1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

MY '99 DODGE DURANGO IS SITTING ON IT'S 3RD SET OF BALL JOINTS, AND I AM TOLD IT NEEDS ANOTHER. I'VE REPEATED BEEN TOLD "YOU'RE LUCKY YOUR WHOLE WHEEL DIDN'T COME OFF WHILE YOU WERE DRIVING". THIS IS RIDICULOUS! I AM TIRED OF FIXING THE SAME PROBLEM OVER AND OVER! I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS AT VARIOUS SITES FROM OTHER CONSUMERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM! WHY IS NOTHING BEING DONE? HOW MANY PEOPLE/FAMILIES/CHILDREN WILL HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THIS AUTO GIANT IS FORCED TO DO THE ETHICAL AND HONORABLE ACTION OF PROPERLY REPAIRING THIS PROBLEM? I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH IT COSTS THEM; THEY CREATED THE PROBLEM. ALMOST ALL AUTO GIANTS ARE RECEIVING BAIL OUT MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT...MILLION...THEY NEED TO USE SOME OF IT FOR A GOOD PURPOSE. *TR

CAR AUTO-STOPPED WHILE CONDUCTING DRIVING LESSON FOR MY 15-YEAR-OLD STEPDAUGHTER. WE WERE TRAVELING 40MPH ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT THE TIME. SHE DRIFTED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SAID THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STUCK. I TOLD HER TO APPLY THE BRAKES. SHE SAID SHE WAS AND THEY WEREN'T WORKING EITHER. WE WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND WERE VERY NEARLY T-BONED BY CARS FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS. MY STEPDAUGHTER SENSIBLY DID AS I INSTRUCTED AND PUSHED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE ON THE BRAKE, MANAGED TO STOP THE CAR BEFORE PLUNGING INTO THE RIVER IN FRONT OF US. I HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR FOR SIX MONTHS PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT. TWO DIAGNOSTICS REPORTED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS AUTO-STOPPING BUT NOT WHY THIS WAS OCCURRING. A LOCAL MECHANIC SUGGESTED IT WAS PROBABLY THE GAS GAUGE SENSOR IN THE FUEL PUMP WHICH MADE SENSE TO ME BECAUSE EVERYTHING BUT THE GAS GAUGE WORKED WHENEVER THE CAR AUTO-STOPPED. IT WOULD TYPICALLY RESTART WITHIN 15 MINUTES OR SO. I ASSUMED WE HAD SOLVED THE PROBLEM WHEN THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. I KNOW NOW THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT THE PROBLEM ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE SAME DIFFICULTIES WITH 1999 DODGE DURANGOS. MY WIFE, STEPDAUGHTER AND I WERE VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING THE DRIVING LESSON. THIS SITUATION NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT (IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ALREADY). *TR

1999 DODGE DURANGO SLT ( 5.9 ) REPLACING UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS FOR THE 2ND TIME. 70,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. *TR

DURANGO SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING, MULTIPLE TIMES. ONCE SHUT OFF ON FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. POWER STEERING DID NOT WORK. COULD NOT TURN AWAY FROM OTHER VEHICLES. ONLY THING THAT WORKED WAS THE BRAKES. SHUT OFF AT LEAST 4 OR 5 OTHER TIMES IN PARKING LOTS, USUALLY AFTER INITIAL START. SOMETIMES STARTED RIGHT BACK UP, SOMETIMES TOOK UP TO 30 MINUTES TO START AGAIN. BATTERY HAD GOOD CHARGE. NO DELAY TO START, JUST SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. WE DO NOT DRIVE IT ON THE FREEWAY ANYMORE FOR FEAR IT WILL SHUT OFF AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. TIMING FOR THE FAILURE IS UNPREDICTABLE. HUSBAND TRIED TO REPLAY THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND MAKE IT SHUT OFF, DIDN'T SHUT OFF. BLINKERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. HAVE NOT TRIED REPAIRING IT YET. DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, SEEMS MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME VEHICLE AND NONE OF THE USUAL REMEDIES WORK. I AM PLANNING TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT AM HESITANT TO WASTE MONEY ON SOMETHING THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX. DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR OTHERS HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND BEGAN ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. FREEWAY INCIDENT WAS AROUND MAY THIS YEAR. *TR

