Ownership Cost for 2007 Dodge Dakota SLT
Estimated: $45115 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2619 | $1257 | $1100 | $995 | $890 | $6861 |
| Insurance | $1679 | $1737 | $1798 | $1861 | $1926 | $9001 |
| Fuel | $2229 | $2295 | $2376 | $2471 | $2582 | $11953 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $2093 | $1190 | $1231 | $2291 | $9568 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $861 | $861 | $861 | $861 | $861 | $1275 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $11127 | $8618 | $7886 | $8055 | $9428 | $45115 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2002 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | ON MY 2002 DODGE DAKOTA THE HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING AT NIGHT BY FLICKERING A LOT THEN JUST SHUTTING OFF ALL THE WAY. THE FOLLOWING DAYS RANDOM THINGS WOULD START GOING OFF LIKE WINDSHIELD WIPERS GOING OFF, HORN HONKING, AND SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF AT ALL. FURTHER INVESTIGATION LEAD ME TO THE CENTRAL TIMER MODULE (CTM) FAILING POSSIBLY DUE TO THE SAME DEFECT THAT LEAD TO A 2003 RECALL. WHY NOT 2002? I NOW CANNOT DRIVE AT NIGHT BECAUSE I HAD TO DISCONNECT IT RESULTING TO CERTAIN THINGS NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK RIGHT DUE TO THE ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHER MODEL YEARS BEING INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAUSE THIS PART IS WELL OVER $200 TO REPLACE. IT IS SUFFERING FROM THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS THAT THE RECALL FOR 2003 STATES. *TR |
| 2007 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | THE TRANSMISSION HAS QUIRKY RESPONSES WHEN PUT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. ANOTHER INCIDENT WE HAVE HAD WITH OUR VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING HOME ONE AFTERNOON AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED WAS THE FEELING OF SOMEONE WHO HAD PUSHED REAL HARD ON THE BRAKE FOR A MOMENT. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, I WAS THE DRIVER, AND MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS PEDAL. WHILE THIS HAS HAPPENED ONLY ONCE, TO ME THAT IS ONCE TO MANY. WE REPORTED THIS LIKE WE HAD WITH THE OTHER QUIRKS THAT I HAD MENTIONED, ONLY TO BE TOLD THE SAME THING, THAT OUR COMPUTER DID NOT STORE ANY CODES, AND THEY COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WE THEN TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO TOLD US THAT WE STILL HAD A WARRANTY AND NOT TO WORRY. AT THAT POINT I ASKED HIM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ONCE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND HIS RESPONSE WAS FOR ME TO PURCHASE ANOTHER WARRANTY. *TR |
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