2007 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

I BOUGHT MY DODGE DAKOTA IN JULY OF 07 AND AFTER I GOT OUT OF WARRANTY THE TRANSMISSION DECIDES TO GO HAYWIRE IT GOES FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL BACK TO DRIVE THEN GETS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR AND DOESN'T GO IN REVERSE SO NOW IM GOING TO THE DEALER TO FIX THE FIRST DEFECT THAT CAUSE THE SECOND 1 TO HAPPEN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE DAKOTA CLUBCAB 4X2. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, THE GEAR BECAME STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. HE WAS UNABLE TO CHANGE GEARS. HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. FIRE AND POLICE REPORTS WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED AWAY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 28,000. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS TOWING A BOAT OUT OF THE WATER. SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE HOOD AND MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE EXPLODED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED. UPDATED 06/12/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE TIRES AND THE RIDE PERFORMANCE WAS VERY POOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE SERVICE WARRANTY AND ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER ON A SEPARATE OCCASION FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE AND PLACED ON A MASSIVE BACK ORDER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE DAKOTA. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE MOTOR WOULD REV, BUT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE WOULD BARELY MOVE WHEN IT WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE ISSUE OCCURRED EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER OVER THREE TIMES AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ONGOING FAILURE, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED HIM TO TAKE HIS VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD ATTEMPT TO WORK SOMETHING OUT. THEY LATER CALLED BACK AND STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. A CLAIM WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,000. UPDATED 03-06-09 *BF UPDATED 03/09/09. *JB

LAT YEAR WE BOUGHT A 2007DODGE DAKOTA NEW. 2 WEEKS AFTER WE DROVE IT OFF THE LOT ALL THE POWER WINDOWS WENT OUT. SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN TAKEN IN TO BE FIXED 9 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM BUT THE WINDOWS GO OUT WITH 2 WEEKS FROM REPLACING THE FUSE ALMOST EVERY TIME. WE DID SEND AWAY THE POST CARD TO CHRYSLER TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE LEMON BEFORE A YEAR FROM THE PURCHASE DATE TO ASK FOR MEDIATION TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. WE WERE TOLD TO TAKE IT IN TO BE FIXED YET AGAIN AND AGAIN AND THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY OTHER COMPENSATION OR RESOLUTION. NOW WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME TO FILE A LEMON LAW SUIT AND WE CANNOT GET ANYONE AT CHRYSLER TO CALL US BACK. *TR

NOTIFIED DEALER OF TIRE STRUTS & SHOCKS ON JULY 19, 2008 BY PHONE. LARRY SAID TO COME IN AND PICK UP WARRANTY AND FACTORY WARRANTY AND TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DODGE SERVICE DEALER LITHIA DODGE FOR WARRANTY AND TO PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. APPOINTMENT MADE TO GET VEHICLE FIXED. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2007 USED DODGE DAKOTA STILL UNDER FACTORY BASIC WARRANTY. THE TEST DRIVE WAS FINE AND WE DID NOT HEAR ANY NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION WHILE THE WINDOWS WERE UP. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME AND I HAD TURNED OFF THE RADIO AND ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW TO PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I EXPERIENCED A LOUD BANG, AND GRIND NOISE. I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AND THE NEXT DAY I HEARD THE SAME BUT THEN ALSO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR RIGHT AWAY AND STARTED HESITATING WHILE GOING FORM PARK TO REVERSE AND VISE VERSA (REVERSE TO PARK). I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DODGE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS COMMON FORM THE TRANSMISSION TO DO THAT AND DID NOT BOTHER TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC ON THE TRUCK. THEY JUST PUT THE CAR THROUGH ITS GEARS AND HEARD THE NOISES AND EXPERIENCED THE HESITATION IN THE TRANSMISSION AND SAID IT WAS NORMAL. THE TRUCK HAS 16,500 MILES ON IT AND IS A 2007 MODEL. I WANTED TO REGISTER THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I FEEL THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO GET WORSE AND COULD PUT SOMEONE'S LIFE IN DANGER IF THE TRANSMISSION DELAY AND HESITATION BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED AND THE DODGE DEALER CONTINUES TO SAYS THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DELAY AND HESITATION IS NORMAL. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2007 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB IN AUGUST OF 2007. BEFORE THE 1ST SERVICE O MY VEHICLE, MY WIFE STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND INTO DRIVE. FOR HER TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM SHE HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF ROAD, STOP THE MOTOR AND RESTART THE TRUCK. SHE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND INFORMED THEM OF THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD HER THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WHEN I DROVE THE TRUCK I ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM, ALONG WITH THE TURN SIGNALS WHEN CANCELLED WILL FLASH AN EACH SIDE AND THE WIPERS WOULD JUMP. I INFORMED THE DEALER MYSELF THAT THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD TO CALL A WRECKER AND PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IT CAN NOT BE SAFE TO PULL OVER LEAVE THE TRUCK RUNNING AND HOPE THAT THE WRECKER DRIVER DOES NOT TURN OFF MOTOR BEFORE HAULING TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH IN DRY CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT PAST FIRST GEAR. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO LET OTHER VEHICLES PASS. THE DODGE DEALER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT THERE WAS NO REMEDY AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 15,109.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PULLING HER VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY, SHE LEFT THE VEHICLE ON TO UNLOAD SUPPLIES. WHEN SHE TURNED THE IGNITION OFF, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS STRIKING THE CONTACT. SHE COULD NOT MOVE AWAY FROM DOOR BEFORE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRAG HER RUNNING OVER HER LEFT ARM. DAIMLER CHRYSLER SENT AN INSPECTOR TO INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE AND HE STATED THAT NO MANUFACTURER DEFECT WOULD CAUSE TRANSMISSION , SHIFTER OR BRAKING PROBLEMS. THE DEALER STATED THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 5,400. UPDATED 04/16/08 *BF UPDATED 04/16/08 *TR