2002 DODGE DAKOTA Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

10 NHTSA complaints on file

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Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Issues in the 2002 DODGE DAKOTA

10 engine and engine coolingenginegasoline complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2002 DODGE DAKOTA. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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#10140949 | October 27, 2005

I WAS DRIVING TO PA FROM FL IN MY 2002 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB WITH A V-8 4.7L ENGINE (MSRP $27,000)WHEN I HEARD A TICKING NOISE WHILE IN SC. ALL FLUID LEVELS WERE FINE, SO I CONTINUED ON MY JOURNEY ON TUES. OCT. 11, 2005 I FOUND OUT THE DIAGNOSIS WHICH WAS THAT 3 RODS INSIDE THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED AND A NEW ENGINE WAS REQUIRED TO FIX IT. I WAS SHOCKED AND ASSUMED THAT CHRYSLER WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY SINCE I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGH CHRYSLER. THE CHRYSLER ADJUSTOR FINALLY ARRIVED TO CHECK OUT MY TRUCK ON FRI. OCT. 14 AND THAT IS WHEN I HEARD THE HORRENDOUS NEWS THAT CHRYSLER WAS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR END OF THE CONTRACT AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A LACK OF MAINTENANCE ON MY TRUCK. AFTER I FOUND THAT OUT I IMMEDIATELY HAD ALL OF MY MAINTENANCE RECORDS FAXED TO ME...

#10052800 | January 10, 2004

IN OCT.2002 MY TRUCK SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IN THE PAST THE TRUCK HAD SHUT OFF IN REVERSE OR WHEN I WAS AT A DEAD STOP AND THEN PRESS THE GAS, BUT THIS TIME I HAD TO DRIVE WITH MY FOOT ON THE GAS AND THE BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME AND THEN PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AT A STOP TO KEEP THE GAS GOING. I HAD ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY BLINKERS. YOU TURN THE LEFT ONE ON AND OCCASIONALLY THE RIGHT ONE WILL BLINK TO-LIKE "HAZARD LIGHTS". MY DASH BOARD WOULD ALSO LIGHT UP WHILE DRIVING OR EVEN WHEN I COME TO A STOP AT A LIGHT. I PUT IT OFF UNTIL THE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM AND THE TRUCK HAD BEEN DOING IT SINCE DAY 1, THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM TO THE BLINKERS. ALSO...

#8022397 | November 7, 2002

VEHICLE HAS A VERY ROUGH IDLE AND CONSTANTLY STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. TS

#567427 | September 25, 2002

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE SPECIAL ORDERED WITH POWER WINDOWS AND LOCKS STALLED OUT 3 TIMES. DEALER REPLACED BLOWN IGNITION FUSE, REPLACED FUSE THAT SHORTEN RELATING TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE POWER WINDOWS AND LOCKS AND REPLACED A MIS-ROUTED WIRING IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. IN ADDITION, THE ELECTRIC LOCKS DO NOT WORK, AND THE LIGHT SWITCH MUST BE JIGGLED IN ORDER TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF. CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REPLACEMENT OF ANOTHER DAKOTA (SLT) MODEL. *TT

#766895 | September 11, 2002

GASOLINE IS GETTING INTO THE ENGINE OIL SYSTEM WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN EXPLOSION OR FIRE. *AK

#8018265 | September 10, 2002

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM.*AK

#8016504 | August 16, 2002

VEHICLE WAS BURNING SMOKE AND ENGINE OIL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF PROBLEM, AND TECHNICIAN COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

#8013865 | July 15, 2002

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STALLED AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

#762655 | June 6, 2002

ENGINE STUMBLES AT 2300 RPM, TWO DEALERS HAVE SAID PROBLEM IS CHARACTERISTIC AND NOT REPAIRABLE. STEERING IS STIFF AT CENTER VERY LIGHT ELSEWHERE CAUSING OVERSTEERING AT THE TRANSITION, ALSO CHARACTERISTIC ACCORDING TO DEALERS. STEERING PROBLEM AMPLIFIED STARTING FROM STOP AND TURNING CORNER. EXCESSIVE VEHICLE ROLL AND STUMBLING ACCENTUATES STEERING INSTABILITY. ALSO NOTICABLE ON FREEWAY ENTRANCE/EXIT RAMPS WHEN STEERING IS ON THE TRANSITION BETWEEN HEAVY AND LIGHT EFFORT.

#760609 | April 16, 2002

ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPS TO THE LOW MARK ON THE GAUGE WITH ENGINE IN GEAR, AT OPERATING TEMPERTURE WITH A/C OFF.*AK

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