1992 Dodge Dakota engine problems
18 complaints about engine have been filed for the 1992 Dodge Dakota, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 18 6% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 fire, 5 injuries.
What owners wrote
Well my truck when I am driving down the rd at night the lights will turn off out of no where and I almost got in a couple of wrecks because of it flickering and I have changed and fixed everything and it still dose it so it like a wire issue or something but I don't feel safe at all driving at night because of it then my engine will like stop or something when I am driving and jerk my truck on the side of the road and backfire hella bad like guns are going off and it's blew my muffler up 10 times and blew my…
Tl*the contact owns a 1992 dodge dakota. He heard a chatter noise and the lifter needed to be tightened. The mechanic stated that the lifter failed in the cam shaft which affected the engine. The dealer stated that there was no recall for this year, make, and model vehicle. The failure and current mileage was 164,000.
Other problems reported for the 1992 Dodge Dakota
- Transmission 115 complaints
- Brakes 63 complaints
- Electrical system 23 complaints
- Fuel system 15 complaints
- Body & structure 15 complaints