Guest redgsx Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 is anyone on here signed up on the consumer report website? looking for a report for a 1998 dakota v6.mostly looking for reliabitly questions from that year. any help would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 dont have access to the site but would be glad to answer any question for ya. first thing is it a reg cab ext cab or club cab (4door). 2 wheel drive or 4 wheel. Only real thing to expect is the brakes the stock rotors tend to warp farly easy. replacing them with power slot rotor will correct that. Also the ball joint are sealed. but for some reason 2wd tend to have less problems but would have them checked and replaced if needed (greasable if possible). Only thing that would push me away from buying it is if it were a club cab. the v-6 is a great engine but hte club cab is too heavy. you will have poor accel and gas mpg will be lower yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGraw Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 buy a R/T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest redgsx Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 im looking at the v6,2wd,ext cab. How reliable are the engines with at or over 100k? Thanks for the tips on the rotors and ball joints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 engine should be fine would look at the trans would be the only concern would make sure is has all service records and would do a trans service if not and possibly install a trans cooler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest redgsx Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 thanks for all the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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