general problems of the 2004 Dodge Dakota

While driving my 2004 Dodge Dakota all the gauges, including the speedometer and the tachometer stopped working. Everything went off although the truck was still running. I had headlights turn signals an emergency flashers nothing else. I don’t know how fast I was going how much fuel I had or if my engine was running hot nothing. This is something that could spook a driver to a point where he/she would be distracted of their surroundings. Possibly causing a serious crash and hurting or killing someone.

While vehicle is parked and engine running, I notice smoke and burning smell of plastic coming from blower fan motor unit. Please tell me is there any technical service bulletins on this problem and have you received any other complaints on this problem from others. Engine size 3. 7l v6.

I started my vehicle and could not get my headlights to turn on. All connections and bulbs were checked by a mechanic and the problem has been traced to the ctm (central timing module). These units are on nationwide back order. This is a serious safety issue and a serious replacement issue if people are losing their headlights and the part is on an unknown back order situation.

This is the second time this has happened an been replaced. . . Now im going without a heater because the blower motor resistor started sparking an the smell of burning rubber an melted plastic filled the cab of the vehicle so I quickly pulled over to avoid a accident an I reached under to the to whare the resistor is located an it was scortching hot to the touch. It looks like it had started to catch fire. Are you guys going to wait until someone dies or gets seriously injured for there to be a recall on this. . . This is a serious saftey issue with atleast 298 people with the same problem and thats just one website, I have concrete information to back this message so please dont just ignore this.

Smell of burnt wire/plastic. Blower control switch would not work (blower motor would not run). Blower motor resistor and pigtail connection were melted and fused together. This was in 2010, it is now 2015 and I just had the seventh resistor put in with the fifth pigtail. The time before this last nightmare, I also had the blower motor replaced in case it was the cause of the resistor and pigtail connection issues.

The contact owns a 2004 Dodge Dakota. The contact stated there was smoke coming from under the dashboard area. Upon further inspection, the contact found that the resistor that controls the heater and blower had overheated, burned and failed. The contact installed a new resistor however, it also burned and failed. He purchased a new resistor and contacted the dealer who advised him that they were having problems with the resistor and that it would continue to fail at a rapid pace. The manufacturer advised having the dealer perform diagnostic testing at his expense. The contact declined. The vehicle was not further repaired and the new resistor was not installed. The failure mileage was 69,000.

The electrical system keeps malfunctioning. The fuel gauge doesn't work right and the temperature hand sometimes is on hot as soon as you crank the truck. The check engine light keeps coming on too. It has been worked on 3 times since I bought it a year ago.

Took delivery of 2004 Dodge Dakota slt on March 5, 2004 within one month, needle pegged at hot and check engine light came on upon first start up of day. Computer reset itself when truck was shut off and then restarted. No further problems remainder of day. However, problem persisted. Took truck into fresno Dodge for service-1st time, March sensor was reset; 2nd time in shop, April sensor replaced; 3rd time in shop, may computer replaced-vehicle in shop for 17 days. 4th time, June 6: fresno Dodge placed diagnostic computer copilot in dash; we pushed button on diagnostic computer when problem presented again on June 27. Have not heard one word from fresno Dodge. Problem presented again on July 26.