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1999 Dodge Dakota power train problems

56 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 1999 Dodge Dakota9% of all complaints for this model year.

56
Power Train complaints
9%
share of all complaints
104,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
6 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Vehicle stalls intermittently in a unpredictable pattern. Vehicle restarts after stalling 7 out of 10 times. When it wont restart immediately after stalling it will take upwards of 10 minutes to achieve engine operation. I've replaced the crank position sensor, as well the cam position sensor…

    filed Jan 6, 2019

  • I got the '99 dakota about 7 months ago and liked it drove pretty good even through the week when it was all single digits no problem. Then once it started to warm up into the mid to high teens and up to then 60s and 70 it would shake at least twice a week. It always seemed to start at about 45…

    filed Jul 8, 2014

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Power Train problems in other Dakota years

YearReportsShare
2011 Dakota818%
2010 Dakota720%
2008 Dakota1011%
2007 Dakota2417%
2006 Dakota3613%
2005 Dakota8117%
2004 Dakota199%
2003 Dakota3813%
2002 Dakota8913%
2001 Dakota9314%
2000 Dakota749%
1998 Dakota7414%
Dakota power train problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.