This deal is profitable. The price is 3.8 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $7603
Fair price: $9350
High price: $11096
MPG: 14 mpg city / 18 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Medium Slate Gray
Color: Bright Silver Metallic
Dealer: CEDAR AUTO GROUP
Mileage: 129,719
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 Dodge Dakota LoneStar
Estimated: $48239 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3022
$1451
$1269
$1149
$1028
$7919
Insurance
$1748
$1809
$1872
$1938
$2006
$9373
Fuel
$2438
$2511
$2598
$2702
$2824
$13073
Maintenance
$2763
$2138
$1252
$1398
$2291
$9842
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1065
$1065
$1065
$1065
$1065
$1577
Total Ownership Costs
$12012
$9168
$8444
$8702
$9913
$48239
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Cab Type: Crew/ Super Crew/ Crew Max
Body Class: Pickup
Brake System Type: Hydraulic
Destination Market: U.S., Canada, Other Export Market (BUX)
Displacement CC: 3700.0
Displacement CI: 225.78785315050
Displacement L: 3.7
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: 2008
Other Engine Info: Engine Info: Magnum
Sales Code: EKG
Plant Company Name: Warren Truck Assembly
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: ND
Trim: SXT
Turbo: No
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2002
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THE ENTIRE FRAME HAD BEGAN TO SHOW SIGNS OF RUST AND THE ENTIRE REAR BUMPER WAS RUSTED THROUGH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
2008
STEERING
OUR 2008 DODGE DAKOTA HAD TWO TIE RODS FAIL IN TWO MONTHS. THE TRUCK WAS FRESH OUT OF WARRANTY WITH APPROX 63,000 MILES. FIRST ONE TIE ROD BROKE, THEN WITHIN TWO MONTHS, THE OTHER. NO WARNING, WHEN FIRST TIE ROD END WAS REPLACED, OTHER TIE ROD WAS CHECKED,LOOKED OK. NEW TIE ROD ENDS WERE INSTALLED. BOTH PRESENTED DRAMATIC SAFETY ISSUES. THE TIE ROD BROKE AND FELL SO THAT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OF THE FRONT WHEELS. BY SHEER LUCK, WE WERE NOT DRIVING 65 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY, BUT IN A RURAL TOWN SETTING, SO WE DID NOT CRASH THE TRUCK. THE MECHANICS ON THE SECOND BREAKDOWN OF THE TIE ROD END TOLD US SOMETHING HAD TO BE WRONG WITH THE SECOND ONE GOING. THIS DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN TWICE ON ONE TRUCK. CHRYSLER "CUSTOMER SERVICE" OFFERED TO PAY FOR THE PARTS. CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE DID NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH AND WE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE REPRESENTATIVE, WHO SPOKE WITH A HEAVY ACCENT, MAKING IT DIFFICULT, NO, IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND THE REPRESENTATIVE. FROM THE RESPONSES WE GOT FROM OUR MECHANICS AND CHRYSLER, IT IS OBVIOUS TO US THAT THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TRUCK THAT CAME IN WITH THE VERY SAME PROBLEM. THE TIE ROD ENDS FAILING IS NOT THE SAME AS THE HEATER OR AIR CONDITIONER QUITTING. IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, AND WE GOT NO SATISFACTION AND WERE TREATED AS THOUGH IT WAS SOME IRRITATION THAT THEY WERE BOTHERED WITH. WE BELIEVE THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AND THEIR (CUSTOMER SERVICE) KNOW ABOUT IT AND ONLY WANTED TO GET US OFF THEIR BACK BY GIVING US THE LOWEST POSSIBLE QUALITY OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. LIKE MOST GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES, THEY WOULD NOT COMMIT ANY OF THEIR COMMENTS TO WRITING, BUT, I AM SURE, RECORDED EVERYTHING, WHERE IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE. *TR
