1997 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

SHIFTER CABLE BROKE WHEN DRIVER WAS SHIFTING GEAR. HE CONPLAINED THAT VEHICLE SHIFTER WAS PULLING HARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT SHIFTER WAS OKAY.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00-V-199-000. IN OCT. OF LAST YEAR. DEALER HAS NOT GOTTEN PARTS IN. *AK

HEAD OF A BOLT BROKE FROM BASE OF ENGINE MANIFOLD. CONSUMER NOTICED THIS WHILE DRYING SOME PARTS ON ENGINE. BROKEN PIECE WERE NOT LEAKING ANYTHING YET. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED A GAS ODOR IN PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. PULLED OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD, AND NOTICED VEHICLE HAD LOST A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER NOTICED FRONT FUEL LINE HAD COME APART, CAUSING PROBLEM, PART NUMBER 52127657. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD BE HARD TO CONTROL. VEHICLE WOULD JUMP TO LEFT OR RIGHT SUDDENLY. DEALER HAS REPLACED BALL JOINTS 9 TIMES, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *SLC

VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED WITHOUT BACKING PLATE. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND GOING OVER A PUDDLE OF WATER , PEDAL BECAME SOFT, AND VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

DRIVER SEAT RECLINES BACKWARDS, BUT FAILED TO RETURN TO ORIGINAL POSITION. WOULD SOMETIMES BECOME STUCK AND THEN SLAMS DRIVER FORWARDS.*AK

REAR WIRING HARNESS IS PINCHED BETWEEN FRAME AND THE BED ASSEMBLY WHICH HAS CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE DEALER SOLDERED THE THREE BROKEN WIRES. *YH

AFTER PARKING VEHICLE NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM VEHICLE , FUEL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK FUEL SPRAYED WHEEL WELL AREA ADJACENT TO THE FUEL FILL AREA, THE LARGE CRACK IN THE LINE ALLOWED LARGE AMOUNTS OF GAS TO SATURATE TRUCK AND GROUND UNDER TRUCK. CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED. *SLC

I AM IN VICTORIA, BC CANADA, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS BUILT IN THE US. THE FEMALE PORTION OF THE SEAT BELT USES THE SHEATH AS A GUIDE. THIS IS HELD IN PLACE BY A WEAK PLASTIC CLIP. EVENTUALLY THIS CLIP DETERIOTATES AND THE SHEATH SLIPS DOWN, NO LONGER FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AS A QUIDE AND ONE IS ABLE TO INSERT THE SEATBELT BETWEEN THE MECHANISM AND THE GUIDE THINKING IT IS DONE UP, WHICH IT ISN'T. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. THE REPLACEMENT PART IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL. BOTH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S HAVE FAILED ON MY VEHICLE. LUCKILY, I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK