Two problems related to exterior lighting have been reported for the 2011 Dodge Dakota. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Dodge Dakota based on all problems reported for the 2011 Dakota.
The backlighting on the instrument cluster is defective. Only a portion of the gauges are illuminated. Should this occur for the speedometer then driver will not have a way to determine vehicle speed during the nighttime hours.
Many Dodge vehicle models experience failure of illumination for instrument clusters. This creates an unsafe condition for the driver since information presented at the instrument cluster, cannot be determined during night time driving conditions. Dodge makes no provision to customers for replacement or repair parts and does not provide any documentation through Dodge dealers on how to address this issue. It was determined that Dodge does not offer replacement instrument clusters to address this issue.
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