2005 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

DODGE DAKOTA 2005 QUAD CABS HAS 2 FLOOR MOUNTED CUP HOLDERS FOR PASSENGERS IN THE BACK SEAT ON FLOOR, BECUAE OF THERE LOCATION THEY HAVE CAUSED ME TO BREAK MY WRIST WHEN I LOADED ITEMS IN MY BACK SEAT WHEN SEATS ARE FOLDED UP, ALSO THEY CAUSED MY DOG TO BREAK TWO TOES IN HIS PAW WHEN HE JUMPED IN BACK SEAT, THEY ARE IN A STUPID LOCATION AND CREATE A HAZARD ,. THEY ARE USELSS FEATURE NOT NEEDED.

WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 50MPH IF YOU APPLY BRAKES THE REAR TIRES VIBRATE VERY VOGOROUS AND SOMETIMES SWAY OFF THE LANE. I DROPPED MY NEW 2005 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB ST (V-8) MAGNUM AT THE DEALER SERVICE CENTER. AS OF TODAY THE TRUCK HAS BEEN THERE FOR OVER A WEEK AND HAVE ATTEMPTED THREE (3) TIMES TO RECTIFY BUT WITH NO SUCCESS. THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE DRUMS, REPLACED THE WHOLE AXEL AND HAVE ALSO REPLACED TIRES WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT.

DT:CONSUMER BOUGHT NEW VEHICLE, DODGE DAKOTA, CONSUMER FOUND THAT WHEN HE TRIED TO BACK OUT OF A NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY THAT WAS ON AN INCLINE VEHICLE BOGGED. VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD INTO THE ROAD. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE SAME AS PREVIOUS YEAR DODGE INTREPID. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN REVERSE THE TRANSMISSION AUTOMATICALLY WENT TO SECOND GEAR. VEHICLE DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO CLIME ON INCLINE IN REVERSE BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION BEING IN SECOND GEAR. CONSUMER SAYS THAT WHEN VEHICLE WOULD CLIMB HILL THAT THERE WAS A SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING, THE SMELL CAME FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. DEALER STATES THAT ALL DAKOTAS 2005 WITH 6 CYLINDERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, AND DEALER CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE AN 05 DODGE DAKOTA WITH A BRAKE PULSATIAN PROBLEM THAT THE DEALER AND DALMER CRYSTLER DO NOT HAVE A FIX FOR. AFTER HAVE A LOAN CAR FOR 8 STRAIGHT DAYS THEY MADE ME TAKE MY TRUCK BACK UNFIXED. THEY STATE IT IS A NON SAFETY ISSUES. BUT WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE ENTRIE TRUCK SHAKES REAL BAD. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR JUST ABOUT 2 MONTHS. I HAVE HAD THIS IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM WITHOUT A FIX. THEY HAVE REPLACED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THERE IS TO REPLACE AND I STILL HAVE THE SAME SHAKING PROBLEM. THIS LAST TIME THEY HAD MY TRUCK FOR 8 STRAIGHT DAYS AND NOW I AM BEING TOLD CORP WILL BE DOWN ON FRIDAY THE 24TH TO LOOK AT THE TRUCK AND DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT. I JUST WANT TO HAVE THIS DOCUMENTED JUST IN CASE THEY STATE I MUST KEEP THE TRUCK.PLEASE CALL ME WITH QUESTIONS THANK YOU

DT: THE TRUCK WILL NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE WHEN MANEUVERED TO BACK UP A SLIGHT INCLINE ON EITHER PAVEMENT OR LOOSE GROUND WITH OR WITHOUT TRAILER IN TOW. ALSO, WILL NOT PERFORM EVEN WHEN IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM. DEALER DID SEARCH ONLINE TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM THROUGH CHRYSLER. SERVICE BULLETIN NOTED THIS PROBLEM HOWEVER DID NOT PROVIDE A CURRENT REMEDY ONLY SUGGESTED TO DRIVE FORWARD. THIS ISSUE IS UNDER REVIEW BY CHRYSLER. *AK

I PURCHASED A 2005 DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP TRUCK FROM VENICE DODGE/NISSAN, VENICE, FL ON MARCH 13, 2005. THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH IS NOT TILT, BLOCKS MY VIEW OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. CALLED DODGE CORP. AND THEY SAID I SHOULD HAVE NOTIED THIS BEFORE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. I SAID THIS IS MY FAULT BECAUSE OF DODGES DESIGN ERROR? DODGE CORP. SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WENT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT.. SERVICE MANAGER LOOKED AT STEERING WHEEL. HE IS AT LEAST 6 FT 1 INCH TALL, PUTS SEAT BACK, SAID HAD NO PROBLEM. IAM ONLY 5 FT 9 INCH TALL, MUST HAVE SEAT FARTHER UP. SERVICE MANAGER SAID NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO FIX PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZARD. I MUST LOOK UNDER OR OVER STEERING WHEEL TO READ THE SPEEDOMTER. TAKES MY EYES OFF ROAD FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. TALK TO OTHER OWNERS OF SAME TRUCK, HAVE SAME PROBLEM.

EXCESSIVE STRESS ON THE FRONT BRAKE HOSES WHEN THE VEHICAL IS TURNING ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT. THIS PROBLEM COULD CAUSE THE FRONT BRAKE HOSES TO FAIL PREMATURELY.

BOOTS FOR FRONT CV JOINTS ARE VERY NOISY WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED ALL THE WAY EITHER DIRECTION. I TOOK IT TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY SPRAYED SOME SILICONE LUBRICANT ON THEM WHICH QUIETED THEM FOR ABOUR 4 DAYS.. THEN THEY WERE LOUD AGAIN. I'M WORRIED THAT THE DRY BOOTS WILL EVENTUALLY CRACK, LEAKING OUT THE GREASE AND DESTROYING THE CV JOINT ITSELF. (WHICH CHRYSLER WILL BLAME ON ME)

CONSUMER STATES THE REAR SEAT HEAD RESTS OBSCURE THE VIEW OF THE REAR WINDOW. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY IS IMPAIRED. *AK THE DEALER AND THE CONSUMER TRIED TO REMOVE THE HEAD RESTS BUT FAILED. *TC

ANYONE OVER 5'11" CANNOT SEE THE SPEEDOMETER WITHOUT SLOUCHING OR TIPPING THEIR HEAD SIDEWAYS. THE VIEW IS BLOCKED BY THE STEERING WHEEL. NO ONE AT THE DEALER HAD EVEN SAT IN A SIMILAR VEHICLE A MONTH AFTER I BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION. THE ONLY WAY TO SAFELY SEE THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE INDICATOR, HIGH BEAM INDICATOR OR OIL LIGHT IS IF THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A TILT WHEEL. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER AFTER DRIVING THIS VEHICLE LESS THAN 100 MILES. TO DATE THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING AND TELL ME IT COULD COST ME $3400 - $5000 TO RECTIFY.