I bought my first brand new Dak back in 05 and so far it's held up I guess,I have just about 45K.@ 36K my rear end blew up
(136 miles over the basic warrenty)so I only had to pay $100 to have it fixed not to bad in my book.This past weekend I had to change out both rotors I was getting some shuddering on hard stops,when I took the rotors out the drivers side had inner rot & the passenger side was fine exept for the 1/16th lip on the inner sides,the pad's were a beefy 4MM thickthey still had room.
My passinger side outer tyrod was completly shot so tonight I changed out both outer drivers & passenger side thenmyBuddy alligned it.
It now sounds better when I hit minor bumps,The Tires are looking good Ihope tobe able to get another 15K out of -em If I keep rotating everyother oil change & be light on the foot I should be able to do it.
Other than that the truck has been great!

Anybody eles have an 05 and havin the same luck?

 

i have an 05 also. it is really slow and awful cant wait to get rid of it. (bull$hit) i beat the liveing snot out of my truck, plus with all the aftermarket stuff on there. still running the same brakes, only problem i have had was the ball joint replacement, other than that it is solid.plan on taking it off the road this winter for more upgrades. great little truck

 

I've had 1 problem with my Dakota..... She's a heavy drinker.... LOL

 

LMAO

 

mines pretty good on gas. plus i am just shy of 60000 miles which is a good sign.

 

I think I'm one of the low men mileage wise. 2006 with almost 21k miles.

 

I don't have an 05, but rather an 06 and love it! Its been a great little truck. Good on gas, decent power, great towing....no real problems yet . I've got 50,000 km on my rig and other than that stupid woman in the parking lot smacking my truck, I've only had minor warranty work done!

 

I've got an 06 with just under 21k as well...

It's getting a rather annoying bumpy sound in the rear end when I hit bumps... it pisses me off...

 

I've got about 51K on my 05...uhm, lets seeeeee...I had some major problems with the rear drums back in the day, got that fixed, and other than tearing up my steering system last january off roading, it's been a real trooper that's for sure. I love my truck, and plan on keeping it till the engine explodes and wheels fall off.

 

Mine is too bro! Took it to a Dodge Dealership (before my warranty ran out) and they said it was prolly my exhaust...so they check it out, she needs two new cats...didn't fix the sound i brought it in for!