Dodge Dakota Questions Maintenance & Repair

1998 Dodge Dakota Stars, Runs About 15 Feet And Dies.

Everything on the truck was running fine, occasionally had a hard time shifting between 2 and 3, but nothing serious. Then this morning I get in my truck and start it. I put it in drive and make it...

Motor Swapping

I'm thinking about buying a 2001 dakota crew cab. It has no engine in it currently. It had a 4.7. Can I put a 4cyl in this without to much trouble? Or even a 6cyl. I'd prefer the 4cyl for the gas ...

Transmission Fluid Check/shaft Seal

On a 01 dakota 2wd automatic when the driveshaft has been removed to replace,-pulled the yoke on it out of the overdrive there at seal, how much transmission fluid can be lost? I dont see the...

What Would Cause My Son's 1990 Dodge Dakota To Randomly Shut Off While Driv...

What would cause my son's 1990 Dodge Dakota to randomly shut off while driving?

Will European Synthetic Oil Be Ok In My 2000 Dakota 4.7 ?

I mistakenly put European synthetic oil in my 2000 Dakota 4.7 will it harm engine ?

96 Dodge Dakota 5.2l 4WD - Stalls

My 96 Dodge Dakota 5.2l 4WD was having issues with stalling, but would start back up. After a while, it would not start right away. Now it will start up, but as soon as I shift into Drive, it stalls a...

Control Arm And Balljoint

I have a 2005 dodge Dakota and I need ball joints my question is is the control arm upper or lower its passenger front

No Bus

I have a dodge Dakota And it has the horrible no bus code on it that was keeping it from running. I did replace the ECM to see if that would fix my problem. When I did switch the new one in from ...

Heater

My Dakotas heater suddenly stopped, no humming, no air blowing hoping it's blown fuse. How do U tell which fusw is which

Overheating

Drives fine when easy on gas pedal over heats only when I pit the pedal to the floor has 5.9L engine

Will A 2003 Ram Bed Fit A 2003 Dakota?

Fix

My truck starts and runs fine for about a hour then if I hit a stop light it will die . Some times it will start right back up but at times I have to sit there a few.minutes. I have replaced the ...

Voltage Regulator

Where is the voltage regulator found on the truck or motor

Hard To Start

My truck isnt throwing a check engine light but sometimes when i get and start aftet driving for a bit she acts like its not getting gas it only does 1 or 2 times a week but when it first started i...

Dodge Alternator

My Truck Doesn’t Seem To Push Out Cold Or Warm Air

Hey there my 94 dodge dakota 5.2L used to blow hot and cold air perfectly but now it pushes air out soo slowly on all the settings it’s ridiculous just wondering what the problem could be soo I c...

Driveshaft Positioning

I have a 01 dakota 2wd automatic 3.9 an had accident where driveshaft came out at overdrive.Repair shop said its fixable. I want to replace the shaft but needed to know how to realign the new shaf...

Possible To Temporarily Convert To 2WD?

Hi all, and I apologize if this may have been asked before. I have a 00 Dakota 4x4 that just threw it's rear drive shaft. After putting the other one in with new joints, I find the extent of the da...

99 Dakota Won't Start After Running.

Hey, I have a dodge 99 Dakota that runs perfect, turns on perfect, however after it's started and running for about 10+ minutes and shut off I can't turn it back on for about 30-60 minutes after shu...

98 Dodge Dakota Won't Start

Being new to welding I messed up and did not disconnect my battery before laying bead. Truck now will not start. I can get what sounds like it's trying to turn over but goes dead. When I open eith...