NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Dodge Dakota Recalls
The 2000 Dodge Dakota has 12 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 21, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Dodge Dakota. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 12
- Owner complaints
- 806
- Crashes reported
- 60
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Dodge Dakota, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
12 recalls on the 2000 Dodge Dakota
Suspension: front: control arm: upper ball joint
- Campaign
- 04V596000
- Reported
- December 21, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 592,707
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Dakota, 1 other model
Air bags
- Campaign
- 01V153000
- Reported
- May 8, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 216,100
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 00V193000
- Reported
- July 17, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 40,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Dodge Dakota
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 00V197000
- Reported
- July 17, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,000
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Dodge Dakota
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 00V198000
- Reported
- July 17, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 437,000
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Dodge Dakota
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 06E011000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Dakota, 3 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 06E024000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Dakota, 2 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Dakota, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Dakota, 9 other models
Suspension: front: hub
- Campaign
- 08E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Dakota, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2006 Dakota, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Dakota, 46 other models
2000 Dodge Dakota complaints by year
NHTSA has received 806 owner complaints about the 2000 Dodge Dakota, the newest on March 13, 2026. Of these, 60 describe a crash (7%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 44 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Dodge Dakota, the component group named most often is the suspension (35%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (31%) and the power train (9%).
2 of the 2000 Dodge Dakota's 12 recalls also concern the suspension.
Where 2000 Dodge Dakota owners gave the mileage (359 complaints), the median was 52,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension282
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic248
- Power Train74
- Steering68
- Engine And Engine Cooling50
- Air Bags29
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 64 | |
| 2001 | 148 | |
| 2002 | 86 | |
| 2003 | 147 | |
| 2004 | 209 | |
| 2005 | 69 | |
| 2006 | 16 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 15 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Dodge Dakota peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 209. 55% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Dodge Dakota drew 2.8× the complaints of the median Dodge Dakota year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 10 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Dodge Dakota years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 5/5
The 806 complaints about the 2000 Dodge Dakota are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Dakota by model year
Other 2000 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: March 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted