2000 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

2000 DODGE DAKOTA BALL JOINTS FAILED PREMATURELY AND WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY CAME LOOSE.

2000 DODGE DAKOTA,4.7L AOUT TRANSMISSION/UPPER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY DEFECTIVE.REPLACED AT 1.100 MILES,LOWER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY BALL JOINT CAME APART AT 9,200 WHEEL CAME OFF. *AK

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK I NEEDED TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A TURN. I PRESSED THE BRAKE AND IT WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY I DO NOT HAVE AN AUTOMATIC BECAUSE I HAD TO POWER SHIFT DOWN AND I BARELY MADE THE TURN NOT TO MENTION ALMOST HITTING A TELEPHONE POLE. I WAS JUST ABOUT HOME SO I PROCEEDED DRIVING SLOWLY BECAUSE I KNEW I HAD NO BRAKES ,AND I THEN I SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE HOOD. I QUICKLY THEN GOT TO THE HOUSE AND SPRAYED IT DOWN WITH THE HOSE. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF FIGURING OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND THE LAST THAT I HEARD WAS THE MAIN SWITCH WENT OUT, WHICH SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. I AM JUST THANKFUL THAT NOBODY GOT HURT. (LUCKILY IT DID NOT HAPPEN WHERE THERE WERE PEOPLE).*AK

FRONT ROTORS WARPED AFTER 6 MO./11,000 MILES, REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS. WARPED AGAIN AT 15 MONTHS, 33,000, BUT USED FOR ADDITIONAL YEAR+. REPLACED AGAIN AT 32 MONTHS/60,000. AGAIN WARPED AFTER 40 MO/73,000, BUT USED 5 MONTHS. REPLACING AGAIN WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE SLOTTED/DRILLED AND KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED.*AK

I HAVE 19,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND IT HAS HAD 3 BRAKE JOBES ALREADY AND HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTORS, DEALER IS UNRESPONSIVE, TRUCK PULSATES SO BAD IT'S A ROAD HAZARD. *AK

FRONT BRAKE DISKS HAVE WARPED TWICE IN 30,000 MILES. I DO MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. HAVE HAD THEM TURNED TWICE, THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM THEY KNOW OF WITH THE ROTORS. *JB

HAVE HAD FRONT ROTORS WARP 5 TIMES IN LESS THAN 48,000 MILES. DEALER WILL NOT RECTIFY PROBLEM. *NLM

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAVE FAILED. 40,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. BALL JOINTS SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER THAN THIS. DEALER WANTS $1,200.00 TO CHANGE THEM. TRUCK HAS ALREADY HAD NEW FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, NEW SWAY BAR BUSHINGS, NEW DRIVER SEAT CUSHION, NEW FUEL INJECTORS, NEW ELECTRIC MOTOR IN RIGHT REAR WINDOW. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO "RAM TOUGH". MAY HAVE TO GO BACK TO "LIKE A ROCK". OLD PICKUP 1979 CHEVROLET NEVER HAD BALL JOINT PROBLEMS, MUCH LESS ANY THING ELSE MAJOR. THANKS RICK WORSFOLD. *NLM

NOTICED PULSATING OF BRAKES AT APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES. THE PULSATING HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY WORSE NOW AT 30,000 MILES. I FEEL THAT THE BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR SAFE, PREDICTABLE STOPPING. *NLM

BRAKE ROTORS ARE WEARING AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WILL HAVE A HEAVY VIBRATION, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK