2002 Dodge Dakota service brakes, hydraulic problems

“2002 DODGE DAKOTA CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT BRAKE LINE *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED WITH INFERIOR MATERIALS. THE GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE AND THE TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND WERE LEAKING. THE REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE BRAKE LINE AND BRAKE HOSE. *JB”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CALIPERS SEIZED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ROTORS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE CONTACT REPLACED THE CALIPERS HIMSELF. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. UPDATED 9/4/14*CN”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE RISING NEAR THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE CALIPER FAILED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE CALIPER AND ROTOR AND REMEDIED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DAKOTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN. THE BRAKES SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDED AND SWERVED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AS THE BRAKES RETURNED TO NORMAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DAKOTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKES OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. WHERE THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, HOSES AND THE BRAKE LINES, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 11/16/11 *BF UPDATED 03/08/12”

“TRUCK HAS BEEN DRIVING LIKE SOMETHING WAS GRINDING AGAINST MY FRONT RIGHT WHEEL FOR A WEEK OR SO, I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT, IT HAD JUST BECOME AN ANNOYANCE. ID LOOK UNDER THE WHEEL AND EVERYTHING LOOKED OKAY AND IN SHAPE, NO DAMAGE WAS BEING DONE. THE OTHER DAY I DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE AND HEARD A POP, LIKE SOMETHING HAD POPPED NEAR THE WHEEL, I PULLED OVER AND COULD SEE NO DAMAGE. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE AND NOTICED THAT THE GRINDING HAD STOPPED AND MY WHEEL SEEMED TO BE FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. I ARRIVED TO MY DESTINATION WITH NO PROBLEM. WHEN I LEFT THE DESTINATION TO RETURN HOME, I STARTED FEELING HEAVY PULL TO THE RIGHT ON MY STEERING WHEEL, IF I LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL I WOULD HAVE GONE INTO A DITCH OR THE WOODS OR ANOTHER CAR. I THEN STARTED NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM MY RIGHT WHEEL, I WAS A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM HOME AND FIGURED I COULD MAKE IT, I STARTED NOTICING MY BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING TOO WELL, AND ANYTIME ID PUSH ON THE BRAKES MORE SMOKE WOULD ARISE, I WENT THE 3 STOP SIGNS TO MY HOUSE AND PULLED IN, RAN AROUND AND SAW THAT BEHIND MY WHEEL HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE, TOOK ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH WATER AND SOME CAT LITTER WE HAD LYING…”