- The problem
- Certain replacement k&n fuel performance kits, p/nos. 57-1509, 57-1511, 57-1511-1, 57-1517, 57-1517-1, 57-1527, And 57-1530. Also, a small percentage of these kits were sold under the mopar performance parts brand name (p/nos. P5007069 and p5007070). All kits were manufactured from april 20, 1999, through september 23, 2004. These assemblies were manufactured as replacement equipment for certain dodge pickup trucks and suvs. A small piece of material from the tube wall could be sucked into the engine throttle body, which could cause the throttle to become jammed in the open position.
- The risk
- A jammed open throttle could cause unintended acceleration of the vehicle, possibly resulting in a crash or increased stoping distances when braking.
- The fix
- K&n will provide owners with a free repair kit along with repair instructions. The recall began on april 20, 2006.
Engine & cooling
2002 Dodge Dakota Engine problems
Owners have filed 42 complaints about the 2002 Dodge Dakota's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 6% of all its complaints, most recently on February 15, 2020. They describe 1 crash, 2 fires and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 42
- Recalls
- 1
- Crashes
- 1
- Fires
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Engine recalls for the 2002 Dodge Dakota
Engine complaints
This 2001 dodge dakota comes up with code p0601 it says it is a memory check sum error. It comes on intermittent in cold weather. If you clear the code it might come right back or it might stay off it is annoying sometimes it messes with the abs making the front right brake hang up
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 dodge dakota. The contact stated that the vehicle was able to move with out the ignition being started. The contact also stated that the key could be removed from the ignition and the vehicle could still be moved or pushed without the engine being started or without the gear being in drive. Also, the key sometimes would not stay in the ignition and hanged loosely. There were no waning indicators illuminated. The contact called samuel's dodge, chrysler, jeep, ram, mazda (1421 e 30th ave,...
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hutchinson, ks 67502, (620) 665-5567), but no assistance was provided. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and did not assist. The failure mileage was 115,000. The vin was invalid.
I bought the subject pickup in 2014, I found after driving it that the engine would lose power, wouldn't idle smoothly, and it would backfire thru the throttle body electronic fuel injection. The problem was and is intermittent, it sometimes happens when pulling into traffic, making me trying to pull over to the curb. I took it the local dodge dealership [rocky top dodge, sevierville tn] to have it fixed, they tuned it up, cleaned the throttle body and a few other things and said it was ok. I paid them $650+,...
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pulled out of the dealership, and there it was doing the same thing. I immediately turned around went back to the dealership, they kept it for 4 more days, then told me they didn't know what the what was and couldn't fix it. I been driving just about everyday since with this problem. I tried contacting dodge, they were suppose to have a regional rep contact me, that never happened. It just amazes me that I am the only person in the country having this problem. I did take it upon myself to change all of the engine sensors, that costs me $300 to do it myself. I am just highly frustrated with dodge that they can't tell me what's wrong with this truck and fix it. I need help since it's a safety issue.
While I was traveling uphill the engine shut off as I was going over the freeway overpass to enter the south bound freeway entrance. I lost all power steering and brakes and had just enough power to roll downhill past the freeway entrance to turn on a street to roll to a stop just as I turned the corner. Thank goodness I wasn't on the freeway when this happened or have any cars in front of me as I was rolling downhill because I didn't have brakes. I tried to start the engine and got no power, but noticed the...
