2000 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

2000 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4 SLT. HEAVY DUTY SUSPENSION. TOP OF THE LINE MODEL. TOOK TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE ON A SQUEEKING FRONT END SUSPENSION. SERVICE FINDS RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT NEEDS REPLACED. ONCE THE TECHNICIAN GOT INTO THE WORK HE FINDS ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS, UPPERS AND LOWERS, NEED TO BE REPLACED. TRUCK HAS 87K ROAD MILES ALL ON PAVED ROAD. NEVER BEEN TAKEN OFF ROAD. VEHICLE WAS PARTIALLY REPAIRED. PENDING MY ABILITY TO PAY FOR REMAINING RIGHT LOWER, AND LEFT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT.*AK

HAD SEEN A NEWS STORY REGARDING 2000 DODGE DAKOTA UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURES WHERE FRONT WHEEL WOULD COME OFF. I SUSPECTED MINE WERE MAKING CLUNKING NOISES SO I ASKED THE DEALER TO CHECK THEM AT ABOUT 62,000 MILES. I TOLD THEM I HAD HAD HEARD OF COMPLAINTS/POSSIBLE ISSUES RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM. THEY INDICATED THEY WERE "OK". ON MAY 2ND ( AT ~67,000 MILES), WHILE JACKING THE FRONT END UP TO CHECK BRAKES AND ROTATE TIRES, THE UPPER BALL JOINT COMPLETELY DROPPED OUT OF THE SOCKET ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY FORTUNATE, THIS BALL JOINT DIDN'T POP OUT WHILE DRIVING. I AM FURIOUS THAT CHRYSLER HASN'T RECALLED (THAT I AM AWARE OF), OR AT LEAST SENT OUT A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM. *AK

UPPER AND LOWER BALLJOINT FAILURE IN MY 2000 DODGE DAKOTA,NEC TO REPLACE BALLJOINT DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK *LA

AT 31450 MILES DEALERSHIP REPLACED LOWER BALL JOINT AND LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT. *AK *LA

THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GARAGE FOR INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. *AK THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED TWICE AT 30K MILES. THE SERVICE DEALER AND CHRYSLER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BALL JOINTS AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BOTH FRONTAL UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS THREE YEARS OLD WHEN THE RIGHT BALL JOINT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH THE CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH ALERTED HIM OF A PROBLEM. *JB

2000 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT 49,000 MILES, NEED BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED. UPON HEARING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED PRIOR TO GOING ON A TRIP. AFTER THE DEALER LOOKED AT THE TRUCK, THEY SAID THE RIGHT WHEEL WAS ABOUT READY TO FALL OFF AND THE LEFT WAS BAD AS WELL. THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT DRIVE IT ACROSS TOWN. THEY PROVIDED ME A CAR TO DRIVE UNTIL THEY FIX IT. DODGE NEEDS TO PERFORM A RECALL ON THESE AND FIX THE PROBLEM FOR GOOD. I'M AM CONCERNED THAT IT WILL JUST HAPPEN AGAIN LATER, JUST LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER REPORTS OF NEEDING REPLACEMENT MULTIPLE TIMES. IF THEY DON'T DO A RECALL, IT WILL NOT ONLY EFFECT MY WALLET, BUT ALSO FUTURE BUYING DECISIONS. I WANT A COMPANY TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I THINK THE RESALE VALUE WOULD ALSO BE EFFECTED IF A RECALL IS NOT DONE.

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT. MAKES A HORRIBLE POPPING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL OR INTIALLY GOING FORWARD AND BACKING UP WHILE CUTTING THE WHEEL.*AK