Dodge Dakota suspension problems

suspension problem

9.3

really awful

Typical Repair Cost:

$1,360.00

Average Mileage:

75,000 miles

Number of complaints:

3 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. kick engineers at Dodge in the ass (2 reports)
  2. have the recall extend to 1999 dodges (1 reports)

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problem #3

2007Jul 24

(reported on)

Dakota 5.2L V8

  • Automatic transmission
  • 125,000 miles

I took my truck in to have an alignment done today. I was told that I needed new upper and lower ball joints as well as left and right inner tie rods. It is going to cost almost $1200 to fix. Money I don't have. I found the recall for the 2000 Dakota for the same problem. How great for Dodge that they talked the government out of fixing the prior year. I think that Dodge needs to take care of it's customers and fix this problem. After this truck I will never buy another Dodge product again...

dallasr

Bucyrus, KS, USA

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problem #2

2005Nov 24

(reported on)

Dakota 4X4

  • 60,000 miles

Without any warning while driving home the truck started making a bumping noise - by the time I (barely) got home and shaking like a leaf, the front left wheel was turned outwards. Had it towed to dealer (Centennial Chyrsler in Barrie, Ontario) at a cost of 70.00 only to have them call me the next day and quote an estimate of 4,300.00 including taxes). I showed the estimate to 3 Class A Mechanics and they all agreed that the dealer was taking me to the cleaners (mainly because I am a woman). My main beef here is with the dealer because not only did they not offer any explanation as to why the upper and lower ball joints and tie rod ends go on a truck that is only 6 years old with 156000km on it. I had to pay an additional 200.00 to have it re-towed to an independent mechanic and the truck was repaired for $2,100.00 less than what the dealer quoted. This could have been a lot worse - I drive the highway every day and I could have been in a serious accident.

joyb

Thornton, ON, Canada

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problem #1

2005Oct 06

(reported on)

Dakota Sport

  • 40,000 miles

Once again, crappy engineering at Dodge raises its ugly head with this pile of crap. Appearantly, Im not the only one with this problem. Our company has another one of these pieces of Dodge junk and the ball joints on it went out too. We also have a lot of Dodge diesels in our fleet that are nothing but crap, but thats another story.

dodgehater

Midvale, ID, USA

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