1999 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

LEFT REAR SPRING IS LOOSE, CAUSING CONSUMERTO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH AXLE. COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

MANUFACTOR DATE OF THE TIRE IS 2400, ALL TIRES FAILING AT THE OUTSIDE ONE QUARTER AWAY FROM THE BEAD AND IT LOOKS LIKE DRY ROT AND THE CRACK IS ABOUT ONE EIGHT INCH DEEP. *AK

STARTING THE IGNITION WITHOUT WARNING THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD. MECHANIC STATED BATTERY EXPLODED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY PROBLEM OCCURRED.*AK

HAS A BLIND SPOT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE THAT CAUSED A VEHICLE CRASH.*AK THERE IS ALSO A BLIND SPOT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE MIRRORS ARE TOO LARGE AND CAUSE A BLIND SPOT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME AN ACCIDENT HAS OCCURED DUE TO THIS BLIND SPOT. *JG

IT SEEMS MY FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND REAR DRUMS ARE WARPED CAUSING SEVERE PULSATING, SHAKING AND VIBRATION WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED WITH NORMAL PRESSURE. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING MORE SEVERE NOW EACH MONTH. THIS PROBLEM HAS PROGRSSED TO A POINT NOW THAT I NOTICED THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS BRAKING IS SUFFERING. THE ABS SYSTEM LOCKED UP MY BRAKES DURING A LIGHT RAIN AT A STOP SYSTEM CAUSING MY DAKOTA TO SLIDE HALFWAY THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. I AM AFRAID THE SENSORS ARE GETTING BAD INFORMATION DUE TO THE ALREADY PULSATING BRAKES BY THE APPARANT DRUM AND ROTOR WARPAGE. I HAVE A 1969 CHEVY IMPALA WITH THE ORIGINAL DRUMS AND 110,000 MILES, THESE BRAKES STILL WORK FINE.*AK

VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS, AND MAY NOT START BACK UP. PROBLEM IS ASSUMED TO BE FUEL PUMP. DIAGNOSTIC TEST HAD NO READINGS. *AK CONSUMER STATED SOMETIMES AFTER SITTING FOR AN HOUR IT MAY START, PROBLEM MAY BE FUEL INJECTOR, POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE OR AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN RELAY. *YH

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT AT ALL TIMES. DEALER FOUND EXCESSIVE PLAY IN BALL JOINTS AND HAD TO REPLACE THEM, ALSO PERFORMED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. *TT

VEHICLE VIBRATES AND TREMBLES WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHEN ACCELERATING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK *YH

WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT OR HITTING A BUMP THERE'S A LITTLE BUMP IN STEERING. CONSUMER CAN PULL IN AND OUT ON FRONT WHEELS WITH BARE HANDS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHILCE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK 3 TIMES. DEALER ADVISED ON PURCHASE DATE THAT ENGINE LIGHT REPRESENTED MINOR PROBLEM THAT THEY FIXED. *AK