NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Dodge Dakota Recalls
The 2011 Dodge Dakota has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 15, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Dodge Dakota. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 44
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2011 Dodge Dakota, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2011 Dodge Dakota
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V018000
- Reported
- January 15, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,413,222
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V021000
- Reported
- January 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 328,177
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Dakota, 9 other models
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 2005–2009 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 2005–2009 Dakota, 12 other models
Power train: driveline: differential unit
- Campaign
- 13V038000
- Reported
- February 6, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 278,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Dakota, 4 other models
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 12V420000
- Reported
- August 28, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 32
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2011 Dodge Dakota
2011 Dodge Dakota complaints by year
NHTSA has received 44 owner complaints about the 2011 Dodge Dakota, the newest on October 25, 2024. Of these, 8 describe a crash (18%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2011 Dodge Dakota, the component group named most often is the air bags (41%), followed by the power train (18%) and the service brakes (11%).
4 of the 2011 Dodge Dakota's 6 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2011 Dodge Dakota owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 42,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags18
- Power Train8
- Service Brakes5
- Unknown Or Other5
- Electrical System4
- Engine3
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2011 Dodge Dakota peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 9. 34% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Dodge Dakota drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Dakota year in the same window: 10th highest of the 10 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the three best-measured Dodge Dakota years.
The 44 complaints about the 2011 Dodge Dakota are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Dakota by model year
Other 2011 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: October 25, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted