1999 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

DURING INSPECTION THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE BRAKES PULSATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STOP.*AK

MY TRUCK BEGAN HAVING STRANGE NOISES AND VIBRATIONS. I HAD MY DEALERSHIP CHECK IT FOR ME AND THE ADVISED HAVING 4 BALL JOINTS AND SWAY BAR BUSHINGS REPLACED, WHICH I DID AT A COST OF $1100. I HAVE SAVED THE OLD PARTS. I HAVE ASKED CHRYSLER FOR COMPENSATION AND THEY DENY ON GROUNDS MY TRUCK IS A 1999. MY VEICHLE HAS ONLY 44,000 MILES ON IT AND I BOUGHT IT NEW. I HAD THE WORK DONE BEFORE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED.*AK

NO HOT AIR BLOWING FROM HEATER. I TOOK IT TO TWO REPAIR FACILITYS AND BOTH CONFIRMED THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 68K MILES AND IT APPEARS THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH DAKOTAS, ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. IT IS NOT EASY TO REPLACE THE HEATER CORE AND TYPICAL COST RUN FROM $600-$1000. *AK

1999 DODGE DAKOTA WITH 64K MILES EXPERIENCED FAULTY INNER AND OUTER TIE-RODS WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AFTER MOVING FROM A PUBLIC PARKING SPACE AS THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A REAL SAFETY CONCERN IF IT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A CATASTROPHIC OUTCOME ON THE HIGHWAY.*AK

VEHICLE ENCOUNTERED FAILURE OF RIGHT FRONT BALL JOINT WHICH RESULTED IN FAILURE OF WHEEL BEARING AND BRAKE ROTOR. *BF THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE BALL JOINT HAD FAILED AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE OF THE WHEEL BEARING. THE CONSUMER DOES BELIEVE THAT THE TECHNICIANS ACCOUNT OF THE FAILURES WAS ACCURATE. *NM

ALUMINUM WHEELS LUGS:NUTS CAME OFF. CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER HAD TIGHTENED THE LUGS:NUTS, HOWEVER, THEY WILL NOT STAY TIGHTENED.*AK...EVERYTIME CONSUMER HAD WHEEL WORK DONE, FRONT WHEEL LUGS:NUTS AND BOLTS LOOSENED AFTER DRIVING ONE HOUR OR MORE. CONSUMER'S FIRST CONCERN IS FOR HIS FAMILY. ALSO, IF HE SHOULD TRADE OR SELL IT IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING A CLANKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

FRONT ROTORS NEED FREQUENT TURNING, THEY PULSE, I HAVE HAD THEM TURNED THREE TIMES AND THEY NEED IT AGAIN. I HAVE A 1999 DAKOTA, V6, AUTO 2-WHEEL DRIVE WITH 45,000 ON IT. *JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE LINE. THE BRAKE LINE WAS ROTTING OFF THE VEHICLE. OWNER WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES, AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE BRAKE LINE. ALSO, OWNER HAD TO REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS ON FOUR OCCASIONS. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CLAIMED THAT VEHICLE HAD TOO MANY MILES ON IT, AND HE WILL DO NOTHING TO ASSIST THE OWNER. *AK

OWNER OF 1999 DODGE DAKOTA REPORTING DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS IN DAKOTA AND DURANGO. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED ON HIS VEHICLE AS WELL AS THE CONTROL ARMS AND TIE RODS AT A LOW MILEAGE. *JB