This deal is profitable. The price is 10.6 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $3531
Fair price: $5034
High price: $6536
MPG: 15 mpg city / 20 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Medium Slate Gray
Color: Light Almond Pearl Metallic Clearcoat
Dealer: First Choice Ford Lincoln
Mileage: 174,357
Year: 2005
Ownership Cost for 2005 Dodge Dakota SLT
Estimated: $44246 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2247
$1078
$944
$854
$764
$5887
Insurance
$1578
$1634
$1691
$1750
$1811
$8464
Fuel
$2438
$2511
$2598
$2702
$2824
$13073
Maintenance
$2763
$2106
$1141
$1069
$2291
$9370
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$673
$673
$673
$673
$673
$998
Total Ownership Costs
$10676
$8543
$7769
$7854
$9404
$44246
Body Cab Type: Crew/ Super Crew/ Crew Max
Body Class: Pickup
Brake System Type: Hydraulic
Displacement CC: 3700.0
Displacement CI: 225.78785315050
Displacement L: 3.7
Drive Type: 4x2
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 2E: 6,001 - 7,000 lb (2,722 - 3,175 kg)
Make: DODGE
Manufacturer: FCA US LLC
Manufacturer Id: 994
Model: Dakota
Model Year: 2005
Plant City: Warren
Plant Company Name: Dodge City Assembly
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Series: ND
Series2: H (High Line)
Trim: SLT / Sport
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
FOUR MONTHS AGO WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER HEARD NOISE COMING THROUGH THE FRONT END. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. FOUR MONTHS LATER AND WITHOUT WARRANTY DEALERSHIP INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THE NEED TO REPLACE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. *AK
2005
STEERING
I HAVE A 2005 DODGE DAKOTA SLT. I PURCHASED IT IN 10/2005. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK SINCE I FIRST BOUGHT IT. RECENTLY I HAD TO REPLACED THE TIRE RODS, SWAY BAR AND LINKAGE, BRAKES, CALIPERS, AND ROTORS. TWO DAYS AFTER I HAD ALL OF THESE THINGS FIXED I NOTICED THAT THE TRUCK WAS STILL SHAKING AND MAKING A LOT OF NOISE. WHEN I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO DODGE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR AXLE IN THE TRUCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THE TRUCK WAS MANUFACTURED THE WRONG SIZE AXLE WAS PUT IN THE TRUCK. THIS CAUSED ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS. I WAS TOLD THAT OTHER PARTS ARE DAMAGED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AND REPAIRED.(REAR BRAKE SHOES, FRONT DISC ROTORS) I WAS TOLD THAT THE AXLE PART IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT I HAVE TO PAY THE $100 DEDUCTIBLE. I WAS TOLD THAT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS DAMAGED (DUE TO THE AXLE) AND REQUIRES REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT IS NOT COVERED BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR". I WAS GIVEN A QUOTE OF SOMEWHERE AROUND $400. (DEPENDING ON LABOR) MY COMPLAINT IS SIMPLE, I AM BEING FORCED TO PAY FOR DAMAGED PARTS ON MY TRUCK THAT ARE DIRECTLY CAUSED BY THE MANUFACTURES ERROR. A PROBLEM THAT CAN BE PROVED TO BE THE MANUFACTURERS FAULT. I WAS SOLD A VEHICLE THAT HAD THE WRONG AXLE INSTALLED. WHICH THEN CAUSED ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. WHEN I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE MANUFACTURES MADE THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. THEY DID NOT. THEY SOLD ME A TRUCK WITH THE WRONG PART INSTALLED. NOT ONLY IS THIS WRONG BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS. IF THE WRONG SIZE AXLE IS IN MY TRUCK, THERE ARE OTHER TRUCKS THAT ALSO HAVE THE WRONG SIZE AXLE INSTALLED. IT IS DANGEROUS AND SUSPICIOUS. I THINK IT IS EVEN SAFE TO SAY THAT IT IS FRAUD TOO! SELLING TRUCKS THAT HAVE THE WRONG PARTS INSTALLED AND THEN MAKING PROFIT FROM THE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS. SOUNDS LIKE FRAUD TO ME. *TR
