Dodge Dakota Review

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Dodge Dakota
3.7 stars
Average rating for this product is: 3.7 out of 5

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Kristien.'s Review of Dodge Dakota

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Practicality
    4.5 stars
  • Performance
    4.5 stars
  • Reliability
    5 stars
Good Points

Truck appeal, rides and handles well, tows boat very well, no squeaks or groans.


Bad Points

Fuel Milage not as poor as others that I have heard but it is less than my fathers chev 350, Dodges 5 star service is tosh.


General Comments

I have had my 1996 4X4 Club Cab Dakota Sport V6 for 2 years . It has 110,000 km on it now 65, 000km of which I put on. Few problems to date. The addition of a canopy bumped my milage from 16-18 mpg or so up to 21-23 mpg on average hwy and city mix driving. Still upset that my dad's 1994 chev 350 half ton gets better milage but so be it.

Only problems so far in 2 years:
Stuck emergency brake cable caused heat checked my rear brake drum, believe it or not Dodge had the cheapest replacement drum... WHO KNEW!!


Auto idler controller trashed out causing my truck to stall every time I started it. Having an automatic you don't just want to gun it and slam it into drive.

Other than that though it's all good. Keeping my fingers crossed from what I read on the web though. Looks like I got a good one.

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  • hayers1 on 4th Jan 2004

    I bought my 2000 Dodge Dakota 7 months ago with 116000 miles on it and I have had no trouble with it. It runs almost as good as my 2003 Mercury Grandmarquis. Mileage is good around 18 mpg. I love it and belive it will last a long time with care.