Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1995 Dodge Dakota.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-14 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I bought this 1995 Dodge Dakota brand new in 1995 and it only has original 92,110 miles on it. The problem with this D… |
| 2016-12-27 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | MY DAUGHTER'S SEAT BELT WOULD NOT UNLATCH. SHE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE CAR. SHE HAD TO LEAVE AND DRIVE BACK HOME, WH… |
| 2016-07-16 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR NON FUNCTIONAL FAILS TO RETRACT |
| 2016-04-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | MY DAUGHTER, WHO WAS THE DRIVER, WAS UNABLE TO UNLATCH HER SEAT BELT. HER BOYFRIEND HAD TO FORCE IT APART IN ORDER FOR … |
| 2014-09-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO PASS THE STATE VEHICLE INSP… |
| 2013-12-17 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED...JUST A GRADUAL DOWNFALL OF THE GASKET ON THE WINDSHIELD THAT IS NOW COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WIND… |
| 2011-06-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE FRONT DRIVER AND… |
| 2010-12-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | THERE SEEMED TO BE AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF "PLAY" IN THE STEERING. IT HAS NOW GOTTEN TO THE POINT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTA… |
| 2008-07-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | PICKUP WAS PARKED IN DRIVE WAY ON A THURSDAY EVENING APPROS 1700 HRS, ON SAT APPROS 1730 HRS THE HORN SOUNDED AND THE W… |
| 2007-02-28 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICL THE DRIVER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF TH… |
| 2006-05-18 | WHEELS | Yes | 0 | I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT 35 MILES AN HOUR UP TO 45 AND THE TIRE CAME OFF. IT CAUSED A 3 CAR ACCIDENT. LUCKILY INO ONE… |
| 2006-02-09 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT | No | 0 | MY COMPLAINT IS WITH THE FACT THAT DODGE WAS ALLOWED TO PUT DEFECTIVE SEATS IN THE 1995 DODGE DAKOTA (AS WELL AS OTHER … |
| 2004-11-03 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS BEING PARKED AND WHEN IT HAD COME TIME TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT UNLATCH. THE… |
| 2004-09-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | AIR BAG MALFUNCTION ON 1995 DODGE DAKOTA. *MR THE AIR BAG WAS INOPERATIVE, SINCE NO ONE WAS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY, … |
| 2004-06-04 | POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) | No | 0 | 4 WHEEL DRIVE WONT WORK, MAKES POUNDING NOISE . *AK |
| 2004-01-20 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FAULTY SEAT BELT IN 1995 DODGE DAKOTA,HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF SEAT BELT.TOLD ITS GOING TO BE 300 TO 400 TO REPLACE.EVEN TH… |
| 2003-11-08 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BROKE WHEN SITTING DOWN AND I FELL BACK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT THE BOTTOM BOLT AND MIDDLE … |
| 2003-07-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | THE SHEET METAL ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS TEARING IN TWO PLACES: AT THE DOOR LATCH AND AT THE LOWER HINGE. THE PROBLEM S… |
| 2003-05-22 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | THE RIGHT SIDE FRAME RAIL CRACKED BEHIND THE FRONT CROSS MEMBER. *MR *CB *JB |
| 2003-03-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE ON, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ACTED ERRATIC. *JB |
| 2003-02-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISION DOESN'T LIKE TO UP SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR UNLES I LET OFF THE THROTEL. ALSO TRUCK HAS ROLED WHEN I… |
| 2003-02-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN I DRIVE 50 + MILES, TRANSMISSION WON'T UP SHIFT UNLESS I TAKE FOOT OFF GAS, IT HAS DONE THIS ABOUT 12 TIMES SINCE … |
| 2003-01-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO, PAINT STARTED TO BLOW OFF MY 1995 DODGE DAKOTA. THIS TRUCK HAS HAD NO BODY WORK DONE AND HAS SUFFERE… |
| 2002-11-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THIS IS JUST A RUN DOWN ON REPAIRS I MADE TO MY VEHICLE, BUT THEY ARE PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AT T… |
| 2002-10-30 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | CONSUMER ADVISED VEHICLE HAS A CRACK IN THE FRAME EXTENDING FROM WELD NEAR FRONT SUSPENSION TO DOWN THE PASSENGER SIDE … |
