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Replying to: dustyk (Oct 31, 2005 8:29 pm) I am a 16 year old high school student thinking about buying a 1998 Dodge Dakota from a friend for 3000 dollars. Sounded like an excellent deal, the only problem is theres a whopping 170,000 miles on it. Right now it's running great for him, no problems. Just wondering if it would be a good deal to buy it, and if so then how long can I count on it for, and what can I do to make it last longer. Thanks much, Andrew 
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I have a 2001 and the other night my headlights started flashing on and off as I was driving. The dome light also flashed but my brake lights and turn signals worked fine. The next night no troubles at all. then tonight it started again headlights flashing,dome light and then even my door locks stoped wroking and then locked by it's self . I even had the keys in my hand and it still did all of this. Now if I turn everything off and let it cool down a bit I can then start and use the headlights again untill it gets hot enough to start doing it again. Does anyone have any idea what is going on with my truck? Could it be that CTM thing I read about ? Has anyone else had this problem?
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Replying to: bonkoz (Oct 14, 2005 4:42 am)
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Replying to: andrewmiller (Nov 08, 2005 8:22 pm) |
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I'm about to flush the brake system on my 2000 Dakota, but I noticed in the manual that there is a special procedure for doing this on a truck with anti-lock brakes (I have the optional 4 wheel anti-lock). It states that you first do a regular flush (all 4 wheels, master cylinder, etc), then hook up to a DRB scan tool and run the procedure to flush out the antilock components (I guess it prompts you what action to take, like pumping/holding down the pedal at the right time, etc), then when that is completed you repeat the initial flush procedure. Has anyone either done this themselves, or had this maintenance performed for them? I was thinking I could do the flush myself and take it into a brake shop for the DRB part, then repeat the flush again myself. I'm not replacing any brake components, antilock or otherwise, so is this DRB part really necessary for just a straight system flush?
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Replying to: seventy7 (Nov 09, 2005 3:17 pm) If you only bleed the 4 corners, then you are likely leaving water-infested fluid inside the ABS components. If you want a complete system flush then you really have no alternative. BTW: The ABS components are the most expensive parts of the braking system. Is it logical to "skip over" bleeding the most expensive parts? |
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I have a 1996 Dakota with an electrical problem. It keeps blowing the A/C compressor/engine fan fuse, which cuts off the electricity to start the truck. I finally took it to a Dodge Dealership and they originally diagnosis ed the starter to be the problem. Well, 9 days later I have had it back to the dealership twice and they are now trying to figure it out by trial and error. They have unhooked the A/C compressor and asked me the drive it for a week to see if that is the culprit. It doesn't give me much faith in the dealership. Has anyone had a similar situation? Any advice? |
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Recently, the left-hand directionals stopped flashing. I checked the bulbs and found the left rear bulb burned out. I took the number from the bulb, and replaced it. Since then, I've had a problem with the left directionals. With the headlights off, signaling a left turn flashes all four lights. {The right side lights are dimmer.}. The odometer and radio display lights also flash,{when the directionals light the inside lights dim}. When the headlights are on, all four lights are lit, but they don't flash. I've checked the wiring for shorts, and found nothing. I've also replaced all four bulbs with no change, and I've changed the flasher with no change. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Oh, the truck is a 2000 Dakota with a 3.9 v=6 and 91000 miles on it. I bought the truck used 6 months ago, and have'nt had any trouble at all until now.
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Hi. Finally retired my 1993 Dakota ( 286,500+ miles of great service) and bought a 1999 Club Cab Dakota SRT. There was a rattling noise that I could only hear when I was not using the brakes, so I removed the front right wheel and found that the lower mounting pin on the caliper was loose. I am guessing some monkey's uncle used an air wrench to tighten the pin and ended up stripping the reciever threads. The pin threads are fine, but I am wondering if anyone can suggest an easy fix to repairing the stripped threads that the pin turns into? Thanks in advance. John
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