The 2004 Dodge Dakota adds a new 210 horsepower V-6 to round out the most powerful engine lineup in the compact pickup segment.
The 2004 Dodge Dakota offers best-in-class power, payload and towing capability and provides seating for six, making it the most versatile and powerful compact pickup available.
Larger than the compact pickup competition, Dodge Dakota delivers bold Dodge styling and full-size capability. Yet Dodge Dakota is easier to maneuver and drive than full-size pickups. Featuring four real doors, the Dodge Dakota Quad Cab™ model adds to a wide range of model choices.
For 2004, Dodge Dakota offers style with a “Stampede” package on Regular Cab and Club Cab® Sport models. The Stampede model features unique monochromatic custom front and rear body-color fascia moldings, ground-effect bodyside moldings, 16 x 8-inch aluminum wheels, wheel flares and rear stabilizer bar.
The 2004 Dodge Dakota features standard cast-aluminum 16 x 7-inch wheels, standard four-wheel disc brakes on Quad Cab and four-wheel drive models, and the five-speed 5-45RFE electronically controlled transmission on the Magnum 4.7-liter engine.
Like its big brother, the Dodge Ram, Dakota Quad Cab offers four full-size doors, but in a compact pickup. For 2004, bucket seats are standard on Quad Cab.
Dakota Quad Cab’s interior is the largest among four-door compact pickups, with the most front and rear shoulder and hip room as well. While designed to seat up to three rear passengers comfortably, convenient 60/40 split rear seats can fold up together to accommodate large objects, or individually to accommodate a com­bination of people and cargo.
Rear doors open a full 90 degrees, and have windows that lower all the way down, making the rear area comfortable for passengers on long rides, while also providing the capability to carry large packages.
Dakota’s five-foot, three-inch bed is the largest among four-door compact pickups and can handle up to 1800 lbs. of payload. The Dodge Dakota Quad Cab can tow up to 6100 lbs., making it one of the Best pickups in the segment.
Two additional models -- Regular Cab and Club Cab -- are the largest of their kind in the compact class, adding to Dakota’s versatility quotient. Both boast the roomiest and most comfortable front seating areas in the class. In fact, the Dakota Club Cab is the only Club Cab model in the compact segment to offer a full-size, forward-facing rear bench seat.
The value- priced Dakota SXT model continues to offer a unique look and standard features that are uncommon at its price. With its deep gray bumpers, upper and lower fascia, body-color fender flares and sporty 16-inch aluminum wheels, Dakota SXT makes a bold styling statement. And with standard air conditioning and bucket seats, it’s as much fun to drive as it is to look at.
Since the first Dodge Dakota rolled off the assembly line in 1986, it’s been the segment leader in power and capability. Now with a new 210-horsepower (157 kW) 3.7-liter Magnum® V-6, Dakota offers the most powerful engine lineup in the segment and delivers the best towing and hauling numbers in the class.
Dakota offers powerful Magnum engines designed to meet the varying needs of the compact pickup buyer. The 230-horsepower (172 kW), 295 lb.-ft. torque (400 N•m) 4.7-liter Magnum V-8 engine is easily the most powerful in its class, rivaling the performance capability of some full-size pickups.
The Dodge Dakota R/T model is discontinued for 2004. The 5.9-liter Magnum V-8 is also discontinued.
Dodge Dakota’s powerful engines support the segment’s best truck for towing and hauling. Dakota’s 6600-lb. maximum towing capacity and 2190-lb. maximum payload capability far exceed its compact competitors.
Dodge Dakota is available in both two- and four-wheel drive models and features rack and pinion steering. Standard brakes are a front-disc, rear-drum configuration. An anti-lock braking system is standard in the rear, with four-wheel ABS available as an option.
Molten Red is new to Dakota’s color palette for the 2004 model year.
All Dodge Dakota models are built at DaimlerChrysler’s “Dodge City” Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Warren, Michigan.