Eight problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2001 Dodge Dakota. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Unit one was travling east on greenbrier road in the inside lane. The driver ot 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 travling west on greenbrier in the outside lane unit1 crossed in forunt of unit2 collidede withthe 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 dirver 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 injered.
A car pulled out in front of me. Most of the damage was from the front middle to passenger side.
The contact owns a 2001 Dodge Dakota. The contact stated the door locks,air bag, head lights, and windshield wiper failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The diagnostic test located the failure at the cmt module and the clock spring module. The vehicle will be repaired. The manufacturer will be contacted. The vehicle failure mileage was 72,990 and the current mileage was 73,000.
Need to replace the clock spring so that the air bag would work. This cost me $201. 64 at a mechanical shop. This item has been a recall for model year 2000 quad cab Dakota trucks. I'm wondering if Chrysler actually changed the configuration for 2001 trucks.
I have a 2001 Dodge Dakota 4. 7l quadcab and my horn, cruise and airbag all stopped working at the same time. I have seen a recall for this matter on 2000 vehicles, but not 2001. I am now operating without an airbag. Updated 02-01-08 updated 02/01/08 the consumer stated he is also without a horn and has not replaced it due to cost. Updated 02/01/08.
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. ).
Bought a 2001 Dodge quad cab sport 4x4 in 2003. The dash had a small crack on the drivers side at time of purchase. The crack spread rapidly to all areas of the dashboard. I used protectants, adhesives and dashboard shades and a dash pad to prevent further spread to no avail. During one evening trip,I hit a bump in the road and the entire dash caved in causing the instrument cluster to lose lighting. I had to collect all the extremely sharp shards of plastic out of the dashboard recess to look for the problem. It was during this incident that a extremely sharp piece of plastic cut deep into my right hand. I should have gotten stitches, but used gauze and wrap until healed. What would have happened if the airbag was deployed with loose plastic parts flying all over the place? survive the crash and then die from massive lacerations from broken dash pieces? I contacted multiple local Dodge dealers and was told that they knew and corporate knew of the problem, but they would not replace it because Dodge corporate would not authorize or pay for the obvious manufacturing defect. I probably will never buy a Dodge again. Dodge knew this was a big problem, but did and still does not care. Almost every Dodge I've seen within the 2000-2003 years has this blaring problem. Some have replaced the dash with aftermarket parts or just try to cover it up with dash pads or mats. Does the NHTSA care? has this massive issue even looked into?.
The air bag light turned on and off intermittently. Vehicle was taken to dealer for check up, and test results showed that the air bags needed to be replaced because they will not deploy in an accident.