10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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problem #1

Nov 131997

Dakota

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
While traveling down the road at night, all lighting systems went out with no warning. The headlights, tail lights, and side marker lights went out. Consumer states the tachometer stopped working and the gas mileage dropped from 24.5 mpg to 18 mpg after he fabricated repair parts, the cause of failure was due to a wiring harness plug connector not being sufficiently waterproofed, water, road salts, and minerals collected at the wiring side of the connector and caused three electrical spades in the connector to short out, burning one spade out completely, consumer had not heard back regarding the shipment of the wiring harness, however was told it would only take approximately 7 days.

- Ethridge, TN, USA

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