Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. 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. 11 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
PICKUP WAS PARKED IN DRIVE WAY ON A THURSDAY EVENING APPROS 1700 HRS, ON SAT APPROS 1730 HRS THE HORN SOUNDED AND THE WINDOWS APPEARED TO BE TINTED, INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE STEERING COLUMN TO BE ABLAZE, FIREDEPT CALLED AND FIRE EXTINGUISHED, STEERING COLUMN TOTAL LOSS. VEHICLE UNUSABLE. TOTAL LOSS. *TR
WHEN THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE ON, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ACTED ERRATIC. *JB
DOOR LOCK INOPERABLE. YH
TRUCK WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND OFF DURING THE NIGHT CAUGHT FIRE...FIRE CHIEF AND INVESTIGATOR SAID THAT FIRE STARTED WITH SOME WIRE IN THE DASH...TRUCK IS TOTALLY GONE
BATTERY CABLE ON THE POSITIVE POST MID-WAY LAYS AGAINST THE ENGINE, BURNED THROUGH 3-4 CENTIMETERS, THROUGH THE CASING PART. ALSO STARTED TO GET TO THE WIRES INSIDE. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *SLC
THE WIRING HARNESS RUNS BEHIND THE ENGINE BELOW THE MANIFOLD AND TOUCHES THE MANIFOLD. WHILE DRIVING SMELLED WIRES BURNING AND VEHICLE STOPPED. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS MELTED ON THE MANIFOLD, AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHORT OUT. NO WARRANTY. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
MAIN COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION 8 TIMES.
THE BATTERY COVER FLEW OFF WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO DENT THE HOOD. *AK CONSUMER STATES BATTERY EXPLODED, FAILED BATTERY ALSO SPREAD BATTERY ACID ALL OVER THE ENGINE. *SLC
FUEL TANK DOES NOT HAVE SHIELD TO PROTECT IT FROM GETTING HIT UNDER THE BOTTOM. TT CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE TANK DUE TO HOLE, TANK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN WARRANTY, GAS GAUGE INOPERATIVE. CD PLAYER IS INOPERATIVE. DASHBOARD UNDER STEERING WHEEL IS SAGGING DOWN. *SLC
INTERMITTENT STALLING/STUMBLING WHEN STARTING//PULLING IN TO TRAFFIC. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEED TRUCK CUT OFF AS THE TURN SIGNAL COME ON BY ITSELF. 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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