On Mon, 26 Feb 96 14:39:24 EST,
jhaynes@bccb.com said:
--> Having problems with my 1988 Dodge Dakota Sport 2 wheel drive truck.
--> Stopped moving forward last week. Had it towed and mechanic says it
--> is "slopping in all gears" Estimates $1400 to repair. Been a good
--> truck (interstate drive everyday to work) but I'm getting tired of
--> these repairs. Upon looking at the Web page for Dakota mailing list
--> and noting the number of service bulletins about transmissions AND
--> other problems that I have experienced, I'm steamed.
I'm going to ask a simple but important question: Automatic or Standard?
I'm kind of assuming automatic, but I wanted to make sure.
--> 92,000 miles -- ALL transmission places, used car dealer, and
--> junkyard that I have talked to have said that MANY of these
--> transmissions are failing. Junkyards in Nashville just laughed when
--> I called. One satellite locator service junkyard actually said
--> "Your transmission is a piece of sh...t"
Again, is this the automatic trannies, that have such a bad record?
This is important to me because I'm about to buy a new Dakota and don't
know whether to go with the standard or auto.
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