NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Dodge Dakota Recalls
The 2005 Dodge Dakota has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 20, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Dodge Dakota. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 470
- Crashes reported
- 30
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
27 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Dodge Dakota, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2005 Dodge Dakota
Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler
- Campaign
- 17V820000
- Reported
- December 20, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,900
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Dodge Dakota
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V352000
- Reported
- May 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,648,270
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2009, 2011 Dakota, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V313000
- Reported
- May 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,077,169
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2009, 2011 Dakota, 12 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V770000
- Reported
- December 3, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 250,896
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 05V460000
- Reported
- October 6, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 256,409
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 05V002000
- Reported
- January 5, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,142
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Dodge Dakota
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004, 2006 Dakota, 57 other models
2005 Dodge Dakota complaints by year
NHTSA has received 470 owner complaints about the 2005 Dodge Dakota, the newest on March 20, 2026. Of these, 30 describe a crash (6%) and 27 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Dodge Dakota, the component group named most often is the air bags (30%), followed by the power train (17%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (14%).
4 of the 2005 Dodge Dakota's 7 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2005 Dodge Dakota owners gave the mileage (328 complaints), the median was 58,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags143
- Power Train81
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic67
- Suspension51
- Steering47
- Seats41
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 41 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 37 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 21 | |
| 2009 | 25 | |
| 2010 | 26 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 26 | |
| 2015 | 80 | |
| 2016 | 63 | |
| 2017 | 34 | |
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2005 Dodge Dakota peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 80. 24% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Dodge Dakota drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Dakota year in the same window: 5th highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 470 complaints about the 2005 Dodge Dakota are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Dakota by model year
Other 2005 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: March 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted