1999 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

FAULTY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET IN MY 99 DODGE DAKOTA WITH 38,900 MILES ON IT. CHRYSLER DAIMLER COVERED ONLY PARTS. IT COST ME 370 DOLLARS TO GET IT REPAIRED. I CONTESTED WHEN THEY SAID THEY WOULD ONLY COVER PARTS. CHRYSLER STATED THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT THIS IS ALL THEY WOULD DO. I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AT VERY LOW MILES ON THIS CHRYSLER PRODUCT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. CHRYSLER WON'T TALK TO ME ANYMORE. THEY STATED THAT THE ONLY WAY I COULD STILL FIGHT IT WAS TO PAY THE FULL PRICE FOR THE REPAIR AND THEN CONTEST IT. I NEEDED MY TRUCK BACK. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IT FAR DO TO THE OIL CONSUMPTION. I WAS STUCK. I PAID IT CAUSE I NEEDED A VEHICLE. AGE SHOULDN'T MATTER IN A CASE LIKE THIS. 38,900 IS WAY TO LOW OF MILES FOR A MAJOR REPAIR LIKE THIS. I AM WORRIED THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND THAT CHRYSLER WILL JUST SAY "TOUGH". I HAVE READ COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HAD IT REPLACED 3 TIMES WITHIN 100,000 MILES. *NM

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED AND WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE VIBRATED FROM THE FRONT END. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT ROTORS FAILED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS WERE ALREADY REPLACED. *AK

SINCE I BOUGHT THE DAKOTA I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH FRONT END ALIGNMENT, WERARING OF TIRES AND BREAKS AND OTHER ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SUSPENSION. THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. AS I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE HAS A WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END,CAUSING ABNORMAL WEAR ON THE TIRES STRESS ON THE BREAKS AND HIDEOUS NOISE. PRESENTLY THE WHEEL SOUNDS AS IF IT IS GOING TO FALL OFF MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AS I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD. I HAVE RECENTLY REPLACED THE FULL BREAK ASSEMBLY(ROTORS, SHOES,CALIPERS,BEARINGS ETC). THE NOISE IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. TH E NOIS MIGHT EVEN BE CONSIDERED A PUBLIC NUISANCE. THE NOISE IS SO BAD THAT INNOCENT PEDESTRAINS LOOK AT MY VEHICLE IN SHOCK AND AWE OF THE TERRIBLE RACKET AS I DRIVE PAST. THE DEALER CAIMS THAT I NEED CONTROL ARMS. THIS WILL COST QUITE A BIT IN ADDITION TO WHAT I HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IN THE DAKOTA (22K + REPAIRS TO SUSPENSION AND INTEREST). I COULD HAVE MADE A DECENT DOWN PAYMENT ON A NEW DODGE WITH WHAT I HAVE SPENT ON THE DAKOTAS FRONT END. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THE ABOVE ISSUES AND BELIEVE THAT DODGE SHOULD DO THE RIGHT AND SAFE THING BY ISSUING A RECALL.. THE RECALL CANNOT COME SOON ENOUGH. AM I SAFE DRIVING THE DAKOTA? *AK

WARPED ROTORS. THIRD SET OF ROTERS IN 46,000 MILES. THEY ARE TOO SMALL FOR THIS TRUCK. CAUSES PULSATING . *AK

WITHIN THE PAST 2 WEEKS, I SAW A NEWS STORY ON EITHER THE TODAY OR EARLY SHOW REGARDING THE SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH BALL JOINTS ON DODGE DURANGOS AND DAKOTAS. I STARTED NOTICING A PROBLEM WITH MY 1999 DAKOTA LAST YEAR AND FORTUNATELY HAD IT CHECKED OUT BEFORE IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I ENDED UP HAVING BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED.

DUE TO NEWS INFO CONCERNING DODGE DAKATO BALL JOINT FAILURES, WE TOOK OUR 1999 DODGE DAKOTA, WITH 52,000 TOTAL MILES ON IT, TO OUR LOCAL DEALER TO HAVE THE BALL JOINTS CHECKED ON MARCH 15, 2004. WE WERE INFORMED BY THEIR SHOP THAT THEY ARE BAD AND READY TO FAIL AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. THEIR QUOTE TO REPLACE THEM IS $775.37!!! THIS IS PREMATURE FAILURE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL! *JB

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE THAT OWNS A LATE MODEL (1998-2002) DODGE DAKOTA OR DURANGO HAVE BEEN TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE MY BALL JOINTS. SINCE DAMLER CHRYSLER IS BEING FLOODED WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WEAK MATERIAL USED IN THESE MODEL YEARS I FEEL IT IS THEIR RESPONCABILITY TO FIX THE WEAK COMPONANTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND HARD TO MAINTAIN. ALSO, THE RIDE WAS VERY BUMPY DUE TO DEFECTIVE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS AT 80,000 MILES. *AK

DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK