Tl* - the contact owns a 1995 dodge dakota. While driving the vehicl the driver saw smoke coming from the front of the vehicle. The vehicle was pulled over, and the headlights were turned off.
1995 Dodge Dakota: headlights failing or too dim
8 of the 208 complaints about the 1995 Dodge Dakota describe headlights failing or too dim.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Headlights failing or too dim by model year
What owners say
When trying to use headlights high beam, the head lights would go out all together. Bill luke dodge replaced a component and then it happened again. A vibration was noted at aroud 27 MPH when the truck had less that 5,000 miles. It took two trips to get them to recognize the problem an fix it by replacing the drive shaft under warrenty. You asked the question if the truck had been in a crash. It was a less than 10 MPH fender bender when a van pulled into the side of the truck. The paint is peeling off the roof and some on the side of the box.
When the head lights were on, the instrument panel acted erratic.
Headlight switch burnt, causing smell and failure of lights cost is replacement at local dodge dealer (good brothers weymouth ma).
Insturmentation cluster randomly reverses poliarity when lights are turend on. Insturment panel will not light up, odomenter stops, fuel gage goes to empty, temp gage jumpd to hot, charge indicator drops to negative, emergency flashers comes on, high beam indicator reverses. When inside lights are turned to off the insturment cluster returns to normal with the exception of the lighted pannel is not on. Replaced light switch assy. Rear tail lights. I saked the dodge dealer about service bulitons or recalls. The dealer said there were none. This site shows sbn:080600 plus several others. Do any of these pertain to my situation
Consumers hearing is slightly damaged and cannot hear the buzzer that is installed to warn that the headlights have been left on, this has resulted in the truck battery being totally discharged on several occasions, dealer has not been helpful in the situation. Nlm
While traveling down the road at night, all lighting systems went out with no warning. The headlights, tail lights, and side marker lights went out. *ak consumer states the tachometer stopped working and the gas mileage dropped from 24.5 mpg to 18 mpg after he fabricated repair parts, the cause of failure was due to a wiring harness plug connector not being sufficiently waterproofed, water, road salts, and minerals collected at the wiring side of the connector and caused three electrical spades in the connector to short out, burning one spade out completely, consumer had not heard back regarding the shipment of the wiring harness, however was told it would only take approximately 7 days.
Electrical problems causes head lights to dim when air conditioner cycles on and off.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1995 Dodge Dakota headlights
Is headlights failing or too dim a common problem on the 1995 Dodge Dakota?
8 of 208 owner complaints about the 1995 Dodge Dakota (4%) mention headlights failing or too dim. The model year with the most reports is 2001.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1995 Dodge Dakota?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1995 Dodge Dakota
No deployment 16ABS 10Seat belt 9Fuel gauge 8Ball joint 7Door locks 7Brake failure 6Fire or smoke 5
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