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: 2007
Plant City: Warren
Plant Company Name: Dodge City Assembly
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Series: ND
Series2: L (Low Line)
Trim: ST/SXT
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
MY 2004 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB HAS POPPING NOISES EMITTING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN MANEUVERING AT LOW SPEEDS. I'VE HAD THIS CHECKED AT 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS. THE FIRST VISIT RESULTED IN A "COULD NOT DUPLICATE" ANSWER. THE SECOND VISIT I WAS TOLD THE NOISES WERE PERFECTLY NORMAL NOISES COMING FROM THE STEERING RACK AS THE FLUID MOVES THROUGH THE SYSTEM. THE NOISES HAPPEN WHEN I STEER AT LOW SPEEDS AND THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK SHIFTS FORM SIDE TO SIDE. THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT HAS ALTERED AND THE TIRES ARE WEARING UNEVENLY. *NM
2007
POWER TRAIN
DRIVER PULLED TRUCK INTO SLIGHTLY INCLINED DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTED INTO PARK. VEHICLE WAS IDLING. BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS WERE OPEN. DRIVER PUT DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW UP. THE BUTTON TO RAISE THE PASSENGER WINDOW FROM DRIVER SIDE DOES NOT WORK. SO DRIVER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, LEFT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPEN AND WALKED AROUND REAR TO GET TO PASSENGER SIDE. PASSENGER WINDOW WAS OPEN. DRIVER UNLOCKED PASSENGER DOOR, OPENED IT, AND PUT POWER WINDOW UP. DRIVER LEFT PASSENGER DOOR OPEN AS THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THE SEAT TO PICK UP ONCE VEHICLE WAS OFF. DRIVER WALKED BACK AROUND VEHICLE. AS THE DRIVER WAS APPROACHING THE DRIVER SIDE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF THE VEHICLE STARTED DRIFTING BACKWARDS. DRIVER TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE BUT MOMENTUM WAS TOO STRONG. OPEN PASSENGER DOOR STRUCK WOODEN MAILBOX POST AND VEHICLE STOPPED. VEHICLE DRIFTED APPROXIMATELY 8-10 FEET. DAMAGE IN FORM OF DENTS WAS INCURRED TO PASSENGER DOOR. DRIVER CHECKED TO SEE IF MAYBE HE HAD LEFT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE, OR SHIFTED TO REVERSE, NOT PARK. DRIVER CONCLUDES THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. TO CHECK THIS, THE DRIVER REENACTED THE SEQUENCE WITH THE VEHICLE IN BOTH DRIVE AND IN REVERSE AT THE SAME POSITION ON THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE LEFT IN DRIVE DID NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE LEFT IN REVERSE IMMEDIATELY DRIFTED BACKWARDS. THE UNKNOWN IS THAT IN THE ORIGINAL INCIDENT THE DRIVER ESTIMATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK FOR NEARLY ONE MINUTE, IF NOT MORE, BEFORE DRIFTING. DURING THIS SPAN THE DRIVER 1) PUT UP THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW - 10 SECONDS 2) WALKED AROUND THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE TO PASSENGER SIDE - 10 SECONDS 3) OPENED THE PASSENGER DOOR AND PUT UP THE PASSENGER WINDOW - 10 SECONDS 4) WALKED AROUND THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AGAIN TO THE DRIVER SIDE - 10 SECONDS 5) APPROACHED THE KEY TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT BEGAN TO DRIFT. *TR