NHTSA Complaint #10226985 — 2007 DODGE DAKOTA

I PURCHASED A 2007 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB IN AUGUST OF 2007. BEFORE THE 1ST SERVICE O MY VEHICLE, MY WIFE STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND INTO DRIVE. FOR HER TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM SHE HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF ROAD, STOP THE MOTOR AND RESTART THE TRUCK. SHE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND INFORMED THEM OF THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD HER THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WHEN I DROVE THE TRUCK I ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM, ALONG WITH THE TURN SIGNALS WHEN CANCELLED WILL FLASH AN EACH SIDE AND THE WIPERS WOULD JUMP. I INFORMED THE DEALER MYSELF THAT THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD TO CALL A WRECKER AND PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IT CAN NOT BE SAFE TO PULL OVER LEAVE THE TRUCK RUNNING AND HOPE THAT THE WRECKER DRIVER DOES NOT TURN OFF MOTOR BEFORE HAULING TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT. *TR