Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY | |||
| 08/05/2008 | 125000 | 1 | |
| My husband was driving his 2001 dodge dakota home at night, on a country road, around august 5, 2008 and the headlights flickered on and off. when he got home, the windshield wipers went haywire, the horn continued to honk, the door locks began locking and unlocking, and the air bag light came on. we found out the central timer module (cmt) and clock spring had failed and was told the truck was unsafe to drive. we had both repaired for $530. i was told that recalls existed on several dodge vehicles but not one of them specified our truck. i contacted dodge and they just said it was not my truck so i was out of luck. i then did some research on this on-line and found several forums with this same problem on this year of truck, plus several others, and they could not find any help from dodge either. this is a really serious malfunction and could of cause a very bad accident. i just need dodge to own up to the problem and reimburse us for the repairs we had. also admit there is a problem on all dodge vehicles, before someone get seriously injured or killed. *tr | |||
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM - WINDSHIELD - BLOWER | |||
| 05/13/2003 | 7566 | 0 | |
| Currently my dodge dakota is being serviced at town and country dodge for the 12th time for the blower motor going out since i purchased it in september 2000. i have had other possibly related issues-hvac control lights going out, headlight accessory panel going out, door alarm malfunctioning, and cigarette lighter inoperable. the truck has been in the shop for approximately 56 cumulative days for the above listed issues. cannot defrost / defog windows without blower motor. no heat in the winter. no air-conditioning in the summer - not even the fan works to circulate air. at times the problem is intermittent - leaving me stranded when its raining/snowing. vehicle is completely unpredictable even though the dealership has fixed it (for sure this time) 11 times prior to me dropping it off today. *jb | |||
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM - WINDSHIELD - HEATER CORE | |||
| 04/12/2007 | 69035 | 2 | 12/22/2000 |
| Heater core has gone out for the second time causing hot coolant to be leaked on my feet in the cab and fogging the windows severely while driving. research shows this is a common problem with my model year dakota. research also shows that once you have the problem then it will happen again frequently with no final fix. i feel this is dangerous and the manufacturer should have a permanent fix. my first failure was at 58k miles and now my second is at 69k. *jb | |||
| 12/22/2004 | 44000 | 1 | 11/22/2004 |
| Heater core failure. truck has 44,000 miles on it and the heater core failed. coolant was sprayed throughout entire vehicle. visibility was reduced to zero. *jb | |||
| 09/30/2003 | 34000 | 3 | 05/14/2001 |
| Heater core leaks hot (200f+)engine anti- freeze on drivers foot while driving. mine has failed three times in 34,00 miles. if my wife had been driving with sandal's it would have scalded her foot and may have caused her to loose control of truck!!!!!!!!! additionally, the window fogged up to the point of complete loss of ability to see forward, had to open side window to pull over and clean fogging off windshield. *jb | |||
| VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||
| 01/09/2007 | 109000 | 1 | 02/20/2003 |
| The front left power window stopped working. found out it was the window regulator, which can not be replace for approx 1 month due to the part is on back order. every place i have called, has had at least 3 complaints of this failure, which i believe is a manufacturing defect, if all at once they are all breaking in this truck. i read through your complaints on this website, and noticed there were some with the same problem. would like to know if the manufacture plans on a recall of this part. *nm | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | |||
| 10/28/2001 | 0 | 1 | |
| The windshield wipers on my dodge 2001 quad cab hits on the hood as the wipers go back and forth motion. this is leaving a wear mark in the metal on the hood from where it continously hits. i informed my dealer where i bought the vechicle and they laughed at me. the problem is still taking place since i bought the vechile in 2001. *ak | |||