Transmission shifted rough from when it was brand new. Brought to dealershop no less then 10 times in 5 years complaining. No problem could be id'd until last week. The engine malfunction light came on while sitting in park. The dealership id'd problem as faulty valve body. Replaced valve body and transmission solenoid, at a cost of over $950. Vehicle has 63,000 miles.
2000 Dodge Dakota transmission complaints
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Dodge dakota quad cab 2000, problem with transfer case shifting. *bf the truck began to shift out of normal gear. When the vehicle did go out of gear, the consumer had to coast to the side of the road and come to a complete stop before he could get the vehicle to shift back into gear. The consumer stated a truck of this age and mileage should not require this type of repair.
Upon starting the vehicle consumer was unable to shift gears to third. Also, vehicle failed to go into reverse. Excessive force had to be applied to clutch to get it to go into reverse. Then, vehicle stalled. When the tow truck arrived consumer was able to change gears with 2 fingers. Dealership was currently taking the transmission apart , but indicated that the failure may be due to a bad flywheel. Two tsbs, #6089740 and #6089792 were issued on this failure.
While pulling away from a stop light the pinion nut fell off, causing the rear end to lock up. This caused the pinion to twist inside the differential, and lock up between the differential casing and the ring gear.
The vehicle would make a whining noise while driving 30 MPH or more. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop. The mechanic informed the consumer that the differential unit needed to be replaced. The consumer stated this would be the forth replacement within a year. The dealer and the manufacturer were notified. *jb dealer however. There is vibration at 40 MPH. Tires and suspension inspected, no problem found. Engine hard to start following overheating. Dealer found no condition that merits a repair.
While driving at 45 MPH ball joints on driver's side exploded underneath the pickup, breaking into bits and pieces. The tire completely disengaged. The axle was bent, and the inner tie rod had to be replaced. *ak *ts
Vehicles transmission would heat up and we could only use first gear. After driving the vehicle 25 miles at 55 MPH transmission would only use first, reverse and park. It has been to two transmission shops and two dealerships and still don't know what is wrong.
The transmission just act liked it went into neutral, but now I know the transmission completely went out suddenly.
Front drive axel, left mount broke. Dodge has a tsb # 889 issued on aug 2000, regarding this. This tsb covers the front axel pinnion nose bracket bolts which may losen. These loose pinnion bracket bolts cancan cause the bracket to break off. In addition a customer satisfaction notification was issued to replace bracket bolts. At this time dodge is talking about $3,400 for repair at my cost. Otherwise I'm still work on resolving this issue. Vehical has 52,000 miles on odometer with less than 50 miles on front drive axel
Rear diff went out
Transmission in a 2000 dodge dakota, transmission started to slip in overdrive. Dodge recommended a total rebuild. Total cost of rebuild was $1465.00 at my expense.
Rear differential on vehicle locked up and the pinion shaft behind the forward differential bearing sheared and the entire drive shaft fell out of the truck.*mr the consumer believed the vehicle was made with poor quality or sub-standard parts.
Failure of rear differential.
While driving at 40 MPH check engine light came on. Vehicle would not shift into a gear higher than two. Vehicle was driven to a dealer, who informed the consumer that the aceum piston, in the valve body broke.
Consumer stated that while driving the vehicle would only shift to neutral. Dealer notified. *ph when the vehicle was in 3rd gear it went to neutral and the engine RPM's increased for a short period of time when the transmission should have changed to 4th gear. The vehicle had been to the service dealer 6 times for repairs. There was a vibration in the front of the vehicle due to warped rotors. Faulty wheel bearings caused a popping noise in the steering when the consumer made left turns. *scc
2000 dodge dakota ball joints failed prematurely and wheel hub assembly came loose.
2000 dodge dakota,4.7l aout transmission/upper control arm ball joint assembly defective.replaced at 1.100 miles,lower control arm assembly ball joint came apart at 9,200 wheel came off.
Upper and lower ball joints have failed. 40,000 miles on vehicle. Ball joints should last much longer than this. Dealer wants $1,200.00 to change them. Truck has already had new front drive shaft, new sway bar bushings, new driver seat cushion, new fuel injectors, new electric motor in right rear window. What has happened to "ram tough". May have to go back to "like a rock". Old pickup 1979 chevrolet never had ball joint problems, much less any thing else major. Thanks rick worsfold.
I stopped the truck and put in the park position, I then came out of the truck, closed the door and the truck started to move in the reverse direction, I ran after the truck to see if I could stop it but the reverse speed was to fast for me and the truck hit the tree damaging the rear bumper and I fell back injuring my back. Checked the position of the shift after above incident to see the pointer position above "r". I tried several times to duplicate the same symptom without any success. This I know for certain you can not get out of the truck when it is in reverse.
Rear end of truck is failing. This problem is occurring on many other dakota's and there is shortage of used and replacement parts.
Clutch failure (broken center) after only 45000 miles, also took out slave cylinder in the process. Vehicle was not used for towing (other than the occasional stalled car), the dealer had never seen this before and clutches were on a national back-order status. Problem manifest itself as a "cant get transmission into gear". Was intermittent also, problem would happen and not happen again for 2 months.
Rear tire on passengers side sticks out about 2 inches more than the drivers side. Dealer called factory. Dealer told me that this is normal condition.
Latest problem is stalling at stops. One occurred while crossing railroad tracks. The problem was traced to the transmission. Ph
2000 dodge dakota quadcab - I was going forward in my driveway when I stopped the truck and put it in "park", engine still running. I got out of the truck and after about 15 seconds it engaged itself in reverse. It smashed through a gate and I got injured when I got caught between the gate and the left front fender of the truck. When the truck stopped I got in and still found it indicating in "park". The driveway was level. I have since been able to duplicate the condition with the gear shift just slightly out of "park", particularly with a cold engine.
When starting vehicle with foot on brake pedal, consumer states the vehicle will roll backwards. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide any further information. Ts
Consumer states that while driving and no warning the drive shaft are hitting the right rear tire causing heavy vibration and damage to the tire. Dealer notified. Mr
While at dealer for transmission problem, mechanic determined engine head was cracked. Please add further information.
When shifting transmission made a crunching sound and hesitated, then, would not shift. Vehicle was taken to dealer 3-4 times, could not find cause of problem. Vehicle at dealership at this time. This started at 5000 miles.
Truck was in for several things wrongat 1542 miles , brakes and powertrain was a couple of then they said it was okay, they must not have checked anything because now they are failling in a short time while I'm tring to get all this straightened out my truck is getting worse please help
The steering column starting squeaking, and the shift stick would wiggle a little while in gear. Then one of the next times I went to go move the truck I put it into reverse, stepped on the gas and it shifted itself into drive. Also, when driving it, when I turn the wheel it would change gears. I have taken it to my dealer a year ago for the same problem, but all they did was tightened things in the steering column.
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