Five problems related to brake disc caliper have been reported for the 2003 Dodge Dakota. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 2004 Dodge Dakota quad cab. While driving 35 mph, smoke emitted inside of the vehicle. The contact drove to the side of the road, while inspecting the vehicle he noticed smoke coming from the front driver side wheel. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the failure was related to defective calipers. The vehicle was in the process of being repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.
I own a 2003 Dodge ram 1500 4x4 quad cab slt VIN 1d7-hu18n53s-188168 assembly point, warren, michigan. The truck stalled while in traffic making a 10-15 mph right turn. The second occurence was july15, 2004. Very close call here. I was in the smokey mountains camping. The six hour drive home towing my popup was nerve racking to say the least. Especially, since my 13, 6 and 3 year old were in the truck. I mentioned that the truck runs extremely rough intermittently to the dealer morgan Dodge durham north carolina on at least two occasions. I am also experiencing an intermittent shudder that seems to be coming from the transmission, also mentioned to the dealer on at least two occasions. The dealer simply said that they could not reproduce the shudder or stall. I also had a severe brake pulsation. They did replace front pads and calipers and cut rotors. They were supposed to follow up with me regarding the shudder and stall but as of this date, 7/18/2004 I have not yet receive a call back.
Vehicle vibrated/shook when applying the brakes. Vehicle was taken to the dealer on several occasions, and dealer replaced front rotors and the calipers. Within 9,000 miles of wear the problem recurred. Dealer was notified again, but refused to correct the problem because warranty expired.
03 ram qc when I stop the whole truck shakes.
Truck developed warped rotors @ 13k miles. Rotors were turned and fron t calipers replaced due to TSB. Later shudder reappeard @ about 22k miles. Dealer turned rear rotors. Shudder reappeared ~6k miles later. Replaced rear discs since older ones were beyond turning. Shudder reappeared @ 34k. After much discussion with dealer and Dodge cust no-service, front hubs were replaced and front rotors turned due to TSB. Now at 38k miles shudder is back.