NHTSA Complaint #10045643 — 2003 DODGE DAKOTA

WHEN THE TRUCK IS STARTED AND ALLOWED TO WARM UP FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 MINUTES AND THEN PUT INTO REVERSE THE TRUCK DIES. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES NOW. THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO GET THE PROBLEM TO REPLICATE. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK FOR THREE MONTHS AND IT HAS DIED EVERY TIME I HAVE PUT IT INTO REVERSE. THE LAST TIME THEY CALLED ME TO TELL ME THAT THEY COULD NOT GET THE TRUCK TO DIE SO I MADE A TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP AND REPLICATED THE PROBLEM FOR THEM. THE DEALERSHIP THEN CALLED CHRYSLER AND CHRYSLER TOLD THEM TO PUT A "CO-PILOT" ON THE TRUCK AND HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD CATCH THE PROBLEM. I PICKED THE TRUCK UP YESTERDAY AFTER THEY INSTALLED THE CO PILOT AND TODAY WHEN I WENT OUT TO START IT, DIED SIX TIMES WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE. I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING AND THEY REMOVED THE CO PILOT AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD SEND THE INFO TO CHRYSLER. I AM HOPING TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW I AM NOT GOING TO HOLD MY BREATH. *LA