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mileage reader said "no bus". I had the truck towed home. For the next 2-3 months the truck would start sometimes and run for about 15 minutes and shut off and other times it would just turn over as if it had a bad alternator.The strange thing is when it was 70-74 degrees outside and below the truck would start and run for about 15 minutes before shutting off and when you tried to start the engine right after it would just turn over and not start. If it was close to 80 degrees or hotter outside, the truck would never start, it would just turn over like a bad alternator. After doing some research on the "no bus" code, I found out that this was an indication that the power control module (pcm/ecm computer) was bad. After further research I found that heat affected the pcm and that's why it started on some days and not others. I bought a rebuilt pcm and the truck did the same thing after a month and a half. This part should not be sold by as a rebuild because the computer board melts and leaks a greasy like substance. My brother in-law has experience with computers and said it resembled melted heat coating from the computer board. We had success with a remanufactured pcm. This part should be recalled and corrected. There is a list of people on the dodge forum who have suffered with the same issues and I'm sure someone out here has wrecked or died over this. *Tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 dodge dakota. The contact was driving approximately 50 mph when he noticed a burning odor. The contact then noticed smoke coming from under the dashboard area. The contact disconnected the blower from the resister. The dealer was notified of the failure who informed the contact to call the manufacturer. The manufacture was contacted who advised the contact that they would reimburse him for the parts needed to repair the failure but not for the labor costs. The vehicle was not repaired. The current and failure mileage was approximately 141,000.
I have a 2002 dodge dakota v6 3.9L truck. I just replaced the water pump and with that, water has been coming down into my floor of passenger side of truck from heater core. This cause my main windshield window to clog up causing my inability to see out of windshield. I've now learned that many dodge dakota truck owners have been replacing their heater core and dodge has not made recall to this epidemic. The design of this device is troubling. Plastic will never suffice real common sense to make and input parts on...
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a vehicle that will render appropriate activity. Can something be done about this. Consumers are losing big money because of one's stupid design with dodge very much well aware of this issue. *Tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 dodge dakota quadcab. While driving at approximately 10 mph, the front brakes locked and the vehicle would only accelerate at a very low speed. The contact stated there was an extremely strong burning rubber smell. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnosis and was not repaired. The failure occurred once before and was taken to an authorized dealer where they were unable to diagnose the failure. The failure and current mileages were 73,000. Updated 11/19/10 *cn the...
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consumer stated the front brakes locked up. Updated 11/23/10. *Jb updated evoq 12/22/10*jb the consumer stated the brakes locked up again on july 18,2011. The consumer also stated while under the 30 day warranty, the vehicle caught on fire under the hood. Updated 08/31/11 updated 10/20/11,. *Jb
Have a 2002 dodge dakota with a 4.7 Litre engine ,engine has severe oil sludge which cause my vehicle to break down. This has happened twice ,the first time I notice engine running hot,took it to my mechanic and he removed the valve covers and noticed severe oil sludge ,proceeded to take the engine apart and cleaned it and put it back together,this was less than 20,000 miles ago.We wenton a trip that was a bout 260 miles away ,it was a cold morning ,engine got hot and started running rough then we heard a loud...
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noise then the truck start clanking under the hood. I took the valve covers off and it was clogged again. Now I have found out that this engine is famous for this problem and chrysler knows it can you help. *Tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 dodge dakota. When starting the vehicle or after the vehicle becomes cold, the gear will not shift out of park for 30-40 minutes. While driving between 35-40 mph, the engine light remained illuminated. The contact drove to the dealer and they replaced the battery, the gas emission canister, and the hose package for emissions, the timing chain, the manifold exhaust on the left side, and the insulator steering gear. The vehicle was still under warranty. When the contact retrieved the...
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vehicle, it was rattling and revving up to 2,500 rpm's. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer and remained there for over a month. When the vehicle was retrieved the second time, the alarm system was not working. The contact does not want to take the vehicle back to the dealer because everytime he gets the vehicle back something else fails. The current mileage was 80,552 and failure mileage was 79,700.
Purchase 02 dodge dakota report brakes 3 time dodge found now problems . Brakes,crash no injuries,also @40k miles intake leak,water pump @36 dodge will not help with any repair cost they say its out side of warranty. *Jb
While traveling at highway speeds, vehicle lost all power and would not restart, leaving me stranded in 50 mph traffic. Upon researching various dodge dakota sites on the internet, this seems to be a very common problem that is expensive and time consuming to fix. *Tr
I own a 2002 dodge intrepid, first off I have always kept up on maintenance. I financed the car about 2 years ago. All of a sudden about 3 months ago I noticed the oil light on, me thinking I may be low on oil I simply took it to get serviced just because of the oil light. That didn't help the car oil light remained. About a week after that I heard a strange knocking noise and then boom in the middle of a intersection as I was about to turn left it died ! Took it to a dodge dealer in my area to make a long story...
