Ownership Cost for 2003 Dodge Dakota SLT
Estimated: $42634 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $1867 | $896 | $784 | $709 | $635 | $4891 |
| Insurance | $1477 | $1529 | $1582 | $1638 | $1695 | $7921 |
| Fuel | $2516 | $2592 | $2682 | $2790 | $2915 | $13495 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $2091 | $1077 | $884 | $2291 | $9106 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $515 | $515 | $515 | $515 | $515 | $764 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10116 | $8305 | $7499 | $7485 | $9230 | $42634 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2000 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BALL JOINT PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS NOISY AROUND 35,000 MILES . CURRENTLY, AT 50,000 MILES THE BALL JOINTS CORRODED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. *AK |
| 2003 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | AFTER DRIVING APPROX. 4 HOURS FROM FRESNO TO RENO ON JULY 6, 2003 WE WERE COMING OVER INTERSTATE 80 AT 70-75 MPH, WHEN OUR TRUCK SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, MAKING THE TRUCK SOUND AS IF IT HAD DOWNSHIFTED. WE PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY THINKING THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND CHECKED FLUID LEVELS. THEY WERE FINE. WE GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOT 5 MILES LATER IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE STRANDED.THE DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCKS COMPUTER AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING ON ITS MEMORY. WE GOT THE TRUCK BACK WITH NO REPAIRS. TODAY, AUGUST 2, 2003, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO SLIP AGAIN AT 70MPH TRYING TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE. LOOKING THROUGH THE TSB'S THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS I DISCOVERED(OVERHEATING) STATED EVERY TRANSMISSION ON A 2003 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB EXCEPT THE ONE IN MY VEHICLE A 45RFE. COULD THE PROBLEM STATED FOR THE OTHER TRANSMISSIONS POSSIBLY BE A PROBLEM FOR MINE? IF SO HOW DO I GET THE DEALER TO FIX IT BEFORE IT GETS WORSE?. *AK |
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