Dodge Dakota: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 49 recall campaigns for the Dodge Dakota, model years 1985 to 2011. NHTSA has 5,399 complaints on file for this model line. 25 of the 27 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19850
- 19860
- 19872
- 19883
- 19893
- 19903
- 19914
- 19921
- 19931
- 19943
- 19950
- 19961
- 19975
- 19985
- 19994
- 20005
- 20017
- 20025
- 20034
- 20041
- 20056
- 20065
- 20074
- 20082
- 20095
- 20107
- 20116
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Dodge Dakota | 6 | 0 | 0% | 10,745,544 |
| 2010 Dodge Dakota | 7 | 0 | 0% | 10,789,844 |
| 2009 Dodge Dakota | 5 | 1 | 1% | 9,376,590 |
| 2008 Dodge Dakota | 2 | 11 | 6% | 8,725,439 |
| 2007 Dodge Dakota | 4 | 40 | 20% | 8,784,373 |
| 2006 Dodge Dakota | 5 | 63 | 32% | 8,898,578 |
| 2005 Dodge Dakota | 6 | 160 | 80% | 9,250,786 |
| 2004 Dodge Dakota | 1 | 144 | 72% | 320,188 |
| 2003 Dodge Dakota | 4 | 234 | 117% | 966,617 |
| 2002 Dodge Dakota | 5 | 577 | 289% | 1,575,087 |
| 2001 Dodge Dakota | 7 | 607 | 304% | 2,656,307 |
| 2000 Dodge Dakota | 5 | 777 | 389% | 1,305,807 |
| 1999 Dodge Dakota | 4 | 615 | 308% | 854,782 |
| 1998 Dodge Dakota | 5 | 520 | 260% | 713,000 |
| 1997 Dodge Dakota | 5 | 431 | 216% | 909,710 |
| 1996 Dodge Dakota | 1 | 183 | 92% | 600 |
| 1995 Dodge Dakota | 0 | 198 | 99% | |
| 1994 Dodge Dakota | 3 | 164 | 82% | 303,543 |
| 1993 Dodge Dakota | 1 | 132 | 66% | 2,000 |
| 1992 Dodge Dakota | 1 | 213 | 107% | 123,000 |
| 1991 Dodge Dakota | 4 | 126 | 63% | 242,500 |
| 1990 Dodge Dakota | 3 | 63 | 32% | 778,000 |
| 1989 Dodge Dakota | 3 | 62 | 31% | 778,000 |
| 1988 Dodge Dakota | 3 | 55 | 28% | 145,200 |
| 1987 Dodge Dakota | 2 | 20 | 10% | 37,948 |
| 1986 Dodge Dakota NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1985 Dodge Dakota NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 1% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
7,628 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 294.2 | 2,244 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 161 | 1,228 |
| Power Train | 116.4 | 888 |
| Steering | 75.5 | 576 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 68.2 | 520 |
| Electrical System | 39.1 | 298 |
| Air Bags | 37.1 | 283 |
| Visibility | 24.6 | 188 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 23.3 | 178 |
| Tires | 23.3 | 178 |
Counts by year
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- C Body1 campaign
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- Sport Utility2 campaigns
- Caliber8 campaigns
- Ram van3 campaigns
- Journey26 campaigns
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- Ram Pickup1 campaign
- Daytona14 campaigns
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- B2509 campaigns
- Pickup0 campaigns
- Nitro 4X40 campaigns
- Sprinter10 campaigns
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- Stratus Coupe0 campaigns
- Aries12 campaigns
- Nitro 4X21 campaign
- Sprinter 250015 campaigns
- Challenger44 campaigns
- Viper12 campaigns
- B3508 campaigns
- SRT-40 campaigns
- Lancer7 campaigns
- Raider2 campaigns
- Omni23 campaigns
- Ramcharger8 campaigns
- D1503 campaigns
- Mini Ram van4 campaigns
- 60011 campaigns
- B1506 campaigns
- Sprinter 350014 campaigns
- Diplomat10 campaigns
- B20018 campaigns
- D10016 campaigns
- W1503 campaigns
- B30021 campaigns
- Ram 550012 campaigns
- Dart41 campaigns
- W10018 campaigns
- B10017 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Dodge Dakota: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/dodge/dakota/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- CHRYSLER CORPORATION
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Dodge Dakota model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2010 with 7, 2001 with 7, 2011 with 6. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Dodge Dakota model year has the most complaints?
- The 2000 model year, with 777 of the 5,399 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Dodge Dakota name?
- Suspension: 294.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 161 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 116.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Dodge Dakota?
- 20 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.