE IS MAKING LOUD POPING SOUNDS AND PAINT ON HOOD IS COMING OFF. HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT BY SOMEONE BECAUSE OF DISABILITY.

1999 DODGE DAKOTA BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE.*MR THE RACK AND PINION WAS ALSO LOOSE. *BF *NM

DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF LOOSE UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED ALL 4 OF THE BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB *NM

FOUND EXCESSIVE WEAR - UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS & INNER TIE RODS. REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS & THE INNER TIE RODS. *JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. OWNER WAS HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE COMPLETELY WORN OUT. WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION THE FRONT WHEELS WOULD SQUEAK AND CLANK. *AK *BF *NM

1999 DODGE DAKOTA HAS PROBLEMS WITH BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS.*MR THE FRONT END OF THE VEHCILE WAS LOOSE AND WOBBLING AS A RESULT. *NM

CONSUMER REPLACED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE UPPER BALL JOINT NHTSA RECALL 04596000. *AK

MY BRAKE ROTORS CONSTANTLY PULSE VERY HEAVILY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. STEERING IS EFFECTED AND THE TRUCK IS HARD TO CONTROL WHEN STOPPING. THE ABS LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY LIGHT UP. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GARAGE TO CHECK THE ABS BRAKES AND THEY SAID THE BRAKES WERE FINE BUT THEY CAN NOT REMOVE THE LIGHT ABS LIGHT. THIS WILL BE MY SECOND TIME REPLACING MY ROTORS SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW. IT HAS 85,103 MILES TODAY. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES BUT NOT THE ROTORS. *AK

LAST YEAR MY 1999 DODGE DAKOTA, 5.2L SLT FAIL IT'S ANNUAL INSPECTION DUE TO FAULTY BALL JOINTS. ONE YEAR LATER AND LESS THAN 10,000 MILES THE BALL JOINTS NEED REPLACE AGAIN. I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE PART TIME AS A SECOND VEHICLE AND DO NOT DRIVE ON UNSMOOTH SURFACES. IT COST $700 LAST YEAR TO REPLACE THE BOTTOM BALL JOINTS AND I AM NOT LOOKING FOWARD TO PAYING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE STEARING IS VERY LOOSE AND HARD TO CONTROL. I TURN THE WHEEL AND THE WHEELS DO NOT REACT IN A TIMELY MANNOR. IT IS ALSO HARD TO STAY IN THE DRIVING LANE. THE VEHICLE SWAYS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-45 MPH. THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 30-40 MPH, WHEN IT SUDDENLY PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED FOREHEAD/ ARM/WRIST, AND ELBOW INJURIES WHEN IMPACTING THE STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PULL A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK POLICE REPORT AVAILABLE.*AK