2002 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

RECALL CAMPAIG 04V596000 WAS RECEIVED FOR THE UPPER BALL JOINT WEAR. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR THE REPAIRS, AND DISCOVERED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE ALSO DEFECTIVE. *AK

NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR RECALL D47 CONCERNING BALL JOINTS. *AK AS OF 2/20/05 THE DEALER STILL HAD NO PARTS AND WAS UNABLE TO TELL THE CONSUMER WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. *NM

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' DODGE DAKOTA 2002, WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. *BF THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 10:00 AM HE ARRIVED AT 9:30 AM AND AT 11:20 AM THE DEALER STILL HAD NOT PERFORMED THE RECALL. AFTER WAITING FOR ALMOST 2/12 HOURS THE CONSUMER REQUESTED HIS VEHICLE BACK WITHOUT THE RECALL BEING PERFORMED. *JB

WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COLD WINDSHIELD WASHER DOES NOT OPERATE. THIS RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY, AND AFFECTED THE CONSUMER'S VIEW WHILE DRIVING. DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT LOCATE OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

THE RECALL FOR THE UPPER BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, HOWEVER THE DEALER STATES THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING SINCE DECEMBER. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

UPON PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK IT AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED BY ITSELF INTO REVERSE, WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES AS HE WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE. THE DOOR KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL UNTIL IT HIT A SNOW BANK. CONSUMER CALLED MANUFACTURER. THEY TOLD CONSUMER TO SEE THE DEALER. THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND PUT SOME NEW COMPONENTS IN COMPUTER. *BF *NM

RE 2002 DODGE DAKOTA TRUCK THAT MAKES A NOISE IN THE FRONT BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER INQUIRING WHY SHE HAVE NOT REC'D A RECALL LETTER. *BF *NM

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V596000; DAIMLER CHRYSLER ISSUED AN UPPER BALL JOINT RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT THERE WERE NO AVAILABLE PARTS IN ORDER TO DO RECALL REPAIRS. THIS WAS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE WHEELS COULD FALL OFF.*AK

RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V596000 CONCERNING BALL JOINT WEAR. OWNER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER IN JANUARY 4, 2005. OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION AS TO WHEN THE PARTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. ALSO, CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY TOO WERE UNABLE TO GIVE A DARE AS TO WHEN PARTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SWAYS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. *TC

A BANGING NOISE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND THE NOISE STOPPED. WHILE DRIVING, THE NOISE ESCALATED REPEATEDLY. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE HUB ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB TIRE WAS BARELY ATTACHED. *EH *JB