Dodge Dakota on CBS news

Bad publicity for Dodge. Apparently the ball joints are failing
relatively quickly on these SUV's. In some cases dramatically....
like a wheel/axle assembly ventures down the road without the rest of
the car....

 

| Bad publicity for Dodge. Apparently the ball joints are failing
| relatively quickly on these SUV's. In some cases dramatically....
| like a wheel/axle assembly ventures down the road without the rest of
| the car....
|
|

Hmmm..my family has owned three...two of them well into the 100K miles. My
son has a '96 LE with 80K. None has had any ball joint problems. Wouldn't
his be a topic in this NG if people were having that problem. By the way,
the Dakota is a truck, not a SUV. did you mean the Durango, perhaps?

 

You are correct however the Dakota was mentioned too at the end.
Report was mostly on Durango. Sorry for confusion.

Number of complaints were in the hundreds on the Dodge but you could
count on one hand the complaints for other makes.

Here is the link to the report:

 

Having a bad day.

Here is the link to the report:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/27/eveningnews/main580233.shtml

 

Are they set up like the mini-vans where unless you yank the wheels they are
hard to grease? If so the fault is on the lube joints. I've replaced a few
that have NEVER seen grease because the lube jockey is too lazy or too
stupid to do it.
Larry

 

Aster reading this, I'm having vivid flashbacks of the ASpen/Volare fiasco
of the late 70's.. I've eschewed CHrysler products since my 76 Aspen. Once
is enough for me.

 

And - that would explain your interest in reading and participating in
this news group?

 

Precisely. Some of us just want somebody to love, others just need somebody
to hate. He's picked Chrysler.

--Geoff

 

as a ex-member (sold truck), of a very large Dakota group, yes there is a
problem, just because it hasn't happened to you yet, doesn't mean it won't.
yes the problem is with the darango as they used the Dakota parts but the
Durango is allot heavier.

Punch

 

here here!