1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

BOUGHT A 99 DURANGO HAVE 60K MILES AND HAVE THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WORN OUT. FRONT TIRES ARE BALD ON ONE SIDE AND WHEEL IS LEANING OUT. TRUCK RIDES ROUGH. EXPENSIVE REPAIR THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING, NO OFF ROAD USE, TO SCHOOL AND HOME. TRAVIS

BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 39,327 MILES. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE, HOWEVER I NOW REALIZE THAT THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE WORK WAS DONE WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ON VACATION AT A GOODYEAR DEALER

I WAS ADVISED THAT THE BALL JOINTS ON MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO WERE QUITE WORN AND THE UPPER LEFT WAS SO BAD IT WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO DRIVE IT AND THE WHEEL COULD VERY EASILY COME OFF. THE GARAGE MACHANIC EVEN REQUIRED THAT THE ESTIMATE TO FIX THE PROBLEM REFLECT THAT BEFORE I COULD DRIVE IT HOME SO AS TO CLEAR THEM OF ANY LIABILITY. THEY HAD CALLED A FACTORY MAN AS THEY CALLED HIM AND ASKED IF THERE HAD BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THESE BALL JOINT BECAUSE IT WAS SO UNUSUAL AT 50,000 MILES THAT THEY ALL BE BAD AT THE SAME TIME. HE ADVISED THEM THAT THERE HAD BEEN ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH THEM. I HAD THEM REPLACED AFTER GETTING SEVERAL ESIMATES AND EVERY GARAGE THE MACHANICS WERE ALL VERY CONCERNED THAT I NOT DRIVE IT DO TO THE VERY LOOSE WHEEL ON THE LEFT FRONT.

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WE RECENTLY HAD THE UPPER AND LOWER BALLJOINTS REPLACED HAS LONG AS THE TIEROD ENDS. I FOIND THIS UNEXPECTABLE WITH A VEHICAL WITH ONLY 58,000 MILES! I HAD THEM REPLACED UNDER EXTENTED WARNTY FREE OF CHARGE EXCEPT FOR A $50 DETUCTABLE. BUT I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THESE TYPE OF BALLJOINTS USALLY GO OUT EVERY 20,000 OR SO AND SOME PEOPLE ON THE CLUB I BELONG TO HAVE HAD THEM REPLACED 3 OR MORE TIMES IN 60,000!! THIS IS CRAZY! I WOULD LIKE A RECALLE DONE AND FOR DODGE COME OUT WITH A WAY BETTER DESING FOR THESE BALLJOINTS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET REPLACED EVERY 20,000. BECAUSE I'M SOON TO BE OUT OF MY WARNTY AND IF THESE BALLJOINTS ARE THE SAME ONES THAT WERE IN THERE LAST TIME I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THEM AGAIN SOON UNDER MY COST. AND WITH THE RECALL AND BETTER DESING OF THE BALLJOINTS I WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS. SO DODGE NEEDS TO DESING A BALLJOINT THAT CAN LAST 100,000 MILES OR MORE.

WHEN I PUSHASED MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO THE BRAKES WAS NOSIY...TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER.THEY CHARGED ME $90.00 TO DO A BRAKE SERVICE.AFTER THE BRAKES WAS USED A COUPLE OF TIMES THEY STARTED MAKING NOSIE AGAIN...TOOK IT BACK AND DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS THE PADS AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WELL AFTER THAT I WAS FED UP WITH THEM AND TOOK IT TO A GOODYEAR SHOP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE BRAKES.(STOPPED THE NOSIE) AND ALSO FOUND OUT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WAS BAD ALONG WITH THE SHOCKS...SO THEY WAS REPLACED COSTING ME $1,300.00. SO MUCH FOR THE EXTENDED WARENTIES THAT I PURCHASED WITH THE VEHICLE..THE DEALER ALSO CHARGED ME FOR FLIUD AFTER TWO SENSORS WENT OUT THAT WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION..WICH THE WARENTY WAS TO COVER THE DRIVE TRAIN..THIS VEHICLE IS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO 4X4....NEW TIRES HAD TO BE PURCHASED BECAUSE OF BALL JOINTS WAS BAD CAUSEING TIRES TO WEAR WRONG

AFTER ABOUT 54,000 MILES I WAS INFORMED BY THREE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT MY BALL JOINTS WERE EXTREMELY BAD. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THESE BALL JOINTS SHOULD NOT BE WEARING OUT THIS SOON. SO, ENDED UP PAYING $1300 AND SOME CHANGE TO GET THIS FIXED. THIS OCCURED ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS AND SAW THAT THEIR IS GOING TO BE AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME.

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING AND WAS JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM MY HOME WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY STEERING WHEEL JUST STARTED SPINNING AROUND IN MY HANDS, A BOLT ABOUT 3-4 INCHES HAD WORKED IT'S WAY OUT OF THE LINKAGE. I APPLIED MY BRAKES, BUT THE TRUCK WAS COMING DOWN A HILL AND I ENDED UP AT THE BOTTOM OF A 20 FOOT CULVERT. LUCKILY THE VEHICLE DIDN'T ROLL, OR I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. WE HAD WORK DONE ON IT 6 MONTHS AFTER WE LEASED IT (DEC, 1999) AND WERE TOLD THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE STEERING COLUMN TO FIX THE HEATER--AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THEY HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF DOING ANY SUCH WORK AND EVEN TRIED TO TELL ME THAT WE HAD NOT LEASED THE VEHICLE FROM THEM, THEY NEVER HAD THAT VIN# IN THEIR SYSTEM. MY INSURANCE COMPANY INVESTIGATED IT AND TOLD ME THAT OVER TIME, THE VIBRATION MADE THE BOLT FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. *AK

VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING AND SHAKING EXCESSIVELY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT BALL JOINTS AND BUSHINGS HAD FAILED.

PER CONSUMER VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO BAD UPPER BALL JOINTS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS.