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jay
Dodge Dakota
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3/12/2002
14:08:31
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 Subject: WARPED ROTORS
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WOW!
Sounds like I'm not the only one.
My dealer gave me the same story most everyone has gotten. It wasn't covered under warranty.
I hope the NHSTA does something soon as I nearly lost control on the hi-way having to avoid a near accident in front of me. I really could not stop because of the severe pulsating from the front end.
21,000 miles in 8 months. All hiway.
The DAKQC is a nice truck. I hope Dodge wants to keep that reputation by fixing this issue and satidfying it's customers who have dished out big bucks identifying this flaw. Looks like the problem has been ongoing for some time. Look at what a set of bad tires did for the Ford Explorer. Does Dodge want the same black eye?
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kevster
Dodge Dakota
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3/12/2002
20:45:47
|  RE: WARPED ROTORS
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Jay, after the rotors are turned to be true once again, make sure the torque to the nuts are 90-100 ftlbs, I torque lugs in a star pattern and tighten them first to 50-60 ft lbs, then i up the wrench to 90-100 ft lbs. this helps alot. and use a very good torque wrench.I also spray the lugs with WD-40 befor i put nuts on, better torque reading. If you continue to have problems in future with the rotors, buy a set of aftermarkets.and install new brake pads at the same time, for some reason the stock pads omit alot of dust, over aftermarkets.
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Jay
Dodge Dakota
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3/13/2002
08:30:15
|  RE: WARPED ROTORS
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Kevster,
Thanx for the repair advice. I would only hope that Dodge would have solved this problem some time ago as it appears to have been ongoing for sometime. The rotors and/or pads are not designed properly for normal use on the DAKs.
Dodge obviously knows this and should step up to the plate and make it right, I know they know how.
I nearly lost control of my vehicle because of the warpage which prompted me to take it to the dealer immediately. From some of these other postings, sounds like I will see the problem reappear realatively soon. Hopefully the problem will not cause someone to get hurt or even killed. Remember the Firestone tire issue?
Let's see if Dodge wants to keep it's reputation.
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