NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Dodge Dakota Recalls
The 2004 Dodge Dakota has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 5, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Dodge Dakota. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 206
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Dodge Dakota, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2004 Dodge Dakota
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer
- Campaign
- 04V216000
- Reported
- May 5, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 320,188
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Dakota, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Dakota, 42 other models
Suspension: front: hub
- Campaign
- 08E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Dakota, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005–2006 Dakota, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Dakota, 46 other models
2004 Dodge Dakota complaints by year
NHTSA has received 206 owner complaints about the 2004 Dodge Dakota, the newest on September 2, 2022. Of these, 11 describe a crash (5%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2004 Dodge Dakota, the component group named most often is the steering (36%), followed by the suspension (22%) and the electrical system (10%).
1 of the 2004 Dodge Dakota's 5 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2004 Dodge Dakota owners gave the mileage (168 complaints), the median was 51,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering74
- Suspension45
- Electrical System21
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic21
- Power Train19
- Air Bags15
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 35 | |
| 2005 | 24 | |
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 20 | |
| 2009 | 23 | |
| 2010 | 14 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Dodge Dakota peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 35. 43% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Dodge Dakota drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Dodge Dakota year in the same window: 6th highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
The 206 complaints about the 2004 Dodge Dakota are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Dakota by model year
Other 2004 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: September 2, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted