1991 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PUT KEY INTO IGNITION AND IT WOULD NOT GO IN. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT STEERING WAS UPSIDE DOWN, AND THAT WAS WHY. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, BUT COULDNOT BRING VEHICLE IN TO REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT 8 YEARS AGO STEERING LOCKED UP, AND HAD TO GO STRAIGHT INTO A PARKING LOT. COULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. OWNER LATER FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE A DEAD BATTERY. ONCE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, PROBLEM SOLVED. *AK

DEALER WAS UNABLE TO HONOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: COLUMN SHIFT. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TOOL/PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. SEEKING ASSISTANCE FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 00V106000. CONTACTED THE DEALER, NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN RECALL REPAIR (00V-106) DUE TO DEALERSHIP PROBLEMS WITH STAFFING AND AVAILABILITY OF APPOINTMENTS. *MJS

VEHICLE WAS INSIDE THE GARAGE AND WAS IN PARK. CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING SOUND AND A CLICK. GEAR JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND WENT BACKWARDS TOWARD THE WALL, DAMAGEING THE WALL AND THE TRUCK ITSELF. *AK *ML

TRUCK IS WHITE, PAINT IS PEELING OFF THE HOOD, TOP, AND AROUND POCKETS ON BED OF TRUCK, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PAINT, TRUCK ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT, HAS BEEN GARAGED ENTIRE LIFE OF VEHICLE, WASHED WEEKLY, I AM SECOND OWNER, PAINT STARTED PEELING APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED IT, I AM VERY DISPLEASED!!! NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

IN THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS THE PAINT BEGAN TO BLISTER AND AT INSPECTION THE RACK AND PINION WAS REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

PASSENGER'S-SIDE OF THE MAIN FRAME HAS CRACKED. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED VECHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION CABLE FAILURE CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING, EXCESSIVE EFFORT. YH

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE UNDER THE DASH; BELIEVED THIS WAS CAUSED BY A SHORT FROM A FAULTY WIRE HARNESS. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED. *AK