1998 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

REQUEST RESPONSE FROM NHTSA RE A RECALL FOR 1998-99 DURANGOS HAVE SAME PROBLEM AS 2000-2003. UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLY TO BROOKFIELD DIST. OFFICE. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE SUFFERED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE ON HIS VEHICLE, HOWEVER HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

CONSUMER HAVE A 1998 DODGE DURANGO,WITH BALL JOINTS PROBLEM AND HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE FRONT END. *BF THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE OLDER MODELS SHOULD ALSO BE RECALLED. *NM

THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR. *PH A FAULTY INTAKE GASKET CAUSED AN OIL LEAK. THE CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER AND REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. THE CONSUMER WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT. *NM *SC *JB

1998 DODGE DURANGO DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY AND THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR IN THE YEAR 2000 THE CONSUMER HAD THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL TOTALLY REPLACED. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT BOTH FRONTAL UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

THE WHEEL SEPARATED ON MY 1998 DOGDE DURANGO DUE TO A BALL JOINT. I HAD TO HAVE 3 BALL JOINTS REPLACE BECAUSE OF THEM BEING EXTREMELY UNSTABLE. THE ACCIDENT CAUSE OTHER DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING INCIDENT. I WAN NOT HURT AND I DID NOT HIT ANYONE BUT IT COASTED ME THOUSANDS TO FIX ALL OF THE DAMAGE.

ALL FOUR OF THE VEHICLE'S BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NM THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HIS 1998 DURANGO IS NO DIFFERENT FROM HIS WIFES 2000 DURANGO. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE 1998-1999 VEHICLE SHOULD BE LISTED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TC *JB

THE VEHICLE'S UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED. THE CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE MANUFACTURER EXCLUDED 1998 DURANGOS WHEN IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS 2000-03 MODEL YEARS. *BF *NM *SC *TC *JB

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SHOOK. WOULD HEAR NOISES EVERY TIME STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED, STOPPING OR EVEN BRAKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT UPPER BALL JOINTS SEPARATED. ALSO, THE STEERING KNUCKLE SEPARATED, AND THE SUSPENSION MOVED. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THIS WAS CAUSING THE SHAKING PROBLEM. VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO BE LUBRICATED EVERY 2-3 MONTHS.*AK AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE LEFT SIDE BEGAN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TC

DODGE DURANGO 1998 UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILURE. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY WOULDN'T A RECALL BE ISSUED ON THE 98 VEHICLES BUT ONLY FOR THE 2000-03 MODELS. *BF THE CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED ON HER VEHICLE AT A COST OF 1500.00. *JB