Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 03/12/2009 | 1 | ||
| Acceleration would occur when in park position. it would also occur at traffic lights, without pressing the gas. this lead to the cadillac converter to malfunction and fail, next the water pump went out, the o2 sensor, and various belts. my truck is a 2001 dodge dakota with only 78,000 miles, the repairs will reach 2000.00 i have had the vehicle looked at and was told that a vehicle with these low miles should not occur. the cadillac converter is a ca emissions one, which is expensive. this should had never happened, my truck is driven 10 miles a day. *tr | |||
| 1 | |||
| Consumer called complaining about engine problems. also stated that every time it overextends 4 rpms will not switch gears, transmission failed, and vehicle vibrated and died. manufacturer was contacted, and stated that they would not do any thing because there was no recall on this vehicle.*ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| The throttle sensor failed to return to normal when it was released. *mr *ts *jb | |||
| 06/16/2003 | 1 | ||
| Front axle on 2001 dodge dakota unexpectedly broke. *mr the vehicle was in motion when the incident occurred. the dealer stated it was a manufacturer's problem. the consumer experienced several serious problems within one year with sudden acceleration on up to 80 mph. *scc *jb | |||
| 08/15/2002 | |||
| When cruise control in activated vehicle will continue to accelerate.*ak | |||
| 07/17/2002 | 3 | 01/01/2002 | |
| When slowed to near stop as when parking, vehicle suddenly accelerates as if accelerator has been heavily depressed -- foot is on brake, not on accelerator. . does not occur every stop. no warning when vehicle suddenly accelerates. last time this happened, vehicle accelerated when being parked,and almost ran through business store front. operator tried putting two feet on brake = no results...operator barely able to throw into nuetral to stop vehicle. massive damage to frame of truck. fortunately, no persons injured or real property damaged. concern is for future driving when vehicle is repaired. this seems very dangerous. *ak | |||
| 11/17/2001 | 5 | 09/01/2001 | |
| I was in iowa buying cattle, pulling 24ft trailor on interstate hwy in process of passing 18 wheeler when engine quit. the truck was taken to a dodge dealership in iowa nov. 17, 2001. the name of dealership, harlan auto plex. shop foreman suggested wiring harness replacement. regional service manager in kansas insisted the problem was defective throttle position sensor. 17 days later and 3 different throttle position sensors plus other parts tried the reginal manager allowed the dealership to replace wiring harness. dodge sent to them the wrong wiring harness and truck motor had to be torn down again to install correct wiring harness. the truck has been in iowa in shopt 19 days and i live in tx. on 12-3 i was notified the truck was fixed as dodge told the dealership to get the truck out of their shop. i drove over 1,000 miles again to pick the truck up to find it torn down again. they have now notified me the truck is fixed, but there is no way to know if it is reeally fixed and won't know until back on the interstate. this could be very dangerous. dodge will not pay for any of these travel expenses incurred nor help in anyway getting the truck back to texas. *ak | |||
| 10/01/2001 | 2 | 10/06/2000 | |
| Vehicle suddenly accelerates when it is in idle. dealer has been contacted. ak vehicle has been at dealer sevearl times, however the problem has not been corrected. *slc | |||
| 07/09/2001 | 5 | 01/01/2001 | |
| Cruise control failed to de-activate when brake was applied. brake was stepped and released 3 times, cruise control still failed to de-activate. was able to finally get cruise control to deactivate after pushing in both clutch and brake at same time. cruise takes 3-5 seconds to deactivate when just clutch is pushed in. truck was taken to dealer twice for this problem, they couldn't find anything wrong. onboard computer not showing any problems. i have had cruise control in other cars, this is not the way it it supposed to work.*ak | |||
| 06/26/2001 | |||
| Intermittently vehicle will accelerate suddenly and unexpectedly without warning. dealer has inspected vehicle on several occasions. however, problem could not be duplicated or corrected. please provide additional information.*ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CABLES | |||
| 2 | |||
| The vehicle sometimes would not go into gear, dealer stated the problem was with the linkage cable. *slc | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 1 | |||
| Although the cruise control was set the vehicle would speed up to another speed. *nlm | |||
| 10/01/2001 | 2 | 10/06/2000 | |
| Vehicle suddenly accelerates when it is in idle. dealer has been contacted. ak vehicle has been at dealer sevearl times, however the problem has not been corrected. *slc | |||