1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

DIES WHEN DRIVING. LOOSES ALL POWER. ODOMETER SAYS NO BUS, AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING. TESTED MULTIPLE TIMES, STILL NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL CAUSE. COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED... *NLM

FRONT BALL JOINTS/STEERING ARM FAILURE, BRAKE FAILURE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES TO LOCK UP, STEERING ARMS REPLACED THREE TIMES, ON BOTH SIDES. REAR LEAF SPRING SNAPPED WHEN VEHICLE WAS 3 MONTHS OLD. STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP WHEN VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF, AND CANNOT BE UNLOCKED IN CERTAIN POSITIONS WITH KEY. *NLM

THE AIR BAG INDICATION LIGHT FLASHED THROUGHOUT TRAVEL. THE MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR WAS UNDER RECALL DUE CLOCK SPRING FAILURE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB *SCC

CHECK GAUGE LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT OFF. CHECKED OIL AND IT WAS LOW. THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED ONE YEAR AND 3 MONTHS AGO. THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT TO "0" JUST LIKE LAST TIME. *JB

CHECK GAUGE LIGHTS GOES ON AND OFF WHEN MAKING TURNS OR BRAKING. OIL PRESSURE GAUGE DROPS DOWN TO "0" I HAD REPLACED ONE QUART OF OIL EVERY TWO WEEKS. REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND INTAKE COVER PAN GASKET. HAPPENED WHILE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *JB

DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. REQUIRES A NEW MOTOR. DEALER STATES HAS TO SALE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. PART DOES NOT COME WITH JUST THE MOTOR. $180. *JB

ALL WINDOWS WOULD NOT WORK EXCEPT DRIVER WINDOW. CHECKED WINDOWS FOUND IT WAS LACK OF USAGE. FIRST TIME I HAD EVER HEARD OF SUCH THING. *JB

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AND RAN OVER THE CONSUMER. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, MY FAMILY AND I WERE REARENDED BY A CAMRY TRAVELING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. WE WERE PUSHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF US WHICH WAS ALSO PUSHED INTO ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF THAT. OUR DURANGO SUFFERED $14,500.00 IN REPAIR COSTS. THE SEATBELTS NEVER DEPLOYED. I, THE DRIVER, WAS THROWN INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. MY WIFE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, WAS THROWN INTO THE WINDSHIELD. MY DAUGHTER WAS BUCKLED IN A CAR SEAT IN THE BACK SEAT. ALTHOUGH HER SHOES FLEW OFF HER FEET, SHE WAS RESTRAINED. MY SON, HOWEVER, HIT HIS TOOTH ON THE SEAT IN FRONT OF HIM; HE WAS BELTED IN THE 3RD SEAT.

1999 DURANGO OBVIOUSLY HAS BALL JOINT PROBLEMS WHAT IS DODGE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? THE DEALER IS CHARGING A FORTUNE TO FIX A FAULTY PART. DOSE SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE DODGE OWNS UP TO ITS MISTAKE. LOWER BALL JOINTS ON THE DURANGO SUV VEHICLES ARE PRONE TO RAPID WEAR OUT AND LOOSENESS. THE PROBLEM IS FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED EVEN IF THE VEHICLE IS NEVER DRIVEN OFF-ROAD. THE O.E. LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE OF A COMPRESSION LOADED, METAL-TO-METAL BEARING DESIGN. THE DESIGN HAS A TENDENCY TO ALLOW BEARING LOOSENESS AND LOAD CHANGE ON THE BEARING AS THE SUSPENSION MOVES THROUGH ITS FULL RANGE OF TRAVEL. THIS MAY EASILY LEAD TO RAPID WEAR OUT. *NLM