2000 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WARPING. ROTORS HAVE BEEN RESURFACED AT 8,000/ 17,000 AND 23,000 MILES, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY CAUSE. *AK *YH

ON 06/22/01, THE REAR WHEEL OF OUR DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB CAME OFF THE TRUCK WHILE TOWING A HORSE TRAILER. AFTER IT WAS TOWED TO SUNSET CHRYSTLER DEALERSHIP IN GRENADA, MS, THEY TURNED IN TO THE WARRANTY THAT THE TRUCK HAD BEEN WRECKED AND THAT IS WHY THE WHEEL CAME OFF. SINCE THEN WE FIXED THE REAR WHEEL BY REPLACING THE LUG BOLTS AND NUTS WITH SOME THAT ARE NOT A DODGE PRODUCT. WE FOUND OUT AT THE TIME THAT YOU CAN NOT ORDER THE REAR LUG BOLTS FOR THE DODGE DAKOTA QEADCAB. WE ARE NOW HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER TIRES ON THE VEHICLE DOING THE SAME THING. THE LUG BOLTS ARE COMING LOOSE AND REQUIRING TIGHTENING ALMOST DAILY. A MECHANIC AT APPLEWHITE'S GARAGE IN WINONA, MS LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID THAT THERE IS A SHIM BEHIND THE RIM ON EACH LUG BOLT. WE CAN NOT FIND ANYONE THAT KNOWS WHAT OR WHY THESE ARE ON THE LUG BOLTS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY HAZARRADOUS PROBLEM.

FRONT DISC WARP SEVERELY, FRONT END SHUDDERS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, TURNED AND REPLACED ROTORS SEVERAL TIMES

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 55 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY WILL PULSATE OR FLUTTER. ALSO, VEHICLE HAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS.*AK

PULSATION IN FRONT BRAKING SYSTEM AT 26000 MILES. BROUGHT INTO DEALER AND SAID ROTORS WERE WARPED. HAD ROTORS TURNED AND NOW 8000 MILES LATER THEY ARE WARPED AGAIN. I'M NOW IN THE POSITION OF REPLACING ROTORS ON A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. *AK

SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM MANY DAKOTA OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME SYMPTOMS. DURING BRAKING FROM ANY SPEED THE ENTIRE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY. I THINK THAT THEY HAVE DEFECTIVE ROTORS OR DRUMS.*AK

WHEN I APPLED THE BRAKES THE FRONT END WOULD SHAKE. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS HOT SPOTS AND WAS NOT UNCOMMAN FOR A TRUCK WITH 21000 MILES. THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SO I REMOVED THE WHEEL AND FOND THE OUTER RETAINER HANGING LOOSE AND SEEN MARKS ON THE RIM WHERE IT HAD BEEN RIDING. THIS MAYBE A PROBLEM THAT COULD RESULT IN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. I HAVE PIC IF YOU NEED THEM. *AK

BRAKE VIBRATION WITH LESS THAN 11,000 MILES, GOT ROTORS TURNED. THE VIBRATION RETURNED, HAD ROTORS TURNED. SIX MONTHS LATER THEY STARTED TO VIBRATE AGAIN AND STILL ARE. REPLACED ROTORS WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE ROTORS.

YOU WILL SEE IF YOU GO TO THE WEB SIGHT GIVEN YOU THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT DODGE'S DRUMS AND ROTORS GOING OUT AT LOW MILEAGE TIMES. MY DODGE IS VERY NEW AND SO FAR HAVE NOT HAD THAT PROBLEM. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT DODGE IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THESE PARTS. THEY SAY THAT THE ROTORS ARE CHEAP PLASTIC. LOOKING AT THE YEARS OF THESE TRUCKS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.*AK