2000 Dodge Dakota Other / unspecified Problems

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, CONSUMER HIT A POT HOLE. SUDDENLY THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL LITERALLY FELL OFF. *NM

NHTSA ID

10108652

Incident

Jan 1, 2005

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR NHTSA RECALL 04V596000 CONCERNING BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT. AFTER RETRIEVING THE VEHICLE AND ARRIVING HOME THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT RIM CRACKED, AND THE TIRE WAS RUINED. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT LUGS: NUTS WERE PLACED ON TOO TIGHTLY. THE DEALER DENIED THAT ANY TING WAS WRONG. *AK

NHTSA ID

10106883

Incident

Jan 5, 2005

Mileage

104,000 mi

ALL FOUR OF THE DOOR ACTUATOR HAVE FAILED. FIRST THEY MAKE ATERRIBLE GRATING SOUND THEN IF NOT REPLACED, AT AN INCREASINGLY INFLATING RATE (NOW OVER $200 EACH), THE DOOR WILL EVENTUALLY LOCK AND CANNOT BE UNLOCKED BY THE KEYLESS ENTRY. YOU CAN BE LOCKED OUT OR A SMALL CHILD COULD BE LOCKED IN. AT ANY RATE IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART, IT IS UNSAFE, THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR DAKOTAS AND DURANGOS BUT NOW OUT OF WARRANTY SO TOO BAD. IF YOU FIX IT YOU PAY OVER $200, IF YOU DO NOT YOU RUN THE RISK OF DOORS LOCKING AUTOMATICALLY AND BEING UNABLE TO UNLOCK THEM, RESULTING IN ANY NUMBER OF DANGEROUS, INJUROUS AND DESTRUCTIVE SITUATIONS.*AK

NHTSA ID

10100129

Incident

Oct 28, 2004

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AT LOW SPEEDS FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL DISCONNECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10063022

Incident

Mar 5, 2004

Mileage

125,000 mi

2000 DODGE DAKOTA, BOUGHT WITH 27,200 MILES, BALL JOINTS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE IN TWO YEARS TIME AND UNABLE TO REPLACE PARTS VEHICLE NOW HAS 74,000 MILES A VEHICLE THIS YOUNG SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS TYPE OF PROBLEMS. *LA

NHTSA ID

10045232

Incident

Aug 15, 2001

Mileage

27,500 mi

TRUCK SHAKES WHEN BRAKING AT SLOW OR MODERATE SPEED. REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND PADS THREE MONTHS AGO AT 38,000 MILES. NOW WITH 43,000 MILES THE SHAKING HAS RETURNED. *LA

NHTSA ID

10042996

Incident

Jul 5, 2003

BRAKE ROTOR ON MY 2000 DODGE DAKOTA HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN TWICE AND REPLACE ONCE IN 30,000 MILES. THE WAS DUE TO EXCESSIVE PULSATING AND DEGRADATION OF STOPPING ABILITY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE OCCURRENCE OF REDUCED BRAKING POWER. THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURING ONCE AGAIN AND NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DODGE THAT IS IS NORMAL WEAR AND WILL HAPPEN. A WARPED BRAKE ROTOR IS NOT CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR. THE PULSATION OF THE BRAKES CAN EASILY CAUSE SOMEONE TO LOSE CONTROL ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE. IT IS ALSO CONCIEVABLE THAT THE ABS SYSTEM MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY WHEN THE ROTOR IS WARPED. PLEASE LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS, THANK YOU. *AK

NHTSA ID

10037275

Incident

Sep 5, 2003

Mileage

51,000 mi

REPEATED REPLACEMENT OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS DUE TO WARPING. DEALERS KEPT SAYING NEVER HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH DODGE DAKOTA BRAKE PROBLEMS.*AK

NHTSA ID

10032643

Incident

May 26, 2001

Mileage

11,898 mi

THE RIM ON THE SPARE TIRE WAS CRACKED ALTHOUGH THE TIRE HAD NEVER BEEN USED. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10009808

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE RIM OF THE SPARE TIRE. ALSO STATED THAT IT IS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND THAT THE TIRE WAS NEVER USED. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10002436

Incident

Dec 16, 2002

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING A DEFECTIVE RIM ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS A CRACK OF ABOUT TWO INCHES TRUE THE WHOLE RIM AND IS NEVER BEEN USED ALSO SAID THAT THIS IS A SPARE TIRE. MANUFACTURE WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.

