Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Dodge Dakota submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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
THE CONSUMER WORKED FOR A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND WAS FORCED TO DRIVE A DECOMMISSIONED VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD SEPARATED FROM THE MUFFLER. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED PERMANENT HEARING DAMAGE DO TO THE EXPLOSION. *LA
THE DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE, OPENED THE HOOD AND VIEWED THE ENGINE ON FIRE. *PH *SC
THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO START AND STALLED WHILE DRIVING. *NLM
THE VEHICLE RUNS FINE, BUT WHEN YOU STOP AT LIGHT OR SIGN THE VEHCLE WILL STALL. YOU CAN EVEN PUT IN NEUTRAL WHEN YOU STOP AND STILL STALLS. NOW THE TRUCK IS HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING. IT BACK FIRES AND RUNS ROUGH FOR A MIN. TO START YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE THROLLE DOWN FOR A MIN. HAS HAD FULL TUNE UP AND NEW CATALITIC CONVERT.
VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING, CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER 5 TIMES, BUT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE.*AK
IT RUNS ROUGH SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES IT RUNS FINE, AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE RECENTLY REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER/MUFFLERS/EGR VALVE/OXYGEN SENSOR/IGNITION COIL/FUEL FILTER/AIR FILTER AND IT STILL CONTINUES TO RUN ROUGH. ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE????
SPEEDOMETER FAILED.
RADIATOR IS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDETERMINED. *AK
WHILE SLOWING DOWN AND TURNING OR WHEN IN NEUTRAL POSITION THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE SHUTS OFF.
ENGINE STALLS.
DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE NOTICED THE SMOKE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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