- Hi Nick,
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- Great site. I've had my Dakota
Quad 4X4 since Dec. 2 and I've loved every
driving minute. I'm interested in your towing and
cover insights so I'll be checking in often.
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- My wife & I want to start
trailering horses and I'm trying to find out as
much on towing and options as I can. I'ts been
hard to get a straight answer from the dealership
on the maximum towing weight for the truck. I've
seen the specs Dodge puts out for towing and with
the 3:55 Dodge says @ 4800 lbs. The dealership
said with the tow package I could go way over
that. Any comments?
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- I ordered my truck with the towing
package and also discovered the factory forgot to
install the transmission cooler. The dealer
didn't catch it either but they're going to make
it right.
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- I've only put 5000 km on so far
and have really noticed the gas consumption
difference when it's -20 C to above 0. I'll let
you know what kind of milage I'm getting when I
sit down and do the math.
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- Thanks again for the site.
- Nick, I was going to trade in my
truck and get a new F150 at the end of this
month, until I came across your site. Wow, i'm
impressed by your site, your enthusiasm about
your Dakota as well as what the other owners are
saying on your site.
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- I'll be stopping by the first
Chrysler dealer I can find and give this baby a
test ride. If I feel half the excitement you and
the other owners have, You'll know what I'll be
driving.
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- Keep up the good work,
- Steve
- Hi, I have just purchased a 2001
4x4 Quad Cab Sport with the 4.7 engine. I love
this truck! The gas mileage could be better, but
it more than makes up for it in the ride and
appearance of the truck. I am really impressed
with the performance. You can'task for a better
truck.
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- Justin - Philadelphia, PA
- My name is Roger and i have a 2000
Quad with 4.7, posi. and all the other goodies. I
also have a 3 year old son who had taken the
truck as his own. I would like to give a
suggestion to anyone looking to buy one, first
its the most usable truck for a family and the
4.7 is the best bet, honestly if you are looking
for high gas milage buy a car. the performace of
the 4.7 is on the high side as far as trucks go
(no ford has beat me yet!).
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- The last thing is that the ride
and handling is almost like a car its easy to
forget there is a bed behind you. I love my Quad
and the only problem I have had is the right cam
sensor went out.
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- Nick this is a great site and Ill
stay in touch.
- Hello Quad cab owners,
- Just ordered my 2001 Qc with
4.7,5speed SLT plus and leather interior plus all
the extras. The dealer sold it at invoice plus
one dollar, But added a non negotiable 550
advertising and dealer prep. With the Dealer
holdback tec. and the above he made about 1300
dollars. Nobody in Fla. drops the dealer holdback
even if you order the car. Could I have done
better?
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- Jaanesto
- 2000 Dakota QUAD CAB SLT: Truck is
set up for towing. heavey duty supension,heavey
duty radiator 4 speed automatic, 3.92 axle and
red in color. Good looking truck. BUT!!! Looks
can be decieving. AT 2705 miles it developed a
high speed vibration so bad it looked like the
bed would shake off, Took to dealer, they
replaced drive shaft and complete rear drum to
drum. Talked to mechanic,he said the oil was full
of metal and drive shaft was bad. Unfortunately
the new rear was worse then the first rear. High
speed vibration starting at 65 mph.and had a loud
howling at 40 mph. Took truck to another dealer.
This time they rebiult the rear all new internal
parts, they told me. The milage at the time of
this repair was 4496. The vibration and loud
howling noise was gone. Now at7712 miles it is
vibrating again at 65 mph and noisey. I just took
it to another dealer he's trying to tell me that
all the quads with the 3.92 rears make this type
of noise and vibration,its normal. What I don'nt
understand is when I purchase the truck it had a
SMOOTH QUIET RIDE. My next step is file the paper
work for protection under the lemon law. I've
left out my complaints on the proplems with the
dealerships. I don't see how they claim that they
are 5 star. I'll hope this note wasn't to long.
I'll keep everyone posted.
- Jim
- Hi Nick,
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- I've visited your site several
times and really like it. Back in October I
purchased a fully optioned '01 Quad Cab SLT Plus
4X4 with the 4.7 and solid patriot blue metallic
(I did not want a two-tone color scheme).
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- So far I have 2500 miles on the
clock and have not had a single problem. The
truck attracts a fantastic amount of attention
and compliments. I have nothing but praise for
the Q-Cab and highly recommend it. I am married
and have two boys ages 11 and 13 and travel to
South Carolina from Virginia several times a
year.
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- My boys claim that the truck has
more room and is more comfortable in back than
our '97 Ford Crown Vic. In fact the truck is our
vehicle of choice whenever we all go out. In
addition to our truck and Ford Crown Vic, we also
own a Chevy Caprice (know anyone else who has a
Ford, Chevy, and a Dodge?). The point being that
we are not brand loyal, we purchase what suits
our needs and nothing even comes close to the
Dodge Dakota Quad Cab for our needs. It is on!
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- AWESOME truck. It is comfortable,
rides great, looks great, and it hauls payload
and it hauls a-- ! And the sound of that 4.7
under acceleration is incredible. Keep up the
good work and keep on truckin' (sorry, could not
resist the old cliche').
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- David McMillan
- I have just taken an leap of faith
and ordered a quad cab with a standard
transmission. The leap of faith comes into play
because I could not find a stick shift to drive
prior to ordering. Do you have any information on
the manual transmission?
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- Thanks for your anticipated
response and for taking the initiative to put
this site together!!!!
Scott
I own a 2000 2 wheel drive 4.7 quadcab,
just a little over 5000 miles so far. Nice site Nick. Two
problems to report so far.
First, If I were you I would check
under the oil cap. when I changed my oil, I noticed ALOT
of sludge(emullsion as dodge calls it) in my oil cap and
running down the side of filler tube. The dealership
already had the replacement parts(a oil cap with a flat
bottom, and baffles that go in the filler tube)and this
will resolve the problem per dodge that was due to
condensation build up. It took them about a half hour.
Problem number two got resolved today.
My intermintant wipers near the longest delay were
random, eachswipe was different, anywhere between 12
seconds and 2 seconds. The dealer replacedsome kind of
sending module(I think). It took them about a hour and a
half. Small problems resolved quickly.
Other than that the truck runs great. I
love the smooth ride, and the power that the 4.7 puts
out. I'll keep you informed
rerack
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