Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / DAKOTA / 1996

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 997152844 Incident Date: Oct, 16 1997
Consumer's City: JOPLIN Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: DAKOTA Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1B7GL23Y8TS Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 05 2001 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 26 1996
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 5 times within the last 5 year vehicle will sputter and will die, check engine light will also come on at the same time and 4 times vehicle was towed to dealer who keeps telling consumer battery needs to be replaced. the 5th time dealer claims throttle housing needed to be cleaned but 2 months later defect has reoccured.*ak consumer states tireshave been rebalanced on numerouse occassions, during installation of the last set of tires, mechanic found that all four wheels/rims were bent, consumer was informed by dealership that numerous wheels had been replaced due to a manufacturer's defect, consumer also experienced transmission problems, also the id plate that is suppose to be located on the door jam has been missing since the date of purchase.*jb