Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / DAKOTA / 2002

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005052029 Incident Date: Nov, 21 2005
Consumer's City: EAST HAMPTON Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: DAKOTA Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:axle hubs
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1B7GG32N02S Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 05 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 19 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Making a right hand turn when a sudden grinding noise occurred. upon straightening the wheels, it stopped. was approx 3 miles from my mechanic so i went there and had him look at it. he found the left side hub bearing assembly had completely failed (bearing exposed and badly damaged). he was unable to separate the brake rotor disk from the hub as it was so badly corroded that it had become one. upon checking the right side hub assy, it was found to have failed as well with the brake rotor disk in the same condition. both sides were replaced and a complete brake job done to make the vehicle safe to operate. the vehicle has less than 92000 miles and i am the original owner. i was told that i was lucky that i did not loose the left wheel because of the failure as i had just returned from work (50 miles one way) which is all highway driving. *jb