8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
115,600 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

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problem #1

Sep 162008

Dakota Sport 3.9L V6

  • Manual transmission
  • 115,587 miles

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won't start won't start

Ok well at first i thought for sure that i had bought bad gas ya' know because it ran like sh*t and so i dropped the tank drain it bone dry got the trash and everything out right like always ok well changed the sock and so on rebuilt the carburetor ok well i get in it it fires right up and ran like new so i drove off to the gas station put 10 gallons in it for like 100 dollars with the way gas was at the time and well as im driving down the road back to my house it run out of gas although i had only went like eight miles and then so i go and by some more gas like a dumbass and put in it and still it wouldn't crank so i had to have it pulled home and after i got it home like 2 or 3 days later i went out and went to see about getting it cranked well needless to say no it never cranked again and now it isn't doing nothing no lights no radio no thing i replaced the battery the starter the fuel pump rebuilt the carburetor and still nothing nothing at all and now imm out of ideas with no cash to by another vehicle and a vehicle that doesn't wanna do anything and it sucks for real but hey you know what forget it ya' know i mean hell maybe ill get a bright idea from somebody that reads this thing

- Chris D., Pell City, AL, US