1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS STICKING, AND ON PASSENGER'S SIDE IS COMPLETELY JAMMED. WHOLE UNIT HAS TO BE REPLACED. BUMPER TO BUMPER WARANTY DOESN'T COVER THE PROBLEM. *AK

01 V 119 000/FMVSS209/RETRACTOR: VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER; NEMER NWE COUNTRY SARATOGA DODGE;SARATOGA, NY; PHONE# 518/584-7272)FOR RECALL APPOINTMENT. LATER ON, LEARNED THAT RECALL WAS NOT DONE. DEALER'S ONLY REPLIED WAS THAT THEY DID NOT GET TO IT. SEEKING ASSIST FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATON ON THIS MATTER.*AK

BRAKES HAVE BEEN A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM ON VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. CONSUMER HAD DEALER CHECK VEHICLE BEFORE GOING ON A ROAD TRIP. DEALER ASSURED CONSUMER THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM. CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS TEST DRIVEN VEHICLE BY PUTTING 221 MILES ON IT, AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. CONSUMER HAS BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF VEHICLE BECAUSE CHILDREN WER BEING TRANSPORTED.*AK

TRUCK PARK IN GEAR ON FLAT SPOT TRUCK ROLLED 50 FT DOWN HILL AND HIT TREE DEAD CENTER OF TRUCK. TRUCK WAS IN PARK 4+4WAS IN TWO WHEEL DRIVE BUT DIAMLER CHESLER IS GOING TO LOOK AT IT BUT I KNOW TEY GOING TO SAY ITS MY FAULT BUT I DID NOTHING WRONG BUT PARK AND WALK AWAY.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD PULSATE AND HARDEN, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, EVEN WITH BOTH FEET ON PEDAL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER.*AK

WHILE APPROACHING TUCSON ON I-10, ON INSIDE LANE, AT LEGAL SPEED OF 75 MPH, TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER,POWER STEERING AND DASH LIGHTS.NARROWLY MISSED GETTING HIT BY PASSING CARS AND TRUCKS.LUCKY TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD FOR TOWING WITHOUT ACCIDENT.FAILURE OF POWER CONTROL MODULE(COMPUTER MALFUNCTION)& REQUIRED REPLACEMENT.SAME PROBLEM WHEN SUV 6 MONTHS OLD,REQUIRING REPLACEMENT.LOSS OF ALL POWER OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING.TWO FAILURES OF CRITICAL PART IN TWO YEARS TOO MUCH, VERY DANGEROUS.

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 6 TIMES FOR REAR ABS BRAKES LOCKING UP. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND PROPORTIONAL VALVE. IT DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. DASH INDICATOR FOR ABS CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER INDICATED IT WAS A NORMAL CONDITION FOR THIS VEHICLE.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING FRONT BEARINGS MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING UNKNOWN GRINDING/ CLICKING/THUMPING AND SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN IN THE DEALER'S SHOP ON SIX OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AFTER SEEING INFORMATION ON INTERNET CONCERNING DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS THAT COULD CAUSE TIRES TO WEAR OUT, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN TIRES. CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER, BUT VEHICLE COULD NOT BE FIXED BECAUSE OF EXPIRED WARRANTY. *AK THE TIRES WORE OUT DUE TO THE BALL JOINTS BEING WORN, JOINTS WERE WORN OUT TO A POINT OF VEHICLE BEING UNSAFE TO DRIVE, DODGE WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE FAULTY BALL JOINTS. *SLC