2005 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A PRONOUNCED VIBRATION WITHIN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE FOLLOWED BY AN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER REPLACED THE DRUMS, ROTORS, AND CALIPERS WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET CHRYSLER TO FIX THE VIBRATION/OR WOBBLING SENSATION IN MY 05 DODGE DAKOTA SINCE OCTOBER. THEY DID REPLACE THE AXLES BUT THE TRUCK STILL VIBRATES. THEY WILL NOT WORK ON MY TRUCK- THEY SAY EVERYTHING IS NORMAL AND I DISAGREE. I BELIEVE THERE ARE SAFETY ISSUES HERE. MY 3.7 V6 ENGINE HAS A LOWER ENGINE KNOCK AT SLOW IDLES. THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SOUND OR SAY IT IS NORMAL. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD TO FINALLY HIRE A LAWYER FOR ADVICE. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY HEATER NOT WORKING AND TRANSMISSION/REAR END MAKING UNEXPLAINED NOISES. I'M VERY FRUSTRATED AND DISAPPOINTED WITH THE TRUCK AND HOW CHRYSLER IS HANDLING THE SITUATION. *JB

'05 DAKOTA WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE TSB WHICH STATED THE REAR AXLE WAS IMPROPERLY WELDED, CAUSING A SHUDDERING WHILE BRAKING. SINCE THEN, THE SHUDDER HAS REAPPEARED AND CONTINUES TO WORSEN. THE VEHICLE HAS OVER 18,000 MILES ON IT AND THE SHUDDERING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN 02/2005. *NM

2005 DODGE DAKOTA'S HAVE A SERIOUS BRAKING SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. DODGE SEEMS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BUT SERIOUS ACCIDENTS ARE ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR REPAIRS. THE FIRST TIME, THEY ALIGNED THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND TIME, THEY REPLACED THE FRONT AXLE, LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

MY 2005 DODGE DAKOTA 4 DOOR PICKUP STARTED TO SHIMMY VERY BAD AND I HAD A HARD TIME CONTROLLING THE TRUCK WHILE BRAKING ON STEEP DOWNHILL HIGHWAYS IN VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THEY RESURFACED THE ROTORS THAT THEY WOULD NOT LAST THROUGH VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. MY TRUCK ONLY HAD 9,400 MILES ON IT. THIS IS THE SECOND PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON MY TRUCK. IF I HAVE NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM IN THE PAST I COULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON THESE STEEP GRADES. RESURFACING THE ROTORS OR DRUMS IS NOT THE SOLUTION, BUT IS GOING TO MAKE THE PROBLEM MORE SERIOUS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHEN THESE PARTS ARE RESURFACED THEY TAKE AWAY METAL FROM THE ROTORS OR DRUMS WHICH MAKES THESE PARTS HEAT UP EVEN FASTER IN THIS SITUATION. THESE PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACES. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON A NEW TRUCK WOULD BE TAKEN MORE SERIOUS THAN JUST RESURFACING THE ROTORS. BUT I GUESS DODGE IS TRYING TO REPAIR THE BRAKES THE CHEAP WAY, UNTIL SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED DUE TO THE BRAKES. THEN DODGE WILL MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM. *JB

2005 DAKOTA QUAD CAB HAS SEVER BRAKE PULSATION. CONSUMER HAD ROTORS REPLACED UNDER RECALL, BRAKES CONTINUED TO PULSATE. *TS ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** THE CONSUMER STATED HIS WIFE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABRUPT STOP. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE ACCIDENT WAS BECAUSE OF THE BRAKE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE FAILED STATE INSPECTION DUE TO THE BRAKE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE DEALER CLAIMED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. *JB

LEASED NEW DAKOTA 5/05. ON 10/05 WITH 5344 MILES REAR BRAKES ,DRUMS AND WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE REPLACED DEALER AND DODGE SAID NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND WOULD NOT WARRANTY THEM SAID I USE THE BRAKES TO MUCH. ON 2/06 TRUCK WAS RETURNED TO DEALER NEEDED NEW REAR BRAKES ,DRUMS WERE TURNED,FRONT PADS WERE METAL ON METAL AND REPLACED , ROTORS AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED ALSO. MILES ON TRUCK WAS 9,700 DEALER AND DODGE SAID NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AGAIN AND WOULD NOT COVER THIS TOTAL COST SO FAR 1,400.00. I THINK IT COULD BE A DESIGN FLAW BECAUSE THEY PUT THE ADJUSTER AT THE TOP BY THE WHEEL CYLINDER. I KEPT ALL THE PARTS AND TOOK PIXS. SO I'M NOW ON THE 3RD SET OF REAR BRAKES. *NM

2005 DODGE DAKOTA TILT STEERING DOES NOT WORK, BRAKES SHUDDERED. *TS ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE BRAKE BUT THAT THE REAR AXLE HAD BEEN MILLED INCORRECTLY CAUSING THE BRAKES TO SHUDDER AND VIBRATE. THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE BRAKES SHUDDERED AND LOCKED UP. AS A RESULT HE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE BRAKES WERE CHECKED. NEITHER THE TECHNICIAN NOR THE COMPUTER FOUND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE CONSUMER TRADED THE VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER 2005 DODGE DAKOTA. *NM

SUNDAY 1-22-06 THE CD PLAYER QUIT WORKING IN 2005 DODGE DAKOTA. THIS TRUCK HAS 6, 540 MILES ON IT. TODAY 1-24-06 THE BATTERY WAS DEAD WHEN I WOKE UP DUE TO THE CD PLAYER TRYING TO EJECT THE CDS ALL NIGHT LONG. I DROVE THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE TO ORDER A NEW RADIO. I DROVE OVER 30 MILES TO GET TO THE DEALER AND 30 MILES BACK. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *AK