Dodge Dakota Review

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Dodge Dakota
3.7 stars
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eyeore101's Review of Dodge Dakota

Overall Rating

0.5 stars
  • Value for money
    0.5 stars
Good Points

Dash layout
Decent torque in low rpm range
Low road noise
Uses a New Process (NP231) Transfer case


Bad Points

Poor driveline reliability
Poor dealer service (unknowledgable mechanics)
Poor gas mileage
Poor torque in mid and high ranges of rev band


General Comments

5 of us at the same workplace bought 4X4 Dogde Dakota LE Club Cab trucks at the same time. 3 even had the same electric blue paint job. It truly was coincidental. I'm the lucky one, having been the only one out of us 5 to not have the transmission destroy itself in one year. I did have the rear differential disintegrate after only 17,000 miles of mostly freeway driving, though (replaced under warranty). The third rear differential (I had it replaced under warranty, as well) is finally working well.

All of us had the front brake rotors warp so badly within two years that they needed replacement (only one of us actually tows anything; that would be me).

All five trucks had the paint come off in sheets (hood and cab roof only...strange, the paint is sound everywhere else!) at the five year mark. I wonder if the Chrysler employee on the truck production line paint section was drunk when he painted the cab and hood on these!

All five trucks have had extensive driveline maintenance at least annually (7/70 warranty covered it, but painful to be without your vehicle for an extended period each year). Again, my tranny is still holding up...and I'm the guy who tows. I did not include the trans-overdrive unit in this.


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