Your suppose to be picky....it's a new truck...nothing should be wrong with
it....at all!! Rip 'em a new one till you get what you want....you'll be
happy in the end. Trust me!
James
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Rhyder [mailto:rhyder@email.com]
Sent: Monday, April 05, 1999 6:08 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Re: more ?? from a new Dak owner :)
Well, I took my truck back to the dealer today about the "popping out of 1st
gear."
After waiting about 15 minutes for the service manager (he was busy test
driving
another
customers car) he took my Dak for a spin. We took the truck on some back
roads, and he duplicated the problem 3 times, in about 2 miles worth of
road.
Needless to say, my Dak is going into the repair shop next week (and its
only 10
days old!) He's not sure what Chrysler wants him to do, fix the defect or
replace the tranny. I'll know when I take it back to the shop next week.
Also, while I was waiting for the service manager to come back, I was
nosing
around the bed, and I noticed about an inch long crack in the paint, along
with
a slight upward dent. It looks like someone was pounding on the underneath
of
the bed. They're going to repair the paint, but as far as the dent, he's
not
sure. He looked underneath the truck and the dent is at the same spot
where
the mounting bolt brackets were welded to the bed. (in front of the
passenger
side wheel well.) I think I should insist they repair the dent (I know
it
sounds like I'm being anal, but it is only 10 days old!), what do ya think?
BTW, I took my dak for 2 highway trips this weekend, and compared to
everyone
elses mileage reports, I think I might be ahead of the game...
Trip 1 (to Philadelphia, PA) 75miles each way, 17.8 and 18.3 MPG on the
return.
Trip 2 (to Harrisburg, PA) 100miles each way, 17.9 and 17.8 MPG on the
return.
No average speed to report, but stayed mostly between 55 and 72.
Eric
>
> >
> I've had my '99 Dak Sport 4x4 CC for about a week now. Aside from
> putting about 600miles on it so far, and only getting about 15MPG, I've
got a
> couple questions you guys might be able to answer.
> 1. For some reason, when I sit at a stop light and get ready to pull
out,
> it pops out of gear. (not all the time, just occasionally.) Now, I don't
> know if its me (not putting it in gear all the way), or if its a problem
with
> the
> transmission. Has this happened to anyone else? (I've got the 5-speed
> manual)
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