NHTSA Complaint #10088347 — 2001 DODGE DAKOTA

I'M A LITTLE DISTURBED AT THIS PAGE...."NUMBER OF DEATHS"? DOES SOMEBODY HAVE TO DIE BEFORE CONSUMERS ARE PROTECTED? MY COMPLAINT IS FOR THE BRAKES ON MY 2001 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB. I NO LONGER EXPECT MY BRAKES TO STOP ME WHEN I NEED THEM WHICH MEANS TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, I HAD BETTER ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO STEER AROUND AN OBSTACLE! ON TWO OCCASIONS I CAN REMEMBER, I HAD TO STEER AROUND A STOPPED VEHICLE BECAUSE MY TRUCK WOULD JUST NOT STOP IN TIME. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON MY OWN AND THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE ON THE INTERNET THAT PROVES THERE IS A REAL DEFECT IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM USED ON DODGE DAKOTA TRUCKS FROM 1999 TO 2002 FROM WHAT I'VE READ. WHEN YOU READ OF ONE PERSON COMPLAINING ABOUT WARPED ROTOR'S AND HAVING NO BRAKES WHEN YOU NEED THEM, THAT'S ONE THING. BUT WHEN YOU READ COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS OF THESE SAME THINGS..WHAT HAS TO BE DONE? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE? OBVIOUSLY IT'S ABOUT MONEY...YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO FIGURE THAT OUT. CHRYSLER WOULD RATHER IGNORE PROBLEMS AND TAKE A HIT ON A COUPLE LAW SUITS EVERY YEAR AFTER SOMEONE DIES. IT MUST BE CHEAPER FOR THEM TO OPERATE THIS WAY BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T BE DOING IT. NOW IT'S YOUR JOB TO PROMOTE SAFETY...IS IT NOT? IF IT IS, THEN YOU SHOULD MAKE OUR HIGHWAY'S SAFER BY REMOVING DANGERS FROM THEM..SUCH AS DANGEROUS VEHICLES WITH BRAKES THAT FAIL.*JB