1999 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT UP TO FOURTH GEAR. CONSUMER CHECKED FLUIDS AND FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID LOW, ALSO HOT AND BROWN. AFTER ADDING FLUID THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED PROPERLY. THE DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. MR THE FAILURE WAS IN THE ONE WAY VALVE WHICH WAS REVERSED IN THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE, AND FAILED TO SHIFT TO FOURTH GEAR WHILE DRIVING. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. SCC

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOUR MONTHS AGO AND DEALER STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE PART. CONSUMER CALL EVERY OTHER MONTHS AND DEALER STILLDOES NOT HAVE THE PART. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHUTDOWN. ALSO, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, CONSUMER SHIFTED TO DRIVE INSTEAD OF REVERSE AND HIT A TREE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURY, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 5777.00.*AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAS SAME PROBLEM WITH SEAT BELTS AS STATED IN RECALL # 01 V 119 000. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

CATALYTIC CONVERTER RATTLING, MAKING NOISE. DEALER REPAIRED UNDER FEDERAL EMMISSIONS WARRANTY, 8 YEARS OR 80,000 MILES.*AK

WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MCKINNEY DODGE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS THAT WE HAVE AN INTAKE LEAK ON OUR MANIFOLD. WE HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH OUR MECHANIC TO HAVE THIS FIXED. I WENT TO THE WEST LOOP DODGE IN FT. WORTH AND PICKED UP THE MANIFOLD GASKET KIT FROM THE PARTS DEPARTMENT. UPON READING THE INSERT IT STATED THAT THE NEW BOLTS ARE NOW 1/2 INCH LONGER AND THAT THE GASKET ITSELF IS NOW THICKER AS WELL. ALSO WITH SPEAKING WITH OUR MECHANIC, HE INFORMED US THAT WE ARE THE SECOND TRUCK IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. HE WAS EVEN ABLE TO TELL US EXACTLY WHERE OUR LEAK WAS BEFORE INSPECTING IT. THIS SEEMS TO ME THAT DODGE HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND INSTEAD OF RECALLING THEIR DEFECT IN THEIR PRODUCT, THEY MADE CHANGES TO THE GASKETS AND BOLT SIZES AND ARE NOW CHARGING OVER $600 TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A DEFECT IN THEIR PRODUCT AND DODGE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE BILL AND NOT THE CONSUMER THAT HAS PURCHASED THEIR PRODUCT.*JB

BOTH REAR AXLES LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. . FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

GOT AN ABS WARNING LAMP (STAYED LIT) ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHEN I STARTED THE CAR. WHEN I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD, THE SPEEDOMETER DIDN'T WORK. I TROUBLESHOT THE PROBLEM MYSELF AND CORRECTED IT. THE SPEED SENSOR, MOUNTED IN THE REAR END, WAS BAD (READ "OPEN" WITH AN OHMMETER). I PURCHASED A NEW SENSOR ($42) FROM THE DEALER AND INSTALLED IT. CAR WORKS OK NOW.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER, RECOMMENDED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE.*AK