1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

THE RADIO AND THE DIMMER LIGHTS COMES ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

I FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO BALL JOINTS. UPON TAKING 99 DURANGO TO THE DEALER, WAS TOLD BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON BOTH PASSANGER AND DRIVER SIDE NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE 60,000 MILES AND I DON'T THINK THAT ALL THIS SHOULD BE WRONG.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE ACCELERATED ALLOWING EITHER THE THROTTLE TO STICK OR TRANSMISSION SURGE. SHE WAS SENT OUT OF CONTROL WILDLY INTO A ROAD SIGN AND SOME TREES. NO INJURIES, ONLY A FAILURE TO CONTROL TICKET AND ABOUT 2500.00 DAMAGE. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN INTO AND T-BONE HER THE RIGHT SIDE. AND THE DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

OIL PRESSURE GAUGE INDICATED DROP OF OIL PRESSURE AND LOSS POWER IN THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH *TR

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TS. AT 81,000 MILES THE ENGINE FAILED, AND THE MASTER CYLINDER, BRAKE BOOSTER AND LINES LEAKED. *JB

STEERING PROBLEMS. ALSO, THREE BALL JOINTS WERE STRIPPED. CONSUMER CALLED DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL RELATING TO BALL JOINTS. TS. *AK

WHILE SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION, ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE CONSUMER. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT COLLAPSED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH

WHILE DRIVING AT 90MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. THEN THE TRANSFER CASE FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. PH

PLEASE INVESITGATE THE OIL PUMPS ON THE 1999 DODGE DURANGO. OURS HAS GONE OUT 2 TIMES OVER THE PAST 2 1/2 MONTHS. THE DEALER IS TRYING TO BLAME THIS ON SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE FROM NOT CHANGING THE OIL, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE. WE DO HAVE OUR OIL CHANGED. THEY ALSO TRIED TO STATE THAT WE WERE REALLY LOW ON OIL. MY HUSBAND HAD JUST PUT A QUART OF OIL IN THE ENGINE THE DAY BEFORE. I WENT TO CARSURVEY.COM AND FOUND SEVERAL LISTINGS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 DODGE DURANGO...THE OIL PRESSURE SUDDENLY DROPS TO ZERO. SOME REPORTS STATE THEY EVEN THREW THEIR RODS WHEN IT HAPPENED. OTHERS HAVE HAD BEARING WEAR. WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN OUR OIL PRESSURE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO ZERO WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME. WE HAD TO STOP AND CONTINUE PUTTING OIL IN THE ENGINE ABOUT EVERY 100 MILES SO WE COULD MAKE IT HOME FROM VACTATION. IT'S LIKE THE OIL WAS DISAPPEARING, BUT THERE WAS NO VISIBLE LEAK. NO LEAK IN OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN WE GOT HOME EITHER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE OIL PUMP AFTER WE GOT HOME IN OCTOBER. THREE WEEKS LATER THE OIL PRESSURE WOULD START AT ZERO WHEN I INITIALLY TURNED ON THE CAR IN THE MORNING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD DING, AND THEN THE OIL PRESSURE WOULD GO UP TO NORMAL. I THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO COLD WEATHER. LAST THURSDAY, I WENT TWO BLOCKS AND THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO 4 TIMES WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED THE CAR HOME AND MY HUSBAND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. THE DEALER IS REPLACING THE PUMP AGAIN. I READ ON CARSURVEY.COM THAT SOMEONE WAS TOLD THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH SOME GASKET BEING TOO SMALL FOR THE OIL PAN BY THE DEALER. THEY ASKED WHY THERE HAD NOT BEEN A RECALL TO FIX THIS AND THERE WAS NO REASONABLE ANSWER GIVEN. PLEASE HELP. THERE APPEARS TO BE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAT IS BEING SHUFFLED UNDER THE TABLE.