2000 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WOULD HEAT UP AND WE COULD ONLY USE FIRST GEAR. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE 25 MILES AT 55 MPH TRANSMISSION WOULD ONLY USE FIRST, REVERSE AND PARK. IT HAS BEEN TO TWO TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND TWO DEALERSHIPS AND STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. *JB

BALL JOINTS ON 2000 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4, I HAVE JUST REPLACED ALL BALL JOINT,S ON MY VEHICLE, AN WAS JUST TOLD BY A COLISION BUSINES THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR IT, DUE TO THE FACT THAT DODGE IS HIDING THE FACT OF BAD BALL JOINTS ON THEIR VEHICLES, HE ALSO SAID THAT AT 59000 MILES I SHOULD NOT HAVE NEEDED THEM REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BALL JOINT PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS NOISY AROUND 35,000 MILES . CURRENTLY, AT 50,000 MILES THE BALL JOINTS CORRODED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAD THE BALL JOINTS CHECKED AND IT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE DODGE DEALER THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THERE WERE PROBLEMS WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS. *SC *JB BALL JOINTS FAILED TIRES FELL OFF. WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE BALL JOINTS CAME APART AND THE MANY PARTS WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF IT. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD TO BUY A LEFT INTER TIE ROD END. SHE HAS TO BUY THE WHOLE RACK PINON . THE VEHICLE DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND SKIDDED 215 FEET. THE STEERING BOX BROKE OFF THE FRAME. *TC

I HAVE A 2000 DDGE DAKOTA & WENT TO GET A TIRE FIXED & LEARNED THAT MY FRONT TIRES ARE ABOUT TO FALL OFF!!! I HAD NO IDEA THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE BAD! THEN I FOUND OUT THAT A RECALL MAY BE ISSUED FOR THESE CONCIDERING HOW MANY HAVE WENT BAD!!! I AM JUST VERY LUCKY THAT MY 2 INFANT CHILDREN WERE NOT INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT DO TO A FALTY PART THAT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED YET! IS THERE GOING TO BE A RECALL???*AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THEN, THE MOTOR BLEW OUT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION JUST ACT LIKED IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL, BUT NOW I KNOW THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY WENT OUT SUDDENLY. *JB

2000 DODGE DAKOTA 78200 MILES FRONT RIGHT TIRE SHIMMIED/SHOOK AT SPEEDS FROM 40 MPH ON UP. NO NOISE OR POPPING SOUNDS HEARD. FRONT END WOULD JUMP AROUND IF A POT HOLE WAS HIT GOING AROUND A TURN. TOOK TRUCK IN FOR ALIGNMENT & TIRE BALANCING. SERVICE TECH FOUND UPPER RIGHT BALL JOINT WAS WORN OUT. HAD BALL JOINTS REPLACED. TECH REMOVED BOOT FROM BALL JOINT AND FOUND THAT NO LUBRICANT WAS PRESENT IN THE SEALED BOOT, AND THAT JOINT WAS LOOSE. *LA

FRONT DRIVE AXEL, LEFT MOUNT BROKE. DODGE HAS A TSB # 889 ISSUED ON AUG 2000, REGARDING THIS. THIS TSB COVERS THE FRONT AXEL PINNION NOSE BRACKET BOLTS WHICH MAY LOSEN. THESE LOOSE PINNION BRACKET BOLTS CANCAN CAUSE THE BRACKET TO BREAK OFF. IN ADDITION A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION WAS ISSUED TO REPLACE BRACKET BOLTS. AT THIS TIME DODGE IS TALKING ABOUT $3,400 FOR REPAIR AT MY COST. OTHERWISE I'M STILL WORK ON RESOLVING THIS ISSUE. VEHICAL HAS 52,000 MILES ON ODOMETER WITH LESS THAN 50 MILES ON FRONT DRIVE AXEL

I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, DOING ABOUT 60 MPH WHEN THE RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT ON MY 2000 DODGE DAKOTA FAILED CAUSING THE WHOLE TIRE ASSEMBLY TO FALL OFF. THE TRUCK STARTED TO SPIN ACROSS THREE LANES OFF TRAFFIC, THE TRUCK STARTED TO TURN ON ITS SIDE UNTIL IT HIT THE GUARD RAIL CAUSING IT TO LAND ON THE THREE TIRES THAT WERE LEFT ON THE TRUCK. AFTER TAKING THE TRUCK TO THE BODY SHOP THERE WAS A TOTAL OF $11,000.00 DAMAGE DONE TO THE TRUCK, AS OF RIGHT NOW IT IS STILL IN THE SHOP GETTING FIXED. *NM