I have a 2000 Dodge Dakota V6 Automatic. In the summer of 2005, it started bouncing up and down in the front end at about 35 or 40 miles an hour and would start downshifting as if the brakes were on or was hauling a heavy load. Every time I would take it to a mechanic he would charge for a diagnostic test and jump on the transmission sensors. Each time I would tell the mechanic it felt like the brakes were on but nobody ever checked the brakes.This would only happen if the weather was 80 degrees or above. This went on for 5 summers. Finally at my wits end, I jacked up the front end, and I could take off the lugs with the wheel jacked up, this is how tight they were. Then I got new calipers, new pads, and turned rotors. My mechanic told me that Dodges were noted for having inferior pistons. Just thought this info might help somebody.
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I have a 2000 Dodge Dakota V6 Automatic. In the summer of 2005, it started bouncing up and down in the front end at about 35 or 40 miles an hour and would start downshifting as if the brakes were on or was hauling a heavy load. Every time I would take it to a mechanic he would charge for a diagnostic test and jump on the transmission sensors. Each time I would tell the mechanic it felt like the brakes were on but nobody ever checked the brakes.This would only happen if the weather was 80 degrees or above. This went on for 5 summers. Finally at my wits end, I jacked up the front end, and I could take off the lugs with the wheel jacked up, this is how tight they were. Then I got new calipers, new pads, and turned rotors. My mechanic told me that Dodges were noted for having inferior pistons. Just thought this info might help somebody.
- brassellg, Thomson, GA, US