2010 Dodge Dakota
This year drew an ordinary 70 complaints for a Dodge Dakota — the model's median is 144. What they were about is the unusual part: 17.1% of them mention computer, against 4.6% across the model's other years.
| Complaints filed | 70 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 144 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- computer — 17.1% of this year's complaints, against 4.6% across the model's other years (3.7×). Owners wrote it as: computer, bolt, resolved, neutral.
- hand — 8.6% of this year's complaints, against 0.7% across the model's other years (12.2×).
- sensor — 11.4% of this year's complaints, against 3.8% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: sensor, once.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
WHILE GOING AROUND A LEFT HAND CORNER AT 45 MILES AN HOUR ,I HIT SOME BUMPS IN MY LANE . THE TRUCK ENDED UP HALF WAY INTO THE INCOMING LANE.I GOT IT UNDER CONTROL AND RESUMED MY TRIP AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V038000 (POWER TRAIN) HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTIFICATION SUMMER OF 2013. THE DEALER AND THE [VIN] WERE CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V018000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V021000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V352000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V313000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 12V420000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 12V474000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 13V038000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Dodge Dakota was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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