2003 Dodge Dakota User Reviews

Dakota Musings — The usual sloppy North American electrical work, not very good milage and poor brakes. It does get around the back country with high clearance and can haul a tonne of gear. Comfortable for long drives. Oil Filler & PC Valve System doe not work well @ -40 C in Saskatoon!

Your Toy Can Be Your Daily Driver. — This truck is fast, fun, loud, durable, and reliable. Dash quality is poor. All of the air vents have cracked. Black paint quality is horrible. Clear-coat failure after 6 years of use. The transmission quality is poor. Shifts sometimes come funny, and after 130,000 miles it sometimes misses a gear when going downhill under full throttle abuse. However, still no failure. If your driving in the snow, forget it. Even after a summer rain, you might loose traction as the transmission shifts down a gear on the street. However, this is a double edged sword. On Dry pavement, the truck is a blast. It'is very controllable while drifting at low speed, and in stock trim, can sit at a stoplight and roast the tires until they fall off. Sounds great. Put 20,000 miles on it in 2010 alone, only changing oil, filters, and replacing rubber. Drove all over the states of Missouri and Illinois. It's a sleeper. There are so many Dakotas around. Despite my driving style, I have never gotten a speeding ticket in this truck. Looks great sitting on the stock 17s with a wide street tire. Handles better than a lot of cars. Ride is rough. It's still a truck, but don't hit anything with the plastic front bumper. The truck really takes on a personality, and anybody who has one loves it.

Primary Use: Commuting to work

Like This Vehicle. Have Owned This For Over 2 Years. — This truck started out as a plain jane 2003 dodge dakota rt. Mods that have been made to this truck include new headlamps, tail lamps, Dale Jr. Octane wheels, Orange stripes, flowmaster exhaust system, Infinity sound system with 2 twelve inch Infinity Kappa Perfect subs. Panasonic Head unit. This vehicle is not as fast since the new wheels were installed.

Primary Use: Family transportation

Sweet Little Truck — performance is great, throw you back in your seat torque, braking and headling where also excellent, no problems except for the exhasut hangers on aftermarket exhaust, apperance had the stock lip body kits, fuel milage was not great, fun factor excellent

Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)

My Truck — Performace is really good. Build Quality- does not make a noise. Appearance- Not a speck of rust. Cost of ownership- Nor too bad only if the paymentes were lower but other wise its all good. Truck is Fun to drive.

Primary Use: Commuting to work