2001 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

MY WIFE DROVE MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT DURING THE SNOW DAYS AND COMPLAINED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER. OVER A FEW WEEKS, I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THEY WOULD FLICKER, ALONG WITH THE DASH LIGHTS, TAILLIGHTS, DOME LIGHT, AND BRAKE LIGHTS. THEN, AS I HAD NOT BEEN DRIVING AT NIGHT MUCH, I HAD MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WITH ME COMING FROM RICHMOND TO CONNERSVILLE, IN, AND THIS BECAME SEVERE WHILE IT WAS RAINING WITH FOG. ALL LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF AND COME BACK ON, THEY WOULD ALSO GO OFF EVERYTHING THE DELAYED WIPERS WOULD GO WORK. THEN THE DELAYED WIPERS WOULD GO EVERYTIME THE LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER. AS THE DODGE DEALER COULD NOT NARROW THE PROBLEM DOWN WITHOUT SPENDING MUCH MONEY, I TRIED TO TROUBLESHOOT MYSELF SINCE I DID NOT BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WAS WHAT THEY INSTRUCTED IT MAY BE. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, IT ENDED UP BEING WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS, THE BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM) OR CENTRAL TIMING MODULE (CTM) OR TIME AND ALARM MODULE WHICH ARE ALL THE SAME THING BUT THE NAME HAS CHANGED AT TIMES. THIS MODULE CONTROLS THE LIGHTS, WIPERS, KEYLESS ENTRY, ETC. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ME AND MY DAUGHTER DUE TO THIS MODULE THAT ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS BY PEOPLE PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE OF HEADLIGHTS OR NOT SEEING MY TAILLIGHTS AT TIMES. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS IN DODGE FORUMS AND HAVE SEEN WHERE DODGE KNOWS THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM (MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY KEEP RENAMING THE DEVICE). I JUST TODAY HAD THE MODULE THAT I ORDERED PROGRAMMED IN MY TRUCK WHICH WAS OVER $300. A USED MODULE WILL NOT WORK DUE TO THE VIN BEING "BURNED IN MEMORY" IN ROM. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I SPENT MONEY ON LABOR FOR THE DEALER TO FIND THAT OUT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION! I COULD NOT DRIVE AT NIGHT UNTIL THEY COULD PROGRAM IT DUE TO THE RISKS! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE. HE STATED THAT THE STEERING WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DISENGAGED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE LOWER BALL JOINTS NOT BEING LUBED. IN ADDITION, THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE RUBBING AGAINST THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE FRONT LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS. THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,689 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,471.

2001 DODGE DAKOTA AND THE NOT ABLE TO BE REMEDIED AND INADEQUATE 4.7L ENGINE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE ELECTRIC SHIFT TRANSFER CASE DID NOT FULLY ENGAGE INTO GEAR WHEN THE CONTACT MOVED THE TRANSFER CASE SELECTOR SWITCH. HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND CALLED THE DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. ONE WEEK LATER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD TO RESCHEDULE DUE TO A LACK OF PARTS. THE REPAIR WAS RESCHEDULED FOR MAY; HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT NO REPAIRS WERE DONE ON SATURDAYS. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,250.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V555000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT). HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND WHEN HE RETRIEVED IT, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HE BELIEVES THAT THE RECALL REPAIR CAUSED THE CLOCK SPRING TO FAIL. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $197 TO REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,300 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,970. UPDATE 04-02-08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT UNTIL AFTER HE PICKED THE VEHICLE UP FROM HAVING A RECALL PERFORMED. UPDATED

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR FOUR MONTHS, THE REARVIEW MIRROR FELL FROM THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT NOTICED A CRACK THAT SPREAD ALL THE WAY DOWN THE WINDSHIELD. SHE PURCHASED ADHESIVE AND REPLACED THE REARVIEW MIRROR; HOWEVER, THE WINDSHIELD WAS STILL CRACKED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 101,300.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTED IT INTO DRIVE, WITHOUT APPLYING HIS FOOT TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR SATURATED. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE DEALER PERFORMED WORK ACCORDING TO THE TSB AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. MECHANIC THEN REPLACED THE 90 DEGREE ELBOW ON THE DRAINING TUBE. *KB

THE FUSE FOR MY DIMMER SWITCH KEPT BLOWING. AND I KEPT REPLACING. BECAUSE WITH OUT IT IN I CAN NOT SEE GAUGES. AND MY OUTSIDE MARKER LIGHT FUSE KEPT DOING SAME. I REPLACED FUSES AGAIN TODAY THEY IMMEDIATELY BLEW. I ROTATED THE DIMMER SWITCH TO THE LOWEST POSITION. AGAIN I REPLACED FUSES. THEN I TURNED ON LIGHTS AND SLOWLY ROTATED DIMMER SWITCH UP AND I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM CORNER OF INSTRUMENT PANEL NEAR WHERE SWITCH SETS IN DASH. *TR

POWER TRAIN, MANY TIMES WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR IS SHIFTED INTO A GEAR, IT IS NOT ACTUALLY IN THE GEAR SELECTED. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME. *TR