1996 Dodge Dakota: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1996 Dodge Dakota. The campaign is 95V199000. NHTSA received the report on 20 Oct 1995. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Power Assist. NHTSA has 183 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 95V199000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the vehicles to insure that the brake booster vacuum hose connection is fully seated and clamped to the vacuum check valve nipple at the brake booster.
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.
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Since the last update
No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks
Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 600 units in total.
95V199000Received . 600 units.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Power Assist
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
The power brake booster vacuum hose could be improperly installed and not clamped to the brake booster vacuum nipple.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A disconnected vacuum hose can cause an increase in engine idle speed and loss of brake power assist during brake application without prior warning.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the vehicles to insure that the brake booster vacuum hose connection is fully seated and clamped to the vacuum check valve nipple at the brake booster.
Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
183 complaints, 242 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.
- 1996 Dodge Dakota
- All 1996 vehicles
| Component | 1996 Dakota | All 1996 vehicles | Dakota, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 136.4 | 100.3 | 116.4 | 33 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 111.6 | 145.2 | 68.2 | 27 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 90.9 | 125.1 | 161 | 22 |
| Electrical System | 78.5 | 82.2 | 39.1 | 19 |
| Structure | 62 | 36.1 | 21.6 | 15 |
| Air Bags | 57.9 | 66.3 | 37.1 | 14 |
| Suspension | 53.7 | 54 | 294.2 | 13 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 45.5 | 51.6 | 23.3 | 11 |
| Seat Belts | 45.5 | 22.6 | 16.4 | 11 |
| Wheels | 37.2 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 9 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 21.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 20
- Complaints that report a fire
- 6
- Injuries in the complaints
- 8
- Deaths in the complaints
- 1
- Date of the newest complaint
- 4 Sep 2008
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP02009 | Defect petition | FRAME CRACKS | Structure | 30 Sep 2002 | 8 Jan 2003 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
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.
- NHTSA page of the 1996 Dodge DakotaThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1996 Dodge Dakota: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/dodge/dakota/1996/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- CHRYSLER CORPORATION
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1996 Dodge Dakota?
- 600 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Dodge Dakota have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 49 recall campaigns for the Dodge Dakota, model years 1985 to 2011. 1 of them names the 1996 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1996 Dodge Dakota name most often?
- Power Train: 33 of 242 component mentions, or 136.4 per 1,000. For all 1996 vehicles the figure is 100.3 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1996 Dodge Dakota open?
- No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.