Dakota VIN Registry
The database currently contains the following 4x4 ClubCab trucks with 5.2l_V8 engines which were built at the Warren,MI plant in 1998
Dakota VIN Registry
The database currently contains the following 4x4 ClubCab trucks with 5.2l_V8 engines which were built at the Warren,MI plant in 1998
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| 1998 4x4 ClubCab with a 5.2l_V8 engine, built in the Warren,MI plant; sequence number 507943 | |
| Mileage | Problem |
|---|---|
| 300 | Problem: Leaking CV boot on right front driveshaft. Solution: Dealer replaced CV boot. |
| 900 | Problem: Engine ping under light load with any octane gas. Noisy valve lifter. Solution: Valve lifter keeper broken. Lifter rotated and gouged cam. Dealer replaced cam and lifters. Fixed lifter noise and ping problem. |
| 12000 | Problem: Popping noise from rear of cab on inclines. Solution: Dealer performed TSB which replaced the cab mouting bolts. Fixed problem. |
| This truck is owned by Michael Reynolds (jeanninemike@fuse.net) | |
| 1998 4x4 ClubCab with a 5.2l_V8 engine, built in the Warren,MI plant; sequence number 540049 | |
| Mileage | Problem |
|---|---|
| 0km | loose mount on box drivers side front day one leak in passenger floor area first time it rained really hard driver seat clunks backwards one notch when hard accelerating stop accelerating and the spedometer keeps increasing for another ten to fifteen km. this is from a stand still and foot to the floor accelerating till first runs out shift to second and watch your speed increase with the clutch on the floor. |
| 5000km | from a stand still you have to go to second then first to get to first or push it at first really hard for a long time. same with reverse 2nd to 1st to reverse. |
| 20000km | heinous amounts of backfiring when decelerating or going down hills some sort of low speed squeak hi speed rattle in dash behind air controls |
| 22000km | squeaking rear leaf spring drivers side |
| 40000km | tossed the bearing holder for the shaft into the rear end into the crown gear (that was noisy for a few days) |
| This truck is owned by Derek Parsons (ohm347@aol.com) | |
| 1998 4x4 ClubCab with a 5.2l_V8 engine, built in the Warren,MI plant; sequence number 620082 | |
| Mileage | Problem |
|---|---|
| 0 | March '98 (Since New) - Minor engine knock w/87 oct. gas. Headers seem to have cured this. |
| 7800 | 10/28/98 - Steering Column Clunk. Replaced lower steering column link per TSB N/C. |
| 23418 | Plugs re-wired per TSB 18-48-98. This "fix" seems to have curred a minor high speed/high load missfire I was getting from time-to-time. OEM serpentine belt replaced (defective). Belt squeal is gone. --All Items Warrantee N/C-- |
| This truck is owned by Tom Fawcett (fawcett@bu.edu) | |
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