Just bought a 2000 Dakota Quad Cab-and love it! but- I just noticed that if you hit a hard bump or pothole at highway speeds the truck really jumps and steering jerks, almost feels like you could lose control. I researched before I bought and found about about the ball joints recall, but supposedly this had been done. Any help?

 

mine does that too if I hit a big enough pot hole. its normal

 

yeah, mine does the same thing. You do get used to it.

 

anything for that matter will act abnormal when going over a large pot-hole at highway speeds..

 

I'd say that's normal, hell if I had ever hit a pothole at highway speeds with my last car it probably would have been totaled (Acura Integras and potholes don't get along).

 

Thanks all. I've had a lot of different vehicles and never had one react to a pothole like this one.

 

cahge ur pos undersized stock stabalizer

 

Its cause our shocks suck! My 04 road over pot holes like they weren't even there....my 05 and bounces all over the place. Personally I think they went backwards with the new model....

 

It's called bump steer.You need more positive caster. If the top balljoint is not a couple degrees back from the bottom one it will steer like a gocart. Or if you put a big lift kit in and now the steering linkage is to far out of parellel.