Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-05-11 | 93V082000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 2,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-06 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | 1993 DODGE DAKOTA HIGH BEAM FLASHING ON AND OFF |
| 2014-06-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE … |
| 2007-07-03 | TIRES | Yes | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER OWNS A 1993 DODGE DAKOTA WITH FIRESTONE FIREHAWK ATX TIRES. HE STATED THAT WHILE HIS DAUGHTE… |
| 2004-10-26 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAD A 1993 DODGE DAKOTA AND A NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF THE VEHICLE. OWNER HAD TO REPLACE T… |
| 2004-08-05 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE HOOD BLEW INTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED THE CLAIM. *JB |
| 2003-12-18 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ABS LOCKED UP THE FRONT WHEEL, BUT THE REAR WHEEL KEPT TURNING. THE DEALER… |
| 2003-12-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE, OPENED THE HOOD AND VIEWED THE ENGINE ON FIRE. *PH *SC |
| 2003-10-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I HAVE NOT STARTED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PAINT DUE TO IT STARTED PEELING REALLY BAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. A FRIEND… |
| 2003-01-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | RED AND WHITE 93 DAKOTA. WHITE PAINT CHIPPING OFF. RED IS GOOD. |
| 2003-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE RUNS FINE, BUT WHEN YOU STOP AT LIGHT OR SIGN THE VEHCLE WILL STALL. YOU CAN EVEN PUT IN NEUTRAL WHEN YOU S… |
| 2002-12-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PAINT HAS BEEN PEELING ON THE ROOF OF THE CAB AND THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK. THE AREA WHERE THE PAINT HAS PEELED HAS NOW RU… |
| 2002-06-05 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS HAS OCCURRED TO OTHER OWNERS OF DODGE DAKOTAS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK |
| 2002-04-17 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 1 | SEATBACK FAILED DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING DRIVERS HEAD TO HIT REAR WINDOW. *AK |
| 2001-07-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. APPLIED BRAKES, AND VEHICLE TREMBLED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBL… |
| 2001-03-13 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS MALFUCTION IS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE ABS MODULE, CAUSING T PEDAL TO GO TO FLOOR, AND A DELAYED IN STOPPING DISTANCE. … |
| 2001-02-11 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | HOOD LATCH FAILED CAUSING THE HOOD TO OPEN AND CRASH ON THE ROOF OF VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2001-02-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | I HAD BEEN RUNNING A FEW ERRANDS AND HAD JUST LEFT MY CELLULAR PHONE COMPANY WHEN I AND A PASSENGER SMELLED SOMETHING B… |
| 2000-12-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | I NOTICED IN WINTER 2000 THE PAINT ON THE TOP OF THE TRUCK WAS PEALING. WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR AN ESTIMATE I WAS TOLD I… |
| 2000-11-16 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | THE PAINT IS PEELING OFF THE BODY IN HUGE CHUNKS. I HAVE READ THAT THE PAINT COMING LOOSE AND FALLING OFF CAN BE A HAZ… |
| 2000-10-25 | TIRES | No | 0 | TIRE SUDDENLY DEVELOPED ABOUT 20 LARGE CRACKS AROUND 270 DEGREES OF IT'S CIRCUMFERENCE CAUSING RAPID DEFLATION. TIRE HA… |
| 2000-09-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 1 | THE CONSUMER WORKED FOR A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND WAS FORCED TO DRIVE A DECOMMISSIONED VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH,… |
| 2000-09-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 1 | APPROACHED A SIGNAL LIGHT AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. HAD A HARD PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. AS A RESULT, THE V… |
| 2000-09-09 | SEATS | Yes | 2 | I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH I WAS REAR-ENDED. AT THAT TIME, BOTH OF THE FRONT SEATS BROKE, AND WE WERE THROWN BACKWA… |
| 2000-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH BECAME VERY HOT AND MELTED THE STEERING COLUMN PLASTIC, SMOKE EXITED KEY HOLE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS… |
| 2000-07-05 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 2 | WHILE VEHICLE STOPPED IT WAS REAR ENDED, AND BOTH SEATS COLLAPSED BACKWARD WITHOUT A WARNING. *AK BOTH THE PASSENGER … |
| 2000-06-08 | TIRES | No | 1 | TIRE TREAD BLEW APART AFTER DRIVING 100 MILES IN 80 DEGREE WEATHER CAUSING TRUCK TO VEAR OFF THE HIGHWAY. SHREADED TIRE… |
| 2000-05-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | FRONT END SQUEAKED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT FRONT CALIPER TREA… |
| 2000-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT CLICK INTO RETRACTOR FOR SUPPORT. *AK |
| 1999-11-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 1999-10-04 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND CARED FOR. LARGE CHUCKS OF PAINT PEELING FROM HOOD MOMENTARILY DISTRACT OR STARTLE DRIVE… |
| 1999-08-18 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AT 40-45MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SEATBACK COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO G… |
| 1999-08-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO DRIVE FROM PARK HAVE TO GO TO REVERS FIRST THEN TO DRIVE( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P21575… |
| 1999-07-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE OVERDRIVE IN VEHICLE, CHEWS UP THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE BEARINGS WORKING LOOSE. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A LACK OF LUB… |
| 1999-07-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DESIGN FLAW OF BEARING IN A GEAR IN OVERDRIVE WORKED ITS WAY LOOSE BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION IN THE MANUFACTU… |
| 1999-06-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PAINT ON TOP OF PASSENGER CAB HAS BEGUN TO BUBBLE AND PEEL. THE PAINT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED, WASHED AND WAXED IN A … |
| 1998-12-16 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | CONSUMER BECAME TRAPPED IN SEAT BELT, AND HAD TO GO TO THE SERVICE STATION AND HAVE THEM CUT HIM OUT OF THE SEAT BELT.… |
| 1998-12-08 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | HOOD UNLATCH WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. DEALER NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK |
| 1998-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | FRONT BRAKE ROTORS PITTED ON BOTH SIDES. ALSO FRONT BRAKE PADS WORE OUT. |
| 1998-09-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 1998-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | ROTORS PITTED AND FLAKING CAUSING THEM TO MAKE NOISE. |
| 1998-07-28 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AND BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, TWO STUDS THAT HOLD THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER AND ONE OTHER STUD SNAPPED AND … |
| 1998-07-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE RUSTED/PITTED AND WORE THE BRAKE PADS DOWN TO AN UNUSEABLE AND UNSAFE CONDITION. I STILL HAVE … |
| 1998-06-21 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | SEAT BELT RETRACTORS HAVE FAILED ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. |
| 1998-06-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE IS WHITE IN COLOR. LAST YEAR APPROXIMATELY IN JUNE 1998 I NOTICED THAT THE PAINT ON THE CAB OF THE TRUCK S… |
| 1998-04-15 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | THE BOLTS HOLDING THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATBACK AND RACKET ASSY HAVE FAILED TWICE. THEY SEEM BRITTLE. SEATBACK WILL FALL RE… |
| 1998-04-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING WAS PULLING INTO AN INTERSECTION WHEN VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN LOCKED UP DUE TO DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASE. V… |
| 1997-11-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR MOULDING HAS CAUSED WATER DAMAGE TO CARPET. DOOR JAM PLASTIC MOULDING SET DOWN WITH 5 SCREWS, PEN… |
| 1997-10-25 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEAT BELT LATCH IN FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT IN A LATCH POSITON WILL NOT UNLATCH. IT IS STUCK . DEALER SAID IT BROKE, NEEDS … |
| 1997-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RADIATOR IS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 1997-09-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT AXLE SEALS FAILED, LEAKING GEAR OIL. |