| 2002-06-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. *SLC |
| 2002-06-03 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | A CRACK HAS DEVELOPED ON PASSENGER'S SIDE INSIDE FRAME BEHIND FRONT WHEEL. DEALER: CHEVROLET WORK'S ON DODGE VEHICL… |
| 2002-06-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS SQUEAKING AND JERKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY STATED ROTORS/ DISC, AND CALIP… |
| 2002-04-18 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY HEARD NOISE AND PULLED VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDERS. FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE… |
| 2002-04-16 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | TWO WEEKS AGO CONSUMER HEARD A CRUNCHING NOISE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. CONTROL BRACKET THAT HOLDS FRAME WAS BROKEN. IF … |
| 2002-03-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEATBELT LATCH PLASTIC CASE CRACKED, CAUSING SEATBELT TO REMAIN LATCHED. CONTACTED 2 CHRYLSER DEALERSHIPS. ONE… |
| 2001-12-15 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | VEHILCE WAS INVOLVED IN A 20 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH BUMPER WAS DAMAGED, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKN… |
| 2001-05-14 | SEATS | No | 1 | LEVER TO RELEASE FRONT SEAT ON SIDE HAD SQUEEZED CHILD'S FINGERS AS CHILD WAS ENTERING REAR SEAT OF EXTENDED CAB.… |
| 2001-05-02 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | THE BOLT SUPPORTING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK HAS SHEARED NUMEROUS TIMES, CAUSING THE SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE. SO FAR T… |
| 2001-04-24 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | LAP AND SHOULDER BELTS WILL NOT UNLOCK. WHEN PRESSING RED PUSH BUTTON THERE IS NO RESPONSE. CONSUMER HAD TO USE SCISS… |
| 2001-03-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WARPED ROTORS, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT WHEN HE CALLED MANUFACTURER H… |
| 2001-02-26 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS UNDERNEATH VEHICLE PUTTING IN A CLUTCH PRESSURE PLATE AND FOUND FRONT FRAME BROKEN. BREAKAGE WAS RIGH… |
| 2001-02-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID | No | 1 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2001-01-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCKS LATCH UNEXPECTEDLY IN WHICH OCCUPANT IS UNABLE TO REOPEN DOOR ELECTRONICALLY AND MAN… |
| 2001-01-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | HEADLIGHT SWITCH BURNT, CAUSING SMELL AND FAILURE OF LIGHTS COST IS REPLACEMENT AT LOCAL DODGE DEALER (GOOD BROTHERS WE… |
| 2000-11-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHAULED BY THE DEALER AT 42000 THE FIRST TIME. *AK |
| 2000-11-01 | SEATS | Yes | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE AFTER AN IMPACT OF 0-5MPH. *K |
| 2000-10-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. DEALER HAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM, BUT WHEN CONUSMER ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE… |
| 2000-09-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | WHENI PUT MY TILT UP IN MY TRUCK THE AIRBAG LIGHT COEMS ON AND I CANT ROLLUP MY WINDOWS PLUS I HAVE BEEN GETTING SHOCKE… |
| 2000-09-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES WHILE BOUNCING FROM A SLIGHT ASPHALT BUMP, HOOD LATCH RELEASED AND HOOD BLEW UP ON TOP OF THE ROOF CAUS… |
| 2000-08-10 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | 8/10/2000 12:00 NOON 4 MILES SOUTH OF NORMAN,OK,AT 75MPH THE LEFT REAR TIRE PEELED THE TREAD CASING, SENT IT FLYING AT … |
| 2000-07-08 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | No | 0 | DEFECTIVE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT READ PROPERLY, BUT SPINS AROUND WHICH WONT GIVE THE CORRECT READING OF GAS GAUGE. *AK |
| 2000-02-04 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | VENICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE WARRANTOR (GE ) HAS DENIED THE CLAIM AND REFUSES TO HONOR IT. WE PAID A LOT OF… |
| 1999-12-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THIS TRANSMISSION FAILURE SHOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED ON SUCH A YOUNG TRUCK. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRMAN STATE… |
| 1999-12-10 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | ALL FRONT SEAT BELTS ARE BROKEN ,PLASTIC BODIES BRAKE APART,LEAVING NO SEAT BELTS. *AK |