1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE WHEN IT WAS TURNED. IT WAS DISCOVERED THE LOWER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE A WARRANTY. *AK ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. *SCC *JB

UPPER BALL JOINT WORN OUT , MY TIRES HAVE BEEN WEARING OUT ON THE INSIDE SINCE I HAD BOUGHT THE DURANGO BRAND NEW , DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG , TWO WEEKS AGO I TOOK MY DURANGO TO TIRE STORE TO HAVE NEW TIRES AND AN ALIGNMENT , THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT AND I WAS LUCKY THAT THE FRONT END DID NOT FAIL , THEY DID ADVISE ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD AROUND 20 DURANGOS IN THERE SHOP THAT HAD THE SAME THING WRONG ,

WHILE DRIVING THERE WOULD BE SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO DRIFT FROM LEFT OR RIGHT. WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME CONTROLLING VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC INDICATED PROBLEM WAS THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON VEHICLE. PROBLEM NOT REPAIRED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OF THE FRONT END. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

FRONT BALL JOINTS (UPPER & LOWER) WORN OUT COMPLETELY AT 70,000 MILES. I'VE OWNED A 1986 NISSAN PICKUP WITH 200,000 MILES WITH ORIGINAL BALL JOINTS STILL IN GOOD SHAPE. LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM ON THIS SITE, SOUNDS LIKE A POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW/DEFECT.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN A TURN WAS MADE. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND THE MECHANIC STATED THE RIGHT AND LEFT UPPER CONTROL ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *PH *JB

THE DEALER REPLACED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER STATED,TO FIX THE PROBLEM IT COST $6,000. *AK WHEN THE BALL JOINTS CRACKED THE BRAKE SYSTEM WENT OUT ONLY AT THE TIME OF LOSS. NO WARNING EXCEPT FOR NOISE AT FRONT END WHICH WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER. THE TIRES WORE UNEVENLY DUE TO THE BALL JOINT PROBLEM. *PH *JB

THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO ROTATE THE TIRES. UPON REMOVAL OF THE TIRES THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT BOTH LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SCC *NLM

THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK INTO POSITION. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *TS. BALL JOINTS AND RACK "WORE" OUT AT 45,000 MILES. *PH *JB

LEFT REAR TIRE RIM SEPARATED FROM THE AXLE. CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL. WHILE DRIVING AROUND A SMALL BEND IN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE DRIVER TRIED TO STEER THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE BUT LOST CONTROL IF THE VEHICLE. IT SPUN AROUND, HIT A BARRIER WALL AND CAME TO REST FACING TRAFFIC. THE LEFT REAR WHEEL SEPARATED AND WAS FOUND ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS DETERMINED BY AN INVESTIGATOR THAT THE LEFT REAR TIRE/RIM SEPARATED AND CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. *NLM