Today I... went to work for 7 hours that FLEW by. Dealing with idiots is highly frustrating but makes the time go by fast. Then, I came home and immediately got back to work on a friends 95 Dodge Dakota. Biggest POS ever made. All I'm doing is replacing upper and lower ball joints. Yeah....... Don't rent tools from AZ. They are JUNK! It was easier to remove the entire lower control arm than it is to try to press the ball joint in with the "special" tool.
I fought with that lower ball joint for 3 hours with that goddamned tool. Then decided to remove the LCA (which involved removing the front diff cover, removing the axle from the diff ((to make clearance for ONE EFFING BOLT)), and 2 separate trips to AZ for parts) and had the frikken ball joint pressed in with a socket and sledge hammer in 10 mins 
Then it came time to put the diff cover back on. I noticed both axle seals were leaking, as well as the rubber seal to fill the diff fluid. Oil pan gasket is leaking in several places, drain plug is welded into the pan 
(Good luck with next oil change!!), and omg the RUST.
This truck is yet another nail in the coffin of why I will never again buy a Dodge vehicle.
Not sure if judging an entire brand with a bad experience from a 21 year old worn out truck is a good idea 
Ok. let me further elaborate.
When I was just a youngin' , the second vehicles I ever owned in my life was an 87 Dodge Shadow (this was 1998`ish). Literally a leaky, rusty, POS! 115K miles of turbocharged crappyness. But I was young and dumb. That also gave me a bad taste for Dodge right off the bat.
...but I didn't learn my lesson. A year or so later I'm at a dealership... looking at a new~ish Plymouth K car. I pop the hood. Oil everywhere. No reading on dipstick. Entire undercarriage is rusted to Hell. JUNK.
Fast forward 10 years or so, a buddy of mine decides to drive his 95 neon into the side of a mountain in a drunken stupor. He comes to me to fix it. Other than the obvious physical damage, the thing was a POS rustbucket.
Same buddy's sister has an 01 Neon. Another POS rustbucket. She unintentionally smashes a pothole and destroys the right front rim/tire. Guess who gets a phone call. It takes all the strength of two fully grown men (her hubby and I) to break the lug nuts loose. This is WITH a breaker bar. 3 lugs come off, 2 SNAP the studs off. This leads to hub/axle removal. With all that rust lack of maintenance in general, this turns into an all day project.
Now should I go into the things I've had to do to the womans 03 Jeep Liberty? Nice vehicle in theory but it's slowly succumbing to rust. Nah, it's actually still a POS. Needs a heater core. Huge job that requires special tools and evacuation of the AC system. I'm avoiding that one for as long as possible.
Yet another buddy asks me to replace front axles and seals on a late 90's Jeep Cherokee. After taking one look at the rust under there, I refuse to touch it. His junk barely starts and needs a full exhaust to begin with. JUNK.
Just three days ago... a rusty, leaky 95 Dakota pulls into my garage. Need I say more?
Oh LoL and here's the final nail in the coffin: At AZ, if I'm not grabbing parts for junk imports (which don't really count, lol) or Fords, guess what make of vehicle comes in second: Dodge/Jeep.
Convinced yet, Raptor?
