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Don McGraw
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8/23/2003
22:03:40
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Well I bought the v6 dakota quad cab sxt about two weeks ago. It was great for the first 500 miles until one night I was coming home from a job site and stopped on the turnpike to get something to eat. after eating quickly and hitting the restroom, I was ready to go when my new dakota wouldn't start. I was completely shocked! I had to call roadside assistance and get it towed! The dealer said the next day that everything was fine and the truck started right up for them. So I took it back from the dealer and the very next day it did it again to me. Again I had it towed to the dealer and they said it started right up for them. The service manager set me up with a rental and kept the truck for a week. They strted it everyday until the 5th day it didn't start for them. They checked the computer and sure enough it was shot. Now I still have the rental and they are waiting for the new PCM to come in. My question is, has anyone else had any problems like this?
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Don McGraw
Dodge Dakota
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8/23/2003
22:34:06
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I forgot to mention that my truck is a 2003 Dakota Club Cab SXT with only 500 miles on it. I really hope it's just a problem from the factory and not a lemon. If anyone has any similar issues,let me know.
Thanx,
Don
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shaggy
Dodge Dakota
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8/24/2003
20:26:06
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not that my dad has 03 ext cab and under 3000
miles the pistons had holes in them it took
a month to get a new short block in
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J and J Auto
Dodge Dakota
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8/24/2003
21:05:12
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I had a new 94 that had that and would not move
when it was cold unless you stomped it to the
floor,
Finaly ended up computer problem and chrysler
bought it back, it had 6000 miles on it and ran
nice V6 5 speed with a 3.91 man talk about smoke
them, the tires were almost shot when they got
it back.
It took a lot of bitching to get them to do
something after it was there half a dozen time
or more, especialy when you go for coffee in the
morn get in the truck to go to work and it would
not start, pissed me off having to call someone
to get me.
I went out on the lot and picked out another truck
and drove it home.
Larry
J&J Auto
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Dodge_mamma
Dodge Dakota
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8/25/2003
18:47:53
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Well, I had to drive my 13 hours old new 2003 dodge dakota 4x2 into the dealer, with 23 miles on it. It had a FACTORY installed cracked Transmission! I couldn't believe it! 13hrs OLD! I'll let you know how it's doing, today is it's 3rd day still in the shop...sniff, I didn't even get to take a picture of it yet
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2ndDak
Dodge Dakota
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8/26/2003
20:35:52
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2nd dak 1st was 994x4 had to sell solar yellow cc had 47k in 1 year no problems. now have 4x2 2002 sxt has 55k never been back to dealer turned rotors at 37k they r still fine i drive about 100-150 a day carry about 500lbs copier stuff great truck. have had rangers and s10s these r the best. yust mine .02 you know tanks
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smarterthenu
Dodge Dakota
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8/27/2003
17:29:09
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Ever buy, or hear of any one who did, a new computer that went bad soon after they got it home? IT HAPPENS. So your truck's computer went bad. Replace it. Probably won't happen again in 200,000 miles. No that does not make it a lemon. A Lemon is a vehicle that has had 2 or more problems fixed at least 3 times each in a year. I just don't believe the number of unmechanical people on here that think just because one thing went wrong soon after they got their new baby home that the car/truck is a lemon.
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Dodge Dakota
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9/14/2003
00:20:23
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Well... I have had my Dakota back for 2 weeks now, and no problems at all. The dealership said that something wasn't connected properly somewhere and the PCM got shorted out somehow. Anyway just thought you guys would like an update, have fun!
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dodgegirl
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9/15/2003
16:27:58
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my dakota was brand new in 97 when you would drive down the road at 55 and it would just die on you and would not restart. It was towed 3 times to the dealer and started everytime when it got there, finally 4th time a charm,it didnt restart, it was the fuel pump.
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ddavew
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9/15/2003
22:42:48
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if you are so smarter then you shoud know there is a lot oven lemon out there
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Smarty
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9/16/2003
21:52:10
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"if you are so smarter then you shoud know there is a lot oven lemon out there"
That doesn't even make sense... Try using other words or perhaps rearranging them some how.
Tihs iiodt is a fckungi mroon.
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Hungry Hippo
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9/16/2003
21:54:35
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No kidding. What the hell is an oven lemon?
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runamonk
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9/17/2003
15:18:48
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Ah no biggie. It won't cost you a dime. The day after we got ours we had to take it back in because of a grinding coming from the transmission. All fixed in a couple days and didn't cost us a penny.
I love my truck, although I do wish we had opted for the v8. :)
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TuckerLudlow
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9/17/2003
16:07:43
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Probably built on a Monday or a Friday when a third of the workforce lays out of work.
I was working for GM back in the early 70's and ordered a new chebbie truck through the employee deal. If it was for an employee, the UAW guys usually made sure everything was particularly tight, the seats were overstuffed, etc.
I got the call from the dealer about four miles from where I lived at the time, telling me that it was in and I could come pick it up. I went right to the dealer, did all the paperwork, and headed out of the lot. Back in those days, they had vent windows, and I opened the driver's vent window - and it fell out on the ground in the parking lot and busted all to hell!
The dealer ordered a new one that came the next day, but I had to put it in. Then, twelve days after I picked it up, I had just turned onto the last stretch of road a couple miles from home, 1:00 in the morning (I worked 2nd shift in the body shop in Doraville, GA). Hit second gear and it sounded like it's guts were coming out. Rolled it into a neighbor's yard, called my wife to come get me.
Next morning, I called the dealer who sent a tow truck out, and I was waiting for him when he got there. Dealer accused me of having a heavy foot, which jacked my jaws something fierce because I'd been babying that truck. I hung around while they tore the transmission down - and it didn't have ONE SINGLE DROP of grease in it. And I'd driven it that way for 12 days!
Turned out that it got built on a Monday. I traded it for a Cuda not long after that.
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Ya Right
Dodge Dakota
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9/17/2003
16:24:08
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This is for all the cheer leader out there (dumberthanu) who find this kind of failure acceptable.Magnuson-Moss Act
A new truck is not a toaster or a power drill or a coffee maker. Failures of the kind mentioned here could be fatal under the wrong circumstances. Laying out large coin for a vehicle only to be told "it's broken so fix" is crap.
This isn't a rant against Dodge. I love my Daks. It's against 14 year old morons who claim to be smart. If you ever mouthed off to me in front of my face you would die right there and then.
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