Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 Dodge Dakota

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
20
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

20 filed
0
Crashes
2
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • STEERING:RACK AND Pinion
    4
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR Position Indication (PRNDL)
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER Pipe AND CAP
    1
  • STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER Than Rack AND PINION)
    1
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
87V050000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1987-04-14

SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM CABLES MAY PARTIALLY DISENGAGE AND BIND AT THE CARBURETOR THROTTLE LEVER ATTACHMENT.

RiskTHROTTLE WOULD STAY PARTIALLY OPEN WHEN ACCELERATORPEDAL IS RELEASED.

FixINSTALL A WASHER AT SPEED CONTROL CABLE TO CARBURETOR THROTTLE LEVER ATTACHMENT TO ELIMINATE POTENTIAL FOR THIS CONDITION.

86V115000·PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE1986-08-18

THESE TRUCKS WERE EQUIPPED WITH REAR PARK BRAKE CABLES WHICH CAUSED LIMITED REAR BRAKE SHOE TRAVEL RESULTING IN THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM NOT HOLDING THE VEHICLE IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION WHEN PARKED ON A 20% GRADE, AS REQUIRED BY FMVSS 105. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF THE TRUCK IS PARKED ON AN INCLINE AND THE PARKING BRAKE SET, IT MAY ROLL BACK CAUSING DAMAGE OR AN ACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE BOTH REAR PARKING BRAKE CABLES.

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