1999 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

VEHICLE IS ON THIRD CATALYTIC CONVERTER SINCE PURCHASE, MAKES A LOUD CLANKING SOUND. ALSO, DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. *AK

REAR END HAS BEEN REPLACED TWO TIMES EACH TIME AT A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP. EACH TIME NOISE REAPPEARED AT THE SAME SPEED, BUT THIS TIME THEIR IS ALSO A GRIND WHEN AT A STOP AND MAKING A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN. A ADDITIVE HAS BEEN ADDED TO REAR END BUT HAS NOT STOP GRINDING. DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME THEY CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL THEY COULD FIND A SOLUTION. THEY TOLD WISON DODGE THIS THE FIRST TIME I HAD REAR END REPLACED AND THAT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO. ONLY DIFFERENCE NOW THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING AND MY TRUCK HAS 35,000 MILES ON IT. IT NOT THAT I HAVE NOT TRIED TO GET DODGE TO DO SOMETHING, I HAVE TO TRY TO GET ANOTHER DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE REAREND. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN IN SHOP A TOTAL OF ABOUT 18 DAYS AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE TIME I HAVE SPENT AT DEALERSHIP WAIT TO HAVE TRUCK CHECKED FOR PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT I HAVE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK, FRONT SUSPENISON PROBLEMS FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS, BUT BLACKWELL DODGE IS STILL WORKING ON PROBLEM. ANY HELP WILL BE GLADLY APPRECIATED. *AK

CONSUMER HAS A 1999, DODGE, DAKOTA. TIRES WERE ORIGINALS WITH ONLY 50% OF TREAD LEFT ON THEM. GOODYEAR TO CONSUMER THEY WERE SPORT PERFORMANCE TIRES THAT DIDN'T REALLY BELONG ON A PICK UP TRUCK. TIRES HAD 13,000 MILES ON THEM.*AK THE TIRES WERE GOODYEAR EAGLE LS (P255 65 R15). *SLC

A TIRE BLEW UP WHICH WAS OEM AT ONLY 14,000 MILES AT HIGHWAY SPEED UNDER NO WEIGHT LOAD IN THE BED. I'M IN A TRUCK CLUB OF FELLOW DAKOTA OWNERS. AT LEAST 6 OTHERS HAVE STATED PROBLEMS WITH THE STOCK EAGLE LS TIRES EXPLODING AT 14,000 MILES. WHILE I ONLY SUSTAINED DAMAGE OF A BLOWN TIRE AND DAMAGED RIM, OTHERS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS WITH DIFFERENT EAGLE LS TIRES BLOWING AT DIFFERNET TIMES. I'VE CONTACTED GOODYEAR AND DODGE DIRECTLY. UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T HAVE THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO SAVE THE BLOWN TIRE AND RIM FOR INSPECTION. I DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING PERSONALLY FROM THIS BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOMEONE COULD LOOK INTO THIS SPECIFIC BRAND OF TIRE. THANK YOU. (TIRESIZE: 255/65/15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/65/15 )

RIGHT FRONT BALL JOINT WERE FALLING OUT. LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT IN DISREPAIR.DEALER NOTIFIED ON 4/10/00.MILEAGE5536 .CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACEDAT20445. THERMOSTAT HOUSING REPLACED AT 13478.

WHENEVER BRAKING CAN FEEL BRAKES PULSATING THROUGH OUT TRUCK. TOOK TO DEALER AND MECHANIC INDICATED PROBLEM WAS BRAKE ROTORS AND DRUMS WHICH WERE WARPED, & NEEDED TO BE TURNED. PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED FOR AWHILE AND THEN RETURNED. ROTORS WERE WARPED AGAIN. *AK ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING DUE TO REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILURE. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING INTERMITTENTLY OVERDRIVE INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON AND STAY ON WITHOUT CONSUMER TURNING BUTTON ON. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

5.2L ENGINE; 20,418 MI; HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION & SPARK KNOCK DUE TO FAULTY INTAKE MANIFOLD VALLEY-PAN GASKET. DEALERSHIP REPLACED GASKET AT NO COST (WARRANTY).

ENGINE STALLED, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT - ON, ODOMETER READ "NO BUS" LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, WOULD NOT RESTART AND HAD TOWED, PROBLEM TRACED TO 20AMP FUSE AND COMPUTER MODULE.*AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES AT 15 MPH REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO SKID AND REAR ENDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK