# 2002 Dodge Dakota SXT

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-dakota-sxt/25846>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 31, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-dakota-sxt/25846 "2009-01-31T20:24:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sagekatelyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sagekatelyn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sagekatelyn)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-dakota-sxt/25846/1 "2009-01-31T20:24:52Z")

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My truck makes a whistling sound when I travel long distances. The whistle seems to be connected to a speed, but the speed varies. I’ve heard it in the 70s and in the 50s. If I travel faster or slower than the whistle speed, it goes away. I think it might be coming from the engine.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-dakota-sxt/25846/2 "2009-01-31T21:13:40Z")

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It could just be a wind whistle. If the air moving over the vehicle hits just the right spot at just the right speed and angle it can make a whistling sound, like blowing over the mouth of a coke bottle.

I have such a whistling sound on one of my cars, somewhere in the area of the passenger door mirror. I’ve never been able to locate its source or eliminate it.

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**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-dakota-sxt/25846/3 "2009-01-31T21:13:55Z")

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I had a similar noise in a 1965 Rambler that I once owned. It turned out to be in the grille. The speed at which the noise would occur would vary somewhat depending on the wind velocity. The 1948-50 Ford pick-up trucks also had a whistling noise in the grille.

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**Author:** ![sagekatelyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sagekatelyn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sagekatelyn)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-dakota-sxt/25846/4 "2009-02-01T06:43:57Z")

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But it doesn’t happen every time I drive those speeds.

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-dakota-sxt/25846/5 "2009-02-02T02:48:05Z")

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Do you have cruise control, and if so, does it work correctly? This could be a vacuum leak.