Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Dodge Dakota submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 20 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO PASS THE STATE VEHICLE INSPECTION DUE TO THE FRAME BEING CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS BEYOND REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,000.
ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO, PAINT STARTED TO BLOW OFF MY 1995 DODGE DAKOTA. THIS TRUCK HAS HAD NO BODY WORK DONE AND HAS SUFFERED NO DAMAGE. THE PAINT IS PEELING IN MANY PLACES ALL OVER THE CAB AND IN A COUPLE OF AREAS HAS BEGUN TO RUST. PAINT SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 9 YEARS AND I AM SURPRISED THAT DODGE WOULD ALLOW SUCH A PROBLEM FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. MY VEHICLE IS A 1995 CLUB CAB SHORT BED 4X4 AND IS TWO TONE BLUE AND GREY IN COLOR. *JB
THIS IS JUST A RUN DOWN ON REPAIRS I MADE TO MY VEHICLE, BUT THEY ARE PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AT THE FACTORY. FIRST OF ALL, THE BRAKE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THIS IS THE ONLY VEHICLE THAT I KNOW OF THAT HAS TO HAVE AIR IN THE FRONT CALIPHERS TO WORK. I HAD TO PUT BEARINGS IN BOTH FRONT AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLIES. THE FRONT ONE CAME FROM THE FACTORY WITHOUT A BEARING IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY.
THE RIGHT SIDE FRAME RAIL CRACKED BEHIND THE FRONT CROSS MEMBER. *MR *CB *JB
CONSUMER ADVISED VEHICLE HAS A CRACK IN THE FRAME EXTENDING FROM WELD NEAR FRONT SUSPENSION TO DOWN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. RELATED INVESTIGATION DP02009/FRAME CRACKS. TS
CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. *SLC
RIGHT FRONT OF FRAME HAS CRACKED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE EXPERIENCED VIBRATION IN THE STEERING, NOISE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS OR WHILE CURBING. THE BUSHINGS AND FRONT SWAY BAR WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE SWAY BAR BUSHINGS BEING WORN, DEALER REPLACED THE LEFT AND FRONT BUSHINGS, CONSUMER CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS AND WAS HEARING A SCRUNCHING NOISE IN THE FRONT END OVER CURBING, DEALER REPLACED UPPER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS AND SHOCK ABSORBERS, THE DEALER ALSO LUBRICATED THE SUSPENSION. A LOOSE CONTROL ARM ROD WAS REPLACED DUE TO A POPPING NOISE WHILE TURNING. THE CAUSE OF ALL THE FRONT PROBLEMS WAS DUE TO A CRACK IN THE FRAME LOCATED IN THE PASSENGERS SIDE, INSIDE FRAME, BEHIND THE FRONT WHEEL. THE LEFT SUND VISOR PIN CAME LOOSE, DEALER REPLACED. JLG *SLC
A CRACK HAS DEVELOPED ON PASSENGER'S SIDE INSIDE FRAME BEHIND FRONT WHEEL. DEALER: CHEVROLET WORK'S ON DODGE VEHICLES, WHERE PURCHASE WAS NOTIFIED. FRAME NEEDS TO REPLACED TO THE POINT WHERE A REPAIR WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
TWO WEEKS AGO CONSUMER HEARD A CRUNCHING NOISE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. CONTROL BRACKET THAT HOLDS FRAME WAS BROKEN. IF WHOLE BRAKET WAS BROKEN THEN FRONT WHEELS COULD FALL OFF. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRAME BROKE IN HALF JUST BEFORE THE STEERING CONTROL ARM. *SLC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS UNDERNEATH VEHICLE PUTTING IN A CLUTCH PRESSURE PLATE AND FOUND FRONT FRAME BROKEN. BREAKAGE WAS RIGHT BENEATH SPINDLE AND FRONT WHEELS. IF SUPPORT FAILED IT COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT MANUFACTURER FOR MORE ASSISTANCE. *AK
WATER LEAKS INTO CABIN...ALL DOOR SEALS REPLACED. *AK
DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCKS LATCH UNEXPECTEDLY IN WHICH OCCUPANT IS UNABLE TO REOPEN DOOR ELECTRONICALLY AND MANUALLY, CAUSING OCCUPANT TO BE STUCK IN VEHICLE, OCCUPANT MUST RESTART VEHICLE IN ORDER TO UNLATCH DOORS, WILL BE TAKING TO DEALER. *AK
I LOOKED THROUGH THE RECALLED SECTIONS AND FOUND THIS PROMBLEM IN THE DODGE RAM .WOULD THAT BE THE NOTICE THAT I WOULD NEED?NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK
ON PASSENGER'S SIDE , MAIN FRAME ON THE VEHICLE HAS BROKEN BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR CONTROL ARM WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK
FRAME WAS CRACKED BEHIND THE RIGHT TIRE. A PLATE AND WELD WAS DONE TO REPAIR IT. *AK
WHILE OWNER WAS DOING A ROUTINE INSPECTION OF TRUCK NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS BROKEN BEHIND THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
FRAME CRACKED.
DRIVER'S SIDE TOP BALL JOINT SQUEAKS.
THE FRAME HAS RUSTED AND THE TRUCK IS ABOUT TO SPLIT APART. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
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