buyin a dakota 4x4..a few questions

[Stevie-D]

my boss has a 95 dakota club cab 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5 speed, chrome roll bar, KC lights on rollbar, bed liner, visor, etc...hes holding onto it for my til i sell my 400ex, then its all mine:D anyway, anybody have any info on this truck? weaknesses? problems? anything...good or bad


thanks;)

[Rip_Tear]

here is a good web site :D http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/used/reviews/full/index.cfm/id/2022.htm

I like the Dakota, they are great trucks :D

[Chanman420q]

i want the dodge dakota quad door 4x4 5spd.... hehe

[Mattman88]

noooooooo. dont do something like that, buy a chevy!

[Honda4trax250x]

Originally posted by Mattman88
noooooooo. dont do something like that, buy a chevy!

What he said

[XANDADA]

I had a loaded '99 Dakota 4x4 with the v-8. Best darn car or truck I ever owned and I abused the heck out of it. The only thing that ever went out on it was the cat conv. but it was replaced under warr. and they even gave me a free loaner. The only reason I sold it was cause I bought a house and needed to free up some cash. Built like a brick outhouse. I used to take it muddin all the time and everyone else used to get stuck except for me. Nothin like having a compact truck pull out the full size f-150's & 1500's!

[XANDADA]

Originally posted by Honda4trax250x
What he said

lol, you can't even drive yet! Anyways, congrats on your 16th birthday comming up here next month....:macho :blah:

[lil400exman]

brain u have great tastes not just in quads too.........:D my jeep (cherokee) has only gotten stuck once and that was where we hit a sinkhole........we had to rent a skid-loader to pull that mofo out:mad: but other than that the 4X4's on mopars are sweet..........;)

[Honda4trax250x]

Originally posted by XANDADA
lol, you can't even drive yet! Anyways, congrats on your 16th birthday comming up here next month....:macho :blah:

but i already have a truck, and u guessed it its a chevy

[L.Vegas400]

check over the undercarrage. my roommates brother just bought a 93 just like you described. 4 days after buying it we show up on our vacation. while we were there it started squeakin and binding underneith, so i crawl under and find that the previous owner had beat the hell out of it. getting cought up on rocks and almost destroying the cross members. i look some more and find the previous owner had almost grenaided the T-case. there was a big crack where a tooth from a gear had tried to roll under the chain. all the fluid had leaked out. so now he has to spend an extra $500 for the back half of a T-case and what ever else is broke inside. im not saying this to scare you from the pickup, just to check over the undercarrage and all the fluids including the T-case.

[Stevie-D]

the truck was driven to work on interstate, then sold to my boss, who drove it back and forth to the local hardware\grocery store. i'll make sure to check under its skirt though:p

[Giz400ex]

If you have any questions about Dodge, give Leo a pm!!!

[luvmyex]

i had a 97 till a tree fell on it and totaled it.Only problem i had was with the ac.No biggie.had 107000 on it.Now i have a 03 and luv it.

[250x#93]

PLEASE don't buy a dodge:(

[luvmyex]

Originally posted by 250x#93
PLEASE don't buy a dodge:(
figures this would come from a ford owner:rolleyes:

[dannyboy20]

my grandfather had a Dakota and had nothing but problems with it. Get a Gm instead

[Stevie-D]

well my great uncles best friends wifes grandmother knows this guy who is freinds with another guy who says that ford sucks.:rolleyes:

[ryanh250ex]

ford- circlin the problem since 1903 :D

but yeah, go buy the dakota........mopars are nice.

[acold7dusta]

great trucks...my dads got one no problems whatsoever if u got the money i say buy it

[Stevie-D]

yaaaaaa....i got 2 grand...the quads gettin sold..theres the other half.....hes letting me have if for 4,000. he was asking 5500 for it:devil:

[kaneman23]

Originally posted by Stevie-D
my boss has a 95 dakota club cab 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5 speed, chrome roll bar, KC lights on rollbar, bed liner, visor, etc...hes holding onto it for my til i sell my 400ex, then its all mine:D anyway, anybody have any info on this truck? weaknesses? problems? anything...good or bad


thanks;)

Sounds like a nice truck but I hope you have deep pockets for those expensive transmission repairs. I've owned dodge, ford, and Chevy's. But the best I've ever owned was my Toyota Tacoma and 4Runner. I know they aren't the biggest or most powerful. But they are by far the most reliable and durable trucks on the market. The Tacoma is no slouch either with the Supercharger....

[Stevie-D]

Sounds like a nice truck but I hope you have deep pockets for those expensive transmission repairs

your being kinda vague there bud. are dakotas notorious for bad trannys? its a 5 speed. i took a ride in it today, and it drives nice, shifts great, etcc...:huh

[luvmyex]

they have had some tranny problems in the past. Not mine but some have.THey supposeably took care of that when dalmier>sp?bought them out or merged with them.