1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MPH AND PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT REAR RIM FELL OFF AND VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ANALYSIS. *AK

I HAVE OWNED MY DODGE DURANGO (1999) FOR 4 AND A HALF YEARS MY MECHANIC IS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE BALL JOINTS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 2 YEARS. I HAVE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF DURANGO OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE SURELY MUST BE A DEFECT IN THE BALL JOINTS ARE SOMETHING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS TWICE IN TWO YEARS. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE THAT THE BALL JOINTS HAVE GIVEN ME THIS MUCH TROUBLE. *LA

I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO SLT. IT HAS A 5.9L ENGINE AND IS 4X4. MY COMPLAINT IS AMONG THE MANY WHO HAVE FILED TO REPORT THE FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WHERE GOING BAD PREMATURELY. I HAVE REPLACED THEM APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR. WENT OFF AGAIN AT 80,000 MILES, AND NOW AT 92,000 MILES I HAVE TO REPLACE THEM AGAIN. I AM GOING TO USE AFTER MARKET PARTS THIS TIME BECAUSE THE FACTORY ONES SIMPLY WILL NOT LAST LONG ENOUGH. THIS PROBLEM COUPLED WITH MANY OTHER SMALLER PROBLEMS HAS MADE THE OVERALL VALUE OF THE VEHICLE GO DOWN AND THE RE-SALE VALUE IS AMONG THE LOWEST OF ALL THE SUV'S ON THE MARKET. I APPRECIATE ANY ATTEMPTS TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IF THERE IS ANY WAY I CAN ASSIST, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO NOTIFY ME. THANK YOU. *LA

I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK GETTING ON TO INTERSTATE 75, AS I STARTED TO ACCELERATE I HEARD A LOUD SOUND FROM THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE, AT THE SAME TIME THE VEHICLE WAS VERY HARD TO DRIVE. I PULLED OVER TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, WHEN I REACHED THE FRONT OF THE SUV MY FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS BARELY DANGLING FROM THE SUV. I HAD TO CALL AAA TO HAVE IT FLAT BEDDED TO A GARAGE. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 40 MPH AND NOT REACHED THE POSTED SPEED OF 70 MPH. *LA

FRONT BALL JOINTS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING. DEALER STATES VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION WITH THIS DEFECT.*AK

VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPONTANEOUSLY LOSE OIL AT AROUND 78,000 MILES, CAUSING OIL PRESSURE TO DROP AND SPARK KNOCK ON ACCELERATION. CHRYSLER ADMITS TO INTAKE MANIFOLD PAN GASKET OIL LEAK IN THEIR TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 09-05-00 BUT WILL NOT ASSIST THIS CONSUMER WITH THE STEEP PRICE OF REPAIR. OUT OF WARRANTY - TOO BAD - A DEFECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A RECALL ITEM! HONDA, HERE I COME. *JB

UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON OUR 1999 DODGE DURANGO AFTER ONLY 1.5 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. *LA

MY 1999 DURANGO SLT 4 X 4 HAS SERIOUS FRONT END PROBLEMS. I HAD TO HAVE THE BALL JOINTS IN ADDITION TO OTHER FRONT END COMPONENTS REPLACED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE. EVERYBODY SEEMS TO KNOW, "EVERYONE BUT ME," THAT THIS SUV IS A ROLLING DEATH TRAP. I HAVE READ SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB THAT I FELT LIKE A SUCKER FOR RE-ENTERING THE AMERICAN CAR MARKET. CHRYSLER KNOWS THAT THE BALL JOINTS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE UNDERSIZED AND YET THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED THE VEHICLE. I AM REGISTERING THIS COMPLAINT SO THAT THERE IS A RECORD THAT YET ANOTHER DODGE CUSTOMER IS OUT MONEY DUE TO THEIR LACK OF QUALITY CONTROL. *LA *TR

EXCESSIVE WEAR OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES. FRONT STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE WAS REPLACED. ALSO, CONTROL ARM/UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, AND TIE ROD WERE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. THERE WERE NO MAJOR INJURIES NOR FATALITIES TO REPORT AT THIS TIME. *AK

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE FAILED STATE INSPECTION DUE TO DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS. *AK