2000 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

VEHICLE ACCELERATES TO 3800 RPM IN FIRST GEAR GOING DOWN HILL. VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW WITH COMPRESSION UNTIL THIS POINT. MUST RIDE BRAKES TO SLOW. BRAKES GET HOT ROTOR WARPS. BRAKE FAILURE. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT ADDRESS; NOT WARRANTED EVEN WITH MAXICARE WARRANTY.*AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN WARPING SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. FIRST REPORTED AT 8833 MILES. ROTORS WERE REPLACED. SECOND REPORT WAS AT 16157 MILES; ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN. VEHICLE NOW HAS 20850 MILES AND BRAKES ARE PULSATING AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THREE DEALERS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. ALL THREE DEALERS HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO ADMIT THERE IS A MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT ROTORS. EACH HAS INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY "DRIVER HABITS". HOW CAN THREE SETS OF BRAKE ROTORS WARP IN LESS THAN 21,000 MILES?*AK

VEHICLE SHUDDERS ON BRAKING (VIOLENTLY ON HARD BRAKING), DEALER SAYS BOTH ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL BRAKE PADS ARE STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. *AK

VEHICLE PULSES WHILE BRAKING, AND STOPING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED. DEALER HAS TURNED THE FRONT DISCS ONCE, AT APP. 11000 MILES, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS SINCE RETURNED AT APP. 17000 MILES. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO FIX THIS ANNOYING PROBLEM. THERE ARE TOO MANY COMPLAINTS, OF THE SAME PROBLEM, BY SO MANY OWNERS.*AK

FRONT ROTORS ARE WARPING ON A REGULAR BASIS. ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 18000/40000/47000/57000. CURRENTLY AT 59000 MILES, ROTORS NEED REPLACEMENT AGAIN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED THIS TIME, VEHICLE HAS 68000 MILES AND IT FEELS AS IF THE FRONT BRAKES ARE HANGING UP, THERE IS A LOT OF BRAKE DUST ON THE RIMS AND ROTORS, IN THE WINTER TIME THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SKID. *JB

CONSUMER STATES FRONT END SHAKES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ALMOST CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL, DEALER STATES THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE ONLY HAS 19500 MILES ON IT. *SLC

ENGINE PROBLEM DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. HAD ENGINE CLEANED BY JIFFY LUBE DURING AN OIL CHANGE AFTER TECH SHOWED ME SLUDGE IN OIL CAP AND IN THE TUBE WHERE YOU POUR IN THE OIL. STARTED HAVING OIL PRESSURE PROBLEMS AND TOOK IT TO DEALER. THEY SAY THAT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO ENGINE BEARINGS AND MAYBE RODS AND THAT AT THE BEST IT WILL COST $4000 TO FIX. NOT FOR SURE IF THEY WILL COVER IT UNDER THE WARRENTY EVEN THOUGH TRUCK IS NOT 2 YEARS OLD AND UNDER THE MILAGE. I HAVE SEEN ALL OVER THE INTERNET THAT DODGE TRUCKS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OIL SLUDGE. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN HELP.*AK

ABS SYSTEM ONLY WORKS WHEN PEDAL IS APPLIED VERY HARD. WHEN APPLIED ON ICE FRONT WILL LOCK UP AND REAR WILL KEEP GOING. VEHICLE TAKEN TO 2 DEALERSHIPS, BOTH STATED THIS WAS NORMAL FOR VEHICLE.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE. DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT ROTORS AT 10000/ 19000 AND 26000 MILES. AT THIS TIME, ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.*AK

WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISON AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT 25-30 MPH. *AK *YH