2002 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

AT 20,000 MILES THE LENSES ON THE FOG LIGHTS ON MY 2002 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL FELT LIKE A WET SPONGE. THE VEHICLE NEVER SLOWED DOWN. CONSUMER APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, BUT A COLLISION OCCURRED. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE CONSUMER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, BUT THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE INFORMED OF THE CRASH. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR FROM 1ST TO 2ND SHIFT WHICH IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN CROSSING INTERSECTIONS OR ATTEMPTING TO PASS VEHICLES AS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING OFTEN BUT INCONSISTENTLY. HAVE TAKEN TRUCK BACK TO DEALER 5 TIMES AND ONLY ONCE COULD THEY FIND THE PROBLEM AND REPLACED TRANSMISSION OIL PUMP AND VALVE BODY BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. ALSO WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO DRIVE IT SOMETIMES ACTS AS REVERSE, AND WHEN IN REVERSE LUNGES FORWARD AS IN DRIVE. DEALER REPLACED PRDNL (GEAR SHIFT) ONCE BUT STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH GEAR POSITION. DEALERSHIP STATES THEY MUST BE ABLE TO REPRODUCE PROBLEM IN ORDER TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. WAS ALSO TOLD BY SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE WITH NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT THUS FAR. AM PURSUING LEMON LAW LITIGATION AS THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

EXPERIENCING PULSATION AND PULL TO THE SIDE UNDER BRAKING. PROBLEM ORIGINATED AT APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES AND CURRENTLY AT 33,000 MILES IT NOW FEELS UNSAFE. DEALER STATES FRONT ROTORS ARE WARPED AND NEED MACHINED TO SPECIFICATIONS AND THAT ROTORS ARE A "WEAR" ITEM AND NOT COVERED UNDER THE 3 YRS./36,000 MILES "BUMPER TO BUMPER" WARRANTY. I SEE THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ALREADY ON FILE REGARDING THIS ISSUE, SO BEING THAT I AM NO EXPERT IN BRAKING SYSTEMS OR THEORY I WILL LEAVE THAT DEBATE TO OTHERS, HOWEVER I WILL SAY THAT MY EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER VEHICLES AND MANUFACTURERS WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT ROTORS SHOULD LAST AT LEAST 70,000 TO 80,000 MILES BEFORE NEEDING TO BE MACHINED. THE OTHER THREE VEHICLES MY FAMILY HAS RECENTLY OWNED WERE ALL DRIVEN BEYOND 70,000 MILES, ALL WITHOUT EVER NEEDING THE ROTORS TURNED. *LA

HEARD AND FELT A CLUNKING SOUND IN STEERING WHEN VEHICLE HIT A BUMP/ BALL JOINTS AND ARMS REPLACED. *MR THE CONSUMER FELT AND HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND IN THE STEERING WHEN A BUMP WAS HIT OR TURNING A CORNER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS AND A ARM UNDER WARRANTY. *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND THE CONSUMER T-BONED THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING THE OTHER VEHICLE, BUT HIT IT BROADSIDE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES UNEXPECTEDLY BRAKES DO NOT GRAB, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*AK

REGARDLESS OF HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING, THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM DOES NOT STOP THE VEHICLE IN A REASONABLE DISTANCE IN AN EMERGENCY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. *PH

MY 2002 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 HAD A DEFECT IN THE BRAKES/ROTORS WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 30000 MILES. FROM CHECKING CHAT SITES THIS IS APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK. DODGE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR ME THAT THE TRUCK WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY NO INDICATION OR WARNING, OF A PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION SHUT DOWN CAUSE IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.