NHTSA Complaint #759145 — 2000 DODGE DAKOTA

REAR BRAKES HAVE BEEN INOPERABLE SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE, RETURNED TO DEALER WITH COMPLAINT. THEY SAID IT WAS "NORMAL". RETURNED LATER WITH FURTHER EVIDENCE TO SHOW THEM AND THEY TESTED IT , ADJUSTED THE BRAKES AND SAID IT WAS OK. LATER I JACKED THE VEHICLE UP WITH THE WHEELS POWERED UP AND COULD NOT STOP THE WHEELS FROM TURNING. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER, SHOWED THEM MY TEST AND THEY NOW PROCLAIMED A PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED EVERY COMPONENT AND STILL NO BRAKES. THEY TOOK IT TO A BRAKE SHOP FOR SECOND OPINION, THE OWNER CLAIMED I WAS RIGHT. CHRYSLER SENT A REP TO LOOK AT IT, CLAIMED IT WAS "NORMAL" SO CHRYSLER SAID THEY WERE DONE WITH IT. SO DODGE WON'T DO ANY MORE EITHER. IN SLICK CONDITIONS LIKE SNOW, THE REAR WHEELS KEEP TURNING AFTER THE VEHICLE STOPS. I HAVE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL TO KEEP FROM BEING PUSHED INTO AN INTERSECTION.*AK