Sesquash
Dodge Dakota
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8/18/2004
04:32:29
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 Subject: INTERMEDIATE SHAFT
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Well, well…Chrysler can be ‘sneaky’. Like most of you, my 2003 C.C. R/T developed the well documented ‘sloppy’ and ‘poppy’ feeling steering wheel. You know, you add a little gas and feel a ‘nudge’ in the steering wheel. You brake, and again feel the same.
Well, I took my R/T in to my dealer last week and had the front-end guy go for a test ride with me. He came back, put it on the hoist and after checking the Intermediate Shaft, the part that connects the rack and pinion to the steering column----well, it had excessive play.
They (the dealership) ordered the shaft and the next day I was scheduled in for the RE and RE.
I picked up the truck yesterday afternoon, and man-o-man….folks----NIGHT AND DAY!
No more ‘bumps’ and ‘taps’ coming from the steering wheel. No more sloppy feel/input from the steering wheel as well.
An observation: The new replacement Intermediate Shaft is TWICE THE BULK and WEIGHT when compared to the factory-installed original. It also has a VERSION 2 tag on it. Folks, it (the yoke) is massive!
It suggests yet again, that Chrysler will NOT acknowledge their under-engineered crap assembly-line parts, but will replace under warranty the offending part with a much beefier---properly spec’d for the application part as in my new shaft.
If any of you are having those popping/tapping sensations through the steering wheel or the brake pedal, take your Dakota in and demand that they replace the INTERMEDIATE SHAFT on your steering linkage/column with the new updated VERSION 2 part.
Cheers!
Sesquash
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