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Dodge Dakota by model year

9,061 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Dodge Dakota across 22 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Dodge Dakota 0 750 1,500 1990: 88 '90 1991: 161 1992: 314 '92 1993: 159 1994: 240 '94 1995: 294 1996: 250 '96 1997: 650 1998: 793 '98 1999: 1,011 2000: 1,096 '00 2001: 945 2002: 946 '02 2003: 420 2004: 287 '04 2005: 598 2006: 386 '06 2007: 168 2008: 131 '08 2009: 23 2010: 48 '10 2011: 53
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
199088
1991161
1992314
1993159
1994240
1995294
1996250
1997650
1998793
19991,011
20001,096
2001945
2002946
2003420
2004287
2005598
2006386
2007168
2008131
200923
201048
201153

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2011 53 Air bags (34%) 6 15 to 17
2010 48 Air bags (33%) 7 15 to 17
2009 23 5 15 to 18
2008 131 Air bags (22%) 2 15 to 18
2007 168 Air bags (35%) 4 15 to 17
2006 386 Air bags (33%) 5 15 to 17
2005 598 Air bags (24%) 6 15 to 17
2004 287 Steering (27%) 1 14 to 17
2003 420 Suspension (29%) 4 13 to 17
2002 946 Suspension (32%) 5 12 to 19
2001 945 Suspension (33%) 7 13 to 20
2000 1,096 Suspension (34%) 5 12 to 20
1999 1,011 Suspension (50%) 4 13 to 19
1998 793 Suspension (40%) 5 13 to 20
1997 650 Suspension (32%) 5 13 to 20
1996 250 Brakes (11%) 1 13 to 20
1995 294 Brakes (11%) 13 to 22
1994 240 Brakes (14%) 3 12 to 22
1993 159 Brakes (17%) 1 12 to 22
1992 314 Transmission (37%) 1 12 to 21
1991 161 Transmission (38%) 4 11 to 21
1990 88 Steering (33%) 3 11 to 21