Six problems related to electrical system have been reported for the 1999 Dodge Dakota. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Often when I start my truck the oil pressure gauge will go all the way up, the gauge for the battery stays down, and when it does start, the serpentine belt will squeal, sometimes it will start and idle, other times it will not idle, unless I keep my foot on the gas, as soon as I take my foot off the gas it will stall, after about 15 minutes, everything will go back to normal and it runs fine, but lately, its been doing it more often, when it does this, there is a foul smell coming out of the exhaust. I have had it scanned and no codes came up on the scanner. I do not have a lot of money, so if there is a recall please let me know how a recall works. This has happened several times, but the last time was 9/23/2019, when I started it today, it ran fine.
I have a 1999 Dodge Dakota. Several time the truck will not start or will shut down a few minutes/miles after starting. The truck has a manual transmission and when this happens even 'kick' starting has no effect. After the truck shuts down, 10 to 15 minutes later it starts up without any trouble. This has happened while on the highway and in city traffic.
Driving down the road, everything shuts off; motor, brakes, steering. Odometer reads "no bus" and non of the gauges in the cluster work. After resetting the computer by unpluggin the negative terminal and vehicle cools, it starts up. This is a huge concern as I have read for many owners of similar models and years. It concerns me because I drive congested highways to and from work. This is a big safety issue and needs to be addressed and accounted for.
I own a 1999 Dodge Dakota v-8 magnum 5. 2l, it only has 138,000 miles on it. When I bought it it only had 76,600 miles. In that little time I have had to replace the upper and lower ball joints twice, and the rack and pinion, and the water pump, the thermostat, the power steering pump, the tie rods, and there is so much more wrong. Why am having to replace these things twice in such little mileage? after reading up on it through the internet I am not the only one with these problems, there are hundreds of people with the same complaints, why is there a recall on the 2000, & 1998 but not 1999? I am out so much money and have almost wrecked my truck twice because of these problems, once with 6 kids in the car with me and again with my 3 kids. This needs immediate attention before several people get hurt or worse, die!!!.
The abs light and brake light in my 1999 Dodge Dakota started staying on after startup intermittently. The lights stayed on more often as time went by. Shop couldn't find a problem. Eventually both lights were on all the time. Vehicle started stalling at stop signs and when going around corners. Speedometer wouldn't work at low speeds--came on about the time doors automatically locked (20-25 mph). Shop replaced speed sensor. Vehicle ran fine for 30 days or less. Same symptoms are back.
Water pump failure, after replacement of catalytic converter exhaust leak detected, slow speed from 2nd to 3rd gear, gear sticks from 3rd to 4th gear, rough idling, odometer reading failure, abs light stays on, check engine light remains lit, gas tank sensor failure (reads empty when tank is full), when driving approx. 10 - 20 mph engine stalls / shuts off, coming to stop engine shuts off, vehicle vibration when brakes applied to come to a stop or slowing down (rear brakes), engine pings / knocks in normal operation at speeds from 30 to 70+ mph, after the engine warms up, anti-lock / abs sensor out, fuel gauge - sending unit malfunction, intake manifold gasket leaking, gasket cracked / leaking, thermostat gasket leaking, drive belt cracking / deteriorating, fuel induction system failing. Problems with this vehicle since date of purchase. Purchased from Honda north dealer.