On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:53:50 -0400, 03dakotaCC4.7_4x4@comcast.net
(Droo) wrote:
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>Hot damn! Finally got my new Dakota. My email address explains most of
>it. Couple things about it don't seem right. The first is an obvious
>one. The passenger rear seat doesn't fold up oproperly. It's like the
>hinges arent attatched to the wall. Dealer knows about and I'll have to
>take it in to get looked at. The scond is the armrest on the bench seat.
>Son of a bitch. I thought they all came with the business console. Where
>that center armrest opens up and you can put shit into. Does anyone
>hyave information on why that's an option. I saw nothing describing it
>as such when I was checking it out prior to purchase. I have the SLT.
>The truck is just about fully loaded. And I saw trucks on the lot that
>had it. That's why I made the decision to get the bench seats over the
>concole deal. Also, the third thing I noticed was that I didn't have a
>light under the hood? Wtf! Do they all come like that? Oh. A fourth item
>is I think the brakes. Whenever I am going backwards, they queak. As if
>I was only slightly in conctact with the discs and rolling. But my foot
>isn't on the pedal. And it happens with the truck in gear and out of gear.
The rear seat thing sounds odd to me, but they should be able to fix
it. You can pull off the entire piece that goes across the back of
the cab (the big plastic piece with the "backrests" for the rear seat)
by prying the top edge and then pulling out the plastic clip/pins that
hold it on. I think there's 8 of them total, 2 rows of 4 going
across. Once you have that off, you ought to be able to tell pretty
easily what's wrong with the seat. Or you could just let the dealer
fix it under warranty. Then it's their fault if they break something.
:)
I can't speak for the bench seat since I have bucket seats. As far as
the light under the hood... Is there no light at all, or does it just
not work? The light under the hood on my '00 4x4 CC wasn't connected
properly when I got the truck, but that was easily fixed.
If your brakes are squeaking when you're not even on the pedal, that's
a pretty serious problem. It sounds like they're not releasing all
the way when you're not on the pedal at all. You should have that
looked at ASAP.
>Here's my wallop of a story. I go to the dealer to check it out and make
>sure everything is as ordered. I take it for a test spin and I'm fooling
>with the 4wd at a stop light. I put it in 4LO. The light turns green and
>I'm having problems going forward. So everyone is pissed off anf
>honking. I am inching around the corner and some lady behind me is
>honking and fucking bumps the truck@!@E!#$!!!!!! Holy shit. I couldn't
>belive that she bumped me. So I finally get back into 2WD and drive a
>little bit down the road and pull over thinking she'll do the same. The
>whore flew past me! Damn! I'm not that good on the stick. So I take off
>after her. All I want is that plate number. We roll up to a red light,
>she pulles into the Left turn lane. Light turns green b4 we both stop
>and she tears off infront of oncoming traffic and I can't follow her.
>She ducks into an apartment complex and fucking loses me! Man I was
>pissed! No damage thank god. I didn't even pay for the thing yet. If she
>lives in that developement, she's caught, cause I'll be cruising that
>place looking for her ride. Not quite sure what it was. But the plate
>started with M. :D
4-lo is dangerous like that :) It really should never be used except
when 2wd or 4-hi can't get you through whatever you're trying to drive
through.
-Bill
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