Brian,
If you are still under the 3yr/36k factory warranty, you can bring your Dak
to any Dodge dealer for diagnosis or repair regardless of whether you bought
it new or used or where you bought it. Same goes if you bought the extended
warranty from Chrysler. If you bought the extended warranty from the Chevy
dealer then you are stuck with them for service.
Check if your Dak was manufactured in August 98 or later and you have less
than 36k miles on it. If so bring it to a Dodge dealer for a look at it.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Mingle [mailto:bsm11@cornell.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:28 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: ARRRGG!!!
Hi Ken,
I can't take it to a Dodge service center because I bought it used from a
Chevrolet dealership. :-( I may have to eat the cost of the Dodge
dealership to diagnose the problem, and have the Chevrolet dealership fix
it.
It still has the lemon law warranty, and I also bought an extended warranty
for it, but the work has to be done at the dealership where I purchased the
vehicle, or so I have been told.
Brian
At 10:00 AM 8/1/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Brian,
>
>Just wondering why you didn't take it to a Dodge service center? None near
>Cornell? Are you still under warranty? You have a 3yr/36k warranty.
>
>Ken
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian Mingle [mailto:bsm11@cornell.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 9:33 AM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: ARRRGG!!!
>
>
>I am so upset! I have taken my truck back to the dealer THREE times for the
>same problem, and they STILL don't know what is wrong with it! It's still
>the same problem, marble in a glass jar noise at 30-35mph. It went from the
>brake pad moving in the caliper, to the idler pulley being bad, to the
>transfer case. Now it's we don't know what is making that noise. The
>dealership isn't a Dodge dealership, it's a Chevrolet dealership. But you'd
>think that Mr. Goodwrench could find ANY problem, and fix it. ;-)
>
>Are there any mechanics on this listserv who could lend a fellow Dak owner
>a hand? The noise is a metallic rattle, and occurs when the truck is at the
>speeds of 30-35mph. It changes to a growling noise at higher speeds. Maybe
>it stops at higher speeds and the growling noise is a new noise, but know
>one seems to be able to nail it down.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks
>
>Brian S. Mingle
>98 Club Cab Sport 4x4
>5.2 Magnum V-8
>Metallic rattle
>Color: green
>Driver's color: Red from anger
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