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short I ended up paying over $1500 and had the car stall on me various times after it was supposedly fixed! Finally took it to a mechanic for a third opinion, by then the car was not running. I was told the engine was bad. The dodge dealership should have been honest and told me the car was not operable. Please help .....*Jb
I have had several alarming failures with my dodge dakota quad cab. It is a 2002 v6 auto transmission pw pl. I have had the ball joints replaced because of the recall, my transmission has failed (twice), my front hubs & spindles completely disintegrated and could have killed my family, my water pump has failed and had to be replaced, the driver side taillight seems to fail often, the vacuum hoses have all had to be replaced because of the cheap rubber used by the manufacturer fail by cracking and causing all sorts...
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of leaks causing engine lights, loud noises under the hood, and horrible gas mileage. I have done everything possible to be proactive in my maintenance of the vehicle. I have had the major repairs done professionally. I do not understand how a 2002 vehicle can have so many potentially fatal problems and be ignored. I have searched high and low for quality bulletins but cannot find anything. My gas mileage is now down to 14 mpg and the truck is falling apart. *Jb
Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle is a four wheel drive and the oil pan on the vehicle sits below the truck frame. The oil pan is to close to the ground and does not have a skid plate therefore, debris punctures the pan. The manufacture has been alerted but stated there are know recalls for the failure therefore, no repairs have been made.
2002 Dodge durango. All of a sudden lost oil pressure, and then the service engine lights started coming on. I discovered it was the oil pump, and a friend that worked for a dodge dealership, said they get this complaint all the time. I drove the vehicle to the dealership, where I purchased the $2000.00 Extended warranty, and found out that it will not be covered because I did not maintain the oil changes, and the engine had sludge. I told the car repair people they were insane to think that I would purchase...
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an extended warranty and a $28,000 car and not spend $30-$40 bucks on an oil changes. How outrageous and insulting!! They will not do anything until I come up with the cost to replace the engine, $5400. Paying a $500 car payment each month for something that has no use to me until I come up with $5400 to replace the engine. I am beside myself and they are ruining me.*Ak
I was driving to pa from fl in my 2002 dodge dakota quad cab with a v-8 4.7L engine (msrp $27,000)when I heard a ticking noise while in sc. All fluid levels were fine, so I continued on my journey on tues. Oct. 11, 2005 I found out the diagnosis which was that 3 rods inside the engine had seized and a new engine was required to fix it. I was shocked and assumed that chrysler would take responsibility since I had an extended warranty through chrysler. The chrysler adjustor finally arrived to check out my truck on...
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fri. Oct. 14 And that is when I heard the horrendous news that chrysler was not taking responsibility for their end of the contract and stated that there was a lack of maintenance on my truck. After I found that out I immediately had all of my maintenance records faxed to me from fl which proved that I faithfully changed my oil every 3,000 miles or less. I assumed that this would be sufficient for them to fix my engine. I decided to leave sc due to costly hotel expenses and had my sister come from va to pick my daughter and I up where we at least had a free place to stay temporarily till my truck was fixed. I found out the terrible news on mon. Oct. 24Th that my maintenance records meant nothing to the chrysler corporation. I received the response "lack of maintenance" as being the reason why they would not take responsibility. I was shocked that my extended warranty that I paid almost 1800.00 For to cover this type of situation would not cover this repair. My truck had 41,369 miles on it when the engine seized. The estimate I received for repairing the engine was $7,301.00. I called chrysler customer service and asked why my maintenance records were not honored and was told "this is the final decision mam". I asked for faxes to be sent to me regarding the adjustors report & a letter from chrysler saying that responsibility was not being taken by them for the repair and was told that they could not send that to me. *Jb
Dt: the contact heard a rod knocking in the engine. The knocking j started where it could be heard. There was a diagnostic test performed by the dealer ,and it confirmed it was a rod. The truck is in the shop for repairs at this time.*Ak
Dt: the contact had a problem with the oil pressure staying on high most of the time since august 12, 2002. In september 2002 the obd light came on. She kept taking vehicle to the dealer to be repaired. Every time she took it in to a dealership they would say that there was no problem. While driving in august 2005 the oil pressure dropped, causing the vehicle to die. The contact heard a sound, the check engine light came on ,and then three seconds later it died. Afterwards, she took it to a...