NHTSA ID

10001211

Incident

Dec 16, 2002

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING A DEFECTIVE RIM ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS A CRACK OF ABOUT TWO INCHES TRUE THE WHOLE RIM AND IS NEVER BEEN USED ALSO SAID THAT THIS IS A SPARE TIRE. MANUFACTURE WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. TS

NHTSA ID

10001210

Incident

Dec 16, 2002

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FRONT RIGHT WHEEL. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF MAKING DAMAGES TO THE AXLE AND TO THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND DOES NOT WANT TO TELL THE CONSUMER WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM EITHER. TS

NHTSA ID

8023668

ON 06/22/01, THE REAR WHEEL OF OUR DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB CAME OFF THE TRUCK WHILE TOWING A HORSE TRAILER. AFTER IT WAS TOWED TO SUNSET CHRYSTLER DEALERSHIP IN GRENADA, MS, THEY TURNED IN TO THE WARRANTY THAT THE TRUCK HAD BEEN WRECKED AND THAT IS WHY THE WHEEL CAME OFF. SINCE THEN WE FIXED THE REAR WHEEL BY REPLACING THE LUG BOLTS AND NUTS WITH SOME THAT ARE NOT A DODGE PRODUCT. WE FOUND OUT AT THE TIME THAT YOU CAN NOT ORDER THE REAR LUG BOLTS FOR THE DODGE DAKOTA QEADCAB. WE ARE NOW HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER TIRES ON THE VEHICLE DOING THE SAME THING. THE LUG BOLTS ARE COMING LOOSE AND REQUIRING TIGHTENING ALMOST DAILY. A MECHANIC AT APPLEWHITE'S GARAGE IN WINONA, MS LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID THAT THERE IS A SHIM BEHIND THE RIM ON EACH LUG BOLT. WE CAN NOT FIND ANYONE THAT KNOWS WHAT OR WHY THESE ARE ON THE LUG BOLTS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY HAZARRADOUS PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

753083

Incident

Jun 22, 2001

LUGS NUTS ARE DEFECTIVE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TAKEN FOR TIRE ROTATION NUTS HAVE TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK NOT ONLY THE NUTS HAVE TO BE REPLACED, THE BOLTS HOLDING THE TIRES HAVE CRACKED 10 OUT OF 12 TIMES AND BROKE ON THE REAR TIRES. NLM

NHTSA ID

893843

Incident

Aug 1, 2001

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION BACK END OF VEHICLE DROPPED AND LEANED TO LEFT. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER ,AND NOTICED LEFT BACK RIM CRACKED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

881922

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ABS BRAKING SYSTEMS WAS DEFECTIVE, AND VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. *AK REAR WHEELS LOCK UP DURING SNOW CONDITIONS BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *YH

NHTSA ID

878384

Incident

Jun 1, 2000

WHILE COMING TO A STOP PEDAL WENT HALF WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND CONSUMER COULD HEAR A TICKING SOUND. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DEALER COULD'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK THE LEFT REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP AND SLIDED BRIEFLY WHILE TRYING TO STOPS. *YH

NHTSA ID

874130

Incident

Jul 1, 2000

THERE ARE SEVERAL TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE ON TWO SEPARATE AUTO LOTS IN LOUISIANA, IN WHICH THE RT. REAR WHEEL PROTRUDES OUT FURTHER THAN THE OTHER THREE BY 1 TO 1/2 INCHES. DAIMLER'S SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED MINE AND SAID IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. I WANT TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT IT IS FOR ME AS WELL AS ANYONE ELSE THAT PURCHASES THIS VEHICLE. THEY DID FIND THE REAR SPRINGS ON MINE TO BE DEFECTIVE, AND REPLACED THEM. MY BRAKES FAILED AFTER THIS INCIDENT. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRINGS IN THAT SOMETHING WAS OVERLOOKED AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I AM INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THIS IS NOT CAUSED DO TO THE RT REAR WHEEL NOT ALIGNING CORRECTLY, AND COULD THIS CAUSE ANY SAFETY PROBLEMS IN TOWING HEAVY LOADS IN THE BED. *AK

NHTSA ID

721943