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1985 Dodge Dakota Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
2
Latest Oct 24, 1996
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
2
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since May 31, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Dodge Dakota. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

AirbagsDriver assistance
Filed Oct 24, 1996
Crash reported

WHILE COMING TO A STOP THE THROTTLE WENT WIDE OPEN AND VEHICLE HIT THE BACK OF ANOTHER TRUCK AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. *AK

NHTSA ID
803978
Incident
Oct 24, 1996
Airbags
Filed May 31, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

DRIVING AT SPEED 0F 35 MPH, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID
985085
Incident
May 7, 1996

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .