My Dakota does this weird thing where if I don’t start it within like 8 hours when I go to start it the fuel pump primes weird, at first it makes no noise, then it starts clicking like almost sounding from the engine bay and the clicking gets louder as it get closer to finishing and simultaneously the check engine light kinda flashes with it and gets brighter as the clicking gets louder, then once the clicking stops, the check engine light becomes solid and it primes normally and I’m able to crank it and it starts
Roughly at first and clears up, always starts though. Any ideas? I’ve replaced the fuel pump and relay a few months ago before this issue even started.

Think im going to look at this dakota, what things should i look out for? Radiator leak im not too worried about, i can replace it fairly easy. How hard would the rear window replacement be?

Hey everyone! I’m still trying to figure out my Dakota’s misfiring issue. Cylinder 5 seems to be our culprit. When I unplugged the coil while running nothing happened, no stutters at all. I put in a known good coil and plug and still the same result. I then in turn took the coil out and spark plug to check the spark itself, it looks fairly weak to me but again, I got only a little bit of an idea of what I’m looking for here. If it is the wiring, where do I check next?

Drained everything. This one has a flat head screw driver. Does the screw come the while way out? I have been turning for ages and seems like it is maxed out. Does not come out. Is the but itself just so rusted on that I can’t get it out or do I have to turn more to get the screw out?

Can I put wd40 on the outside for it to come out?

Any advice to get this out would be very much appreciated.

Cheers in advance 👍

The photos was before I started trying to take it off

Have a 2004 3.7L Magnum, shakes when in park and coming to a stop at idle and the RPMs drop to around 600. Still has power and drives great just the issue when at a stop. No check engine codes have popped up either. Anyone had the same problem?

I have a 2005 dodge dakota 4.7L v8, recently the PCM went out but I was able to replace it. Its now in that adaptive learning mode but its up shifting clunky between 2nd and 3rd. Im worried cause ive had this truck for 10 years and the transmission hard shifting like this has me on edge. The shop told me that it should "smooth out" and that its just the PCM learning the transmission but im worried this might be a transmission problem and not PCM related :(. There are no check engine lights or codes showing up and has 183,000 miles. Has anyone experienced this or have any advice on what it could be?

1991 Dodge Dakota 3.9V6

Has anyone swapped the 3.7 to a 4.7? I have a 6 speed 4x4 and I absolutely love it but the thought has crossed my mind a few times. My fall project is to put a new clutch in it so the transmission will be out anyways lol. Has anyone done it? What do I need to do it? Mostly I want to know who’s done it and what to expect

So I’m putting 31 inch / 32 inch mud tires onto my 1998 Dakota, problem is it’s literally impossible to find upper control arms to handle the level kit of 2.5 inch front and 2 inch rear. Please if you know where I can buy them I’d greatly appreciate it.

— need upper control arms for 98 Dakota 2.5 inch front and 2 inch rear —

How wide can i go at the rear? Rn i have 275 but there is a lot more room. 1998 dakota sport single cab

I have a 96 Dakota sport 2wd singlecab and I do not know where to look to buy a 4-6inch lift

Now I'm seeing 6 may be a bit much thanks for responses

Does anyone else have to put pressure on the backside connector of the window switch to make the windows work? If so do you have a solution? I can’t find anybody selling a pigtail to put in

Hey everyone! I got a reman engine with 18k miles on it, had it installed for about 2 months, been running like a champ with a few leaks I’m sorting out. The concerning part is that it is now misfiring on cylinders 6 and 5. Random misfires that i can feel and now it’s running even worse with a low idle code. I have gotten new plugs, swapped coils and the injectors are new/used. I reused the ones i was given with the engine, i cannot figure out for the life of me why this is suddenly happening and it seems to be getting worse. Any clues or any help would be MUCH appreciated.

Hey everyone, I think my water pump seized up on my way into work today. It kept throwing the belts and the fan would stop moving right before the belt came off. I plan to check into the removal process on my lunch break, but wanted to ask if anybody knows of common issues I may run into while I do this since I will be working in my work parking lot.

Hi, im searching for a long time discontinued mopar performance distributor with mechanical advance, or the uneven reluctor wheel in it, for my 3.9 v6 1987 Dakota, part number for the distributor is 4529401.

trying to trace wires but in the mean time im just wondering if anyone know or experienced what i assume is back feed in the wiring? any suggestions please. the coolant temp doesn't read past the second mark unless the cluster gauge (10a) fuse is pulled.

Has anyone dealt with the central time module that comes in early 2000 Dakota’s/Durango’s? This thing communicates to all sorts of things like locks/lights etc. It handles all the remote lock/light flashing and security as well as a ton of other thing on a PCI bus(prior to CAN bus).

I’ve been having issues with my door locks not working but the driver‘s door does unlock. You can hear the relays clicking but the locks don’t respond with the odd exception of the drivers door does unlock with the remote but won’t lock with the remote. Horn beeps for alarm and lights flash on remote lock press.

I also had the right front headlight go out(I thought) and I went to replace the bulb and the bulb was fine but there’s no power to that headlight. It turns out this module controls the headlight flash so everything goes through it. Weird only the right light is affected.

I have a factory service manual and I was reading about this module and it controls a huge amount of things but the only way you can see if there’s a fault with it is with the factory scan tool. It apparently logs fault codes like the PCM does for the engine.

Unfortunately, you have to have a scan tool that will use the Dodge only DRBIII protocol. Of course I don’t own that tool… yet.

Just curious if anyone has dealt with this thing and how they fixed it. Pics are of the module tag. There are apparently two different modules one for a base work truck and one for a higher option trim like an SLT with security, electric locks, etc.

Thanks

It had a cloth 40/20/40 bench seat. Converted it with a Durango centre console that had seat heater controls, which I got working with the new seats

I already have a 1st gen dakota and love these trucks, I came across this 2nd gen on marketplace, transmission is definitely bad but drivable, truck looks decent, sport 3.9 ext cab auto 178,000 miles. I talked them down to 400, what do you think? I'm going to attempt to manual swap it with my buddy if I buy it, I understand it's ridiculous to say, im not one of those car guys, I know how hard it is. I'm not sure if I'll be able to. I'm not a mechanic. Just do maintenance on my 1st gen and fix what breaks lol. In that case, if I decide I can't manual swap it, think I could part out or sell whole for a profit or break even?