1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK ROTORS WERE PITTED. *SLC

SPARK PLUG/COIL WIRE STANDOFFS DESIGN IS INADEQUATE ALLOWING WIRES TO COME IN CONTACT WITH VALVE COVERS CAUSING CHAFFING AND EVENTUALLY FAILURE OF WIRES.

RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLOWOUT, CAUSING VECHICLE INTO360 DEGREE SPIN, TIRES CAMEOFF RIMS (DOT NUMBER: NA TIRESIZE: 31-1050-15)

STEERING WHEEL MADE EXCESSIVE WHINING, DEALER REPLACED GEAR, PUMP, AND FLUID, DEALER REPLACED STEERING GEAR TWICE MORE. *SLC

HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT WORK. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN SUDDENLY I HAD NO BRAKES,STEERING,AND ALL GAUGES WERE FLATLINED.IT WAS RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC SO I WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE THE STEERING TO GET INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE AND USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COME TO A SAFE STOP. SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND CALLED THE DODGE DEALER. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND ALL SYSTEMS WERE OPERATING CORRECTLY. MY HUSBAND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. I EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED AND THANKS TO A PERSISTANT TECH THEY FEEL THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN RECTIFIED. THE TEMP THAT DAY WAS IN THE 80'S AND I HAD THE AIR CONDITIONING ON WITH THE TRAFFIC MOVING SLOWLY. THEY FEEL THAT THE IDLE AIR CONTROL MOTOR WHICH SHOULD NORMALLY BE IN THE TEENS WAS OPERATING AT 54+AND BARELY MOVING THEN WHEN THE COMPRESSOR KICKED ON FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING IT CAUSED THE MOTOR TO OVERHEAT AND STALLED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WORKED VERY HARD TO HELP RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND IF THIS IS THE ANSWER THAN HOPEFULLY WHAT HE FOUND WILL HELP OTHER TECHNICIANS WHO ARE HAVING DURANGO'S BROUGHT TO THEM WITH THE SAME PROBLEM REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I REALLY CANNOT EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW HARD THE TECHNICIAN WORKED TO HELP ME WITH THIS. HE WENT SO FAR AS TO TAKE THE VEHICLE HOME ONE EVENING TO SEE IF HE COULD GET THE SAME PROBLEM TO HAPPEN AGAIN. *AK

VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM THE SIDE IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO HIT A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD-ON. VEHICLE WAS MOVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, AND DRIVER'S/ PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

FLYWHEEL HAS BROKE ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS SINCE FEB. 2001. DEALER HAS REPLACED FLYWHEEL IN EVERY REPAIR, BUT HAS NOT GIVEN EXPLANATION FOR DEFECT.*AK

THE ORIGINAL UPPER & LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED AT 37,838 ON 7/6/00. LESS THAN 11 MONTHS LATER WE HAVE FAILED INSPECTION TEST DUE TO FAULTY UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. *AK

BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY CAME APART WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH. A CLIP THAT HOLDS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM BROKE OR CAME LOOSE. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED MAJOR INJURIES AND POSSIBLE DEATHS. I CONTACTED CRYSTLER BUT THEY SAID SINCE NO ONE DIED ALL THEY CAN DO IS TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ANY DURANGO OR JEEP OUT THERE.*AK