1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

WHEN DRIVING WITH LOW-BEAMS (HEADLIGHTS ON), I SWITCH TO HI-BEAM. THE LIGHTS WENT OFF!! I TAPPED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE LIGHTS (HI-BEAMS) CAME ON. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE OUT OF EVERY TEN TIMES I HIT THE HIGH BEAMS. VERY DANGEROUS. I WILL BE TAKING TO THE DEALERSHIP IN FREDERICKSBURG (SAFFORD DODGE) WITHIN A WEEK OR SO TO HAVE REPAIRED. *AK

17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DRIVING VEHICLE ON A MAJOR FREEWAY AT 1:00 AM. ALL LIGHTS COME ON, OIL GAUAGE DROPS TO ZERO AND AFTER LOUD BANG ENGINE FAILS. TOWED TO DEALER AND DEALER CLAIMS LACK OF MAINTENANCE CAUSED OIL PUMP FAILURE AND DEATH OF ENGINE. REFUSE TO HONOR EXTENDED WARRANTY UNLESS WE PROVE OIL CHANGES EVERY 3000 MILES EVEN THOUGH MANUAL SUGGESTS EVERY 7500 MILES. LOCAL GARAGE DID NOT KEEP RECEIPTS AND WE DID NOT KEEP RECEIPTS NEVER ANTICIPATING THIS PROBLEM. NOW KNOW FROM INQUIRIES OVER THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A NATIONWIDE PEOBLEM WITH 318 ENGINES. ALTHOUGH WE KNOW CHRYSLER HAS NEGOTIATED WITH OTHERS WHO HAD NO RECEIPTS, WE DID HAVE SOME, THEY ARE REFUSING TO NEGOTIATE WITH US IN TEXAS. PLEASE HELP. THERE ARE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO WARRANT AN INVESTIGATION ON THESE ENGINE FAILURES. CONSUMERS ARE BEING RIPPED OFF DAILY. ESPECIALLY AFTER CHRYSLER WAS CAUGHT RED-HANDED IN LEMON LAW FAILURES IN NORTH CAROLINA. PLEASE , PLEASE HELP.

CONSUMER CAN BE GOING UP TO 50MPH OR MORE AND THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER. IT CUTS OFF AND DIES ANYWHERE WITHOUT WARNING. PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT DEALER COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAPPENED TO DO IT THIS TIME AT DEALER. CONSUMERS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIR COST OF $281 FOR PART. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 2YEARS OLD. PART THAT FAILED WAS PCM (POWER CONTROL MODULE).*AK

THE ENGINE FAILURE IS CAUSED BY A FAULT IN THE ENGINE. IT WILL TURN OIL INTO SLUDGE IN THE PAN UNTIL THE ENGINE SEIZES, NO MATTER HOW OFTEN YOU CHANGE THE OIL AND FILTER. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER CLAIMS TO BE AN OPERATOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH NUMEROUS OTHERS THROUGH THE INTERNET HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS ALSO NOT LIMITED TO THE DURANGO, IT IS WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE V8 MODELS THAT CHRYSLER SELLS.

TRANSMISSION WILL RED LINE IN 1&2 GEAR (AUTO TRANSMISSION) UNTIL THE COMPUTER SHUTS IT DOWN. WE HAVE BEEN TO ARBITATION BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. DALMER CHRYSLER WILL NOT TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IN MY OPINION THIS CAR IS A LEMON . THANK YOU.*AK

REAR WINDOW WAS BLOWN OUT BY WIND, HAPPENED A SECOND TIME ON APRIL 7, 2001. *AK *JB

CURRENT PROBLEM: BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS NEED TO BE REPLACED, ALTHOUGH I COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT FEELING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ARMS OR SOMETHING IN THAT AREA, NOTHING WAS EVER LOOKED AT BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT PRODUCE SAME BUMP I FELT, SO THEY REPEATEDLY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. WHEN I TOOK MY DURANGO FOR NEW TIRES ON MAY 1, 2001; THE TIRE PLACE ROBERTSON TIRE IN TULSA, SAID THE BALL JOINTS ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE WAS TOAST. SINCE I DID NOT PUT MY CONCERNS OF THE ARMS OR BALL JOINTS IN WRITING I HAVE NO PROOF THAT I HAD MENTIONED IT TO THEM THE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE WHEN THEY PERFORMED OTHER WORK ON MY VEHICLE. ALSO, WE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS BRAKES. WE HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED, ALSO I WAS TOLD MY BRAKES WERE FINE ON FEBRARY 23, 2001 ONLY TO FIND OUT ON MAY 2 THEY WERE NOT FINE. THE ENGINE IS USING OIL, WHICH THE DEALER SAID IS A GASKET PROBLEM. THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE STAYS IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE EVEN AFTER TAKING IT OUT. THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW POWER WINDOW HAD TO BE REPLACE EARLY ON BECAUSE IT WAS DEFECTIVE. TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO START IN 2 AT TIMES BUT THEN GOES AWAY. EAST TULSA DODGE HAS FIXED MOST OF OUR PAST PROBLEMS BECAUSE IT WAS STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRENTY. THE BALL JOINTS AND TYRODS ARE NOT EVEN UNDER OUR EXTENDED WARRENTY WE PURCHASED. AFTER READING YOUR CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS, I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH THE DRIVE SHAFT PROBLEM, THE AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT PROBLEMS AND ENGINE STALLING PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, STARTED VEHICLE TO MOVE IT ABOUT 5 FEET, PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR THEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, DRIVER ADVOIDED TRUCK ON HIS LEFT VEHICLE HIT THE SIDES OF THREE TREES ON RIGHT, DRIVER ADVIODED HEAD ON WITH A PARKED CAR BY TURNING LEFT HARD, ENTERING A DRIVEWAY HITTING A GATE, FENCE AND FENCEPOST, THEN HITTING ANOTHER FENCE AND FENCEPOST STOPPING AT A GARAGE WALL. THIS ALL HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF ABOUT 5 SECONDS, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT FULL THROTTLE AND NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AT IMPACT.*AK

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING BUT IN PARK, PARENT WAS WATCHING VEHICLE WITH 7 YEAR OLD INSIDE. CHILD WAS ABLE TO SHIFT GEAR INTO REVERSE WITHOUT EVEN APPLYING BRAKES.*AK *JB

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKES PULSATED AND THERE WAS A VIBRATION. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM WAS PREMATURE WARPING OF ROTORS, THE ROTORS WERE SO SEVERLY WARPED THAT UNDER MODERATE TO HEAVY BRAKING IT WOULD CAUSE FRONT WHEEL TO LOCK UP. *JB