2005 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASH REMAINS ON AFTER STARTUP. I HAVE HAD THIS CHECKED OUT 3 TIMES BY DIFFERENT MECHANICS ALL HAVE SAID ITS A SENSOR. I HAVE HAD THE SENSOR CHANGED WHICH HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR A SHORT WHILE, WHEN I SAY A SHORT WHILE I MEAN FOR AT LEAST 2 MILES OF DRIVING AFTER FIXING. IT THEN COMES ON AND REMAINS ON. *TR

PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHTS KEEP GOING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND THE AIRBAG INDICATOR NEXT TO THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO GOES ON AND OFF AT THE SAME TIME. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, RAN OUT OF FUEL. FUEL GAUGE AND WARNING LIGHT FAILED. REQUIRED CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. FUEL GAUGE REGISTERS TANK HAS FUEL WHEN TANK IS EMPTY. REQUIRED STATE POLICE ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF HIGH DANGER ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN IN VEHICLE. *TR

STARTED MY TRUCK AND WAS TRYING TO PULL OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. I TURNED OFF THE TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. I WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATELY THAT I HAD NOT ENTERED MY STREET WITH THE TRUCK RUNNING SINCE THERE WERE MANY KIDS PLAYING AT THAT TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CUL DE SAC. MY MECHANIC SAID THE FRONT BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND WERE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. FOR OTHER REASONS I SOLD THE TRUCK LESS THAN 100 MILES LATER AND WAS CALLED BY THE BUYER IN PANIC STATING THAT HE WAS DRIVING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. HE GOT THE TRUCK TO HIS MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR BREAK LINES HAD RUSTED AND WERE THE CAUSE OF HIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I TRULY HOPE THE GOV'T DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. HOW CAN BRAKE LINES RUST WITH SO LITTLE MILEAGE? THIS IS NUTS! *TR

WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED "4LO" MULTIPLE TIMES, "4LOCK", THEN "SVC 4WD". 4LOCK AUTONOMOUSLY ENGAGED WITH NO VISUAL INDICATION. *TR

THE DRIVERS SEAT BACK WILL NOT STAY IN POSITION AND WILL GO IN A TOTAL RECLINE POSITION AT ANY TIME.THE LOCKING SYSTEM WILL NOT HOLD. THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM IF IT SUDDENLY LETS GO WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE KEY FOB CONNECTION FAILED AND A NEW KEY FOB WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

I AM A TALL DRIVER STANDING 6'9" EVEN WITH THE SEAT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND ALL THE WAY BACK. AFTER INHERITING THE 2005 DODGE DAKOTA SXT QUAD CAB PICKUP TRUCK FROM MY STEP FATHER THAT PASTED AWAY IN OCTOBER OF 2013. I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND MY RIGHT KNEE HIT THE KEY WHILE IN THE ON POSITION KNOCKING INTO THE AUXILIARY POSITION TURNING THE TRUCK ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF. ALL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON THE AC SHUT OFF TURNED OVER TO HEAT AND STARTED GETTING VERY HOT INSIDE THE TRUCK. WE WHEN TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER THEY HOOKED UP OF A MACHINE THAT GAVE THEM A CODE THAT SAID OUR COMPUTER WAS OUT OF FACTORY SPEC'S. THE GUY SAID IF WE WANTED IT TO BE LOOKED AT TO BE DIAGNOST.WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $198.00 TO HAVE THEM SEP UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR US TO BRING IT IN AND PUT IT ON THE "BIG COMPUTER" AND IF THE COMPUTER IN THE TRUCK CAN BE RESTORED TO FACTORY SPEC'S THAT WOULD BE DONE WITH T THE $198.00. THE SAME GUY SAID IF THEY CAN'T GET IT BACK TO FACTORY SPEC'S AND WE NEED A NEW BRAIN COMPUTER FOR OUR TRUCK WHICH MY STEP FATHER PURCHASED NEW IN 2005 FROM A DIFFERENT DEALER. THE GUY SAID THE NEW COMPUTER WOULD COST US $2000.00 SINCE THIS FIRST INCIDENT IT HAS HAPPENED FOUR OTHER TIMES WITH THE SAME THING HAPPENING EACH TIME. I AM DISABLED AND CAN'T AFFORD THIS HEADACHE OFF THESE ISSUES. *TR

PASSENGER SEAT BELT OFF AND PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF WARNING LIGHTS LIGHT UP INTERMITTENTLY; EVEN WHEN NOTHING IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE WARNING LIGHTS LIGHT UP FOR NO REASON. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MILES AN HOUR THE 4LO LIGHT STARTED FLASHING LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO SHIFT INTO 4LO. IT ALSO SHIFTED INTO TOW NEUTRAL WITHOUT EVEN BEING STARTED. YOU CAN HEAR THE SERVO MOTOR TRYING TO ENGAGE THE 4WD WITH THE TRUCK PARKED. I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE 4LO ENGAGED ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. *TR