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Dodge Dakota towing capacity

The Dakota is a midsize pickup that Dodge (and for 2011 Ram) body-builder charts list with 3.7L V6 and 4.7L V8 engines in Regular (2004), Club/Extended, Quad and Crew Cab body styles.

Cited years

0k2k4k6k8k2000: no cited conventional rating20002001: no cited conventional rating2002: no cited conventional rating20022003: no cited conventional rating2004: 6,600 lb conventional20042005: 6,950 lb conventional+0.4k2006: 7,150 lb conventional+0.2k20062007: 7,100 lb conventional2008: 7,200 lb conventional+0.1k20082009: 7,200 lb conventional2010: 7,250 lb conventional20102011: 7,250 lb conventional2011
Highest cited conventional rating per model year, in thousands of pounds. Labels mark the largest changes from the year before, counted only where both years are cited. A dashed tick is a year with no cited rating; it is not zero and is not estimated.
YearHitchCited maximumVersus prior cited yearSource
2004Conventional6,600 lbFirst cited year for this hitchDodge
2005Conventional6,950 lb+350 lb vs 2004Dodge
2006Conventional7,150 lb+200 lb vs 2005Dodge
2007Conventional7,100 lb-50 lb vs 2006Dodge
2008Conventional7,200 lb+100 lb vs 2007Dodge
2009Conventional7,200 lbUnchanged from 2008Dodge
2010Conventional7,250 lb+50 lb vs 2009Dodge
2011Conventional7,250 lbUnchanged from 2010Ram

Every model year

A filled mark means that year has a cited rating. An empty mark is still a real page: generation, what changed, and an explicit gap instead of a guessed number.

  1. 20117,250 lb cited
  2. 20107,250 lb cited
  3. 20097,200 lb cited
  4. 20087,200 lb cited
  5. 20077,100 lb cited
  6. 20067,150 lb cited
  7. 20056,950 lb cited
  8. 20046,600 lb cited
  9. 2003Second generation
  10. 2002Second generation
  11. 2001Second generation
  12. 2000Second generation

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