Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / DAKOTA / 1995

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 997120725 Incident Date: Nov, 12 1997
Consumer's City: ETHRIDGE Consumer's State: TN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: DAKOTA Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, air:antilock:interconnecting assembly(wiring)
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1B7GL23X25W Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 13 1997 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 30 1996
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While traveling down the road at night, all lighting systems went out with no warning. the headlights, tail lights, and side marker lights went out. *ak consumer states the tachometer stopped working and the gas mileage dropped from 24.5 mpg to 18 mpg after he fabricated repair parts, the cause of failure was due to a wiring harness plug connector not being sufficiently waterproofed, water, road salts, and minerals collected at the wiring side of the connector and caused three electrical spades in the connector to short out, burning one spade out completely, consumer had not heard back regarding the shipment of the wiring harness, however was told it would only take approximately 7 days. *slc