1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES ABRUPTLY FOR A QUICK STOP, BUT THE VEHICLE SLID THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE SENSOR HAD FAILED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS READING LOW ON OIL AND DRIVING VERY ROUGH. OIL LEVEL WAS AT SPECIFICATIONS. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR HAD FAILED.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION STALLED AND A GRINDING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR. *TT

THE VEHICLE DIES WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS APART. BOTH TIMES WHEN IT HAPPENED THE GAS GAUGE WENT TO THE EMPTY POSITION THEN AFTER TRYING TO RESTART AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE GAUGE STARTED READING AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE STARTED AND RAN FINE. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND ALL THEY DID WAS LET IT SIT THERE AND IDLE TO TRY TO VERIFY THE COMPLAINT. THEY TOLD US THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *NLM

I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE INTO TWO PLACES FOR UNDERBODY INSPECTIONS AND M-59 DODGE TOLD ME MY BALL JOINTS (UPPER & LOWER) AND CONTROL ARMS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAD M-59 DODGE REPLACE THEM ONCE AT 44,000 MILES ON MY '99 DURANGO AND NOW AT 77,000 THEY SAY THEY NEED IT AGAIN? SO, I TOOK IT INTO ANDERSON DODGE FOR A SECOND OPINION AND THEY SAID THEY WERE FINE (GOOD) ACTUALLY. SO, I CHECKED DEFECTS OFF THE NHSTA WEBSITE AND SAW SEVERAL INSTANCES OF BALL JOINTS FAILING AT EVERY 30,000 MILES. SO, I CALLED A DODGE PARTS DEPARTMENT AND ASKED WHAT THE PART #S WERE FOR BALL JOINTS AND CONTROL ARMS FOR A '99 DURANGO AND FOR A '99 DAKOTA (4X4) AND GUESS WHAT THEY ARE THE SAME NUMBERS????? LET ME GUESS, DESIGN THE 4X4 DAKOTA AND JUST ADD ALL THAT WEIGHT AND MOMENT ARMS OF THE BACK OF THE SUV TOP AND LIFT GATE AND NOT EXPECT THE EQUATIONS TO CHANGE FOR WEAR AND TEAR OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION?????? AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE SUSPENSION WAS MODIFIED IN THE 2000 MODEL YEAR. WHAT A SURPRISE??? I WONDER IF NHSTA WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MY FINDINGS?????? NOW I AM GOING TO A THIRD DODGE DEALER FOR ANOTHER INSPECTION TO SEE IF I REALLY DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BALL JOINTS AND CONTROL ARMS. IF THESE BALL JOINTS I HAVE NOW ARE OK, I WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN TAP THEM AND PUT IN A GREASE FITTING IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THEM. IF HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT OK, I AM GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA AND SHOW THEM MY FINDINGS. I BELIEVE A DESIGN FLAW SHOULD BE A RECALL. *NLM

WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. *NLM

AFTER THE BRAKES WERE SERVICED THEY CONTINUED TO SQUEAK UPON APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE LOUD SQUEAK SEEMS TO GET BECOME WORSE OVER TIME. *JB

I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. I HAVE HAD ALOT OF TROUBLE WITH IT. AT FIRST WHEN I WOULD CALL OR TAKE IT BY THE DEALERSHIP, THEY WOULD TELL ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL MAKING A RATTLING NOISE BETWEEN 20-30 MPH. THEY FIRST TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG IT WAS TIRE NOISE. THEN I BROUGHT IT BACK A WEEK LATER AND THEY REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. WHEN IT WAS STILL DOING IT A WEEK LATER, I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS FOUND TO BE BENT AND REPLACED. NOT LONG AFTER THAT I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE ENGINE, WHEN I WOULD STOP, THE ENGINE WOULD IDLE DOWN AND ALMOST STALL. I STOPPED AT A GAS STATION AND FOUND I HAD NO OIL. I PUT IN TWO QUARTS AND CALLED THE DEALER. THEY FOUND THE PLENUM GASKET HAD A LEAK. I HAD THAT REPLACED FOR OVER $450. SHORTLY AFTER THAT I WAS TRAVELING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT HESITATED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTICS TEST AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I NOTICE THAT THE RPM'S HAD STARTED REVVING UP AND DOWN WHILE YOU WERE DRIVING RIGHT AFTER THIS HAPPEN. I CALLED AND QUESTIONED ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID TO CHANGE THE OIL. IT STILL DID IT AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. WHILE ON OUR WAY HOME TO NY, WE HAD STOPPED AND IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. WHEN WE GOT HOME I TOOK IT IN AND HAD ANOTHER TEST DONE ON IT. THEY REPLACED THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR AND SAID THAT WAS GOING TO FIX IT. IT STILL DID THE RPM THING AFTER THAT, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANOTHER DIAGNOSTICS TEST. I HAVE SINCE, GOTTEN A TUNE UP AND OIL CHANGE, AND IT STILL DOES IT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND GOING OFF. I AM SORRY THAT THIS IS SO LONG, BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING AND NO ONE WILL HELP. MY QUESTIONS ARE, HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE, ARE THERE ANY RELATED RECALLS, AND IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP GET THIS RESOLVED? I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP! *NLM

MOTORS ON THE WINDOWS HAVE FAILED THREE TIMES IN FOUR YEARS ON TWO REAR WINDOWS WITH VERY LITTLE USE. *JB

AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON 14 APRIL 2003 THE OIL GAUGE LIGHT WOULD CONTINUOUSLY COME ON SEVERAL TIMES A DAY . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON 15 APRIL 2003 EACH TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLE WAS STILL DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OUT OF TOWN AND THE CONSUMER BECAME STRANDED. THE MECHANIC AT A DEALERSHIP HAD TO REBUILD THE ENGINE DUE TO OIL PRESSURE PROBLEMS AND A BUILT UP OF SLUDGE. PURCHASE VEHICLE FROM CUETER CHRYSLER/JEEP IN YPSILANTI MI 48197/7344342424. *NLM