1998 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

SUSPENSION; LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. WORN SO BADLY THAT GARAGE UNABLE TO COMPLETE FRONT END ALIGNMENT. VEHICLE MILEAGE 132,848. *AK

NO INJURIES YET, BUT THE BALL JOINTS WENT BAD 3 YEARS AFTER PURCHASE IN 1998. HAVE COMPLAINED MANY TIMES AND RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED STARTING FOR 2000 MODELS, HOWEVER, MINE IS 1998. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A STEERING PROBLEM. SHE WENT TO GET THE CAR INSPECTED, AND A STEERING PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED DUE TO THE BALL JOINTS.*AK

WHEN I HAD MY 1998 DODGE DURANGO INSPECTED THIS PAST SUMMER THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY WHEELS WERE ABOUT TO COME OFF IN THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK. THEY TOLD ME THAT TO PASS THE INSPECTION AND FOR ALSO DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE WHEELS WOULD PROBABLY FALL OFF WITHIN A MONTH, THAT I HAVE MY FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED. I WAITED UNTIL NOW TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE THE DODGE DEALERSHIP THAT A RECALL WAS IN THE PROCESS FOR THE BALL JOINTS. I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR ABOUT THE RECALL FROM DODGE, HOWEVER ENRAGED WHEN I HEARD THAT THEY ARE ONLY FOR 2000-04 MODELS, HOW IT MAKES ANY SENCE BESIDES TRYING TO BE COST EFFECTIVE IS BEYOND ME. THE BALL JOINTS AS I WAS TOLD BY THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND BY MY LOCAL MECHANIC ARE THE EXACT SAME IN MY 98 DODGE DURANGO AS THEY ARE IN THE 2000 MODELS. *AK

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. LUCKILY THIS WAS FOUND BY A MECHANIC AND THEY WERE REPLACED BEFORE THEY FAILED. HOWEVER, THIS WAS DONE AFTER THE WARRANTY PERIOD AT CONSIDERABLE COST TO MYSELF. *AK

A LOUD KNOCKING WAS HEARD COMING FROM REAR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT D UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE,AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINE AND HOSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL REGARDING THE BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER CONTACTED DODGE THREE TO FIVE MONTHS AGO. HOWEVER SHE WAS TOLD THE RECALL WAS FOR THE 2000-2003 1/2 MODELS. *AK

THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED TWICE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DODGE DURANGO. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER STATED THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP. *AK

AT VERY LOW SPEEDS, SUCH AS PULLING IN OR OUT OF DRIVEWAY, CAN FEEL AND HEAR POPPING NOISES THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARDS. ALSO, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BE VERY LOOSE; IT TAKES ABOUT TWO INCHES BEFORE STEERING WHEEL IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO BE TURNED. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, ON ALL WHEELS, ARE WORN OUT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK