1999 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

1999 DODGE DAKOTA APPLIED BRAKE AND VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT**CW** 2ND CAR FROM DOCUMENT NUMBER 10195900 THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE BRAKE PADS WEAR, AND PRESSURE WAS BEING PLACED ON THE LUGS/SLIDE BARS. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT IT WAS ALSO QUITE POSSIBLE THE BRAKES COULD BE DELAYED FROM ENGAGING BECAUSE THE BACKING PLATES ARE NOT ABLE TO RIDE UP AND OVER THE WEAR SPOT. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES A DELAY IN BRAKING OCCURRED, FOLLOWED BY A SLIGHT SHUDDER, THEN THE WHEEL LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP AND CONSEQUENTLY HE REAR ENED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB

TRUCK DIED IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. NO BUS"ON DIGITAL ODOMETER. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP FOR WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR REPLACEMENT, BUT IT WAS STILL FAILING. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND PERFORMED THE REPAIR. APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS LATER, SHE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THERE IS RECALL # 04V596000 FOR THE UPPER BALL JOINTS FOR MODEL YEARS 2000-2003. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT HER VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 72,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN SAFETY RECALL # 04V59600 DUE TO THE VIN ,SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DODGE DURANGO. ON MARCH 16, 2007, WHILE DRIVING AT 0-5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE CLUNKING SOUND INCREASED, AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FRONT CONTROL ARM UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE BECOMING DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER THE SAFETY RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 87,000.*AK

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING THE CONTACT HEARD A SQUEALING NOISE AND FELT A VIBRATION WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT SPINDLES ON HIS VEHICLE WERE DEFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC INSERTED A BOLT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE CALIPER ATTACHED TO THE SPINDLE. APPROXIMATELY A MONTH LATER HE HEARD A LOUD SQUEALING. THE CONTACT CHECKED THE BRAKE PADS AND NOTICE THAT THE PADS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WERE WORN. THE CONTACT REPLACED FRONT ROTORS, CALIPERS, BRAKE PADS AND BOLTS. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY OTHER OCCURRENCES SINCE THE REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 123,000 MILES.

THE FRONT END STARTED MAKING POPPING AND OTHER METALLIC SOUNDING NOISES AT SLOW SPEEDS. WHEN I RAISED IT UP AND LOOKED, THE RUBBER BOOTS ON THE BALL JOINTS WERE IN TATTERS! I WENT TO REPLACE THEM AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY ARE A "DEALER ITEM" AND THAT DAIMLER-CHRYSLER ONLY PROVIDES A WHOLE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS WITH BALL JOINT FOR REPLACEMENT AS A WHOLE UNIT. WHILE I HAVE NEARLY 45 YEARS OF AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE BACKGROUND THIS IS A TRAVISTY OF THE N'TH DEGREE!. YOU PRODUCE A DEFECTIVE UNIT AND THEN SCREW THE POOR SLOB WHO BOUGHT ONE BY MAKING HIM PAY AN ARM AND A LEG TO REPLACE A WHOLE CONTROL ARM THAT ONLY HAS A BAD BALL JOINT ON THE END OF IT.

TL* - THE CONTACT STATES THAT ON 12/14/06, HE TOOK HIS 1999 JEEP DAKOTA SPORT IN FOR A TIRE ALIGNMENT BECAUSE HIS TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY. THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT HE COULDN'T DO THE ALIGNMENT BECAUSE ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS UPPER AND LOWER HAD GONE BAD. THE CONTACT DID STATE THAT HE HAD HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE JEEP LIBERTY'S AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS VEHICLE BECAUSE HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CONTACT STATES THAT HE DID CONTACT CHRYSLER CORPORATION ON 12/21/06 AND WAS TOLD HIS VEHICLE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND IT WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVE THAT HE HAS ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 1 1/2 YEARS. THE REPRESENTATIVE TOOK HIS COMPLAINT AND GAVE HIM A REFERENCE # 15798865.

FAILED TRANSMISSION, FAILED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND CLEAR COAT DELAMANTING ON ALL PANELS OF TRUCK. *JB

THE 1999 DODGE DAKOTA 4 X 4 I BOUGHT NEW HAS 48500 MILES ON IT NOW. IT'S FRONT END BALL JOINTS ARE FAILING AND WILL NEED REPLACEMENT TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THIS TRUCK HAS HAS ONLY BEEN CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVEN. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, A SQUEAKING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED.