2005 Dodge Dakota — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 598 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Air bags (restraint system)143 (23.9%)Official recall records for this system: 24, covering model years 1997–2011.
• Brakes99 (16.6%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 1996–2006.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)83 (13.9%)Official recall records for this system: 18, covering model years 2000–2011.
• Suspension54 (9.0%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1997–2004.
• Steering48 (8.0%)
• Seats43 (7.2%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2005.

Other / uncategorized: 10 classifications (1.7%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (11,560 records, model years 1995–2011) are most frequently classified under: suspension, brakes and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Safety recalls (171 records, model years 1995–2011) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and lights.
• Transport Canada recalls (96 records, model years 1996–2011) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and seat belts.
• Manufacturer communications (1,588 records, model years 1995–2011) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), electrical system and engine.
• Investigations (44 records, model years 1995–2011) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), steering and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 329reports included a mileage
• 66,994average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 256 records for 1995 256
2. 1996 251 records for 1996 251
3. 1997 570 records for 1997 570
4. 1998 669 records for 1998 669
5. 1999 753 records for 1999 753
6. 2000 934 records for 2000 934
7. 2001 771 records for 2001 771
8. 2002 751 records for 2002 751
9. 2003 362 records for 2003 362
10. 2004 265 records for 2004 265
11. 2005 554 records for 2005 554
12. 2006 357 records for 2006 357
13. 2007 211 records for 2007 211
14. 2008 149 records for 2008 149
15. 2009 78 records for 2009 78
16. 2010 100 records for 2010 100
17. 2011 121 records for 2011 121

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 30mention a crash
• 27mention a fire
• 20mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 7
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 64
• Investigations NHTSA 5
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 8
• Owner complaints NHTSA 470

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0457 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.