2005 Dodge Dakota: engine overheating

9 of the 470 complaints about the 2005 Dodge Dakota describe engine overheating.

owner complaints: 9
of this car's complaints: 2%
typical mileage: 110,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 9 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine overheating by model year

2011
2
2010
1
2007
1
2006
1
2005
9
2004
4
2003
2
2002
15
2001
7
2000
11
1999
1
1998
3
1997
2
1995
1
1994
2
1992
4
1990
1

What owners say

Filed Mar 11, 2019 · Seats · 110,000 miles · VA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge dakota. The contact stated that the passenger seat overheated and caught fire. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 17v820000 (seats); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Haley chrysler dodge jeep ram airport (5400 s laburnum ave, richmond, va 23231, (804) 663-5337) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 110,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Apr 21, 2018 · Engine, Fuel system · 130,000 miles · CA

Mine is the 2005 dodge dakota extra cab and the exhaust manifold bolts breaking/shearing at the engine block. This can cause (and it has) a ticking sound that gets louder as you accelerate. Once you hear the ticking sound, both sides of the engine are affected. This results in poor mileage, overheating, engine will stall at low idle, ultimately allowing exhaust fumes to enter the cabin, potentiallu, poisoning the occupants with carbon monoxide fumes. I took this vehicle to the dealer to have then replaced. The 1st dealer said it wasn't repairable. 2nd one said, 1400 $ per side to extract broken bolts at the rear of the exhaust manifold on both sides of my 4.7 . 3rd repair shop told me this very common on the 4.7 and he does about 10 a week. His price was 350 $ per size plus gasket and doughnut gasket at the collector. Hey! If this is such a common problem why are we dodge owners being hostage by having to make this repair ourselves and pay for it? It is an emmisions engineering underdesign that needs to be fixed and a recall needs to be issued. It is a design defect. Please investigate and get this situation corrected before some innocent child dies from carbon monoxide entering the cabin. Not to mention other potential hazards that may occur because the driver is overwhelmed by carbon monoxide and runs down 78 people because they passed out from the carbon monoixide filled cabin while driving. Please. Do. Something. Time is running out. Before somebody is killed.

Filed Jan 3, 2018 · Seats · 56,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge dakota. The contact stated that the driver's side heated seat overheated without warning. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The failure was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 56,000.

Filed Dec 12, 2016 · Engine · 140,000 miles · MS

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge dakota. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced overheating after being operated in the summer. The check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that a oil radiator cooler was needed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

Filed Dec 10, 2014 · Transmission · 254,000 miles · NY

"4lo" intermittently flashes when traveling at speed. "svc 4wd" may come on and go out for a few seconds, following by "4lock" flashing for a second or two. 4wd will engage/disengage on it's own with no indication. Transfer case motor will engage/disengage on it's own while vehicle is parked, turned off, and key out of the ignition. Today, the 4wd engaged and bound up the wheels. Transfer case was overheating. Pulled in parking lot and can manually "4lock", then "2hi", then pulled fcm fuse to disable 4wd. Manufacturer and dealer have not been contacted at this time.

Filed Jan 13, 2014 · Seats · 126,000 miles · MN · fire

Driver's seat heater shorted/overheated to cause burning and charring of the seats materials, including a coat I was wearing.

Filed Jan 14, 2013 · Seats · 32,300 miles · NY · fire · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge dakota. The contact stated that the seat warmer overheated and burned his leg through his pants. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated they were unable to replace the seat and offered no assistance. The manufacturer was notified and recommended the contact take the vehicle back to the dealer to be diagnosed. The vehicle failure mileage was 32,300.

Filed Jan 4, 2013 · Seats · 105,000 miles · MO

I was using the heated seats and the driver's seat overheated and burned a hole in the seat. This occurred within the first 7-8 minutes of using it.

Filed Jan 5, 2012 · Electrical, Seats · 72,324 miles · TN

Drivers seat shorted out and overheated, causing a 1 inch square burn on the seat, and also burned a hole in my jeans. Heated seat fuse did not blow. Concerned that a fire could have started while the vehicle was not occupied.