1998 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

DRIVER & PASSENGER SIDE EXTERIOR POWER MIRRORS' SURFACES SEEM TO BE MADE OF A SOFT PLASTIC, WHICH GETS MICROSCOPIC SURFACE SCRATCHES. THESE ARE NOT NOTICEABLE UNTIL A LOW SUN ANGLE FROM REAR OF TRUCK APPEARS. THEN THE MIRRORS GLINT WITH A MILLION POINTS OF LIGHT, MAKING THEM USELESS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 40 MPH REAR END COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 25MPH, A CAR RAN A STOP SIGN AND THE TRUCK BROADSIDED THE CAR. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY IN THE TRUCK. *AK *TT

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

GOING UP HILL WHEN VEHICLE DIED OUT FOR NO REASON. TOWED TO DEALER & 1ST TIME, NOTHING FOUND. 2ND TIME IT HAPPENED, WAS TOLD TORQUE CONVERTOR NEEDED CHANGING. 3RD TIME, WAS TOLD TRANSMISSION WAS IN BAD SHAPE ALONG WITH TORQUE CONVERTOR & BOTH NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP, PLACING SHIFTER INTO REVERSE, A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WILL OCCUR DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW.

EVERYTIME THE VEHICLE IS PUT INTO REVERSE THE GEARS GRIND AND MAKE A LOUD NOISE. DEALER CAN'T FIX PROBLEM. *AK

REVERSE GEAR GRINDS BADLY. THE TEETH ARE BEING WORN EACH TIME THE VEHICLE IS PUT INTO REVERSE.

VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF, TOTAL ELECTRICAL SHUTDOWN, AT ANY GIVEN SPEED. MULTIPLE BRAKE FAILURES. NO CAUSE DETERMINED FOR EITHER PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING IN WET CONDITIONS VEHICLE SWAYS LEFT TO RIGHT. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CONSUMER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK