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Dakota VIN Registry
The database currently contains the following body styles for 1996 4x2 trucks
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1996 4x2 ClubCab with a 3.9l_V6 engine, built in the Warren,MI plant; sequence number 509404
MileageProblem
34500 Loss of power when idling
  This truck is owned by Mike Penzone (zoner88@aol.com)

1996 4x2 ClubCab with a 3.9l_V6 engine, built in the Warren,MI plant; sequence number 651497
MileageProblem
22000 Problem: Ticking noise when engine is idling. Seems to fade upon heavy accelleration. At first I thought it was lifters. All fluid levels are fine. Someone suggested fuel injector problems.

I'm not much of a mechanic and I don't really put much fairth in any near me.

Other than this I don't really have any problems with my DAKOTA.

Any suggestions?
  This truck is owned by Larry LaFond (UncleL@flash.net)

1996 4x2 RegularCab with a 3.9l_V6 engine, built in the Toledo,OH plant; sequence number 700503
MileageProblem
8200 Water leaks onto the passenger side floor through the cowl and two dealers never found or fixed the problem?
9500 Rainy day wipers stopped working pulled off exit and checked the wiper motot to see if it was hot. It was ok, when i went to re start the truck it wouldn't start. Dealer found a fuse blown in fuse panel under the hood. Never had this problem again.
11000 Truck set for about a month,when i started it the lifters tapped as if there was no oil in it and oil pressure did not register at all. check engine lite stayed on. Vehicle towed to Brandon Dodge Tampa FL. Dealer could not pull any code from computer and they said the converter was the tapping noise i heard. they changed the converter,ruining the muffler in the prosess. I later discovered that the mopar oil filters were junk and started using fram and castor 10-40 oil never incured this ever again and the truck sits most of the time, also after hearing a wineing noise in the transmission they said they rebuilt it? I checked only to discover there was no wrench marks on any of the bolts on the starter,bell housing,nor on the transmission pan.
I rebuilt it myself figuring the warrenty that came with it I had toilet paper to wipe my ass with.
From that day on i discovered that i still like my dodge dakota sport and she will never see any dealership half assed backyard shade tree so called mechanics
I should have turned them into Chrysler Corp.
  This truck is owned by Jerry Rhodes (jerrylrhodes@msn.com)

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