1998 Dodge Dakota Overview
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Review
The Good: Good interior, lots of truck for the money. Fairly decent fuel mileage. The Bad: Ball joints were completely worn out. Replacing them requires chiseling and/or grinding steel rivets off. Cheap plastic interior pieces, not very well put together. The Ugly: Designed by an accountant. Control-arm bushings are not replaceable. The whole control-arm needs replacing at over $300 per. Rubber plug in the differential cover. Non adjustable clutch master/slave cylinder. Very notchy 5-speed, with completely wrong ratios for the 4 cylinder engine. Will not pull even a moderate incline at highway speeds in 5th gear. 50 year old pushrod engine design. Not even a crossflow cylinder head.
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Available Dodge Dakota 1998 Submodel Types: Quad Cab, Club Cab, Crew Cab, Extended Cab, Regular Cab
Available Trims: SLT, ST, Sport, Base, Laramie, SXT, TRX, BigHorn, R/T
Exterior Colors: Bright Silver Metallic Clearcoat, Flame Red Clearcoat, Black Clearcoat, Patriot Blue Pearlcoat, Bright White Clearcoat, Mineral Gray Metallic Clearcoat, Brilliant Black Crystal Pearlcoat, Atlantic Blue Pearlcoat, Inferno Red Crystal Pearlcoat, Deep Molten Red Pearlcoat, Graphite Metallic Clearcoat, Bright Silver Metallic Silver Clearcoat, Deep Water Blue Pearlcoat, Electric Blue Pearlcoat, Graphite Metallic Clearcoat/Bright Silver Metallic Clearcoat, Intense Blue Pearlcoat, Forest Green Pearlcoat, Sunburst Orange Pearlcoat, Timberline Green Pearlcoat, Dark Spectrum Blue Metallic, Detonator Yellow Clearcoat, Flame Red Clearcoat/Light Driftwood, Forest Green PC/Bright Silver, Light Almond Pearl Metallic Clearcoat, Light Khaki Metallic Clearcoat, Medium Bronze PC/Bright Silver, Moss Green Pearl Metallic, Solar Yellow Clearcoat
Interior Colors: Medium Slate Gray cloth, Dark Slate Gray, Medium Slate Gray, Dark Slate Gray/Medium Slate Gray cloth, Khaki cloth, Khaki, Mist Gray, Agate, Taupe, Dark Khaki/Medium Khaki leather
Popular Features: Rear Bench Seats, Fold Flat Rear Seats, AWD/4WD, Crew Cab, 6000lb Towing Capacity, Extended Cab, 6ft Bed, Power Driver Seat, Upgraded Engine, Alarm, Aux Audio Inputs, Towing Hitch, Tire Pressure Warning, 3500lb Towing Capacity, Audio and cruise controls on steering wheel, Trip Computer, 5000lb Towing Capacity, Leather Seats, Remote Start, Standard Cab, 2500lb Towing Capacity, Heated seats, Upgraded Stereo, Sunroof/Moonroof, Bluetooth, Navigation, USB Inputs
Engine/Mechanics: 8, 6, 4 cylinders
Transmission: AUTOMATIC, MANUAL
Fuel Types: regular unleaded, flex-fuel (unleaded/E85)
Drivetrains: four wheel drive, rear wheel drive
