2000 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

TRUCK SHAKES WHEN BRAKING AT SLOW OR MODERATE SPEED. REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND PADS THREE MONTHS AGO AT 38,000 MILES. NOW WITH 43,000 MILES THE SHAKING HAS RETURNED. *LA

THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK *TS *JB

SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF ELECTRICAL FAILURE (DATE BELOW FIRST INCIDENT) SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK; ABS LIGHT STAYS ON; COMPUTER SHORTED OUT; DEALER FOUND COMPUTER BOLTED ON TOP OF WIRES; FAN STAYED ON; DATES VARY OVER LAST 1 1/2 YEARS NUMBER OF FAILURES IS A BEST GUESS. *LA

CONSUMER COMPLAINS ABOUT BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE ROTORS WARPED AT 10309 AND 15,000 MILES THE CONSUMER EVENTUALLY REPLACED THE BRAKE SYSTEM WITH AN AFTERMARKET SYSTEM. ON ONE OCCASION THE FRONT BRAKES STARTED SMOKING. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE CALIPER HAD STUCK AND OVERHEATED. BRAKES LOCK UP/ SMOKE, AND HAVE EVEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. NO ONE SEEMS ABLE TO REPAIR THEM. WHILE DRIVING AND WANTING TO STOP, CANNOT STOP. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE FOR A WHILE. *AK *NLM

I OWN A 2000 DODGE DAKOTA - HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS 3 TIMES AND PADS ONCE IN 26,000 MILES AND NOW AT APPROX 29,000 MILES THE ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.

POWER STEERING FAILS. LOSE CONTROL OF STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AFTER ABOUT 1.25 HOURS. FIRST OCCURANCE IN AUGUST 2002, THEN OCTOBER, 2002. DID NOT DRIVE ON HIGHWAY FOR EXTENDED PERIOD UNTIL AUGUST 2003 - FAILED AGAIN AND AGAIN ON MOUNTAIN ROADS, EXITS, STRAIGHTAWAYS WHILE PASSING, GENTLE CURVES. NOVEMBER 2002 DEALER REPLACES RACK AND PINION AND BUSHINGS AT 23,997 MILES. AUGUST 18, 2003, 31424 MILES, DEALER REPLACES COLUMN, INTERMEDIATE SHAFT AND BOLT PER STARLINE. SEP 3, 2003, 31904 MILES, DEALER REPLACES ALL FOUR CONTROL ARMS - CANNOT REPLICATE PROBLEM AS THEY WILL NOT DRIVE THE REQUIRED MILES, I'M THEIR TEST DUMMY. THE KNOBS FOR AIR CONDITIONING ALSO BROKE AT THIS TIME - CHARGED TO FIX THIS. MANUFACTURER SAYS TO CONTACT DEALER, DEALER WON'T DRIVE NECESSARY MILES - I STILL HAVE TO CHECK THE SEP 3 REPAIR TO SEE IF IT REALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM. EACH TIME THE ALIGNMENT IS OUT AND THEY WILL NOT FIX THIS AS PART OF THE WARRANTY ITEM ALTHOUGH I MAINTAIN MY VEHICLES' ALIGNMENT. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN RELINED AT 26K MILES BECAUSE THE DEALER SAID THEY WERE SHUDDERING - WHICH I HAD NOT EXPERIENCED UNTIL THEY REPAIRED THEM. SHOCKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE REAR STRUTS REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE SWAY AND LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN CARRYING A LOAD, ANOTHER THING THEY CLAIM NOT TO REPLICATE.

BRAKE ROTORS ON DODGE DAKOTAS. MINE HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES IN 50,000 MILES. THE ORIGINALS WERE REPLACED UNDER WARANTEE IN 2000 MILES. I CAN'T KEEP A SET OF ROTORS ON THE TRUCK WITHOUT THEM WARPING.

CONSUMER STATES BOTH UPPER BALL AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING WITHOUT WARRANTY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *TS

WHILE TRAVELING AT 20 MPH DRIVER BEGAN TO HEAR CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL. STEERING WHEEL HAD A LOT LOOSE CONTROL, AND THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL WAS TURNING, BUT THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BUCKLED UNDER VEHICLE. TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY DUE TO UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE. *AK

FRONT ROTORS WARPED CAUSING VIOLENT PULSATIONS UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS. ROTORS WERE TURNED AND THEN FINALLY REPLACED AT 30K MILES. NEW ROTORS LASTED 5000 MILES BEFORE SHIMMY RETURNED. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ONGOING PROBLEM.*AK