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2002 Dodge Dakota brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 240 complaints for the 2002 Dodge Dakota, 25% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
240 25% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
30,000 miles 197 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
15 and 13
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2002 Dodge Dakota Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 30,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 47 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 69 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 32 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 13 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 18 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 9 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 30,000 miles
Based on 197 complaints that include mileage. 75% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles47
20k to 40k miles69
40k to 60k miles32
60k to 80k miles13
80k to 100k miles18
100k to 120k miles9
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 197 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 30,000 miles, and 75% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 15 crashes, 13 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I had just purchased the car 2 weeks earlier. I was accelerating to merge onto the freeway and the accelerator stuck at 60 MPH. No matter what I did to the pedal, it was stuck at 60 MPH. The brakes would not work either. I was in a runaway car on a busy freeway. I tried to negotiate the traffic for 2 miles then decided I needed to get off the freeway. I started to smash into the freeway off-ramp retaining wall in the effort to slow the truck down which it did to some degree.

Reported at 125,000 miles, October 2014 CrashInjury

My 2002 dodge dakota sport 4x2 has approximately 15,200 miles on it. At approximately 13,000 miles I began to notice that the front end started to rattle and seem loose when going over bumps. After doing some research and having someone look at it, I found that the ball joints are failing prematurely.

Reported at 15,200 miles, January 2004

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