2001 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA HAS HAD UPPER FRONT BALL JOINTS REPLACED DUE TO POPPING IN FRONT END, THE POPPING IS STILL THERE. FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE OF BEING WARPED CAUSING VIBRATION IN STEERING AND ROUGH BRAKING. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND HUB HAS WENT OUT CAUSING LOUD SQUEEKING NOISE WHEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD THERE IS A CONSTANT SQUEEKING NOISE NOW FROM FRONT END. THE BLOWER FAN HAS STOPPED WORKING DUE TO WIRING PROBLEMS. THE REAR END HAS A POPPING NOISE WHEN PUTTING IN PARK DODGE HOUSE SAYS THATS NORMAL (I HAVE NEVER HAD A TRUCK DO THAT BEFORE) AND U JOINTS ARE GOOD, AND I REPORTED IT TO THEM WHEN MY WARRANTY WAS GOOD AND NOW MY WARRANTY IS OUT AND I HAVE ALL THESE REPAIRS THAT I CANNOT AFFORD !!

1. CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK. 2. UPPER BALL JOING WEAR AT A DANGEROUS LEVEL. 3. I HAD TO HAVE THE PARTS REPLACED, AND I STILL HAVE THE OLD PART. THIS PART WAS RECALLED UNDER THE 4X4 VEHICLES, AND MINE IS 2WD SO I HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. I BELIEVE MY SAFETY WAS AT RISK, AND IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT A 4WD.

APPROX. 2 MONTHS AGO I HAD UPPER BALLS JOINTS REPLACED UNDER RECALL, THE DEALSHIP NOTED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS AND TIERODS WERE WORN AS WELL, WAS QUTOED APPROX. $700.00 TO BE FIXED. TODAY MY DAIUGHTER WAS STARTING TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WITH HER 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, THE TIEROD FELL OUT OF PLACE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO STOP. LUCKLY MY DAUGHTER WASN'T DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT ON A VERY BUSY STREET!!! I WANT TO KNOW WHY THERE IS A RECALL ON THE UPPER BALL JOINTS BUT NOT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS AND TIERODS, IT IS A FACT THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THESE PARTS, ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BE KILLED BECAUSE OF THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS?? THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I PURCHASE A CHRYSLER PRODUCT IF THESE MATTERS ARE NOT DEALT WITH WHEN PROBLEMS WITH DEFECTIVE PARTS ARE PRESENTED!!

AT ANY SPEED DURING BRAKING, HARD OR SOFT, THERE SEEMS TO BE A WASH BOARD EFFECT. TRUCK SEEMS TO BUCK. FROM READING OTHER REPORTS, IT SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT IS BEING IGNORED BY THE MANUFACTURER. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK WITH 62000 MILES AND AT THE TIME, THERE WAS SMOOTH BRAKING. NOW AT 73000 I HAVE THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROBLEM. I WILL NOT TAKE IT TO A DEALER, RATHER I WILL TAKE IT TO A REPUTABLE BRAKE SHOP TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED.

DT: THE DASHLIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. ALSO, THE REMOTE WOULD NOT OPEN DOORS, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HAVD TO REPLACE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE (CTM). DEALER UNHOOKED THE MODULE AND CONECTED IT BACK, AND ITWORKED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. *AK

FRONT BRAKES RUBBING ON ROTORS CAUSING BRAKE PADS TO SMOKE. THIS CAUSED THE WARPING OF THE BRAKE ROTORS. REPLACED BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 1 (ONE) MONTH. THIS TIME AFTER SMELLING THE BRAKES AND SEEING SMOKE, I TRIED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD BUT THE TRUCK WOULD BARELY MOVE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. I HAD FOUND THE FRONT LEFT CALIPER MOUNTING BOLT HAD BECOME LOOSE AND STRIPPED THE BOLT HOLE. I HELI-COILED THE HOLE AND LOCTITED THE BOLT IN PLACE.

DT: WHILE DRIVING HE NOTICED HE HAD A HARD DOWN SHIFT FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR. THE NEXT DAY IT WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD. GEAR. *AK

I BEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH A NUMBER OF FRONT SUSPENSION AND ESPECIALLY FRONT BRAKE PROBLEMS WHICH BEGAN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP ABSOLUTELY REFUSES TO INVESTIGATE MY PROBLEMS. I NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AT HIGH SPEED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. IF THERE HAD BEEN HEAVY TRAFFIC IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. I AM ABOUT O REPLACE MY THIRD SET OF FRONT BRAKE PADS AS THEY ARE UNEVENLY WEARING ON THE ROTORS. I HAVE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END CONSTANTLY, AND AT 30 MPH AND ABOVE HEAVY SOUND OF "CLUNKING."

THE CONSUMER STATED THE LOWER BALL JOINT WAS LOOSE AND THE WHEELS COULD ACTUALLY FALL OFF.

CONSUMER STATES: THAT ABS LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT, AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. THE CLUTCH PACKED IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS HALF INCH LONG , AND ITS JOB IS TO HOLD THE CLUTCHES AND LEMON SLIPPED DIFFERENTIAL, AND IT FAILED. IT CAME OUT AND SHREDDED SPEED SENSOR IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL. *AK