Front Suspension Stabilizer Bar Problems of Dodge Dakota

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Dakota. The contact stated that while making a left turn at approximately 5 mph, the front passenger side wheel detached from the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the front end needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. After the repair, the front end aluminum clamps that held the stabilizer bar fractured. The vehicle was taken to another dealer where it was diagnosed that the clamps fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 41,000. The VIN was not available.

See all problems of the 2005 Dodge Dakota 🔎.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Dakota. The contact stated that while in the process of making a turn, the steering wheel tightened and was difficult to turn. The failure reccurred while driving at various speeds. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop for a failure diagnostic, where the contacted was informed that the steering linkages failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The contacted also stated that the front stabilizing bars were missing bolts. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop, where the missing bolts were installed. The failure mileage was 58,000 and the current mileage was 58,355.

My 1998 Dodge Dakota 4x2 pickup has 74000 miles on it. The truck recently developed a loud squeak in the area around the front driver's-side wheel. This squeak was traced to the sway bar and anti-sway rod. The bushings in this area of the truck are poorly designed and prone to failure. . Read more...

See all problems of the 1998 Dodge Dakota 🔎.

I have a 2001 Dodge Dakota pickup. Last year it started making a squeaky noise (like an old car creaking) in the front end. I have taken it into dealmaker Dodge here in watertown, NY. The first time taking it in they stated that the noise was from loose bolts in the front end and that they just tightened them up. The noise progressively got worse. I took it in again and they told me that it was possibly the sway bars. Then the oct. 10, 2003 I was driving and when I hit a bump in the road, something popped in the front end, the front end dropped down and I lost steering of the truck. This was extremely frightening. I immediately drove the truck very slowly over to dealmaker Dodge and they looked at it (never test drove it, just looked at it). They stated that they are not sure what happened but that maybe the sway bars gave way. Tim (service mgr) stated that they would need to order bushings and a part for the steering box and that until they came in the truck would be safe to drive. Unfortunately, I did not feel it was safe to drive - we parked the truck in our driveway until the parts came in. We asked why this happened to a fairly new truck and tim (service mgr) could not answer us, he did not know. We took the truck in once the parts arrived and had it worked on. When I went to pick it up, I asked tim (service mgr) what did they do to the truck (repairs)? he stated he did not know but that his warranty girl was out of the office and that they would mail me a copy of the paperwork. Upon receipt of this paperwork, it noted that both sway bar bushings were replaced as well as the coupling. The noise seems to be gone in the front end, however, when I go over bumps or rough road, it still makes a popping noise in the front end. After watching the cbs evening news tonight with regard the front end safety issues about Dakotas, I am now very concerned about the safety of myself and the life of passengers while driving this vehicle.

See all problems of the 2001 Dodge Dakota 🔎.