Hi everyone,
I stop by from time to time and i try and catch up with the problems the dakota is hving with brakes. I leased my dakota 5/05 2miles on it. At 5444 mi. rear brakes and drums and wheel cylinders shot .Deal would not warr. them said it was normal wear and tear 525.00 At 9500 mi. needs new rear brakes drums turned new front pads 2 rotors and 2 new calipers said i use the brakes to much! Dodge won't help said they agree with the dealer another 789.00
I kept all the parts .
Let see if i can download them.

right pixs. wrong file name.

Holy crap! I bought my Dakota around the same time you did. I have about 10,000 miles on it now and my brakes and calipers still look almost new. I mean yours look like they came off a truck at least ten years old. I am at a loss as to what the problem could even be.

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WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!
I have NEVER seen brakes that were in that condition. Nor calipers. I am at a loss for words. Have you thought of taking them to another dealer or even competitor dealer for a second opinion. The shoes actually seem to have been coming apart. I had mine in for the braking TSB. That was at well over 5,000 miles. Not only did my components look new, but still do now...even at well over 16,000 miles.

I don't care what they say. That's not normal wear and tear on a set of brakes. Your brakes are covered for the first 12,000 miles under the warranty. I'd go back and talk to the GM at that dealership. THERE IS NO WAY those brakes are that bad already. I've got just about 20,000 on my truck and my brakes are in almost perfect shape.

If the GM isn't working with you on this, threaten to take them to court. That should get them to change their minds.

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I own a Charger now and I love it!!

I am taking a closer look at these parts. Are you certain you got your parts back??? The parts in these pictures look like they had been submerged in liquid for a long period of time. Especially the calipers. The damage to the pistons looks alot like the shoes had to be pryed from them. HOLY CRAP[>:]

Yes their mine they told me they had to pry them off. I know about the 12,000 mi. warr. but they keep flipping the page and keep telling me normal main. I filed a complaint with the nhtsb so you can see it there also. As for going to another dealer they bought them out. Atty. gen. has a few complaints against them so does bbb.As i said dodge said it's normal case closed.
The worst part is i could do the work myself replacing everything but all the parts are oem. Also the rears along are 165.00. I noticed they put the ajuster at the top now and darned if i could get it off.

Sorry to hear that,man...Hopefully the A.G. will do thier job and follow up on this

Thought I'd give an update I just put on 2,500 more miles and the rear wheel cylinders blew again the rear brakes were destroyed again. took it to a different dealer but is owned by the same people.They said they would fix it no charge as a favor. The worst part i haven't even got the to take a look why it keeps stalling.

First of all, it shouldn't be a favor, it should be because of your warranty. And since it's a brand new truck with less than 12,000 miles and it's a Dodge and a Dodge dealership, there shouldn't be any question. I don't know where some of these dealerships get off not taking care of their customers.

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I own a Charger now and I love it!!

it can't hurt to check into the lemon laws for the state you live in

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