# '02 Dodge Dakota 3.9 Chugging

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/02-dodge-dakota-3-9-chugging/42290>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** dakota, dodge, lights, engines\
**Created:** [January 11, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/02-dodge-dakota-3-9-chugging/42290 "2010-01-11T16:45:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![dcollamore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@dcollamore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dcollamore)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/02-dodge-dakota-3-9-chugging/42290/1 "2010-01-11T16:45:17Z")

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My roommate has a 2002 Dodge Dakota Sport with the 3.9L V6 that has basically been a nightmare since he bought it new. It’s at ~70,000 miles. Recently he has had a new fuel pump, new catalytic converter, new plugs and wires, a new waterpump (probably unrelated to the issue), and a new O2 sensor. This was all done at a dealership last week. Today the truck started chugging periodically and losing power and kicking on a check engine light. He’s hesitant to bring it back to the dealership because they charged him an arm and a leg and had the vehicle for over a week.  
  
  
  
 Any ideas?