Cruise control sticks when trying to disengage. Dealer has been contacted.
1996 Dodge Dakota: adaptive cruise control problems
5 of the 189 complaints about the 1996 Dodge Dakota describe adaptive cruise control problems.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Adaptive cruise control problems by model year
What owners say
Cruise control will not disengage when manually trying to disengage. Driver has to slam on the brakes. Consumer says this is unsafe. If someone would pull out in front of consumer, it could result in a terrible accident.
Transmission - excessive rumble noise from purchase (5/8/1999). Dealer said no problem found several times, later after several requests, confirmed problem, replaced (they said) the transmission. Within a year, truck began to have shifting trouble @ 28,000 miles, transmission had lost it's fluid. Dealer gave us a gallon of fluid to keep it "topped off" - later replaced a transmission seal. Truck has consistently shifted from overdrive to 2nd gear on hills or moderate inclines, instead of 3rd gear, causing engine to race (red line) and cruise control to disengage. Similar problem happens when accelerating, truck will downshift from o.d. -or- 3rd gear, engine races, making simple passing on highway virutally impossible. Problem has persisted from original purchase (by us) and recently gotten worse.
This truck was bought new. Steering sector was loose, and tightened. Transmission burned out. Now front brakes are shot. Cruise control does not engage or disengage (intermittently) when steering wheel is in full down tilt position. Smell of burning rubber since new when used for extended periods at highway speeds. Now it has severe grooving on inside of both front brake rotors. Brake inspection at 31,044 miles, all okay. At 44,388 problem was discovered. Back drum brakes are 25% used. Documented with service records.
Cruise control will not disengage when applying the brakes or switching it off. After applying brakes to slow down for a curve, the cruise control would engage itself as soon as the brakes were released.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Dodge Dakota adaptive cruise
Is adaptive cruise control problems a common problem on the 1996 Dodge Dakota?
5 of 189 owner complaints about the 1996 Dodge Dakota (3%) mention adaptive cruise control problems. The model year with the most reports is 2001.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Dodge Dakota?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1996 Dodge Dakota
Stalling 11No deployment 8Seat belt 8ABS 7Check engine light 6Door locks 6Fire or smoke 6Headlights 5
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