1992 Dodge Dakota problems
The 1992 Dodge Dakota has 314 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (37%) concerns transmission. After that come brakes (20%) and electrical system (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 314 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Transmission 37% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 11
- Injuries and deaths
- 26 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 160,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 11 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 160,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 22 complaints mention a crash; 11 complaints mention a fire; 26 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Dodge Dakota with enough data (195 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
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…
The vehicle leaked transmission fluid. The dealer stated that the leak was not related to the transmission recall. *nlm the vehicle leaked transmission fluid. Dealer stated that the leak was not related to the transmission recall.
2 issues-the power train-I don't think it was ever fixed as my gearshift lever indicator is not in the gear it indicates-can this still be fixed under the recall-2nd problem-I can be driving down the road and the truck just shuts itself off without warning-sometimes it will restart after sitting a few minutes but yesterday I had to have it towed with my 74 yr.