2007 Dodge Dakota problems
The 2007 Dodge Dakota has 168 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (35%) concerns air bags. After that come electrical system (8%) and transmission (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 168 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 35% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 50,000 miles 113 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 | 26 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 21 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 20 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 20 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 113 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 50,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 78,000 miles (15 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 15th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Dodge Dakota with enough data (83 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
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.
I recently had a car accident going 40-45 MPH in my 2007 dodge dakota crew cab, and the driver and passenger airbags did not deploy upon impact of the other vehicle that came into my lane of travel.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 dodge dakota. The contact stated that after pulling her vehicle in driveway, she left the vehicle on to unload supplies. When she turned the ignition off, the vehicle began to roll backwards striking the contact. She could not move away from door before the vehicle began to drag her running over her left arm. Daimler chrysler sent an inspector to investigate the failure and he stated that no manufacturer defect would cause transmission , shifter or braking problems.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 dodge dakota. While driving 10 MPH and engaging the brake pedal the pin that connects to the pedal broke. The contact crashed into a vehicle ahead of him and sustained injuries. The front end of the vehicle was also damaged. A police report is available if needed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer to be repaired. A representative with the insurance company also filed a report regarding the failure. The failure mileage was 33,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 dodge dakota. While driving 70 MPH in the rain, the headlights failed. The contact had to stop and turn the switch on and off for one minute until the headlights illuminated again. The current and failure mileages were 142,542.
Multifunction switch had a internal fault the dealer replaced it on 12/30/09 the switch had to be replaced 2 weeks later because the switch replacement switch was bad. In 2010 after the truck out of warranty I had to replace it again. Now on 01/25/2012 the switch failed again which causes the turn signal to function incorrect ( left will turn on right, right will not work all or right will turn on left).