2001 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

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  • 2001 DODGE DAKOTA
    - POULSBO, WA

    FRONT ROTORS ARE WARPED, I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN AND DODGE SAID EVERYTHING WAS OKAY THEN THEY CHARGED ME FOR THEIR TIME. THE VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE.*AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2001 DODGE DAKOTA
    - LAWRENCE, IL

    WHILE BACKING UP HEARD A LOUD POP, AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, AND WAS INFORMED THAT STEERING SHAFT BROKE.PRIOR TO INCIDENT,WHEN GOING FORWARD OR REVERSING THERE WILL BE A SHUTTER.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE DAKOTA
    - ALSIP, IL

    THERE ARE NUMEROUS BLIND SPOTS INSIDE OF CAB WHEN THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE DAKOTA
    - CARNEYS POINT, NJ

    IF WE WERE TRAVELING AT A HIGHER SPEED WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERLY INJURED OR KILLED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2001 DODGE DAKOTA
    - OVIEDO, FL

    WHILE SHIFTING VEHICLE INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REPAIRED FIVE TIMES, BUT VEHICLE STILL HAS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE DAKOTA
    - MARANA, AZ

    ALL FOUR TIRES ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ARE CRACKING AT THE BEAD. CRACKS ARE SEVERAL INCHES LONG. GOODYEAR DEALER SAYS "HEAT CRACKING" AND WILL REPLACE AT PRORATED VALUE. IF THESE TIRES WERE RECALLED PER YOUR WEBSITE, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. INFORMATION IS FOR PAPER TRAIL.*AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2001 DODGE DAKOTA
    - WOLFEBORO, NH

    WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES WITH SOME FORCE, THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK SUDDENLY VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT, THE TRUCK THEN VEERED DANGEROUSLY IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. THE DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE DRY PAVEMENT AND CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO BRING THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL. THE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST AND DETERIORATION. *TT

    Source: CONSUMER LETTER
  • 2001 DODGE DAKOTA
    - DESPLAINES, IL

    WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND WITHOUT WARNING WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION.*AK WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE CONSUMERS HOUSE. *YH

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE DAKOTA
    - GRAND ISLAND, NE

    WHILE DRIVING 50-60 MPH VEHICLE SWERVED TO MISS FROM HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND RIGHT/ LEFT TIRES HIT SOMETHING, CAUSING STEERING COLUMN TO MALFUNCTION AND TO BECOME INOPERABLE.*AK *YH

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE DAKOTA
    - PAWPAW, MI

    VEHICLE WILL START TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIES THE BRAKES WHILE DRIVING. PROBLEM GETS WORSE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES, BUT THE REPAIRS DO NOT WORK . CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE CAIPLERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ALSO THE VEHICLE WAS REALIGNED, ALSO THERE WAS AN OIL AND TRANSMISSIN LEAK.*JB

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE