1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

DODGE DURANGO 1 SERVICE BRAKES - WARPED ROTORS LOCKING BRAKES EVEN WITH ANTILOCK SYSTEM BALL JOINTS - PREMATURE WEAR, LEADING TO POOR STEERING RESPONSE. *AK

I OWN A DODGE DURANGO, I HAD TO SPEND ALMOST TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND REPLACE A BALL POINTS. I SPOKE TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC ABOUT THIS, HE SAID THAT, IT WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *NLM

WE HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED, HOWEVER, IT RECENTLY DIED! WE WERE 150 MILES FROM OUR HOME WITH 3 YOUNG CHILDREN WHEN THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED, THE MOTOR STARTED KNOCKING AND THE TRUCK JUST DIED. NOW WE HAVE TO GET A NEW ENGINE. THERE ARE MANY CASES JUST LIKE MINE AND DODGE REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP THE VEHICLE WOULD "CREEK" AND SHAKE WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. DEALER STATED THAT CONTROL ARMS WERE WORN OUT, AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THAT CONDITION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO, (2WD), I HEARD A OUD "POPPING" NOISE COMOING FROM THE AREA OF THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WELL OPENING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THE FRONT BALL JOINT WAS WORN TO THE POINT OF IMMINENT FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPLETE UPPER BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY AT A COST OF APPROX. $500.00. THIS VEHICLE IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON HIGHWAYS IN AND AROUND METRO ATLANTA AND NEVER OFF-ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAS STOCK WHEELS, TIRES AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. IN ALMOST 30 YEARS OF DRIVING AND OWNING MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE HAD A FAILURE OF THIS TYPE. I WAS FORTUNATE TO DETECT THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.*AK

WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, MY DURANGO SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE LEFT. ALL ATTEMPTS TO STEER OR USE THE BRAKES FAILED AND MY CAR WENT INTO A SPIN AND HIT THE BARRIER WALL OF A BRIDGE TWO TIMES. THE POLICE REPORT STATES THAT THE CAUSE OF CRASH IS THAT THE DRIVER "LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE/RIM SEPARATED FROM THE AXLE."*AK

THE FRONT VALL JOINTS ARE SHOT. THE RIGHT UPER AND LOWER ANDF THE LEFT LOWER NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH UNDER 40,000 MILE DRIVING ONLY ON ROADS. I FEEL THAT THIS IS PREMATURE AND THAT DODGE SHOULD DO A RECALL SINCE IT IS A POTENTIALY DANGEROUS PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR NORMAL TIRE ROTATION AND BALANCE. DEALER ADVISED THEY WERE UNABLE TO PERFORM THE SERVICE DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BOTH LOWER AND THE LEFT UPPER BALL JOINTS. *AK THE LEFT OUTSIDE MIRROR WAS CRACKED AND WAS REPLACED. *SCC *JB

THE UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT TIRES TO WEAR PREMATURELY.*AK *JB *NLM

CONSUMER STATED THE BALL JOINT WORE OUT PREMATURELY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONTROL ARMS, INTERMEDIATE SHAFT HAD BEEN REPLACED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BALL JOINTS TO TRY AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION. CHRYSLER DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION TO TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS NOISE IN THE STEERING, RUMBLE/RATTLE IN THE FRONT END AND HAD BECOME LOUDER, THE STEERING HAD BECOME LOOSE, THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE, AND THERE WAS EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE CONTROL ARM. *SCC *JB