Mine had the same problem! Only thing is mine was in an accident. It never
did that before the wreck. I brought it back to the body shop to fix it and
it took them two tries but they got it. They said that it did not have any
grease in it. Sound simple but it cured the popping sound when braking.
>From: "Sheeley, Keith" <keith.sheeley@lmco.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: "'dakota'" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: Shake 'n Pop
>Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 06:57:58 -0600
>
>Help!!!
>
>I am having a problem with my 1999 Dakota. It has been to two different
>dealers so far with no success. It is a Club Cab Sport 2wd V8 automatic
>with
>7000 miles. It has suffered this problem since new.
>
>The wheels seem to shake (felt in the steering) when you hit bumps, but
>even
>worse, there is a LOUD pop that comes from the front end when you apply the
>brakes even slightly hard. The pop alternates between forward and reverse.
>In other words it will pop braking in reverse, and the next time it pops it
>will be when you brake going forward. Then it won't pop again until you
>brake in reverse. I know it sounds crazy, but there has been times when I
>thought I felt something bump against the underside of the foot-well.
>
>It has had 3 wheel alignments and one dealer found a loose Control Arm
>Bolt.
>Tightening up the control arm bolt made it steer better, but did not solve
>either problem.
>
>Has anyone had a similar problem???? Help, I love my truck, but I can't
>tolerate this or spending my life at the Dodge Dealer.
>
>Keith Sheeley
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