2010 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

WHILE GOING AROUND A LEFT HAND CORNER AT 45 MILES AN HOUR ,I HIT SOME BUMPS IN MY LANE . THE TRUCK ENDED UP HALF WAY INTO THE INCOMING LANE.I GOT IT UNDER CONTROL AND RESUMED MY TRIP AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR AXLE PINION NUT AND THE DRIVE TRAIN FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V474000 (POWER TRAIN); AND THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO SCHEDULE THE REPAIR IN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS TURNED ON AND THE SIGNAL SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WITHOUT BEING PROMPTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SEMI. THE CRUISE WAS SET AT 70. THE SEMI SPED UP TO 70 ALSO AND I HAD TO TOUCH MY ACCELERATOR TO GET PAST HIM. AS I DID, MY TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO NEUTRAL AND I HAD TO LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR. IT DROPPED BACK INTO GEAR AT 65. I WAS THEN ABLE TO SPEED UP TO 75 AND PASS THE SEMI. I HAD A LINE OF CARS BEHIND ME ALSO DOING 70. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 DODGE DAKOTA DOWN THE STREET TURNING LEFT WHEN THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. I LOST THE ENGINE, STEERING AND BRAKES. I NEARLY HIT A UTILITY POLE BY INCHES. I STARTED THE TRUCK UP AGAIN AND STARTED WITHOUT ANY ISSUE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND I CONTINUED TO DRIVE DOWN THE STREET, WHEN I WENT TO GO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AGAIN, THE TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AGAIN. AT THIS POINT MY TRUCK WHEN OVER AND ONTO A CURB, I TRIED TO TURN THE WHEEL AND BRAKE BUT HAD NO CONTROL (LUCKILY NO ONE WAS ON THE SIDEWALK SO THERE WERE NO INJURIES). AT THIS POINT I KNEW I COULD NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK AND HAD TO CALL TO GET IT TOWED. ONCE AT THE DEALERSHIP HERB CHAMBERS DODGE IN MILLBURY, MA THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR. I ASKED IF IT WAS A COMMON PART TO BREAK BECAUSE OF THE NEAR ACCIDENTS I COULD OF HAD AND ALL THEY WOULD SAY IS THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT. WHEN I SAID I DIDN'T ASK IF THERE WAS A RECALL I ASKED IF IT IS COMMON FOR THIS PART TO BREAK AND LOOSE ALL POWER IN THE CAR HE JUST REPEATED HIMSELF "THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PART". I HAVE OWNED A 2006 DODGE DAKOTA (I HAD TO REPLACE THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR TWICE) AND NOW MY 2010 DODGE DAKOTA HAD THE SAME ISSUE. BETWEEN MY 2 VEHICLES THIS PART HAS FAILED 3 TIMES. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THIS PART CAUSING ACCIDENTS, AND MAKING DRIVERS NOT HAVING CONTROL OF THERE VEHICLES. IF A SENSOR FAILS I DON'T BELIEVE THE WHOLE VEHICLE SHOULD SHUT DOWN IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND PUTS THE DRIVERS, OTHER DRIVERS, AND ANY PEDESTRIANS ON THE STREET. I ALSO CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER ABOUT THE ISSUE AND I RECEIVED THE SAME RESPONSE "IM SORRY THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PART." *TR

TRUCK WAS BEING DRIVEN AT A SLOW SPEED WHEN THE TIE ROD FELL OFF AND TRUCK HIT A TREE. NO INJURY BUT LEFT FRONT SIDE OF BUMPER DAMAGED. THE TIE ROD END WAS REPLACED AT A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE BALL JOINT END WAS BADLY DETERIORATED. *TR

MY 2010 DODGE DAKOTA 4DR 4X4 HAS TURNED OFF WHILE ON AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED IT (PURCHASED USED WITH ABOUT 17,000 MILES) AND THEY SAID THAT NOTHING SHOWED/THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I SAID OK, AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND AGAIN. IT JUST SHUTS DOWN, I HAVE MY FOOT ON THE GAS AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN I AM WONDERING WHY I'M SLOWING DOWN WHEN I HAVE MY FOOT ON THE GAS AND THEN NOTICE "O" THE TRUCK TURNED OFF! LUCKY THE 5-6 TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED I HAVE NOT BEEN ON A STRAIGHT PART OF THE ROAD, IT SEEMS TO LOOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, I AM NOT SURE IF OTHER ELECTRICAL THINGS LIKE RADIO AND LIGHTS TURN OFF TO, I AM JUST CONCERNED WITH GETTING TO A STOP SAFELY TO START THE TRUCK AGAIN. AND I PUT IT IN PARK ONCE STOPPED AND IT STARTS RIGHT BACK UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5-6 TIMES AT LEAST SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THE TRUCK ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO (MAYBE 3 YRS AGO). I AM WONDERING IF THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THEY JUST DISCOVERED IN OTHER DODGE VEHICLES SIMPLE TO THE CHEVY IGNITION RECALL. *TR

ROLLING SLOWLY THROUGH A PARKING LOT, THE TRUCK LUNGED FORWARD, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO OVER REV WILDLY UP AND DOWN. (MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AT THIS POINT. EARLIER THIS YEAR IT DID IT ON THE FREEWAY RAMP AS I ATTEMPTED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A BULLETIN ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTIFICATION SUMMER OF 2013. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.