Four problems related to suspension have been reported for the 2007 Dodge Dakota. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Axel snapped in half front left damaged , I was backing out of my driveway at a very low speed.
I have a 2007 Dodge Dakota quad cab, v-6 that was bought new and serviced at the same dealership since I have owned it. No one else has worked on it. I took it in for the regular oil change recently and asked them to check on a popping kind of sound coming from what I thought was the right front end. The dealer said I needed shocks on all four wheels. It cost me about $950. 00 to have this done. I am 65 years old and have been driving since I was 16 years old. I have owned many cars, but have never had to replace the shocks in any vehicle I have owned. This is my third Dakota. The first two were used as work trucks and carried heavy loads just about every day. Both had over 100,000 miles when I got rid of them and I never had any problem with the shocks. The Dakota I currently have has not been used for carrying anything heavy. Probably the heaviest was a couple of sheets of plywood. I have talked to a friend of mine who is in charge of all fleet vehicles for the county in which I live. He said of all the vehicles he has worked on, he has never had to replace all four shocks. He said every now and them one shock on a vehicle may go out, but never all four. I contacted the dealer who told me to contact Dodge. Dodge looked at the specifics and said it was due to normal wear and tear. I feel that I have been taken to the cleaners by the dealer.
The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Dakota. The contact stated that while driving 2 mph, the front end suspension fell from under the vehicle. The vehicle lost all power steering and the tire rod punctured the front driver side tire. The dealer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was towed back to the contact's residence and was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 63,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Dakota. The contact stated that the suspension components were severely rusted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 20,000.