@@jakey20022 This generation of Dodge Dakota produced from Campo Largo Paraná Brazil. She sold from Brazil in engines 2.5 TD and 3.9 liter. The year 2000 is version of R/T with 5.2 V8 from 1998-2001
They were, a time where people were happier not so much hate and cars were better to work on and not a single ev took over definitely a time I wish I was alive for
I always loved the look of these trucks. So clean and stylish, a great truck to customize! My dad bought a dark green 98 Sport ext cab 2WD brand new. I remember lots of complaints about it, lots of trips to the mechanic and cursing he should have bought a 4x4. After he paid it off in 2002, he promptly went tk thr Mazda dealer and traded it in for a brand new B4000 4x4. Which he still has today with over 700,000km on it.
Standard cabs were cramped. Had a 2002 sport standard cab. Really started giving me trouble around 10 years and 141,000 miles. Hindsight I should’ve just fixed it. But I wasn’t thinking straight then. Sturdy truck overall.
It was pretty stupid of them to not include the passenger airbag on/off switch during this model year. In 1997, Bill Nye made a 15 minute video with Chrysler Corporation called ‘The Back is Where It’s At’ where he teaches children the importance of riding in the back seat of an airbag equipped car. When he shows one of these Dakotas without a back seat, he says to make sure that the seat is as far back as it will go, and of course make sure you are buckled in. He made no mention of an on/off switch.
This was the first pick up in its class with a standard passenger airbag back in 1996 and it was developed before kids became a glaring concern. Ranger's was optional, borrowing from the Explorer. Bear in mind that the decision to include a passenger airbag in the second generation Dakota was made in 1992 and dash design approved in mid-1993. By the time airbag child deaths became newsworthy in 1994-95 and not just an anomaly, this truck was fully baked. The federal law didn't change until November-Dec 1996 months after it went into production and into showrooms. Other than some Ford pickups, most pickups didn't have a switch until 1998ish.
You probably never drove one cause I've had mine for 10 years and it remains fine and perfect all you have to do is take care of your vehicle probably something you don't do
