Two problems related to transmission not go into gear have been reported for the 2002 Dodge Dakota. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Ignition/park interlocksystem. Automatic transmission. Shifting lever sticks in park. Cannot shift gear out of park.
While driving vehicle, the transmission would miss a gear when trying to shift into 2nd gear. This caused the engine to rev up. While on a hill, the engine would rev up when transmission fails to shift properly. Then it would not shift out of gear. This had happened to the first transmission. Ts.