Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Dodge Dakota submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
ABS FOUND FLASHING CODE 7,PERFORMEDPPT, FOUND MODULE BAD.( CHECK SAFETY RECALL F05) WHEN PERFORMING RECALL A/T MANUAL VALVE , FOUND DISCOLORATION IN TRANSMISSION FLUID POSSIBLE COOLER RESTRICTION IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN CONDITION .. TECH TOLD THIS CUSTOMER THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION TRUCK ONLY HAS 75000 ACTUAL MILE...
THE ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, THERE HAVE BEEN REPLACEMENTS MADE UNDER WARRANTY, THE INDICATOR LIGHTS COMES ON WHEN DRIVING AND IN HOT WEATHER THE LIGHT STAYS ON, THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATED DEALER DID NOT TRY TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE REAR SPEED SENSOR, AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MODULE WERE REPLACED, ALSO REAR BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED AND CONSUMER IS STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS LIGHT COMING ON.*JB
ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE BUCKS. THE BRAKE SYSTEM ALSO KICKS IN WITHOUT PEDAL APPLICATION WHILE DRIVING. DRUMS, PADS AND CYLINDERS REPLACED ON 7/24.97. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
WHEN EMERGENCY BRAKE IS APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE BECOMES TENSIONED AND COMES IN CONTACT WITH CATALYTIC CONVERTER. HIGH CONVERTER HEAT, AIDED BY SALT/SLUSH IN THE WINTER, CAUSES CABLE TO CORRODE.
WHEN YOU APPLY FORCE TO THE BRAKES, THE FRONT BRAKES WILL NOT RELEASE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT.*AK
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED.
ABS WIRING HARNESS FAILED FIVE TIMES.
BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE, BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. TT
THE TRUCK HAS ABS BRAKES AND HAS EXPERIENCED FAILURE. THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND HAS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
THE ABS ANTI -LOCK BRAKES FAILED AT LOW SPEED, TRUCK SLID ON WET ROAD. *AK
HOLES IN FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. *SKD
THE ROTORS ARE LAMINATED AND THEY SEAL REAL BAD. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED. *TW
FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP AND REAR WHEELS WOULD CONTINUE TO TURN. TT
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.
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