1997 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

RIGHT FRONT HUB WAS READY TO BREAK. WHEEL WAS LOOSE WHEN IT CAN BE WIGGLED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HAD TO REPLACE HUB. *AK

WAS DRIVING WHEN TRANSMISSION BECAME HARD TO SHIFT INTO GEARS. WOULD DOWN SHIFT INTO 3RD FROM OVERDRIVE ON ITS OWN. TOOK TO TRANSMISSION MECHANIC. WAS INFORMED THAT GEARS WERE MADE OF PLASTIC AND WERE STRIPPED, BREAKING GEAR TEETH OFF. *AK

SEATBELT DID NOT HOOK...THIS PART HAS BEEN REPLACED TWO TIMES (WITH THE DEALER PICKING UP THE COST)SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN DEC 1996. IT SEAMS TO HAPPEN ABOUT EVERY 30,000 MILES. *AK

FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. DEALER SAID FUEL LINES WERE LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS RECALL 00V199000, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED DUE TO VIN. *AK

ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON SEVERAL OCCAISIONS. BRAKE LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATES. ABS PULSATION EVEN ON DRY ROADS. FRONT PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED AT APPRX. 40000 MILES. SERVICE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT "DODGE ROTORS DO NOT LAST VERY LONG." ENGINE RATTLE BEGAN ABOUT 30000 MILES. DIAGNOSED AS A HEAT SHIELD RATTELING. SUBSEQUENTLY DIAGNOSED AND A LOOSE TIMING CHAIN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS AT AN INTERSECTION WAITING FOR LIGHT TO CHANGE AND ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN RED LIGHT TO SWITCH LANES WITHOUT LOOKING, AND RAN INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN TURNING OFF BRIGHT LIGHTS HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, CANNOT REMEDY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH NO CAUSE, INJURING PASSENGER WITH UP TO 2ND DEGREE BURNS AND CRACKING WINDSHIELD. TEMPE DODGE, TEMPE AZ WAS CONTACTED AND TECHNICIANS RAN DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND NO CAUSE FOR DEPLOYMENT. DODGE HOWEVER IS NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPAIR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MPH DRIVER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE DROPPED, TIE ROD HAD BROKEN AND GONE THROUGH RIM OF WHEEL. DEALER REPLACED TIE ROD.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL (00V-199) NOTICE ON FUEL LINE. REGARDING TO THE RECALL CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER AND THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSED AND HE DO NOT KNOW WHO WOULD EVEN BE CALLED. *YH