99 DODGE DURANGO SLT 5.9L ENGINE. AFTER PURCHASING THIS CAR IN FEB. 2008, WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT JUST SHUT DOWN. NO WARNING WAS GIVEN. THIS STARTED HAPPENING SEVERAL TIMES A DAY WHILE I DROVE IT. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED IN BY THE MAN WHO I WAS BUYING IT FROM TO GO TO THE MECHANICS. THEY TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO FIND THE ISSUE. FINALLY AFTER DEALING WITH NOT HAVING THE CAR ON & OFF FOR THREE MONTHS, I FOUND OUT THAT OTHERS GOT THE SAME ERROR CODE I DID IN THE ODOMETER WINDOW WHICH SAID, "NO BUS." IT WAS THEN TOWED AGAIN, AND I WROTE THE MECHANIC A NOTE TELLING THEM THAT I FOUND OUT THAT OTHERS HAD THE SAME ISSUE. THOUSANDS & THOUSANDS. THEIR CAR SHUT DOWN AT ANY MOMENT. THE LAST TIME MY CAR SHUT DOWN ON ME WAS WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 65 MPH. IT JUST SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY, NO WARNING. WE WERE ALMOST IN A NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT. THANKFULLY THE CAR SWERVED AND SOME PEOPLE STOPPED AND HELPED ME PUSH IT OFF TO THE MEDIAN. ONCE AT THE MECHANICS, I RECEIVED A CALL STATING IT WAS IN FACT THE PCM, IT WAS REPLACED AND THEN THE CAR DID NOT DO THIS ANY LONGER. THAT IS A EXPENSIVE PART TO REPLACE. NOW AGAIN ONE YEAR LATER THIS SAME CAR IS AT THE MECHANICS AGAIN FOR THE PCM BEING REPLACED. I JUST HANDED THEM $450 ( TOTAL $800) TO GET IT. HE HAD MY CAR FOR 6 WEEKS BEFORE DETERMINING THAT THE PCM HAD FAILED ONCE AGAIN ON THIS CAR. DODGE NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD DISMISS SUCH A ROAD HAZARD. WHILE A GREAT CAR IN LOOKS, IT IS NOT SAFE ON THE ROAD. WE NEED SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS. I HAVE CHILDREN WHO RIDE IN THIS CAR AND CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A NEW CAR AT ANY MOMENT. THEY NEED TO RECALL THE 1999 DODGE DURANGOS AND REIMBURSE THOSE OF US WHO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THIS PCM CAUSING THE CAR TO SHUT DOWN. THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM FOR THIS TO BE CONTINUED TO BE IGNORED BY DODGE. SABRINA FOWLER *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO WHICH HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING NUMEROUS TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND IT DIED. 3 MINUTES LATER IT STARTED BACK UP AND RAN FINE. THEN, A MONTH LATER WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY IT DIED AGAIN. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER LANE. AFTER 10 MINUTES IT STARTED UP AGAIN AND RAN FINE. A WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING IT AND IT SUDDENLY DIED AGAIN. THIS TIME IT TOOK OVER 2 HOURS TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. IT DIED AGAIN 10 MINUTES LATER. ANOTHER 15 MINUTES TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN AND IT DIED PULLING IN TO MY DRIVEWAY. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE, AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX IT. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC IT MIGHT BE THE FUEL FILTER, AND WHEN I LOOKED FOR THE PART ONLINE, I CAME ACROSS A WEBSITE WITH HUNDREDS OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT IT WILL JUST DIE UNEXPECTEDLY IRREGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE DRIVING IT OR HOW FAST OR SLOW IT'S GOING. DIAGNOSTIC TESTS REVEAL NO ERROR CODES, PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD TO TRY CHANGING OUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS ON THE VEHICLE, AT GREAT COST, WITH NO CONSISTENT SUCCESS AT SOLVING THIS PROBLEM. I CANNOT AFFORD TO SPEND MONEY GUESSING WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE, AND IT SEEMS DODGE IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH 1998-99 DODGE DURANGOS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ALL SEEM TO THINK IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN DESIGN OF THIS VEHICLE, AS THE PCM IS LOCATED IN A VERY HIGH HEAT LOCATION UNDER THE HOOD WHICH SEEMS TO FRY THE PCM AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER PARTS IT IS RUNNING IN CONJUNCTION WITH. LINK TO SITE WITH COMPLAINTS LISTED: HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/DURANGO/1999/ELECTRICAL/VEHICLE_SHUTS_DOWN_WITHOUT_WARNING.SHTML. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DURANGO AND A 2001 DAKOTA BOTH HAVE LOOSE INTERMEDIATE SHAFTS. THE STEERING IS VERY LOOSE IN BOTH TRUCKS. I SPOKE WITH MANY OWNERS OF THESE TYPES OF TRUCKS AND ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM MAY CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WHEN SOMEONE LOOSES STEERING GOING 55 MPH I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE THIS PROBLEM KNOWN BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS IN AN ACCIDENT AND GETS SOMEONE KILLED. *TR

HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEFORUMS.COM/T91464.HTML I HAVE A '99 DURANGO WITH ~45000 MILES. RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN BREAKING DOWN ON ME. I FEEL IT LOSE POWER UNTIL IT DIES ALL TOGETHER. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES IT WILL START AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES. WHEN IT HAPPENED TODAY, I WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH, WHEN I FELT IT LOSE POWER. THE SPEEDOMETER WENT TO '0" - THE 'CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON', THE 'FUEL PUMP' LIGHT CAME ON (LIKE IT DOES WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF GAS), THEN I HAD THIS ODD MESSAGE ON THE ODOMETER THAT SAID "NO BUS". THIS TIME I HAD IT TOWED TO PEP BOYS W/O TRYING TO CRANK IT WITH THE HOPES THEY CAN GET A CODE. I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE "NO BUS" MESSAGE BUT THEY DID NOT SEEM TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE FOUND THIS MENTIONED ON A FEW BULLETINS BOARDS BUT NOT WITH MUCH INFO. I THINK PERHAPS A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM DODGE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS AS TO WHAT "NO BUS' MEANS AND PERHAPS IF THIS IS THE CAUSE OF ME BREAKING DOWN. WHAT CAN I DO TO GET IT FIXED ? PLEASE HELP. .THANKS! *TR

COMPONENT: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DETAILS: I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO IT HAS 130000 MILES ON FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS IT JUST SHUTS OFF NO POWER TO GAUGES AND ENGINE DIES JUST LIKE I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE JUST HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT 30 MIN AND WILL START BACK UP THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO MY FAMILY AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB FOR THIS PROBLEM I NOTICED SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THIS HAPPENS DAILY SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE LOOKED FOR THE PROBLEM BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND REPAIR THERE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. LAST YEAR I HAD TO REPLACED THE MASTER BRAIN WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. NOW ONE YEAR LATER AFTER THE WARRANTY IS OUT IT IS DOING IT AGAIN, NO ONE CAN FIND OUT WHY IT IS CUTTING OUT AGAIN, BEEN IN SHOP SEVERAL TIME WITH TOLD NOTHING IS WRONG. I HAVE HAD THIS 1999 DODGE DURANGO SINCE 1999 AND ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF IT AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE GOES. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I DO NOT WANT ANOTHER SUV TO ROLL OVER BECAUSE OF CUTTING OUT AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE SUV. I BOUGHT A DODGE BECAUSE THIS HAPPEN ONCE TO MY FORD AND I ALMOST LOST MY FAMILY (3 CHILDREN AND HUSBAND) THAT TIME. I DID LOSE THE FULL USE OF MY LEFT HAND. THIS PROBLEM NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF PLEASE HELP I SEE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. *TR

I PURCHASED THE 1999 DODGE DURANGO 2/8/09. THE TRUCK RAN GOOD FOR ONE WEEK. THEN IT WOULD JUST STALL WITH NO WARNING AND A "NO BUS ERROR" WOULD FLASH ON THE ODOMETER. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES THE TRUCK WOULD START BACK UP. BUT THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT HAS BEEN STALLING EVERY WEEK SINCE MAY 12, 2009. IT QUIT 8/11/09 AND IT WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC WITH NO WHERE TO GO. IT TOOK ONE HOUR AND 15 MINUTES FOR THE TRUCK TO START BACK UP. DODGE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS ISSUE. IF YOU JUST TAKE 3 MINUTES AND GOOGLE "NO BUS SIGNAL ON ODOMETER OF 1999 DODGE DURANGO" YOU'LL SPEND THE NEXT 3 DAYS READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS WITH NO SOLUTION TO FIXING THE PROBLEM. I AM A SINGLE PARENT AND I DEPEND ON THIS VEHICLE TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO WORK AND THE DOCTORS. I HAVE HAD THE DIAGNOSTICS RUN ON THE TRUCK AND IT DOESN'T EVEN READ. THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNLESS THEY'RE IN THE TRUCK WITH YOU WHEN IT HAPPENS OR THERE WITHIN 15 MINS OF THE TRUCK STOPPING. ALL THIS MONEY FOR CASH FOR CLUNKERS AND COULDN'T EVEN DRIVE IT TO A CAR LOT IF I WANTED TO. IT WOULDN'T START. I AM VERY UPSET AND ANGRY AND FEEL THAT DODGE HAS DODGED ANOTHER BULLET. NEVER WILL I BUY A CAR FROM DODGE/CHRYSLER/JEEP AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE. BELIEVE ME, THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. JUST DON'T GIVE A *^$! *TR