Anyone have any minor or major problems with their trucks yet? I dropped mine off tonight with a list of things, you might want to take a look under your new 2005 Dakota's, I have a 4.7 liter clubcab with an automatic and the towing package, so I am assuming this has the 3.92 gear ratio. Anyways,most dealerships will not upsell to you needed warranty work,you need to complain about it. I took a quick look at the undercarriage of mine on a lift today.

I found that both front struts were leaking oil, it has a minor differential pinion seal leak, the rear drum brakes have a real bad pulsation stopping from highway speeds. These were the main things. Minor are the right front shoulder belt won't move,it is locked up so you can't use it and some trim bs. Anyone else, overall I like the truck, what kind of MPG you guys getting, I get around 400 miles per tank so its roughly 18 mpg.

 

No comments???

 

I've put 3,000 miles on mine, and I've had no problems. The new Dakota is a magnificent piece of machinery. It looks great. It sounds great (w/ the help of Flowmaster). It rides great. I love mine. Then again, I ordered mine direct and started driving it the day it arrived. I never have been fond of the idea of buying a car off of a lot, not knowing how long it could have been setting there without being driven. That can't be good for a vehicle.

 

Ya got about an hour to read the problems I have with mine?

 

Bring it RP lets hear about it.

 

Yep, I have an hour to spare.

 

Hmm, well with 13,500 miles:

Transmission SUCKS!!! 5 speed auto, shifting problems when pulling light trailer this winter...dealer/Dodge's excuse, the weather was to cold for the transmission...45*F out and had been on the road for 6 hours already [:@]

Passenger window goes up VERY slow....new regulator, everything greased up good, still does it and no word on a fix yet.

Passenger sunshade came loose before first oil change

Brakes vibrate BAD when you get on them at 80mph

Thats bout all I have found so far....

 

no real big problems with my 2003 dakota, 21333 miles on it as of this post. highlights:

had no passenger seatbelt buckle when i took delivery -- fixed under warranty
one 4x4 logo on the bed, driver side -- my truck is 2wd, it's still there for mindwarp purposes
factory coolant suddenly disappeared from my reservoir last month -- filled it up with prestone
engine is missing two cylinders -- my fault, i should have ordered a 5.9[:@]

 

Hmmm. power steering is leaking and you cant find it (even with dye)
5 heater cores in 2.5 yrs and the whole dash needs to come out to fix.
intermittant driveability problems that took 3 shops to figure out. (crank ignition sensor)
Intermittant P0420 code and the O2 sensors are replaced alot.
drivinig lights burn out quickly.
bumper paint peeling (97-99 problem)

 

Oh I forgot to add how much fun it is to replace teh water pump.