Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 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
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE BACK OF THE DRIVER SEAT FRACTURED CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACKWARDS. ALTHOUGH THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER WERE ALERTED, NO INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.
WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SEAT RECLINER BOLT BROKE, CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK TO FALL BACKWARDS. DRIVER LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TEMPORARILY. *AK *MR
THE RIDER'S SIDE SEAT BACK IS LOCKED IN PLACE AND WILL NOT FOLD FORWARD. THIS HAMPERS GETTING PEOPLE OR MATERIALS OUT OF THE BACK SEAT OF THIS EXTENDED CAB PICKUP. IT IS ALSO A SAFETY HAZARD AS A PERSON IN THE BACK COULD NOT EASILY ESCAPE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. THERE ARE 57 OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE REQUESTED REPLACEMENT PARTS WHICH ARE NOT BEING PROVIDED. *LA
THE FRONT SEATBACK LATCHES DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE DRIVER'S LATCH DOES NOT LOCK ALLOWING THE SEATBACK TO MOVE FORWARD DURING SUDDEN TURNS. THE PASSENGER SEATBACK WAS PERMANENTLY LOCKED NOT ALLOWING FOR SEAT BACK TO BE ADJUSTED. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER CAN NOT ADD OR REMOVE PASSENGERS FROM EXTENDED CAB ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. *NLM
SEAT LOCKING LATCH BEHIND BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS DOES NOT FUNCTION. SEATS WILL NOT LOCK INTO PLACE.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE DRIVER SEAT BACK FELL BACK. NO INJURIES. NLM
CONSUMER'S INSIDE DOOR LATCHES WILL NOT LOCK IF NOT PUSHED DOWN. PASSSENGER SIDE IS FAR MORE RUSTED. DEALER WILL LOOK AT DOORS & FIX THEM FOR $200. VEHICLE 4 YEARS OLD SHOULDN'T BE RUSTED. *AK
LOCKS ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE GET STUCK. THIS PROBLEM STARTED A YEAR AGO. CONSUMER CANNOT NOT GET OUT OF VEHICLE UNLESS THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON TO HELP FROM THE OUTSIDE. LATCHES WERE RUSTED. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *ML
THE DOOR LATCH MECHANISMS HAVE RUSTED, CONSUMER COULD NOT OPEN THE PASSENGER DOOR DUE TO PROBLEM. *MJS
CORROSION/RUST DEVELOPED INSIDE THE INNER LOCKING MECHANISM UNDER DOOR PANEL. DOOR PANEL HAD TO BE REMOVED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN ORDER TO OIL THE INNER LOCKING MECHANISM ON EITHER SIDE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACT. *AK
BACK OF SEATS DO NOT LATCH AND UNLATCH PROPERLY THIS IS CREATING A DANGER IF THERE WAS A CRASH OR SUDDEN STOP. *AK
LOWER BOLT THAT HOLD SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING SEAT TO TIP BACKWARDSWHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT BRACKET BROKE, CAUSING SEAT TO MOVE BACKWARDS WHEN APPLYING ACCELERATOR . DEALER REPLACED COMPLETE BRACKET. *AK
BOTH THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND PASSENGER'S DOOR UNABLE TO BE OPENED FROM OUTSIDE. PASSENGER DOOR WAS FIXED BY DEALERSHIP. DRIVER'S DOOR WAS FIXED BY MECHANIC. TRUCK CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP AS BOTH DOORS NEED TO BE FIXED AGAIN. THE DRIVERS DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE TIGHTLY UNLESS YOU LOCK THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. THE PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING INSTRUMENT PANEL GOES OUT, AND DRIVER COULD NOT SEE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IN THE DARK. ALSO, PROBLEMS WHEN REVERSING GEARS, WHICH FELT LIKE GOING "OVER A SACK OF POTATOES". DEALER IS WILLING TO PAY HALF OF THE COST FOR TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
ALL DASH LIGHTS AND ALARM BUZZERS COME ON WHEN THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IS PULLED OUT THIS CONDITION LASTS UNTIL TRUCK IS WARMED UP AND ONLY OCCURS AT TEMPERATURES FREEZING OR BELOW
INTERNAL CONNECTOR FOR PASSENGERS DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM FAILED CAUSING STICKING.
IN FREEZING WEATHER INTERIOR DOOR SEALS FREEZE. DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET OR WET HEAVY SNOW, MOISTURE WILL ENTER INTO DOOR SEALS AND FREEZE DOORS SHUT, PREVENTING DRIVER FROM GETTING OUT OF TRUCK. *AK
FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH LOCK MODULE ACTUATOR, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH MODULE IS RUSTED, CAUSING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR TO OPEN WHEN DRIVING, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE PART HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK
ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE DASH, CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE HEADLIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH.
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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