2001 Dodge Dakota

IN AUGUST 2004. A 2001 DODGE DAKAOTA PICKUP RAN A STOP SIGN AND I HIT HIM. THE TRUCK ROLLED AND CONTINUED TO RUN AND CAUGHT THE VEHICAL ON FIRE AND BURNED THE DRIVER CRITICALLY, AND HE ULTIMATELY DIED. WHY DIDN'T THE VEHICLE INERTIA SWITCH CUT THE VEHICAL OFF. I HAVE A FILE CLAIMED AGAINST THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND AN INVESTIGATION MAY BE LAUNCH ON THE TRUCK. *AK

MY SON WAS DRIVING A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA, WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN 2001. HE LOST CONTROL ON A GRAVEL ROAD AND WENT OFF THE EDGE OF A DITCH. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND HE WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT. HIS PASSENGER WAS INJURED, BUT SURVIVED. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS IN HORRIBLE SHAPE, AND THERE IS NO WAY AN AIRBAG SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED......UPDATED 11/14/17 *BF *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY FRIENDS 01 DAKOTA, AT ABOUT 10-15 MPH AFTER MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN I HYDROPLANED AND I WAS T-BONED ON PASSENGER SIDE. I HAD MY SEATBELT ON. WHEN THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP AFTER SPINNING AROUND AND FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. ON IMPACT MY SEATBELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN ME AND I WAS THROWN INTO THE BACK SEAT WHERE MY HEAD HIT THE REAR WINDOW AND I SUB STAINED A VERY LARGE GASH TO MY HEAD.

UNIT ONE WAS TRAVELING EAST ON GREENBRIER ROAD IN THE INSIDE LANE. THE DRIVER OF UNIT 1 STATED IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY AND HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE. DUE TO VEHICLE HYDROPLAINING UNIT 1 CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND ENTERED THE WEST BOUND TRAFFIC LANES UNIT 2 WAS COMING WEST ON GREENBRIER IN THE INSIDE LANE UNIT3 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON GREENBRIER IN THE OUTSIDE LANE UNIT1 CROSSED IN FRONT OF UNIT2 COLLIDED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE OF UNIT1 UNIT1 FISHTAILED COUNTER CLOCKWISE AND CAME TO REST ON THE WEST BOUND SIDE OF GREENBRIER UNIT2 FISHTAILED CLOCKWISE AND WAS STRUCK BY UNIT 3 THE DRIVER OF UNIT3 STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO AVOID UNIT 1 BY SWERVING TO THE LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH UNIT 2 AS IT SPUN TOWARDS HIS VEHICLE THE AIR BAGS IN UNIT ONE BEING MY VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY AND PASSENGER WAS BADLY INJURED. *TR

A CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS FROM THE FRONT MIDDLE TO PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

2001 DODGE DAKOTA PICK UP, LOSS OF STEERING, RESULTING IN A OFF THE ROAD CRASH AND ROLLOVER WITH INJURIES. (ONE MOMENT LATER COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATHS.) *JB

TRAFFIC WAS MOVING IN FRONT OF GRACE COVENANT CHURCH, THERE WAS AN OFFICER DIRECTING TRAFFIC. MY HUSBAND PUT ON THE BRAKES AT THE MOMENT HE REALIZED TRAFFIC WAS NOT MOVING ANY LONGER. THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TIRE MARKS ON THE ROAD, IT IS APPARENT THE RIGHT SIDE TIRE LOCKED FIRST (THE TIRE MARK IS MUCH LONGER) THEN THE LEFT SIDE TIRE LOCKED (TIRE MARK ON ROAD MUCH SHORTER). HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT STRUCK THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN THIS ACCIDENT. THE CONCERN IS THAT THIS TRUCK IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ABS WHICH MEANS IT WAS MALFUNCTIONING SINCE THE TIRES LOCKED UP. THE CONCERN IS THIS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT IN THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN TIME. IT WAS A HARD IMPACT WHICH IT APPEARS WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO BE TOTALED. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. THE LOWER BALL JOIN BROKE AT THIS TIME. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WENT INTO A CREEK. THE INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE STILL BEING DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING INSPECTED. *AK

WHEN BRAKING ANY SPEED, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE LOCKED UP. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO REAR END A VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *NM THE FIRST INCIDENT THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND HIT OWN VEHICLE. *TC

THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED AN OIL TANKER WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED KNEE INJURIES, AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A HAIR LINE FRACTURE TO LEFT FOOT, ANGLE, AND RIBS. SHE ALSO SUFFERED FROM BACK PAINS. THIS WAS THE SECOND COLLISION WHERE THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK *TC THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. THE BRAKES FELT LIKE THEY WERE SLIPPING. *SC *JB

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. DRIVER'S SIDE GOODYEAR TIRE BLEW WOUT, CAUSING A COLLISION AND BODILY INJURIES ON INTERSTATE 94. VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT A CONCRETE MEDIAN HEAD-ON. *AK

WHEEL AND ASSEMBLY CAME OFF WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. CV JOINT, BALL JOINTS, BRAKE REMOVED.*AK

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE SLID ON DIRT AND GRAVEL AND IT WENT DOWN INTO AN EMBANKMENT, HITTING A TREE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AN AMBULANCE. *AK

WE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE THE AIRBAG IN THIS VEHICLE FAILED TO DEPLOY . THE CIRCUM-STANCES UNDER WHICH THIS COLLISION HAPPENED ARE AS FOLLOWS: OUR 17 Y/O WAS COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL (WITH FRIEND AS PASSENGER). PASSENGER NOTICED 1ST A VEHICLE AHEAD OF THEM WAS SLAMMING ON THEIR BRAKES TO TURN RIGHT (W/O USING TURN SIGNAL). OUR DAUGHTER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE DODGE TRUCK IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION. OUR VEHICLE INCURRED RT FRONT END DAMAGE. THE OTHER VEHICLE INCURRED LT REAR/ SIDE DAMAGE. OUR DAUGHTER'S PASSENGER HURT HER KNEE WHEN IT HIT THE DASHBOARD; BUT (LUCKILY FOR US) THEY ARE FRIENDS AND DID NOT FEEL IT WAS A SERIOUS ENOUGH INJURY TO SUE OVER. BUT WE ARE CONCERNED THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY-- SHOULDN'T IT HAVE; IF THE DECERERATION/ COLLISION SPEED WAS 35 MPH??! PLS CONTACT US. *AK

DEALER HAS HAD AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY CHECK THE PROBLEM AND DID WORK TO THE BRAKES CHANGING THE ORIGINAL SITUATION TO APPEAR THAT THEY WERE IN BETTER WORKING CONDITION WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE INDEPENDENT COMPANY. THE BRAKES ARE STILL UNSAFE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TAKING VEHICLE OUT OF PARK AND EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASE HANDLE BROKE IN CONSUMER'S HAND. CONSUMER WAS STEPPING OUT VEHICLE AND SAW A SMALL METAL PIECE ON GROUND. WITH ONE FOOT OUT, VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACK, KNOCKING CONSUMER TO GROUND AND DRAGGING HIM ACROSS A MAIN HIGHWAY. CONSUMER SUFFERED 2 BROKEN RIBS. PART WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER, ADDING A PLASTIC TIE, AND IT BROKE AGAIN. THERE WILL NEVER BE A FIX IF PLASTIC TIE WAS GOING TO BE USED.*AK *SLC

PUT IN PARK AND IT ROLLED DOWN DRIVE INTO ROAD AND HIT A PARKED CAR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 58 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DEER. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH IMPACT TO CAUSE THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT DISAGREED AS THE FRONT BUMPER WAS PUSHED INTO THE FRONT WHEELS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 291,000. .... UPDATED 03/08/13 *BF UPDATED 03/13/13

RECALL ID # 03V389000: ON 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WIRING HARNESS REROUTING/REPAIR RECALL ID#09EO12000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING RECALL ID#09EO25000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING HEADLIGHTS THE 2001 DODGE DAKOTA WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TURN SIGNALS ,TAIL LIGHT, DASH LIGHTING, & RADIO FAILURE I HAVE TALKED TO 20 OR 30 DAKOTA OWNERS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION &SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

LOWER STEERING COLUMN SHAFT HAS A BUSHING THAT FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. TRUCK VEERED INTO A DITCH AT 30MPH. I CALLED DEALERSHIP TO PURCHASE THIS PART AND FOUND OUT THAT IT IS ON A BACKORDER OF OVER 100. WENT TO SEVERAL AUTO RECYCLERS AND USED PARTS STORES AND FOUND THAT EVEN THEY HAVE THE PART BACKORDERED. THIS SHOWS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE IF THERE ARE SEVERAL BACKORDERS AND THE PARTS IS A REQUIRED TO SAFELY OPERATE THE VEHICLE. I AM SURPRISED THAT THERE ARE NO ACTIVE RECALLS ON THIS ITEM. *TR