Air bag light and Engine light comes on and off. Headlights, break lights, and blinkers keep going on and off while light switch is on. Rust on body due to clear coat peeling. Steering is sometimes hard to do even with full steering fluid. Shifts hard. Brake fluid has leaked. Coolant has leaked, along with heater core that dealership had me pay a lot of money for replacement in 2022. Vehicle hesitates to accelerate to higher speeds. Windshield wipers do not fully touch windshield towards top. Air compressor makes rattle on/off sounds.
2000 Dodge Dakota: headlights failing or too dim
5 of the 806 complaints about the 2000 Dodge Dakota describe headlights failing or too dim.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- 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
The tilt feature on the steering wheel of the consumer's 2000 dodge dakota shorted out a wire which caused the headlights to go out. *nm the problem occurred when the vehicle was 16 months old and recurred 12 months later.
Consumer complained about steering column/headlights. When the steering column was in the tilt upright position, the low beam lights operated. When the tilt steering wheel was in the straight position the low beam lights went out automatically.*ak the consumer found out the low beam wire at the multi-function switch had broken at the connection and shorted out.
While driving at any speed, the headlights would intermittently fail after turning on the high beam lights. When the high beams were turned off, the headlights would stop working until the consumer turned the vehicle off and restarted it. *ak the headlights would come on after repeated attempts of using the dimmer switch. *scc
Consumer noticed while changing high beams to low beams that headlights would cut off. *ak when the consumer switched from high beam to low beam the head lights went out completely. The consumer believes the multi-function switch that controls the head lights dimmer, turn signal and wipers is bad.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2000 Dodge Dakota headlights
Is headlights failing or too dim a common problem on the 2000 Dodge Dakota?
5 of 806 owner complaints about the 2000 Dodge Dakota (1%) 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 2000 Dodge Dakota?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2000 Dodge Dakota
Ball joint 257Premature wear 55Harsh shifting 23No deployment 18Pulling 18Grinding brakes 17Stalling 15ABS 14Brake failure 14Jerking 13Door locks 12Steering noise 12Fire or smoke 11Overheating 11Knocking 9Adaptive cruise 8Shudder 8Tire blowout 8Transmission failure 8Check engine light 7Power steering loss 6Engine failure 5
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