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dealership, and they said that it was due to lack of maintenance. The contact has copies of most of the oil changes. The contact has the oil changed every 3,000 miles. She found that there are many other people having the same problem online. The dealership told the contact that there was sludge in the engine. And that the whole engine needed replacement. . The contact called the customer service of dodge ,and they said that it was covered under warranty. The area representative told dodge that there was sludge in the engine and that there was lack of maintenance, and that the warranty expired. *Ak
03/1205 Driving on palmdale road my car stopped I was unable to get it started - had it towed to the dodge dealership on 03/14/05. They replaced the engine after having my vehicle for several weeks. I got my car back in may. On may 09 I returned my car back to the dealership due to the check engine light being on. They check the vehicle and said they fixed the problem. On may 13 2005 I drove my car down to la and the light came back on I contacted the service dept at dodge they told me to bring the vehicle...
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back in. I returned the vehicle on may 15, 2005. They then installed remanvalve body as per ppc clear codes. On july 21, 2005 I was leaving the office when my check engine light came back on and my car would not change gears. I went into auto zone and they checked the code that came up which was p0700 - transmission code. We checked the fluid it was fine. I proceeded to drive home - approximately 8 - 10 miles my car over heated. I immediately pulled the car over turned off the car and placed the emergency flashers on. I contacted my son. He came out and brought with him some antifreeze and water. He checked the vehicle out and placed in the antifreeze and water - the vehicle started - there were no noises. We drove it the 2 miles home. By the time I got home it was over heating again. He opened the engine and he could hear a noise coming from the back of the engine - he told me that my head gaskets were most likely blown. I contacted the dealership. They blames the warranty company saying that it was ''their engine and they would not permit them to rebuild the transmission as they requested''. I contacted my insurance company this morning and advised them what happened. They told me to take it back to the dealership. I advised lazero at the warranty company I had done some research and I had found out last night that chrysler has had a lot of problems with my engine.
Just driving on the interstate and check gauges come on and I pulled over immediately and was towed to a mechanic and the engine will need to be replaced. I owned the vehicle for 4 months.*Ak
Vehicle stalled. The manufacturer stated that they could not get the vehicle to repeat the problem. Manufacturer replaced the vehicle chip on four occasions, but it continued to stall. *Ak
On our way to the hospital (after dark) when the oil pressure went to '0' and check engine light came on. Truck started slowing down (as if downshifted) and smoking. About the time we got to the shoulder of the road it backfired and a flash came from the back of the truck and it died. I have a 2002 dodge dakota. We had to call 911 and get a deputy to pick us up and take us to the hospital. *La
While driving, noticed that the check engine light was on and the oil pressure gauge was incorrect. Notified dealer of this issue and also an issue with grinding noise when turning left or right. The dealer has replaced the upper and lower ball joints on the front and even admitted that they have seen a high failure rate for this. Also they replaced the vacuum tube harness under the gas tank. The oil pressure gauge sensor was loose and was corrected. *Jb
Vehicle miss misfire dand stallled while driving at any speed. *Ak
At just 22,200 miles truck in for third time for engine light being on. This time the thermostat was broken. Less than 1000 miles since the last time it was on, last time the canister hose was cracked. *Jb
Dodge Dakota engine complaints by year
Dakota engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data