Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 06/02/2008 | 95000 | 1 | |
| On freeway at 75 mph. heard a loud pop sound and the vehicle tugged to the left. managed to keep the vehicle under control and pull off to the right shoulder. the tire was damaged but intact, it was a valve stem failure. took the tire to shop where purchased and was replaced at my expense. *tr | |||
| 12/22/2003 | 47408 | 2 | 12/17/2003 |
| Upper ball joints worn to the point of breakage | |||
| 11/15/2003 | 44000 | 0 | 04/30/2001 |
| All 4 tires have crack around the bead of tire. have spent over $500.00 in repairs, alignments, and tire balancing. problem i think is from the steering response of the vehicle. this model needs upgraded tires. | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 12/02/2004 | 12424 | 2 | 03/23/2001 |
| The sidewalls on the front tires split on the outside and inside . i found the defect myself. replaced the tires. i still have the old ones. the truck had only a little over 12k miles on it. the dealer blew me off. *jb | |||
| 07/05/2003 | 2 | ||
| Tires, gooyear wranglers. coming apart on the sidewall about 1/2 inch from the rim. first set were replaced and the problem persists with these new ones as well. am i to expect a blow out to get some attention to this potentially dangerous situation. *jb | |||
| 12/03/2002 | 71342 | 1 | 06/10/2001 |
| My balljoints snapped while turning in my sons school one morning , resulting in my front wheel and brake assembly falling off completely from my 2001 dodge dakota 4x4 truck in december 2002. i had 1000 miles passed factory warrenty | |||
| 8000 | 1 | ||
| At 8,000 miles one of the tires went flat. the vehicle was taken to the tire dealer which found all four tires (goodyear wrangler st p215/75r15) had cracks in the tire wall. the tires were replaced with the same brand of tire. now the driver front and rear tires have cracks in the tire wall. the consumer filed a complaint with dodge #11259201. *nlm | |||