1999 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V596000 CONCERNING UPPER BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR BRAKE WORK AND DISCOVERED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE UPP BALL JOINT RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

63000MILES AND UPPER BALL JOINT DRY AND SQUEAKING. FOUND URETHANE SEAL DETERIORATED ALLOWING WATER/SALT INTRUSION AND PURGING OF GREASE. WHY NOT DETECTED IN VEHICLE TESTING???*AK WILL REPAIR MYSELF WITH PREPPED AFTERMARKET COMPONENTS THANK YOU VERY MUCH

AT 46,000 MILES THE BALL JOINTS FAILED. THERE WAS GRINDING IN THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. HAD TO HAVE THE TIE RODS AND WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS PROBLEM. WHEN DRIVING THERE WAS A CLANKING NOISE. COULD HEAR IT WHEN PULLING IN AND OUT OF PARKING SPACES. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL FOR THESE VEHICLES WERE BETWEEN THE YEARS 2000 TO 2003. THEY WILL NOT MAKE AN EXCEPTION. *AK *NM

2 LOWER BALL JOINTS, 2 UPPER BALL JOINTS AND 2 INNER TIE RODS ALL REPLACED AT 48,600 MILES IN 2/02. NEW RECALL ONLY COVERS 2000-2004 DAKOTAS WHEN IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE 1999 MODEL SHOULD ALSO BE COVERED. REIMBURSEMENT FROM CHRYSLER FOR PARTS/LABOR/ALIGNMENT AT $806 FOR DEFECTIVE PARTS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. *NM

I HAVE A 99 DODGE DAKOTA WITH 59,000 MILES. I AM CURRENTLY HAVING MY SECOND 4WD TRANSFER CASE REPLACED. FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS AT 41,000 MILES. I USE MY 4WD APPROX 20 TIMES A YEAR AND FOR SHORT DISTANCES. I HAVE REPLACED THE U JOINTS TWICE, THE A/C COMPRESSOR ONCE DUE TO IT BEING LOCATED IN A TERRIBLE PLACE. OH, LETS DISCUSS THE BALL JOINTS AS WELL. *JB

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE UPPER BALL JOINTS AS WELL AS HAVING TO REPLACE THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON BOTH SIDES. THE OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD THE SERVICES PERFORMED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

THE CONSUMER OWNS A 99 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 WHICH HAS THE SAME UPPER BALL JOINT PROBLEM AS THE 2000-2003 MODELS. THE CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE 1999 MODEL WAS EXCLUDED. *BF *NM *SC THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE HAD 35K MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. *TC *JB

THE CONSUMER OWNS A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 WHICH HAD THE SAME BALL JOINT FAILURE AS THE OTHER MODELS RECALLED. THE CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE 1999 MODELS WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. *BF *SC THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE FAILURE WAS DO TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. *TC JB

THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE BALL JOINT RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE THE 1999 DAKAOTA WHICH HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE SCOPE OFE THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED. *BF *NM *SC *TC *JB