1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GAS STATION TO HAVE THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE CHANGED. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO CORROSION.*AK *PH

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED EACH TIME FRONT BRAKE PADS ARE REPLACED. *TT *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE WILL GO FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND VIBRATE. HAD TO REPLACE BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS. *AK

CHECK GUAGES LIGHT COMES ON, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE GOES TO ZERO THEN BACK. HAD FUEL GAUGE DO THE SAME. TOOK INTO DEALER AND DEALER ATTRIBUTED TO WIRES AND DID A "WIGGLE"TEST. VEHICLE HAD NO MORE PROBLEM WITH FUEL GAUGE. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER THE CHECK GAUGES AND THE OIL GAUGES DID SAME THING. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY STATED IT MAY BE OIL PUMP. AFTER REMOVING OIL PAN, DEALER STATED TO MUCH SLUDGE IN PAN AND HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY SEND AN ADJUSTER TO CHECK OUT. DEALER THEN TOOK ENGINE APART TO FIND THAT SLUDGE WAS THROUGH OUT THE ENGINE BUT NO DAMAGE TO BEARINGS OR VITAL PARTS. WARRANTY COMPANY "WESTERN DIVERSIFIED" DECLINED REPAIR STATING THAT TO INFREQUENT OIL CHANGES. WARRANTY STATED THAT EVEN WITH PROOF OF OIL CHANGES THAT THIS IS AN OIL BREAKDOWN PROBLEM AND NOT THEIR PROBLEM. DEALER STATED NOW THAT IT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WANTED US TO PAY FOR A NEW ENGINE. CONSUMER REFUSED AND FORTUNATELY GOT TO TRADE IN VEHICLE TOWARDS PURCHASE OF A NEW ONE. ONLY AFTER REVIEWING NHTSA WEBSITE DID WE REALIZE THAT WE WERE IN A NO WIN SITUATION AND LUCKILY GOT OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT DODGE OBVIOUSLY KNOWS ABOUT, I AM WAITING FOR THIS COMPANY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. WE HAVE SHOWN OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMPANY BY BUYING SEVERAL VEHICLES THE LEAST THEY COULD DO IS PAY US THE SAME RESPECT!!!!!!!!

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE CLOCK SPRING WENT OUT CAUSING THE CONSUMER HORN NOT TO WORK. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

DURANGO`S TRANSMISSION WENT BAD, DEALER OF NO HELP ,50,000 MI. ON VECHICLE ALSO NOT THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS COMPLANED ABOUT. TS

CONSUMER STATE FUEL TANK STRAP HAD BROKEN CAUSING FUEL TANK TO HANG DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND REPAIR VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL HAD COME ON. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAD BECOME SLUGGISH AND THEN HAD GONE BACK TO NORMAL. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY. THE OIL WAS BURNING EVERY 200 MILES. THE OVT VALLEY PAN GASKET WAS CHANGED, AND THE INTAKE GASKET WAS REPLACED. THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING AND OR CLICKING IN THE MOTOR. THE DEALER FOUND SLUDGE IN THE MOTOR, AND FOUND THAT IT WAS BLOWN. THE SEAT WOULDN'T SLIDE/HARD TO LIFT, AND THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS FOUND LOOSE. TS SCC

HAD CONTINOUS PROBLEM WITH THE OIL PRESSURE GUAGE FLUCUATING, VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED, OIL WAS ALWAYS CHECKED AND CHANGED WHEN NEEDED, TOLD BY MECHANIC FAULTY FILTER, SAID WAS NO LEAKS BUT HAD TO ADD OIL AT TIMES. WHEN IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED TO, THERE SEEMS TO BE A DEFINITE PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND TYPE OF TRUCK DUE TO ALL THE INFORMATION FOUND ON THE INTERNET, DODGE/CHRYSLER SHOULD OWN UP TO THEIR REPUTATION AND COME CLEAN, I WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THIS COMPANY EVER AGAIN. I WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY DAUGHTER ON THE TURNPIKE, THE OIL GAUGE KEPT DROPPING BACK AND FORTH THEN ALL THIS TAPPING AND LOUD NOISES FROM THE ENGINE, I PULLED OVER AND HAD TO BE TOWED HOME AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, YOU COULD SEE A HOLE, I GOT NO SATISFACTION FROM THE DEALER OR FROM THE ZONE REPRESENTATIVE, SHE PARROTED THE DEALER AND DUE TO MY FINANCIAL STATUS AT THIS TIME I CANNOT AFFORD NOR DO I BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE TO PUT OUT A CENT. THIS VEHICLE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED I BELIEVE IT TO BE A LEMON OF A VEHICLE. DT

MY ENGINE DIED WITH 44,000 MILES DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD-UP DEALERSHIP SAYS I DID'NT CHANGE MY OIL BUT I DID AND I HAVE RECIEPTS. I HAVE ALL MY PAPER WORK WHERE I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIRS FOR THE GUAGES GOING OFF AND OIL PRESSURE DROPPING, HAVING TO PUT 2 QTS OF OIL EVERY 200 MILES, KNOCKING IN MOTOR, AND NOW MY WARRANTY IS OUT I HAVE A BLOWN ENGINE. DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. MY POWER WINDOWS AND QUIT WORKING IN THE SUMMER COULD NOT ROLL DOWN WINDOWS AND THE AIR CONDITION WAS NOT BLOWING OUT COLD AIR . GAS TANK STRAP BROKE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS & WAS BEING HELD ON WITH ONLY 1 STRAP, GAS TANK WAS HANGING DOWN. I HAVE SEVERAL MORE MINOR GRIPES BUT THE MAIN THING NOW IS THE ENGINE. I HAVE READ OVER SOME CONSUMER COMPLAINTS WEB SITES AND IT SEEMS I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. DT